Lewis Hamilton and Max Verstappen’s rivalry is certainly a fascinating one, given how hard the duo have pushed each other, especially in 2021. Whilst Hamilton has dominated the vast majority of the hybrid era, 2021 was a very different season. Hamilton and Verstappen pushed one another at every single round, with the pair having looked
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With 2022 completed, Sebastian Vettel is officially a retired Formula 1 driver, something which still just doesn’t sound right. The German leaves the sport following a truly remarkable career, one that began at the 2007 United States Grand Prix. Vettel replaced Robert Kubica at Indianapolis due to the Pole having been declared unfit to drive,
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Red Bull finally ended their constructors’ title drought in 2022, with their previous victory coming in 2013 as Sebastian Vettel claimed his fourth consecutive drivers’ championship. The team’s success was partially down to the failures of Ferrari and Mercedes under the new regulations, however you can only beat what is in front of you as
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2022 was an extremely challenging year for AlphaTauri, following multiple seasons of getting closer to the front of the midfield battle. The new aerodynamic regulations certainly weren’t kind to the Faenza-based side, nor to Yuki Tsunoda or Pierre Gasly. After claiming a podium for three years in a row from 2019-2021, it was back to
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Toto Wolff has recently claimed that the only way that he can see Mercedes experiencing a title drought would be if they lost members of key staff or were forced to tackle a major change of regulations. This happened to Red Bull at the end of the 2014 season, as four-time world champion Sebastian Vettel
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The new regulations that have been brought into Formula 1 over the past few years, such as the budget cap and scaling down of testing time, were introduced with the aim of bringing the field closer together and stopping the top teams running away from the rest every season. What Mercedes would not have expected
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Ferrari are finding the void left by Mattia Binotto’s resignation more difficult to fill than they would have anticipated. The Scuderia have reportedly chosen to hire from the outside, with the team seeing in counterproductive to promote someone from within who played a part in their recent shortcomings. Alfa Romeo’s Fred Vasseur was the supposed
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2022 was an extremely odd season for Ferrari, who started the year with perhaps the best overall package. The F1-75 got going in stunning fashion, with Charles Leclerc having claimed two wins from the opening three rounds. As well as being incredibly quick over one lap, the Ferrari drivers were strong over a race distance,
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2022 was an extremely challenging year for Mercedes, who turned heads in the paddock as soon as pre-season testing. Following an eighth consecutive Constructors’ Championship in 2021, the new aerodynamic regulations saw Mercedes lose their spot as the dominant side, with the Germans having comfortably been the third best team in 2022. This was mainly
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2023 will be a big year for Haas, with the Americans needing to build on from their eighth place finish in the 2022 Constructors’ Championship. The team’s questionable strategy to sacrifice the 2021 season to develop their 2022 car ended up being the right call by the Americans, who jubilantly celebrated Kevin Magnussen finishing fifth at the
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