Red Bull team principal Christian Horner has said that Mercedes bullied Michael Masi out of his position as race director, insisting that the Australian’s decisions did not heavily impact the outcome of last year’s championship. Sir Lewis Hamilton had looked set to claim his record eighth world championship at the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix before
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Gene Haas, owner of the Haas team, has said that he and his team are in the process of evaluating who would the best fit for their vacant seat now that Nikita Mazepin has left the sport. The Banbury-based team took the decision to drop Uralkali after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine put a heavy strain
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Red Bull team principal Christian Horner is not a fan of the prohibition of radio messages between the teams and race control ahead of the 2022 season. Formula 1 managing director Ross Brawn and executive director of single-seaters Peter Bayer have confirmed that there will be one select member from each team who will be
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Former Formula 1 driver Daniil Kvyat’s 2022 season looks to be over before it has even begun after he failed to sign a document related to Russian and Belarusian competitors in FIA sanctioned events. The Russian had looked set to join Russian team G-Drive to contest the European Le Mans series as well as the
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The FIA does not see anything untoward with the direction the teams have gone in with their cars under the new regulations, but are said to have suggested that some teams are cutting it fairly fine. Formula 1’s technical regulations have changed massively ahead of the 2022 campaign, with a ground effect-led aerodynamic concept coming
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Having grown up in Austria, Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff feels the impact of the war between Russia and Ukraine, and is glad to see the Russian Grand Prix removed from the calendar. On 24 February, Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered a full-scale invasion of Ukraine, leading to widespread condemnation from the international community. Mohammed
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McLaren CEO Zak Brown has said that Red Bull can be rather cutthroat with their decisions to axe drivers, and believes that many of them weren’t given enough time to succeed. Since 2016, Daniil Kvyat, Pierre Gasly and Alex Albon have all been dropped from the Red Bull senior team, which is in part due
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Formula 1 managing director Ross Brawn has suggested that the new technical regulations may create some separation between the teams early doors. In a move that involves the return of ground effect, the aerodynamics have been simplified, while the tyres have increased to 18 inches in a bid to facilitate closer racing. Brawn reckons the
MoreFormer Formula 1 driver Martin Brundle has suggested that the new technical regulations introduced this year could well cause separation between teams. A ground effect-led aerodynamic concept has been adopted this year, meaning a significantly reduced number of aerodynamic parts on the cars, while the tyres have increased to 18 inches in size to facilitate
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Max Verstappen has dismissed any notion that he did not earn his world championship last season, and reiterated that he had his fair share of misfortune in 2021. Verstappen went head-to-head with Sir Lewis Hamilton for title glory in what became a volatile rivalry as they collided on multiple occasions. It was ultimately decided by
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