New information has surfaced as to the skids on the floors of some of the cars amid the “porpoising” and bouncing technical directive debate. Mercedes’ drivers, Sir Lewis Hamilton and George Russell, have been struggling both physically and in terms of performance due to the aerodynamic phenomenon that comes with the new ground effect aerodynamics,
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Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff believes Haas had an advantage over the Silver Arrows at the Austrian Grand Prix due to their pace in a straight line. The Red Bull Ring is predominantly a power track, so it requires good engine performance as well as a chassis catered to pace in a straight line, and
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The stewards have once again made themselves the centre of attention at this weekend’s Austrian Grand Prix with a series of confusing calls. Multiple drivers in Formula 1, 2 and 3 had been given penalties on Friday for exceeding track limits, and there had been a lot of deleted laps in qualifying for the sprint
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Aston Martin’s Sebastian Vettel has been given a suspended fine by the stewards for his “behaviour” during the drivers’ meeting on Friday. On every Friday of a race weekend, the drivers are mandated to arrive at the briefing room to be told of any important information for the remainder of the weekend, and discuss anything
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The Mercedes F1 Team and George Russell in particular have managed to avoid what would’ve been a costly penalty at the Austrian Grand Prix, after it was revealed that the Brit had used a different wing-spec for Saturday’s Sprint race. Russell finished a superb 4th in the Sprint, meaning he will line-up from there for
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George Russell did not have a lot of sympathy for Sergio Perez after the Mexican was penalised after qualifying at the Austrian Grand Prix. The 32-year-old had crossed the white line on the run that got him into the final part of qualifying, but the stewards did not notice it until Q3 was about to
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Will Buxton shut down the argument that the FIA are trying to help Red Bull after the stewards made a mistake during qualifying for the Austrian Grand Prix. Perez was one of a number of drivers throughout Friday up and down the racing ladder that were looked at for exceeding track limits in Spielberg, with
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Sergio Perez has been docked nine positions after his track limits violation during qualifying ahead of the sprint race at the Austrian Grand Prix. Multiple drivers throughout Friday – in Formula 3, 2 and the premier class – had fallen foul of the stewards’ wrath by venturing over the white lines. All it took in
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Red Bull adviser Dr Helmut Marko believes that race engineers are making life too easy for their drivers at the moment, and he has called for the regulations to be altered. During the race, there are dozens of radio messages exchanged between drivers, engineers and team principals that entail all sorts of different things. The
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Alpine’s Fernando Alonso has called the stewards’ inconsistencies into question after Sergio Perez’s overtake on Charles Leclerc and Sir Lewis Hamilton at the British Grand Prix. Perez had recovered back to the pointy end in Silverstone after taking damage following contact with Leclerc, and he found himself battling with the Monegasque again when Ferrari neglected
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