Alpine team principal Otmar Szafauer does not believe that team orders are necessary just yet after the exciting battle between Esteban Ocon and Fernando Alonso at the 2022 Saudi Arabian Grand Prix. Having started the race ahead of his team-mate, Ocon found himself being attacked by the Spaniard early on in the race, and a
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Guenther Steiner estimates that Mick Schumacher’s crash during qualifying for the 2022 Saudi Arabian Grand Prix will cost the Haas team somewhere in the region of $500,000 to $1 million. At the Jeddah Corniche Circuit that was described as “dangerous” by Max Verstappen, crashes had already taken place in 2022 at Turn 11 for Cem
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Ferrari team principal Mattia Binotto has cautioned that the team need to be strategic when developing their 2022 car under the new cost cap. Formula 1 is all change in 2022. Not only have the technical regulations radically altered to allow for closer racing, but the FIA have tried to even up the disparities between
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2009 Formula 1 world champion Jenson Button has expressed his concern over the length of Lando Norris’ McLaren contract after the Woking side’s abysmal start to the season. Norris signed a new deal over the winter that keeps him at McLaren until the end of 2025, but suggested that there may be “various things” in
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Red Bull team principal Christian Horner’s focus is not on Mercedes’ stuttering start to the 2022 season, but he is sure that they will return to the front in due course. While Red Bull and Ferrari have adapted excellently to the new technical regulations, Mercedes have fallen back as a result of numerous factors that
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Formula 1 has responded to allegations that blackmail took place to pressure the drivers not to boycott the race weekend in Saudi Arabia. Following missile attacks by Houthi militants on an Aramco oil facility last Friday, the race weekend looked in jeopardy. After speaking to Saudi authorities, F1 CEO Stefano Domenicali confirmed that it was
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Toto Wolff is full of adulation for the spectacle Formula 1 is putting on at present, but concedes that he is thoroughly disappointed that his Mercedes team are not in the leading battle. As new technical regulations have been introduced, Mercedes have fallen an extensive margin behind Ferrari and Red Bull, who seem to have
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Former Force India team principal Colin Kolles has given his verdict on the current state of affairs at Aston Martin, insisting that owner Lawrence Stroll is too heavily involved in the operation. Stroll took over the team in its Force India days in 2018 amid huge financial issues when Vijay Mallya found himself in legal
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Former Formula 1 driver Ralf Schumacher is enticed by the early indicators of George Russell’s competitiveness at Mercedes, but emphasises that the championship is far beyond them at this stage. Amid all-new technical regulations introduced ahead of the 2022 season, Mercedes have visibly struggled in the early stages of the season, and have publicly expressed
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Red Bull advisor Dr Helmut Marko predicts that Mercedes may be able to get to the bottom of the issues that have plagued them in the early going of 2022, but maintains that he prefers a championship battle with Ferrari. Mercedes and Red Bull spent 2021 battling for title glory while Ferrari, a far cry
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