Unlike other sports, competing in Formula 1 is not free, as drivers must pay to renew their super licence, while each team must pay an entry fee into the competition. The standard fee for entering a Formula 1 season is $617,687, meaning that right off the bat, teams will have to fork out a small
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It was difficult to be envious of Mohammed Ben Sulayem in December of 2021, as the 61-year-old was appointed as the president of the FIA in the immediate aftermath of the Abu Dhabi controversy. Ben Sulayem was forced to spearhead the investigation of the race director Michael Masi’s controversial safety car procedure that saw Max
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Red Bull are set to celebrate their 2022 World Championship domination in style, with the Austrians planning a showrun in Dublin, Ireland, next month. The demo will take place on 15 January along North Wall Quay, with it set to feature one very special car. Sebastian Vettel’s 2011 championship-winning car, the RB7, will hit the streets of
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Periods of dominance are not uncommon in Formula 1, with Lewis Hamilton and Mercedes showing over the past decade that once you finally reach the top, it is not impossible to stay there for a while. A whole host of new regulations have come into effect in recent years to counter this however, for example
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Sebastian Vettel bowed out of Formula 1 with a Q3 appearance and a point scoring finish in Abu Dhabi, leading fans to believe that the time is not yet right for the German to retire. Vettel picked up the Driver of the Day award three times over the course of the 2022 season and while
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Ferrari could not believe their luck at the season opener in Bahrain, as a struggling Mercedes and a double Red Bull DNF handed the team a one-two finish to start the season. Charles Leclerc looked like a man possessed having finally been given a car capable to challenging Max Verstappen and Red Bull, while Carlos
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Most drivers like to spend the winter break with their family or chasing the sun in the hotter parts of the globe. Valtteri Bottas is currently living the Australian life with his girlfriend, catching some sun before Alfa Romeo call him back into the cold to begin preseason testing. Max Verstappen on the other hand
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Lewis Hamilton has just completed the first winless season of his career, as Mercedes struggled to get to grips with the major regulation changes that came into effect at the start of the year, finding themselves fighting in the midfield more often than not. Despite not picking up a single race win over the course
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Winning races has typically come easily for Mercedes during the hybrid era, with the Silver Arrows having claimed well over a hundred wins since 2014. Despite their experience of winning, though, nothing could prepare them for how emotional winning a race in 2022 would be, following all their difficulties. This season was like no other
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Whilst it might currently be the Formula 1 winter break, that doesn’t mean the sport stops delivering huge headlines day after day. At least that’s how it currently feels, with the conclusion of the drivers’ silly season having been replaced by the team principals having their very own silly period, following a magnitude of changes.
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