President of the Automobile Club de Milano, Geronimo La Russa, wants Sebastian Vettel to apologise for what he believes are disrespectful comments made ahead of the Italian Grand Prix. Formula 1 plans to go carbon neutral by 2030, and one of the first steps towards that was banning flyovers ahead of races in 2022. They
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Max Verstappen quite literally cruised to his fifth consecutive victory last weekend at the Italian Grand Prix, after the race finished behind a Safety Car following a late retirement for Daniel Ricciardo. Incredibly, it was Verstappen’s first victory at the ‘Temple of Speed’, something which sounds absurd given how many victories the Dutchman has achieved
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Zhou Guanyu performed very well at the recent Italian Grand Prix, to claim a point at Alfa Romeo’s all-important home race. The Chinese driver found himself in a near race-long battle with stand-in Williams driver Nyck de Vries, who sensationally scored points on his Formula 1 debut. The Alfa Romeo driver had a look at
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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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