Former Renault team principal, Flavio Briatore, has revealed that he would not have returned to Formula 1 had it not been for the sport’s CEO, Stefano Domenicali. Briatore was indefinitely banned from the pinnacle of motorsport in 2009 when the crashgate scandal from the year previous resurfaced. Nelson Piquet Jr had been told to deliberately
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Sergio Pérez is a name on many people’s lips at the moment and not for a good reason. The Mexican is currently on a dreadful run of form, given the fact that he does have the strongest car on the grid in the RB18. The 32-year-old enjoyed a brilliant start to the season, where he
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Ferrari team principal Mattia Binotto has backed up Carlos Sainz following a bizarre omission from the manufacturer’s chairman, John Elkann. In what has been a troubling year for Ferrari, Elkann spoke to La Gazzetta Della Sport, where he hailed Charles Leclerc as the team’s lead driver whilst failing to even mention, let alone acknowledge Sainz. The usually
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Red Bull junior driver Jehan Daruvala has been confirmed to be taking part in another McLaren test, as part of the Woking-based team’s testing of previous cars programme (TPC). The Indian driver currently sits fifth in the Formula 2 standings after a solid season, with the 23-year-old having claimed victory in the recent feature race at the Italian Grand
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It would come as no surprise that seven-time World Champion Sir Lewis Hamilton earns the most on the 2022 grid based on his yearly salary alone; however, he is joined at the top by soon-to-be double World Champion Max Verstappen. Whilst the official figures haven’t been released by the teams themselves, a list can be made
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Former Ferrari boss, Jean Todt, has laughed off rumours linking him with a return to the Scuderia. Current team principal, Mattia Binotto, has been under pressure lately following the collapse of the team’s title challenge, and multiple mistakes have left the Scuderia in almost insurmountable arrears to Red Bull. Max Verstappen is set to wrap
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Reigning World Champion Max Verstappen looks set to take his title as World Champion into 2023, with the Dutchman on the verge of retaining his 2021 crown. The Red Bull driver currently boasts a 116-point lead over Charles Leclerc and can wrap up the Drivers’ Championship at this weekend’s Singapore Grand Prix. Whilst it’s more
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Formula 1 has confirmed that it will hold six sprint races in 2023, doubling the number of those events from this and last season. Sprint races were introduced in 2021, and it sees qualifying take place on Friday, before a 100-kilometre dash takes place on Saturday. Points were awarded to the top three finishers, and
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Sir Lewis Hamilton heads into this weekend’s returning Singapore Grand Prix hoping that his car will “feel like Budapest and Zandvoort”, in order to challenge the frontrunners. The seven-time World Champion and team-mate George Russell were both strong at the Hungarian and Dutch Grand Prix, largely thanks to high downforce circuits suiting the ‘diva’ that
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Having returned to Formula 1 in 2017 as the championship’s managing director, the incredibly popular Ross Brawn has announced that it’s finally time to “step back” from the series. The 67-year-old who is most famous for being Ferrari’s boss during Michael Schumacher’s dominant years, and also for founding Brawn GP, believes now is the time to
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