The FIA have not earned themselves a glowing reputation from fans and drivers in recent times, with every race week seeming to spark a new debate about a controversial decision or mistake from the governing body. Most recently it was Fernando Alonso’s penalty in Austin, with the Spaniard being slapped with a 30-second time penalty
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Lewis Hamilton may have somehow qualified in the optimum position for Sunday’s Mexican Grand Prix, after a mistake at the start of Q3 saw the seven-time World Champion end up in third. The Mercedes driver enjoyed his and the team’s best Saturday by a mile, after astonishingly topping Q1 and Q2, before Q3 slipped away
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With Red Bull being found guilty of a minor breach of the 2021 budget cap, the team have been fined $7m and given a 10% reduction in aerodynamic testing time for next year. The reduction in testing time especially will hurt Red Bull, with the championship winners already set to receive less time than their
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Rivalries appear to never die in Formula 1, no matter how many years pass, with Fernando Alonso and Lewis Hamilton seemingly being proof of that. The two drivers, who have nine World Championships between them have never been the best of friends, with the duo having battled on countless occasions. Hamilton somewhat disrupted Alonso’s momentum
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Valtteri Bottas drove like a man possessed during qualifying for the Mexican Grand Prix, after astonishingly claiming sixth place for Sunday’s main event. The Finn was comfortably best of the rest and even managed to out-qualify Charles Leclerc, making him the second Ferrari-powered driver on the grid. If this achievement wasn’t enough to be proud
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Red Bull have been found guilty of breaching the 2021 budget cap of $145m and after weeks of rumours and negotiation with the FIA, the team have been hit with a $7m fine and a 10% reduction in aerodynamic testing time for next year. Christian Horner has slated the FIA’s decision, claiming that the punishment
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George Russell was just three-tenths away from claiming his second-ever pole position and Mercedes’ second of the season, after only just being beaten by Max Verstappen for pole at the Mexican Grand Prix. Whilst three-tenths might sound like a lot, Russell was actually on-track to beat the double World Champion’s time at the end of
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The FIA have thrown themselves into further disarray at the Mexican Grand Prix, after it was revealed that race director Niels Wittich gave Haas incorrect information at last weekend’s United States Grand Prix. Haas decided to protest to the FIA 54 minutes after the race at the Circuit of the Americas concluded that they believed
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Pierre Gasly was left livid at the Japanese Grand Prix after a recovery crane was deployed on track in extreme wet conditions while all 20 cars were still on track, with Gasly in particular still catching up to the safety car. The safety car was caused by Carlos Sainz being caught up in the wet
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Red Bull’s 2021 budget cap breach appears to have very much annoyed Sky Sports F1 journalist Ted Kravitz, who called Lewis Hamilton an eight-time World Champion during a recent episode of ‘The Notebook’. Kravitz is by far one of the most experienced journalists in the F1 paddock; however, it’s safe to say that he has
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