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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Senior Red Bull advisor Dr Helmut Marko has admitted that former Mercedes F1 engine chief Andy Cowell would be a “good option” to lead their new powertrain division. READ: F1 Fans Want A Dubai Grand Prix However, the Austrian stressed that he believes Cowell isn’t currently interested in returning to F1, echoing what Red Bull
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Carlos Sainz has said he expects McLaren to be a strong rival this season, as he believes they will benefit from switching to Mercedes power from Renault. READ: F1 Fans Want A Dubai Grand Prix The Spaniard left the Woking-based team at the end of last season to join Ferrari – and he is expecting
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Valtteri Bottas will be trying to stop Sir Lewis Hamilton from winning his eighth F1 title in 2021, but there’s no guarantee Mercedes will have the fastest car this year. READ: ‘I’m Gonna Have You Off’: Pundits React To Raikkonen & Sainz’s Bizarre Crash Red Bull and Max Verstappen in particular looked strong during pre-season
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Ferrari’s 2021 power unit will be “very good” and could even rival Mercedes’ engine, which has been the strongest for most of the turbo-hybrid era of Formula One, according to Marc Gene, a test driver for the Scuderia. READ: Verstappen Reveals He Received COVID-19 Vaccine – But Not In Bahrain The Maranello-based team had the
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Ferrari and its two customer teams – Alfa Romeo and Haas – will be running a new power unit this year after having the weakest engine in Formula One last campaign. READ: Source: WADA Still Investigating Haas Livery Despite FIA Saying It’s Legal The Scuderia has said it is confident that it has taken a
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