Despite having faced criticism from reigning World Champion Max Verstappen, seven-time World Champion Lewis Hamilton has expressed a positive reaction to the proposed format changes to sprint weekends, which will see two qualifying sessions take place. The weekend format is certainly something that is seeing plenty of change as of late, with sprint races in
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Toto Wolff has opened up on Mercedes’ upgrade plans after Lewis Hamilton suggested what they need to improve with their W14 2023 challenger. A disappointing start to the new era of regulations last season has carried over into the 2023 campaign, with the Silver Arrows still unable to reclaim top spot on the grid as
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Haas team principal Gunther Steiner doesn’t believe that Formula 1 needs to change the rules and regulations in order to stop Red Bull from dominating the rest of the grid, claiming that their advantage will lessen as the season progresses. Red Bull have been head and shoulders above the rest so far in 2023 and
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Ferrari team principal Frederic Vasseur believes all teams on the Formula 1 grid are ‘aligned’ in their agreement over the changes proposed to the sprint race weekend format. Tweaks to the format will see practice sessions removed in favour of an extra qualifying session, with drivers now qualifying for the Grand Prix in Friday, and
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Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff has seemingly demonstrated the same view on the proposed new sprint format as reigning World Champion Max Verstappen, who has threatened to quit Formula 1 should too many changes be made. It has been reported that a new weekend format could be seen as soon as the Azerbaijan Grand Prix,
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Pierre Gasly’s cheeky message to the FIA from last season’s Australian Grand Prix resurfaced on social media on Saturday, with it having been a year since the Frenchman told the governing body that they could “check my arse”. It was at the Australian GP last season where race director Niels Wittich informed the drivers that
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Aston Martin director of performance Tom McCullough has revealed that the Silverstone-based team are going to use their big “advantage” over Red Bull, Ferrari and Mercedes “as much as we can”, following their remarkable start to the 2023 F1 season. Aston Martin’s start to the season is by far one of the stories of the
MoreEx-Formula 1 driver turned pundit Martin Brundle has revealed that he’d be “surprised” if Max Verstappen did retire from the pinnacle of motorsport at the end of 2028, when his current lucrative contract with Red Bull expires. Verstappen has discussed retiring in 2028 several times recently, with the Dutchman having stated it once again during
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Mercedes launched off the line with a strong lap one performance at the Australian Grand Prix, taking the lead from Red Bull’s Max Verstappen, as George Russell and Lewis Hamilton passed the Dutchman. The Mercedes party didn’t last long though, as a strategy call saw Russell lose his position at the head of the field,
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Seven-time World Champion Lewis Hamilton put on an excellent display at the Australian Grand Prix, after the Mercedes driver managed to convert a third-place start into a second-place finish at the Albert Park Circuit. Sunday’s race in Australia was without a doubt Hamilton’s best of the 2023 F1 season, with the 38-year-old having shown consistent
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