Ferrari’s race director, Laurent Mekies, feels that the Formula 1 financial regulations are entering a critical period amid allegations that Red Bull and Aston Martin have broken them. The first F1 budget cap was introduced last season, and all 10 teams were given a limit of $145 million that they could spend on car development,
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Seven-time World Champion Sir Lewis Hamilton might want to recount his Drivers’ Championships, after Mercedes’ title partner Petronas hailed the 37-year-old as an eight-time World Champion. The comical blunder occurred during a trip by Hamilton, George Russell, and team principal Toto Wolff, to Petronas’ headquarters in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Mercedes were present at the Petronas
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Formula 1 CEO Stefano Domenicali was proud to confirm that six sprint races will take place in 2023, something which has resulted in a wide range of opinions from across the F1 community. Sprint races were initially trialled in 2021 at the British, Italian and Brazilian Grand Prix, before they were confirmed once again for
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During a recent appearance on the Beyond the Grid podcast, Red Bull boss Christian Horner revealed that he has spoken to former Formula 1 race director Michael Masi “on a couple of occasions”. The Australian, who now works in the Australian Supercars series, was deemed to have made a “human error” at the controversial 2021
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With Max Verstappen on the cusp of retaining his Drivers’ World Championship at this weekend’s Singapore Grand Prix, Red Bull boss Christian Horner has revealed how amazed he’s been by his side’s complete domination. Red Bull put more time into their 2021 challenger than arguably any other team, with the Austrians having been the last side to
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2022 is a year that Mercedes can’t wait to see the back of, with the new aerodynamic era having started in arguably the worst way possible for the Germans. Despite having spent so much of 2021 developing their car for this season, Mercedes have arguably made a mess of the new aerodynamic regulations, with their
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Pirelli’s head of motorsport, Mario Isola, has warned that a whole new range of tyres will be needed should Formula 1 push forwards on a rule to see electric tyre blankets banned from 2024, in what would be a massive changing point in the Italian manufacturer’s approach to the championship. Should the rule be implemented,
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Mercedes team principal, Toto Wolff, understands why the engine penalty system is in place, but he would like to try and find better ways of policing power unit usage. Each driver is allowed three engines per season, and there are limits to how many of each component they are allowed to use too. The first
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Mercedes’ head of trackside engineering, Andrew Shovlin, has admitted that Red Bull have the ‘best’ sidepod design this season; however, he expects that to change next season following another rule adjustment. Red Bull have been completely dominant this season; the Austrian side have claimed 12 victories and have amounted an uncatchable 139-point lead in the
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Alpine’s sporting director Alan Permane has called for Formula 1 to look into getting the current procedures in place correct first, before implementing a rule change which would see races red-flagged should an incident occur late on. The comments come following the highly disappointing ending to the recent Italian Grand Prix, which finished behind the
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