It has been reported by Auto Motor und Sport (AMuS) that Italian tyre manufacturer Pirelli might face some competition in remaining as Formula 1’s sole tyre supplier, following reports that Japanese manufacturer Bridgestone are considering a return. Pirelli replaced Bridgestone at the start of the 2011 season and have remained as the sport’s sole tyre
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Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff has confirmed there will be no major upgrades brought to their 2023 title challenger before May’s Emilia-Romagna Grand Prix, despite previous suggestions that a shakeup with the car was expected. Following on from a disappointing 2022 that saw the team fall off from the top of the mountain amid a
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Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff has accepted that a radical rethink of their car’s design is going to be required if the team is to compete at the front of the grid once again. Having sat in the hotseat at Mercedes since 2013, Wolff has skin in the game, personally owning 30% of Mercedes-Benz Grand Prix,
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Formula 1 Safety Car driver Bernd Maylander has seen it all in his 23-year career at the pinnacle of motorsport, with the German having had an incredible amount of talent in his rear view mirror. Michael Schumacher, Mika Hakkinen, Lewis Hamilton, Sebastian Vettel, Max Verstappen, just a few of the names who’ve sat patiently (most
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Following their woeful start to the 2023 F1 season, it has been reported that Ferrari are set to join Mercedes by introducing new sidepods at the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix in May, but not in a bid to catch Red Bull. The Italian edition of Motorsport.com has reported that Ferrari are set to introduce an
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Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff has revealed that the Germans will make “more radical changes” to the W14 should their new concept fail to work at the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix, where the Silver Arrows are set to introduce a large number of updates. After a woeful start to the 2023 F1 season, Wolff has
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British American Racing (BAR) founder Craig Pollock is pushing to enter a new team into Formula 1, following the FIA’s announcement that they were open to allowing two new teams to join the grid. The former BAR CEO and team principal isn’t planning on entering any normal team, though, but a world’s first. Pollock is
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Grand Prix Drivers’ Association chairman Alex Wurz has revealed why Red Bull are so much stronger than the rest of the field, with the Austrians having started the 2023 F1 season with back-to-back 1-2 finishes. Red Bull have been unstoppable this year and have remarkably made further progress on their rapid RB18 from last season,
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Mercedes trackside engineer Andrew Shovlin has admitted that the team knew the W14 had limited improvements from their 2022 contender before it hit the track in Bahrain for pre-season testing. Putting the W14 in their wind tunnel, Mercedes saw that the aerodynamics of the car were not sufficiently up to scratch to compete for the 2023
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There is certainly never a dull moment in the political world of Formula 1, with CEO Stefano Domenicali having opened a can of worms following some very interesting comments last weekend. The Italian was a guest at the MotoGP season-opener on Sunday at the Algarve International Circuit, where he waved the chequered flag as reigning
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