Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff has said that the regulations for next season are “up in the air,” and believes that there should have been instant action taken against deflecting floor planks. The FIA introduced a technical directive at the Canadian Grand Prix, in which they will create a metric for oscillating movement from the
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Mercedes trackside engineer Andrew Shovlin has told Red Bull and Ferrari that there is no evidence to suggest that the proposed rule changes next year are designed to help them. In order to make sure that “porpoising” and bouncing do not become unsafe next season, the FIA are changing the design of the cars next
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Former Formula 1 driver Alex Wurz fears that track limits will be an even bigger issue at this weekend’s French Grand Prix than they were in Austria. Niels Wittich, one of two new race directors this season alongside Eduardo Freitas, had a lot to deal with in Spielberg a fortnight ago as he wrestled control
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Haas team principal Guenther Steiner and Ferrari boss Mattia Binotto have both indicated that upgrades under the new technical regulations are having less of an effect than they did before. The new ground effect aerodynamics introduced this season necessitated an entirely new concept and approach from the teams as they tried to figure out the
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The Mercedes F1 Team’s hunt to end their victory drought may finally come to an end this weekend at the French Grand Prix, with many predicting the Silver Arrows to be favourites at the Circuit Paul Ricard. It’s been a troublesome first-half of the season for Mercedes, who have taken nearly half a year to get on
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Red Bull team principal Christian Horner believes his team will be unaffected by the regulation change set to come into effect at the Belgian Grand Prix. In a bid to counter “porpoising” and bouncing, the FIA measured the cars at the Canadian Grand Prix so that they could set a limit for oscillating movement. When
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Senior Russian official Sergey Ivanov has criticised Formula 1 for their handling of Russian motorsport amid the country’s ongoing invasion of Ukraine. In February, the FIA was quickly sparked into action when Russian president Vladimir Putin ordered his troops to launch a full-scale invasion of Ukraine, and the governing body moved to ban all Russian
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Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff believes that Formula 1 is not interesting enough right now due to the gap between his team and the front-running pace of Ferrari and Red Bull. Mercedes have very much been in the periphery so far this season, managing seven podium finishes between Sir Lewis Hamilton and George Russell while
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Every time a new set of technical regulations are introduced, someone finds a clever way of exploiting loopholes to extract maximum performance. The blown diffuser used in 2009 by now managing director of Formula 1, Ross Brawn, can be used as an example of that, so it is almost poetic that he was the one
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Despite not having the pace to challenge for victories, the Mercedes F1 Team have still racked up seven podium finishes this season, with four third-place finishes for Sir Lewis Hamilton and three third-place finishes for George Russell. Mercedes have consistently been able to make the most of retirements ahead of them, with both Ferrari and
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