Charles Leclerc has a mountain to climb in the second half of the season, should he wish to become the 2022 Formula 1 World Champion. The Monegasque driver is currently 80 points behind championship leader Max Verstappen, who is in complete control of the crown. It’s been a first half of the season of missed
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Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff does not take his team’s display at the Hungarian Grand Prix to mean that his side are back in the title picture. George Russell took a stunning pole position in qualifying, while Red Bull’s Sergio Perez was eliminated in Q2, before Max Verstappen suffered a power issue in Q3, leaving
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Max Verstappen is all but certain to defend his Drivers’ World Championship, after dominating the first half of the season. The reigning World Champion leads the standings by 80 points over Charles Leclerc, with the Dutchman having won eight races already this season. The Red Bull Racing driver has been unstoppable, with the 24-year-old having
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Red Bull Racing have taken a monster lead into the summer break, with the Austrian side now 97 points ahead of Ferrari, following on from the Italian team making yet another costly error at the Hungarian Grand Prix. However, the story of the Hungarian GP was the remarkable comeback drive from reigning World Champion Max Verstappen, who won the
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Mercedes F1 team boss Toto Wolff has finally explained the meaning behind his strange radio message to George Russell at the Hungarian Grand Prix, after the Brit claimed his first pole of his Formula 1 career. Russell’s brilliant lap at the Hungaroring sealed not only his first-ever F1 pole, but also the team’s first of
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It was a memorable Sunday at the Hungaroring for Red Bull Racing, after the Austrian team turned what was looking like a disastrous weekend into yet another victory. After a power unit issue during Q3, Max Verstappen was unable to set a lap-time in the final part of qualifying, resulting in a P10 start for
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Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff believes Ferrari might have been setting themselves upsetting themselves up for failure by starting the Hungarian Grand Prix on Mediums. George Russell took an excellent pole position in qualifying as Carlos Sainz lined up second for the race ahead of team-mate Charles Leclerc. With rain beginning to fall at the
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Pierre Gasly felt hard done by at the Hungarian Grand Prix as he walked away from the race with no points for the fifth weekend running. Gasly was eliminated in the first qualifying session in Budapest, but not before he had a lap time deleted for running off the racetrack, which he did not agree
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Sergio Pérez has found the going tough as of late, after failing to finish on the podium at the last three races, leaving him third in the Drivers’ Championship. The Mexican driver has failed to perform recently, having finished behind both Mercedes F1 Team drivers at the last three races. Pérez struggled to get up
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Haas team principal Guenther Steiner has suggested that it was more prudent to take the time to figure out which upgrades would work, and which would not. Haas brought their first meaningful upgrade of the season to the Hungarian Grand Prix last weekend, but they could only install them onto Kevin Magnussen’s car. Two heavy
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