FIA head of single-seaters technical matters, Nikolas Tombazis, has declared that engine performance up and down the grid is relatively uniform after the introduction of the freeze. The engine freeze is one of many alterations made to the technical regulations this season, with an E10 fuel blend – made up of 90 percent fossil fuels
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Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff has praised the “super job” that Haas have done with their 2022 car, and sees battling them as a fascinating learning curve. On lap time, Mercedes were the quickest team last season, and Haas were an astonishing 3.38% adrift of them on average. Contextualising that, the other nine teams were
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Mick Schumacher can see a points finish on the horizon after an impressive showing at the 2022 Australian Grand Prix. For the first time this season, the young German managed to out-qualify experienced team-mate Kevin Magnussen as neither Haas car managed to make it into the third and final qualifying session. The 23-year-old’s race was
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George Russell has revealed that his Mercedes team are not planning to bring upgrades to the car at the next race in Imola. The Silver Arrows have struggled for form since the turn of the new technical regulations this season, suffering from “porpoising,” adverse handling in the corners and seemingly a power deficit to Ferrari
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Racing driver Tom Coronel believes that Ferrari and Red Bull’s title aspirations are contingent on which team is able to minimise the weight of their car this year. As the technical regulations radically changed to facilitate the return of ground effect aerodynamics, the weight of the cars naturally increased, so the limit was raised to
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AlphaTauri’s Pierre Gasly is hoping that the new upgrades his team are planning to implement in the coming races will have the desired effect, and stresses the importance of maintaining good development throughout this season. The new technical regulations in Formula 1 have led to a completely different way of thinking for the teams this
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Red Bull team principal Christian Horner has affirmed that the team’s ambitions to build their own powertrains from 2026 remain very much alive. It was anticipated that Red Bull would start manufacturing their own engines and gearboxes out of Milton Keynes from this season after agreeing a deal to purchase Honda’s intellectual properties following the
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Red Bull team principal Christian Horner believes that greater subsidies should be on offer in Formula 1 for new engine manufacturers from 2026. Red Bull are the subject of a proposed engine deal with Porsche who, with the permission of Volkswagen, will join Audi in entering the pinnacle of motorsport in 2026. Audi are reportedly
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Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff has praised Ferrari for the gains they have made on their power unit, recalling that they are outside the ballpark of what the Silver Arrows have achieved themselves. Ahead of the introduction of the all-new technical regulations, Ferrari spent a large portion of 2021 working on this year’s machine. They
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Sebastian Vettel has indicated that the reason he has not christened his AMR22 is because it is not fast enough to merit a name. Over the years, the German has given his cars names such as “Kinky Kylie,” “Margherita” and, last year, “Honey Ryder” after the Honeychile Rider character in the James Bond film: Dr
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