Red Bull adviser Dr Helmut Marko reckons that the team will be able to unlock even more potential from the RB18 once they finally make the regulation weight. The weight limit has been set at 798kg this season by the FIA due to the ground effect aerodynamics, which have made the cars a lot heavier.
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1978 world champion is disappointed at Mercedes boss Toto Wolff’s comments regarding the possible entry of an Andretti team into the sport. Former McLaren driver and podium finisher Michael Andretti has submitted an application to the FIA to have a team on the grid for the 2024 season after a failed attempt last year to
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After making their allegations against the Aston Martin F1 Team “personal”, Red Bull Racing have decided to drop the ‘green Red Bull’ saga with no “concrete” evidence available. Aston Martin shocked the Formula 1 paddock at the Spanish Grand Prix, after revealing some distinctive upgrades to their AMR22 at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya. However, they
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The FIA have fined Williams for breaching the 2021 financial regulations after they failed to submit the required documents in time. One of the interesting facets of last season was the regulations which, having been perceived would be identical to 2020 owing to the pandemic, actually changed a lot more than people thought. There were
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Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff has highlighted the “extraordinary inflation” and soaring energy bills as reasons for wanting to increase the budget cap. The budget was set at circa $140 million this season, down $5 million from last year, and this is allocated to development, damage repair, transport of freight and more. There is therefore
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Ferrari team principal Matti Binotto has again urged the FIA to reconsider the budget cap for the 2022 season, affirming that it has resulted in employees being let go. The revised $140 million cap this year, which is reserved for development, damage repair, transport of freight and man hours working on the cars – among
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Four-time World Champion Sebastian Vettel has spoken out in disappointment over the recent comments made about his Aston Martin F1 Team by Red Bull. Not for the first time, Aston Martin were accused of copying another team’s design at the recent Spanish Grand Prix. The British team brought several upgrades to the weekend in Spain,
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Sir Lewis Hamilton is targeting the British Grand Prix as the race where he hopes the Silver Arrows can finally begin to challenge Red Bull and Ferrari for victories. Mercedes have been on the back foot for the majority of the season under the new technical regulations, and they have struggled to figure out how
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Mercedes trackside engineer Andrew Shovlin is not altogether optimistic that the Azerbaijan Grand Prix this weekend will yield many more fruits than the Monaco Grand Prix last time out. Having scored a podium through George Russell in Spain, the Silver Arrows struggled in Monaco as they tried to get the car to work around the
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Former Formula 1 driver Felipe Massa has advised McLaren’s Daniel Ricciardo to try and put a smile back on his face as he tries to recover from a disappointing start to the 2022 season. Ricciardo has scored points just three times in the last 12 races with the Woking side, and has been out-qualified 21
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