1997 champion, Jacques Villeneuve, has criticised race director Niels Wittich’s handling of the final laps of the Italian Grand Prix last weekend. Max Verstappen had made his way up from seventh to first in Monza, and he held a comfortable advantage over Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc going into the closing stages. The Safety Car was brought
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Alpine look likely to go from one difficult situation to another, following a number of reports that Pierre Gasly will sign for the French team for 2023. The Enstone-based side are still recovering from the debacle of losing Fernando Alonso to Aston Martin and the highly-rated Oscar Piastri to McLaren, following the FIA’s Contract Recognition
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Mercedes’ George Russell has offered his congratulations to Nyck de Vries for the way he performed during the Italian Grand Prix last weekend. De Vries had taken part in a practice session with the British team at the Spanish Grand Prix in May, before Sir Lewis Hamilton stepped aside for the Dutchman in FP1 in
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Haas team principal, Guenther Steiner, has affirmed that Mick Schumacher’s ship in Formula 1 has not sailed yet. The German endured a difficult start to the year, suffering big crashes in Jeddah and Monaco, and he was struggling to find his feet as he failed to score a point in any of the opening nine
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Lando Norris was left wondering what might have been after he finished seventh at the Italian Grand Prix last weekend. The Briton started the race in third after Max Verstappen, Carlos Sainz, Sergio Perez and Sir Lewis Hamilton all picked up penalties. With Daniel Ricciardo behind in fourth, it looked as though there was a
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Alfa Romeo’s Valtteri Bottas feels that he can “trust” his current employers more than he could Mercedes. The Finn was signed to Mercedes by team principal, Toto Wolff, after the shock retirement of 2016 world champion, Nico Rosberg, ahead of the 2017 season. Bottas was put straight up against Sir Lewis Hamilton, and he won
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The new Formula 2 champion, Felipe Drugovich, finally secured a Formula 1 affiliation this week when Aston Martin took him on as a development driver. Many teams on the grid, such as Red Bull, Alpine and Ferrari, all passed on the opportunity to sign the hugely talented Brazilian driver, but their loss is Aston Martin’s
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Max Verstappen claimed his fifth consecutive victory last weekend at the ‘Temple of Speed’, which was staggeringly his first victory ever at the Italian Grand Prix. However, it ended under controversial circumstances, as the race ended behind a Safety Car following a late retirement for Daniel Ricciardo. On Lap 47/53 Ricciardo came to a halt
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A Formula 1 fan has started a petition asking Williams to drop Nicholas Latifi in favour of Nyck de Vries for the remainder of the 2022 season. Latifi has not had an easy time of it so far this year; he had been out-qualified 13 times in 15 races by team-mate Alex Albon and, while
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Geri Horner, former Spice Girl and wife of Red Bull team principal, Christian, has cancelled her 50th birthday festivities out of respect for Queen Elizabeth II. Her Majesty passed away peacefully last Thursday following a short illness at the age of 96, having served as the Monarch for 70 years. She attended the first-ever world championship
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