Penalty points can be accumulated a number of ways in Formula One, usually related to causing an accident on track or breaking some sort of regulation, like ignoring yellow flags. Should a driver accumulate twelve penalty points then they will be handed a race ban for a single Grand Prix, forcing them to watch on
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McLaren have seen a significant gap in points between their two drivers this year, with Lando Norris outscoring his teammate Daniel Ricciardo at almost every race in 2022. With this in mind the team have decided to shake things up for 2023, bringing in young Australian Oscar Piastri to replace his older countryman, who’s contract
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Sergio Pérez has enjoyed a very strong end of the season, with the Red Bull driver having demonstrated the pace that saw him be considered Max Verstappen’s biggest challenger for the 2022 Drivers’ Championship. The 32-year-old started the season brilliantly, after excellently bouncing back from a DNF at the season opener following a reliability issue.
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2022 has certainly not seen a title fight reminiscent of Max Verstappen’s titanic battle with Lewis Hamilton last season, with his mediocre duel with Charles Leclerc this year having been undeniably underwhelming. Verstappen’s complete domination has made for an uneventful season, one which has seen the Dutchman break the record for most wins in a
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With Red Bull’s budget cap scandal finally having concluded, some of the team’s hierarchy have started to talk more openly on the matter, whilst also reacting to comments made by others during the process. Red Bull advisor Dr Helmut Marko has arguably reacted to the $2.2 million breach, which would’ve been just $430,000 had the
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Daniel Ricciardo’s time as a Formula 1 driver is perhaps on the verge of ending, with the outgoing McLaren driver just two races away from his 2023 sabbatical. It is no shock that Ricciardo is set for a year on the side-lines, after two woeful seasons at the Woking-based team. His victory at the 2021
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With both Sebastian Vettel and Daniel Ricciardo’s F1 careers set to end after the final two races of the season, it’s easy to forget that Nicholas Latifi will also be departing the championship after Abu Dhabi. Latifi’s three-year spell at the Grove-based side has been somewhat underwhelming, with the 2019 Formula 2 runner-up having largely
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Charles Leclerc will look back on 2022 as a massively missed opportunity, with the Ferrari driver having staggeringly lost 143 points this season, which would’ve seen him leading the championship with two races remaining. In fairness to the 24-year-old, Ferrari’s incompetence and philosophy for the F1-75 hasn’t helped his title bid this season, which was essentially
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The excitement for next November’s Las Vegas Grand Prix is certainly building, with Formula 1 and Liberty Media pulling out all the stops to get fans and the drivers as excited for the event as possible. Interestingly, the Grand Prix, in what is regarded as the ‘entertainment capital of the world’ is being promoted by the sport
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Sebastian Vettel broke Formula 1 fans’ hearts earlier in the season, when the German announced that he will be retiring from the sport and the end of the 2022 season to focus on other interests, calling time on his illustrious career. The Aston Martin driver won four consecutive world championships with Red Bull before moving
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