Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff has dismissed suggestions that the “porpoising” issue that plagued the Silver Arrows in the early part of the year affected their cars in Monaco. The new technical regulations in 2022 saw a return to ground effect aerodynamics and, as such, lower ride heights were necessitated. The “porpoising” phenomenon that emerged
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AlphaTauri technical director Jody Egginton insists that the 2022 car has a flexible package that lends itself well to upgrades. The Italian side have struggled somewhat to put performances together with the first iteration under the technical regulations, despite making Q3 on four occasions in the opening seven rounds of the year. Three have come
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Ferrari team principal Mattia Binotto does not believe that the team should have been fined 25,000 euros for impeding last weekend in Monaco. Carlos Sainz, according to the stewards, was given “grossly” incorrect information as to the whereabouts of other cars behind him during Friday practice, and he ended up receiving a reprimand for driving
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Kevin Magnussen believes that the new base set up in Maranello has helped Haas become more competitive in 2022 by improving their collaboration with Ferrari. Last year, Haas spent essentially the entire season preparing for the new technical regulations that were introduced this season, meaning that they went the whole year without managing a single
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Aston Martin team principal Mike Krack has reiterated that his team did “nothing wrong” while designing their B-spec car, despite Red Bull’s protestations. The British side introduced a new chassis in Spain that was intended to improve their fortunes having scored points in two of the opening six rounds of the season up to that
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Ferrari drivers Charles Leclerc has suggested that every reign must come to an end eventually, so is not overly surprised to see Mercedes struggling to win races in 2022. The turn of the new technical regulations in 2022 allowed Ferrari to spend a great deal of last year working on their new car as they
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George Russell has spoken out in support of junior drivers after two of them were used during FP1 at the Spanish Grand Prix. For 2022, the FIA introduced a brand new rule regarding teams’ use of young drivers during the season. It was announced that all teams must use a junior driver in FP1 twice
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Ferrari’s Carlos Sainz was left wondering why Williams were not punished when Nicholas Latifi held him up at the Monaco Grand Prix last weekend. Sainz had an eventful Saturday in Monaco as the team earned a 25,000 euro fine for giving the Spaniard “grossly incorrect” messages as to how much clear air there was behind
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Sir Lewis Hamilton does not know for certain what changes Mercedes should make to their car for the 2023 season, but he certainly would not like a lot of the features of the W13 to be on it. Mercedes have struggled for pace and consistency this year due to their “porpoising” and handling problems due
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Sir Lewis Hamilton could be forced to sit out the British Grand Prix if he continues to wear jewellery in the car beyond the end of June. The FIA have twice given reminders to the drivers this year of the 2005 regulation that dictates that drivers are not to wear jewellery in the cars due
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