Former McLaren mechanic, Marc Priestley, has revealed that Fernando Alonso used “tactics” to win over members of the team during the 2007 season. Alonso had just on two championships on the spin with Renault in 2005 and 2006, but he moved from Enstone to Woking to join Ron Dennis’ McLaren side. That door had opened
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Max Verstappen has gone through this season being told by select members of the Formula 1 community that he is an unworthy champion. Michael Masi’s controversial call last season ultimately played a decisive factor in the fate of the 2021 title, as Sir Lewis Hamilton was cruelly denied his eighth success. But the Dutchman won
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Mercedes technical director, Mike Elliott, is aiming for a strong performance from Sir Lewis Hamilton and George Russell at the 2022 Singapore Grand Prix. Generally, downforce-oriented circuits have been Mercedes’ friend thus far in 2022, evidenced by their results in Spain and Hungary in particular. Hamilton and Russell have managed 13 podiums between them this
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Audi are reported to have acquired 120 employees to their technical department, and are looking to a former Formula 1 driver to head the team. At the start of the year, Audi and Porsche were reported to be preparing a proposal to their parent company, Volkswagen, to enter F1 in 2026. Initial suggestions were that
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Formula 1 CEO, Stefano Domenicali, has likened reigning world champion, Max Verstappen, to seven-time champion, Michael Schumacher. Domenicali worked with Schumacher for 11 years while at Ferrari, and he would share the paddock with the German again for three years when Mercedes signed him in 2010. The former Ferrari team principal, who left that role
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2016 world champion, Nico Rosberg, believes that Alpine must look in the mirror when figuring out why they started the year with three drivers, and now have just the one. Fernando Alonso went into this season alongside Esteban Ocon knowing that he was out of contract at the end of the season, so both parties
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Ferrari are planning to give Charles Leclerc and Carlos Sainz two further upgrades as they try to end Max Verstappen’s win streak. The Dutchman is currently on course to break the record for most wins in a single season, as well as the record for most consecutive wins. Sebastian Vettel currently holds the latter on
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Mercedes’ Sir Lewis Hamilton affirmed after the Italian Grand Prix that he found racing through the field more gratifying than dominating the race from first. The Briton went into the weekend with grid penalties for using too many engine parts that would see him start at the back of the grid. He qualified fifth ahead
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Alpine’s Esteban Ocon wants to see changes made to the engine allocation going into next year after another raft of penalties at the Italian Grand Prix. The drivers are all given three engines at the start of the season, with a specific number of components available. The first time a driver exceeds their allocated pool
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Despite having started seventh, Max Verstappen once again stormed to victory, this time at last weekend’s Italian Grand Prix. It was his first time standing on the top step at the ‘Temple of Speed’; however, as a result of winning at Monza he now leads Charles Leclerc by 116 points in the Drivers’ Championship. The
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