Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff is confident that Ferrari will cause disruption at the pointy end of the F1 grid in 2022, placing them among the teams that will be strong next year. The eight-time Constructors’ Champions ended the 2021 season 290 points clear of Ferrari, who have endured a difficult last couple of years.
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Ferrari team principal Mattia Binotto is excited by the prospect of the team’s 2022 power unit, which is reported to have overcome the 20 horsepower drop that will come with the new engines. Ferrari slumped to sixth in the Constructors’ Championship in the 2020 season, partly owing to an engine that was painfully down on
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Red Bull have ended up in court following the culmination of the controversial 2021 Formula 1 season, but it is not in a legal battle with Mercedes. Instead, they are fighting to keep one of their former employees away from Aston Martin, at least temporarily. Former Red Bull chief aerodynamicist Dan Fallows was offered a
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Ferrari have managed to overcome the power drop that all power unit manufacturers will face in 2022 as a result of a switch to a new fuel composition, according to reports from Italy. There will be an estimated 20 horsepower drop next season, but it has been suggested that Ferrari have managed to find a
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Red Bull advisor Dr Helmut Marko has affirmed that while Sir Lewis Hamilton’s engine performance at the 2021 Brazilian Grand Prix was a “unique situation,” he has no interest in questioning the legality of it. Hamilton qualified for the Brazilian Sprint in first place, but thanks to a rear-wing irregularity, the Mercedes driver was disqualified,
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Alfa Romeo driver Valtteri Bottas does not believe that the 2022 Formula 1 car will be all that different from the current generation. The Finn departed serial Constructors’ Champions Mercedes following five years with the team, and will now join partner young Chinese driver Guanyu Zhou – making for an all-new line-up at Alfa Romeo
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McLaren’s Lando Norris thinks that the new Formula 1 cars in 2022 will be vastly different to 2021, and that every driver will have to adapt and improvise to succeed under the new regulations. Following five seasons of high levels of downforce on the cars, 2022 will see reduced downforce, 18-inch tyres, and the return
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Honda’s Formula 1 boss Masashi Yamamoto believes that the manufacturer had too much respect for McLaren and vice-versa during their three torrid years in partnership with the team in the turbo-hybrid era of the sport. McLaren managed just two podium finishes in their last two years in partnership with Mercedes in 2013 and 2014, with
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Honda F1 boss Masashi Yamamoto has insisted that the manufacturer had no intention to discuss staying in Formula 1 as they leave the sport following the close of the 2021 season. Honda powered Red Bull between 2019 and this year, having taken AlphaTauri on board in 2018 when they were named Toro Rosso. This followed
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Ferrari must be ready to address any weaknesses of their 2022 car as soon as possible if they are to succeed in the new era of Formula 1, team principal Mattia Binotto has said. The Maranello-based team finished third in the Constructors’ Championship last campaign after a season-long battle with McLaren to be best of
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