Seven-time World Champion Lewis Hamilton has been quick to thank his side for what must have been an incredibly emotional day for the Hamilton family, as his brother Nicolas Hamilton got to drive an F1 simulator. Hamilton’s brother is also a very successful racing driver and is a competitor in the British Touring Car Championship,
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Whilst the drivers’ silly season is complete, the team principals’ market has gone into pandemonium, with Alfa Romeo’s Frederic Vasseur having been confirmed as Mattia Binotto’s replacement at Ferrari. Vasseur’s move to Ferrari was expected even before Binotto’s resignation had been announced, with the Italians hopeful that Vasseur can emulate the success of the last French Ferrari team principal, Jean
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Ferrari’s 2022 season fizzled out much earlier than the team would have hoped, as reliability issues and strategy errors saw them quickly fall away from eventual double winners Red Bull in the title race. Charles Leclerc was reportedly not on speaking terms with team principal going into the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, after a serious
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Formula 1 lost a number of beloved drivers at the end of the 2022 season, with fan favourites Mick Schumacher, Daniel Ricciardo and Sebastian Vettel all bidding farewell to the sport, albeit only temporarily for some. Four-time champion Sebastian Vettel ended the season with a flurry of Driver of the Day awards and bowed out
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As expected since the 2022 season finale at Abu Dhabi, Alfa Romeo team principal Frederic Vasseur has been announced as Mattia Binotto’s replacement at Ferrari starting from 2023. Whilst the team and both Ferrari drivers tried to not talk about the speculation surrounding Vasseur, it was no shock to see the Maranello-based side announce the
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There was good news for Max Verstappen, Nyck de Vries, and all Dutch Formula 1 fans, as F1 president Stefano Domenicali happily announced that the Dutch Grand Prix will remain on the calendar until 2025. Zandvoort is set to feature at least three more times in F1 before it’s potentially dropped, with some concerned at
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Charles Leclerc has found himself involved in the controversial departure of Mattia Binotto from Ferrari, as reports have claimed that it was the Monegasque’s breakdown in relationship with his boss that played a major part in his resignation. The pair were reportedly not even on speaking terms by the time Formula 1 travelled to Abu
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The end of the 2022 season was extremely messy for Ferrari, as the team were forced to hang on for dear life as Mercedes closed the gap to second place in the championship significantly following a late resurgence. The Scuderia survived the late scare from the Silver Arrows and avoided the ultimate embarrassment of coming
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Mattia Binotto’s days at Ferrari are quickly coming to an end, with the Italian set to depart the Scuderia on the final day of 2022, before his replacement starts in January. Binotto has devoted a large part of his life to the Maranello-based side, whom he’s called ‘home’ for the past 28 years. The outgoing
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Oscar Piastri appears to be settling into life at McLaren very nicely indeed, but then again, it seemingly hasn’t been difficult to do so given how he was treated by Alpine. Piastri, of course, had his seat for 2023 ultimately decided by the FIA’s Contract Recognition Board, after Alpine were insistent that the Aussie was
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