Sebastian Vettel’s announcement regarding his retirement shocked the entire paddock, with the German having been expected to sign a one-year contract extension with the Aston Martin F1 Team. One person who wasn’t shocked was Vettel’s father Norbert, who told RTL exactly when the four-time World Champion decided that his time was up in F1. “It
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Haas driver Mick Schumacher says that the track limit penalties in Austria were a “silly” look for Formula 1, so he has suggested finding a way of enforcing them more leniently. Over 40 track limit violations took place in F1 over the course of the Austrian Grand Prix weekend, and plenty more could be found
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It is testament to the brilliance and the magnificent achievements of Sir Lewis Hamilton that every time he makes a mistake, it draws no shortage of shock from the Formula 1 community. The distasteful cheering from the grandstand aside, this was the general feeling after the seven-time champion put his car into the wall during
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Technical director at Mercedes, Mike Elliott, reckons that Sir Lewis Hamilton and George Russell were not a million miles away from the front-running pace at the Austrian Grand Prix last time out. Russell qualified fourth for the sprint as Sergio Perez was penalised for a track limits infringement, and that came after both he and
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Red Bull’s Max Verstappen believes that the stewards were too harsh on track limits in Austria up and down the racing ladder after multiple penalties and lap time deletions were handed out. Several drivers in Formula 2 and Formula 3 had their lap times taken off them in the support races, before a series of
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Despite winning the Sprint race at their home Grand Prix, Max Verstappen couldn’t convert his pole position into a victory at the Austrian Grand Prix. Thousands of Dutch and Red Bull Racing fans cheered on the reigning World Champion and the home side, as they watched Scuderia Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc reignite his championship bid with victory. Verstappen
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The Haas F1 Team have well and truly found their mojo in 2022, after the team enjoyed their strongest weekend since 2018. Mick Schumacher’s sixth-place finish, and Kevin Magnussen’s eighth-place finish at the Austrian Grand Prix, was the American team’s most successful weekend since the same event in 2018. Both Haas drivers have now finished
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The Austrian Grand Prix podium finishers have voiced their opinions over the controversial use of flares by fans around the Red Bull Ring. Thousands of Dutch fans in support of Max Verstappen lit orange flares during the weekend, with the vast majority being lit during on Sunday’s race. The race, which was won by Charles
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Following on from their third and fourth place finishes at the recent Austrian Grand Prix, the Mercedes F1 Team have revealed the reason as to why George Russell was so much slower than Sir Lewis Hamilton during the race at the Red Bull Ring. Mercedes recovered incredibly in Austria, after both Hamilton and Russell crashed
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Max Verstappen saw his World Championship lead reduced by six points at the Austrian Grand Prix, after having to settle for second at Red Bull’s home race. However, despite not finishing on the top step, Verstappen was praised for his “professional” behaviour during the race, where he was overtaken by race winner Charles Leclerc three times.
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