Red Bull team principal Christian Horner has supported the decision for the 2022 Saudi Arabian Grand Prix to go ahead as scheduled despite missile attacks on a nearby oil facility. Shortly before the end of the first practice session on Friday, large plumes of black smoke were seen in the distance emanating from the Aramco
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Ferrari driver Carlos Sainz notes that his team have taken significant strides forward with their power unit this season, but suggested that Red Bull’s Honda engine could still be ahead. Ferrari managed a one-two finish at the season-opening 2022 Bahrain Grand Prix as Charles Leclerc led Sainz home, but Max Verstappen might have split the
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A member of the Haas team has utilised the power of memes to express his bemusement at the fact that the 2022 Saudi Arabian Grand Prix has been allowed to go ahead as scheduled. On Friday afternoon, videos began circulating on social media of an oil refinery which had caught fire around 10 kilometres from
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The 2022 Saudi Arabian Grand Prix is set to go ahead as planned this weekend despite an attack on a nearby Aramco facility. On Friday afternoon, a fire broke out around 10 kilometres from the Jeddah Corniche Circuit, and it transpired that Houthis militants had carried out a missile attack on the oil facility. The
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The 2022 Saudi Arabian Grand Prix will proceed as planned despite Friday’s missile strike on an oil facility around 10 kilometres away from the Jeddah Corniche Circuit. Moments before the first practice session of the weekend was set to come to an end, colossal plumes of smoke were seen in the distance emanating from an
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Mercedes trackside engineer Andrew Shovlin has revealed that the team have found some solutions to the problems that have thus far hampered them in 2022. The eight-time constructors’ champions appeared to struggle during pre-season testing under the all-new technical regulations, in which ground effect has returned amid Formula 1’s attempt to facilitate better and closer
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Mick Schumacher has told Ferrari that he will be ready to step up and race for them in a one-off capacity should Carlos Sainz or Charles Leclerc miss a race. The 23-year-old made his debut with Haas last season alongside fellow rookie Nikita Mazepin, and managed a best finish of 13th at the Hungarian Grand
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Chief technical officer at Aston Martin, Andy Green, has detailed the challenges the teams are facing to shed weight as they scramble for performance gains. The minimum weight limit for the cars under the new technical regulations was set at 795kg ahead of this season, but Alfa Romeo were reported to be the only team
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Mercedes are closing in on solutions to the issues that have adversely affected them in the early part of 2022, and could even find themselves in championship contention this year, according to a report. Mercedes have been one of the more perturbed teams by the “porpoising” issues caused by the new technical regulations, and they
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Aston Martin driver Sebastian Vettel will once again be replaced by Nico Hulkenberg for this weekend’s Saudi Arabian Grand Prix after being declared unfit to race. Vettel tested positive for COVID-19 in the build-up to the Bahrain Grand Prix after McLaren’s Daniel Ricciardo contracted the virus the week before, missing the entirety of the second
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