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F1 CEO breaks silence on Mattia Binotto’s resignation

Ferrari have had a hectic week, first putting out a statement of support for their under-fire team principal Mattia Binotto, only for the Swiss to resign days later. The team looked like the team to beat in the first half of the season before a catalogue of communication errors and reliability issues saw Max Verstappen

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Charles Leclerc makes Mercedes claim as Lewis Hamilton to be a factor in 2023 battle

Everything that you could possibly have predicted about Mercedes in 2023 seemly went the opposite way in a turbulent year for the Silver Arrows. The team finished third in the constructors’ championship, George Russell secured the team’s only win of the season and Lewis Hamilton completed the first winless season of his illustrious career. The

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Scene of Max Verstappen controversy set to return to 2023 calendar

This week brought bad news for Guanyu Zhou, who for the second year running will not have the opportunity to race in his home country, as once again concerns about COVID-19 will prevent Formula 1 from travelling to China. The Chinese Grand Prix has not taken place since 2019, with the COVID pandemic hitting the

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Nicholas Latifi blames ‘Williams trait’ for his downfall

Nicholas Latifi’s three-year spell in Formula 1 has certainly been an eventful one, with the Canadian having shown promise at times but not consistently enough to secure him a seat for 2023. Whilst 2020 was very much a year of learning for Latifi at Williams, the Canadian improved dramatically in 2021. He quickly became recognised as a very

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Aston Martin address risk of feeling Fernando Alonso’s wrath

Both Alpine and Fernando Alonso will be happy to see the back of each other following the Abu Dhabi Gran Prix, where in typical fashion the Spaniard was forced to retire from the race. The 41-year-old has been very vocal about his disappointment with Alpine and his teammate Esteban Ocon in 2022, leading to a

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Lewis Hamilton makes female F1 driver demand

Seven-time World Champion Lewis Hamilton is undoubtedly doing more than most to try and get more women into motorsport, with the Mercedes driver having demanded for there to be a “more inclusive environment”. The Brit was a huge supporter of W Series, the all-female championship that ultimately gave women a platform to race alongside F1

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Ex-F1 champion casts doubt on Charles Leclerc ‘story’

Ferrari have endured a tough season under the new regulations that came in at the start of the year, limping to a second-place finish in the championship after struggling to fend off Mercedes in the latter stages of the season. The Scuderia got off to a perfect start in Bahrain with a one-two finish, followed

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This is how much it costs to buy Fernando Alonso’s eBike

The Miami Grand Prix weekend was a spectacle enjoyed by Formula 1 fans all around the world, with shows, driver presentations and parties making for a weekend full of American glitz and glamour. One thing that may have been slightly overlooked was Fernando Alonso unveiling his eBike project with Kimoa, with the bike in question

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FIA makes surprising admission about teams breaking porpoising rule

The first season of the new aerodynamic regulations will likely be remembered for one thing and one thing only, porpoising, a word that Mercedes have likely banned from their garage. It quickly became apparent in pre-season testing that the new cars had a rather peculiar issue; they bounced! This saw sparks fly at virtually every

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