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Ferrari drivers reveal FIA’s biggest concern after Saudi Arabian GP

Following Sunday’s Saudi Arabian Grand Prix, Charles Leclerc and Carlos Sainz have both revealed that following another car was just as difficult as “in the old cars”, potentially causing panic amongst the FIA. Whilst last weekend’s race at the Jeddah Corniche Circuit saw more overtakes than ever before at the venue, the number of completed

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Alpine boss admits concern about rivals exploiting budget cap loopholes

Towards the end of F1’s previous era, the field was getting too spread out, with Mercedes and Red Bull being lightyears ahead of everybody else. Formula 1 decided to counter this by introducing a cost cap of $145m in 2021, hoping that every team being able to spend the same amount would allow more competitiveness

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FIA change key rule after Ferrari complained about Max Verstappen

Ahead of the first race of the 2023 season in Bahrain, the FIA have updated the wording of a rule in the International Sporting Code, following an issue at the Monaco Grand Prix last season. Ferrari filed a complaint to the FIA last season at Monaco directed at Red Bull and double World Champion Max

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McLaren boss demands penalty to prevent Sergio Perez ‘cheating’

A number of Formula 1 bosses have suggested potential solutions of how the sport could deal with drivers who cause “red flags or yellow flags” during qualifying, with McLaren Racing CEO Zak Brown calling for lap-times to be deleted. The calls for drivers to be punished for significant qualifying errors comes after suggestions that Sergio

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Max Verstappen issues warning as Red Bull to be handed major blow

Max Verstappen’s defence of his maiden 2021 Drivers’ Championship was majestic in 2022, with the Dutchman setting new records for the most wins and points scored in a season. With a staggering 15 wins and 454 points this season, there was no stopping the 25-year-old from becoming a double World Champion, so what is stopping

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FIA makes surprising admission about teams breaking porpoising rule

The first season of the new aerodynamic regulations will likely be remembered for one thing and one thing only, porpoising, a word that Mercedes have likely banned from their garage. It quickly became apparent in pre-season testing that the new cars had a rather peculiar issue; they bounced! This saw sparks fly at virtually every

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Pierre Gasly warns FIA that 5 drivers could be handed race ban

Pierre Gasly will presumably be on his best behaviour in the opening rounds of the 2023 season, unless he wants to give Alpine a huge headache. Following a turbulent 2022 season, Gasly has astonishingly acclaimed 10 penalty points, meaning the Frenchman is just two away from a not-needed race ban. Since the system was introduced in 2014,

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FIA bans Mercedes and Aston Martin aero parts for 2023

Following tweaks made by the FIA to the 2023 technical regulations, Mercedes and Aston Martin are being sent back to the drawing board following bans on their innovative designs. For Mercedes, the part in question that they can no longer use is their extreme front-wing endplates, which were first seen at the Miami Grand Prix much earlier

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