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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Following on from being awarded a five-place grid penalty for the Japanese Grand Prix, outgoing Williams driver Nicholas Latifi has revealed his frustration at the FIA failing to listen to his side of the story, after his collision with Zhou Guanyu at the Singapore Grand Prix. Whilst battling for P18 at the wet Marina Bay
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At a time when there is so much talk surrounding how difficult it will be for Daniel Ricciardo and Mick Schumacher to return to Formula 1 in the future should they fail to get a 2023 seat, Williams’ Alex Albon is living proof that such a thing is very much possible. The Thai driver who raced
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Former Formula 1 drivers, Karun Chandhok and Paul di Resta, received retorts from fans after they suggested Pierre Gasly was partially at fault for his near miss with a recovery vehicle in Japan. At the 2014 Japanese Grand Prix, Jules Bianchi was involved in a collision with a crane that had been sent out to
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