In what was by far the strangest and most controversial race of the 2022 season, Max Verstappen matched Fernando Alonso as a double World Champion; however, his victory isn’t the hot topic following the Japanese Grand Prix. Verstappen’s 12th victory of the season came with just 28 Laps having been completed, following a lengthy break
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Sir Lewis Hamilton congratulated Max Verstappen in the media pen after the Dutchman wrapped up his second title at the Japanese Grand Prix. Verstappen headed into the weekend with a 104-point lead over Charles Leclerc, so a win with the fastest lap would guarantee him the championship. Things are rarely simply in Formula 1 though,
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AlphaTauri’s Pierre Gasly launched a heavy tirade of criticism at race control after they put his life at risk during the 2022 Japanese Grand Prix. The FIA ruled that the start of the wet race would be completed in intermediate conditions, with a standing start taking place. However, visibility was awful, as were the grip
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After failing at the first opportunity at last weekend’s Singapore Grand Prix, Max Verstappen successfully claimed his second World Drivers’ Championship on Sunday at the Japanese Grand Prix, in what was an unsurprisingly imperious performance. The Dutchman actually had a bad launch from the line, but excellently went around the outside of Charles Leclerc at
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Today is the highly anticipated ‘Certificate compliance’ day, as the FIA are set to finally award certificates to the teams who kept below the 2021 budget cap. As reported in the last two weeks, it is believed that Aston Martin and Red Bull will both be deemed guilty of a ‘minor’ breach of the cap, which means both sides have overspent
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Max Verstappen appears to be allergic to winning a World Championship under normal conditions, after it took his team to open the rulebook to discover that he had indeed become a double World Champion with victory at the Japanese Grand Prix. The Dutchman dealt with pressure from Charles Leclerc superbly during the shortened race at
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Philippe Bianchi, father of the late Formula 1 driver, Jules, was appalled by race control’s negligence during the 2022 Japanese Grand Prix. At the same race in 2014, Jules crashed into a recovery vehicle, which had been sent out to collect the stricken Sauber of Adrian Sutil. The Frenchman spent several months in hospital, and
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George Russell picked up some criticism from fans on social media after his close call with Pierre Gasly during practice for the Japanese Grand Prix. The drivers had not had any dry running before FP3, as both practice sessions on Friday had been rain affected. Mercedes completed 55 laps over the course of the two
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Alpine are reported to have been asked to pay €10 million to acquire the services of Pierre Gasly from AlphaTauri in 2023. The French team entered the season with Fernando Alonso and Esteban Ocon as their full-time drivers, and Oscar Piastri as reserve. The Spaniard was out of contract at the end of 2022, so
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Robert Reid, vice president of the FIA, has moved to cool speculation around who may have breached the financial regulations in 2021. The governing body brought in a cost cap last year, with the teams required to avoid spending any more than $145 million. They were also asked to keep a record of their outgoings
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