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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Haas driver Mick Schumacher says that the track limit penalties in Austria were a “silly” look for Formula 1, so he has suggested finding a way of enforcing them more leniently. Over 40 track limit violations took place in F1 over the course of the Austrian Grand Prix weekend, and plenty more could be found
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Aston Martin’s Sebastian Vettel has conceded that he is not entirely certain that V10 engines making a comeback in 2026 is in everyone’s best interests. Vettel had a go in Nigel Mansell’s 1992 championship winning car ahead of the British Grand Prix a few weeks back, and he used synthesised fuel – which does not
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Red Bull team principal Christian Horner has frequently said this season that he expects Mercedes to make it a three-way fight at the front after their sluggish start to the season, and he has continued that trend ahead of the French Grand Prix. Mercedes are yet to win a race in 2022 due to the
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Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff has aimed a further shot at Red Bull and Ferrari amid the skid block and plank controversy. The FIA stepped in at the Canadian Grand Prix to try and counter the bouncing phenomenon that has emerged as a result of the new technical regulations. Ground effect aerodynamics were brought back
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The Haas F1 Team continue to be the surprise package of the season, with the side coming into the French Grand Prix on the back of finishing sixth and eighth at the Austrian Grand Prix, despite still being yet to introduce a single upgrade. The VF22 appears to be one of the most consistent cars on the
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Plenty of work has been going on at Brackley in recent weeks to solve the endemic problem running through the Mercedes team of late. The German side have had all hands on deck since the beginning of the season trying to eradicate “porpoising” and bouncing which, as well as costing them bags of performance, have
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Haas team principal Guenther Steiner is pleased to see the back of the budget cap saga after it was raised by 3.1 percent. The budget was initially set at $140 million for the season for every team, and has to be spread out between damage repairs, car development, freight travel and more – drivers’ salaries
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Red Bull’s Max Verstappen believes that the stewards were too harsh on track limits in Austria up and down the racing ladder after multiple penalties and lap time deletions were handed out. Several drivers in Formula 2 and Formula 3 had their lap times taken off them in the support races, before a series of
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