Following the unveiling of Sebastian Vettel’s newly designed crash helmet for the 2022 season, the Cyprus Automobile Association [CAA] have asked the FIA to order him to remove the Turkish Cypriot flag from it. After Russia’s “barbaric” and “unprovoked” invasion of Ukraine, Vettel changed his helmet design to reflect the colours of the Ukrainian flag,
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Following the termination of his contract with Haas, Russian driver Nikita Mazepin has set up an organisation that seeks to helps Russian and Belarusian drivers who have been affected by the war Russia has started on Ukraine. Following months of tension after Vladimir Putin ordered thousands of troops to the Ukrainian border, he ordered a
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Formula 1 journalist Will Buxton reckons that Sir Lewis Hamilton is not so confident about Mercedes’ chances of being a front-runner in 2022, and maintains that the 37-year-old sees Ferrari as the quickest team. Following day two of testing in Barcelona, George Russell stated that “a red team and an orange team” had the edge
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Max Verstappen is unsure of exactly where Red Bull will be in the pecking order in 2022, but reckons that Ferrari and Mercedes will be right up there this year. Verstappen and teammate Sergio Perez set 224 laps between them in the opening two days of the second test in Bahrain and, in a similar
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Alfa Romeo technical director Jan Monchaux admits that there are issues with the team’s lightweight design of their 2022 car, but insists that it is better to encounter those now than after the season gets underway. Formula 1’s technical regulations have changed drastically ahead of the new season as a ground effect-led aerodynamic concept comes
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Sir Lewis Hamilton has joined Mercedes team-mate George Russell in implying that Ferrari have the fastest car this season. The Scuderia set an impressive 438 laps over the three days of testing in Barcelona last month, and have racked up 230 in the first couple of days in the second and final test in Bahrain.
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McLaren’s Daniel Ricciardo has said that he wants his team to be consistently challenging for podiums and race wins in 2022. The technical regulations in Formula 1 have altered radically ahead of the new season, as a ground effect-led aerodynamic concept comes into force in an attempt to increase the frequency of exciting on-track battles.
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Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc has revealed that everything is going to plan for Ferrari during pre-season testing in Bahrain. The Monegasque and Carlos Sainz have managed 230 laps so far in the first two days of the second test at the Sakhir International Circuit, increasing their total to 668 between the test this week and last
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Former Formula 1 driver Nikita Mazepin has revealed that he has not had any conversations with Haas team principal Guenther Steiner since his contract with the team was terminated. Mazepin entered the sport last year after his father Dmitry, part owner of Uralkali, paid for his drive and partnered with the Banbury squad. However, following
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After Red Bull’s alleged complaints yesterday, Mercedes have also had the legality of their car queried by Ferrari. The Silver Arrows entered day one of testing in Bahrain with a radical design that featured a near-total absence of sidepods, with less orthodox grills having been implemented in an alteration to aerodynamic efficiency and cooling philosophy.
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