Red Bull team principal, Christian Horner, made a naughty comment when asked about the compromised changes to the technical regulations for 2023. “Porpoising” and bouncing have been debated all season by the teams, with Mercedes keen to find a solution amid the physical dangers of it. A technical directive was introduced in Montreal in a
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Max Verstappen has been warned by the stewards after they found a discrepancy during his practice start at the Belgian Grand Prix. It has already been a busy weekend for the Dutchman, who headed to Spa with an engine penalty that should see him start from the eighth row of the grid alongside Ferrari’s Charles
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The Mercedes F1 Team enters the second half of the season with a spring in their step, after ending the first half of the year with two consecutive double podiums, and with Sir Lewis Hamilton currently on a run of five podiums in a row. It’s a very different picture to the start of the
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1996 world champion Damon Hill believes that Sir Lewis Hamilton is going to be in with a shout of victory at this weekend’s Belgian Grand Prix. The 37-year-old came back from his winter break to a car that had inherent problems under the new technical regulations. The unique sidepod design was causing issues aerodynamically, and
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This weekend’s Belgian Grand Prix is set to be the first race under the revised regulations, but will there be a change to the pecking order? Red Bull and Ferrari are certain that it is not going to affect their performance, while Mercedes have been coy as to whether it might bring them closer to
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A new Technical Directive is being introduced at the Belgian Grand Prix, one that many believe will benefit Mercedes, but Red Bull and Ferrari aren’t worried. Throughout the first half of the 2022 campaign, Mercedes encountered severe porpoising issues which played a part in them failing to fight Red Bull and Ferrari at the front
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The first half of the season was full of ‘what if’ moments for Ferrari, after a catalogue of strategic blunders and reliability problems have left them playing catch-up in both the Drivers’ and Constructors’ Championships. The Italian’s have only themselves to blame for being so far behind Red Bull Racing, with Charles Leclerc having retired from the
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Mercedes driver George Russell has reiterated that it is not a given that the new technical directive being introduced at the Belgian Grand Prix will help Mercedes get closer to Red Bull and Ferrari. A major part of the new technical regulations introduced this season is “porpoising” and bouncing, and this phenomenon has sparked debate
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This weekend’s Belgian Grand Prix is rumoured to be the place where Audi will announce their new partnership with Sauber, with the German’s set to become an engine supplier for the Swiss team, according to Motorsport.com. After months of rumours that Audi would be merging with a current team in Formula 1, it looks highly likely that the ongoing rumours will finally become fact,
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2022 has been a challenging year for a number of reasons; the new regulations, the joint longest calendar ever and a reduced budget cap, at a time when prices around the world are soaring. For this season, the budget cap was reduced by $5 million to $140 million, something which has caused a number of
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