Lando Norris reckons Haas will be a much-improved team this season compared to their dire 2021 campaign following the events of pre-season testing. It has been a difficult period for Haas since 2020. They managed just two points finishes between Romain Grosjean and Kevin Magnussen that year, and the picture was not about to get
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Former Formula 1 driver Christian Danner believes that Haas’ new chassis design can help them return to the midfield fight in 2022. This comes after the significant changes to the technical regulations as the aerodynamics of the cars change to accommodate for a completely new ground effect-based downforce concept. The Banbury-based team entered F1 in
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Sky Sports reporter Ted Kravitz does not think the minor alteration to Safety Car protocol is going to appease many fans of Formula 1, and is sceptical as to whether the FIA will release their report into the closing events of the 2021 championship. Max Verstappen snatched his maiden world title from the clutches of
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Ferrari team principal Mattia Binotto has issued a statement of intent ahead of the new Formula 1 season, adding that he believes they will be competing with Red Bull for title glory in 2022. Ferrari ended the 2021 Constructors’ Championship third after the arrival of Carlos Sainz to partner Charles Leclerc and, though it was
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McLaren have signed a new sponsorship agreement with Google that sees the Android name appear on the MCL36 as well as the arrival of Chrome wheels. The Woking-based team have been shuffling sponsors around on their livery in recent weeks to make room for the new arrival, and the car will look a little different
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Haas team principal Guenther Steiner is unsure whether he feels any sympathy for Nikita Mazepin following his sacking from the team. Mazepin claimed two race wins in the 2020 Formula 2 season, and made his way into Formula 1 by virtue of his father Dmitry’s money, a Russian oligarch who part owns the Russia-based Uralkali
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The Twitter campaign demanding that the FIA publicly reveal their findings of their enquiry into the controversial end to the 2021 season is stronger than ever ahead of the new season. There are now just to days to wait until new FIA President Mohammed ben Sulayem concludes his team’s investigation into the events at the
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Haas team principal Guenther Steiner has revealed that his team had taken the unique “zero pods” now being exploited by Mercedes under consideration last year, but found that wider sidepods would make for a more efficient chassis. Mercedes rolled into the second pre-season test in Bahrain with extremely thin sidepods on the car to the
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Four-time world champion Sebastian Vettel has suggested that any pressure on Max Verstappen will have been alleviated now that he has won a world title, and he does not believe the Dutchman will feel the weight of the champion label. Verstappen claimed 10 wins and took 18 podiums in 2021 en route to one of
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New Alpine team principal Otmar Szafnauer has broken his silence on the end of his relationship with his former Aston Martin team, indicating that he was crowded out by too many key figures. Szafnauer was brought in by Vijay Mallya in 2009 when they were known as Force India, and he helped oversee 11 podiums
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