Mercedes team principal, Toto Wolff, understands why the engine penalty system is in place, but he would like to try and find better ways of policing power unit usage. Each driver is allowed three engines per season, and there are limits to how many of each component they are allowed to use too. The first
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Red Bull team principal, Christian Horner, has claimed that Max Verstappen was in Sir Lewis Hamilton’s head during their 2021 title battle. The pair tussled race after race for the world championship last year, and there were several bones of contention throughout the campaign. Crashes in Silverstone, Monza and Jeddah marred what had been a
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Williams team principal Jost Capito has spoken in depth about the effect the 2021 season finale had on Nicholas Latifi, whilst featuring on the High Performance Podcast. The Canadian driver has had a horrific 2022 season, which took an embarrassing turn at the recent Italian Grand Prix. Interim team-mate Nyck de Vries, who replaced the ill Alex
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Mercedes’ head of trackside engineering, Andrew Shovlin, has admitted that Red Bull have the ‘best’ sidepod design this season; however, he expects that to change next season following another rule adjustment. Red Bull have been completely dominant this season; the Austrian side have claimed 12 victories and have amounted an uncatchable 139-point lead in the
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Ex-F1 driver Marc Surer thinks Fernando Alonso and Aston Martin could be a very good partnership next season; however, he’s sent a warning to the British team that “heads always roll” due to the Spaniard’s demands. Alonso shocked the paddock after the Hungarian Grand Prix, where he announced that he’d be leaving Alpine at the
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Mark Hughes and Ben Anderson, writers for the Race, have suggested that Sergio Perez’s decline of late has made Alex Albon look a better Red Bull team-mate to Max Verstappen. Albon took over from Pierre Gasly at the Austrian side in 2019 after the Frenchman’s horrible experience in the first half of the season, and
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Red Bull adviser, Dr Helmut Marko, has disclosed that Andretti made an improved offer to Colton Herta in order to convince him to stay next year. The 22-year-old has been linked with a move to Formula 1 in 2022, and he completed a test in Portugal with McLaren in preparation for a potential future drive.
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Formula 1 fans have been slightly torn as to what they think of the extension of the Monaco Grand Prix’s contract. Monaco is one of the oldest races on the F1 calendar, and has played host to 68 championship races having been part of the championship schedule since 1950. Some of the most famous names
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Alfa Romeo’s Zhou Guanyu has revealed that his future at the Swiss team has not been decided yet as 2023 contract negotiations near crunch time. The young Chinese driver arrived at Alfa Romeo at the start of the season after finishing third in the Formula 2 championship last season, and he has scored points on
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Given how poor Aston Martin’s 2022 season has been, it would be easy to imagine that team owner and father of Lance Stroll, Lawrence Stroll, would be ready to make a number of changes at the team; however, this doesn’t seem to be the case. The Silverstone-based team’s boss Mike Krack has told the BBC that Stroll
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