Fernando Alonso will be making his return to F1 in just a couple of days after spending two years outside the pinnacle of motorsport. READ: ‘Lewis Hamilton Wanted To Work Less & Get Paid More’ – Ex-F1 Driver The Spaniard will be returning with the newly rebranded Alpine F1 Team, which is effectively still Renault’s
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Scuderia AlphaTauri driver Pierre Gasly has praised Honda’s new power unit, hailing its reliability and saying it appears to be more powerful than its predecessor, though he stressed it’s impossible to get the full picture in testing. READ: Verstappen Insists Mercedes Didn’t Show Their Hand In Pre-Season Testing Scuderia AlphaTauri’s 2021 car looked strong in
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Mercedes have genuine difficulties with their 2021 challenger, ex-F1 driver Ralf Schumacher believes. READ: ‘Welcome To Russia’: Mercedes Employee Got Arrested Ahead Of Russian GP The Silver Arrows struggled in pre-season testing, with a gearbox issue hampering Valtteri Bottas’ running in the morning session of the first day and Sir Lewis Hamilton struggling for pace
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Red Bull driver Max Verstappen has insisted that Mercedes’ 2021 challenger, the W12, is “indeed fast” despite the Silver Arrows appearing to be on the back foot during pre-season testing in Bahrain last week. READ: Horner Thought Alex Albon Could’ve Been ‘The Surprise Of The Season’ Speaking to Ziggo Sport, the Dutch ace suggested that
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Mercedes’ Dual-Axis Steering (DAS) system caused a stir as the 2020 season got underway in Austria, with teams and pundits quickly noticing the innovation. READ: ‘We Don’t Have Answers’: Mercedes Admit They’re Struggling Ahead Of Bahrain GP Red Bull swiftly lodged a protest against the system with the FIA – and episode two of the
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Mercedes endured their worst pre-season test in the turbo-hybrid era of Formula One last weekend at Bahrain, with the Silver Arrows being hit by reliability issues and Sir Lewis Hamilton in particular struggling to get to grips with the W12. READ: Sebastian Vettel Willing To Accept ‘Horrible’ Car As Long As It’s Quick Speaking after
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McLaren attracted the attention of rival teams during pre-season testing in Bahrain due to the unique design of their 2021 car’s diffuser. READ: Sebastian Vettel Willing To Accept ‘Horrible’ Car As Long As It’s Quick The Woking-based team is seemingly trying to find lap time by exploiting a loophole in the technical regulations to help
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All F1 teams are expected to abandon the development of their 2021 challengers and switch focus to their 2022 cars early on this campaign, as next year will see sweeping regulation changes come into effect. READ: Sebastian Vettel Willing To Accept ‘Horrible’ Car As Long As It’s Quick This makes 2022 more important than a
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Sebastian Vettel’s much-anticipated debut with the Aston Martin F1 Team is just a matter of days away, but the German may find himself struggling in the first race as his running time in pre-season testing was severely limited due to his AMR21 suffering a series of mechanical issues. READ: Alpine Boss Has No Doubt About
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Honda F1 technical director Toyoharu Tanabe has said the Japanese car-maker believes its 2021 power unit has “exceeded” the performance of Mercedes’ 2020 engine, which was the strongest power unit in the sport last campaign. READ: Leclerc To Avoid ‘Stupid Things’ With New Ferrari Team-Mate As a result of Honda deciding to exit Formula One
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