Max Verstappen will probably have enjoyed not having Lewis Hamilton for company at the front of the grid this season, with Mercedes really struggling to tackle the regulation changes in the first half of the season. Last year’s battle between the pair was electric, boiling over on multiple occasions, and only being decided on the
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Red Bull have always been an opinion dividing influence in the sporting world, with the energy drink company being accused of buying their success rather than earning it, due to their lack of history. In the footballing world RB Leipzig and RB Salzburg are often shown an unwanted bias by the media and it appears
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Red Bull have had a scintillating season, recovering from their early reliability issues and not looking back as they made their way to both the drivers’ and constructors’ championships. The main problem for teams early on in the season was porpoising, a violent sort of bouncing that is caused by the aerodynamic design of the
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The 2022 Formula 1 season is almost at an end, with just two races remaining of the campaign. Perhaps it’s unfair to compare 2022 to previous seasons; given that 2021 was as dramatic and controversial as it was, however, this year hasn’t exactly been the best. With 20 races completed and just Brazil and Abu
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Lewis Hamilton and Fernando Alonso have had a few flash points this season, with the Spanish driver claiming over the team radio that Hamilton only knows how to drive fast from the front of the grid, after the pair collided in Spa. Alonso had another recent outburst about his old teammate, discrediting the Brit’s seven
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Valtteri Bottas formed a formidable partnership at Mercedes with Lewis Hamilton, helping the team significantly in their period of dominance in his five year spell with the team. The Finn won ten races with the Silver Arrows but never quite managed to put together a title challenge that could rival his teammate, before moving to
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The dust appears to finally be settling on the ‘Cashgate’ scandal, with Red Bull having revealed that there are “lessons to be learnt” from the damaging saga. Following much speculation at the Singapore Grand Prix, it was then confirmed by the FIA after the Japanese Grand Prix that the Austrians had exceeded the 2021 budget
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The first Las Vegas Grand Prix since 1982 is certainly getting a build-up like no other, with Formula 1 and Liberty Media pulling out all the stops to advertise the race ahead of its 18th November 2023 slot. With the sport selling tickets for the event themselves, in what is a first for the series,
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It has been a turbulent year for Daniel Ricciardo, who is set to be replaced at McLaren for 2023 by Oscar Piastri. The Australian has struggled to find his peak performance over the past two years, being whitewashed by his teammate Lando Norris in the drivers’ championship. It is understood that the 33-year-old rejected the
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Mercedes and Red Bull looked like the only two options that Daniel Ricciardo had in 2023 with regards to a reserve driver role, however McLaren now appear to have entered the fray despite terminating the Australian’s race seat contract. Ricciardo’s performances have been below par during his spell with McLaren, never quite living up to
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