Sebastian Vettel has earned himself a new nickname from Formula 1 fans after his defiance of the reinforcement of the fireproof regulation. Ahead of the Australian Grand Prix earlier this year, race director Niels Wittich reminded the drivers of the importance of removing all jewellery before entering the car to prevent fire hazards. Sir Lewis
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Mercedes driver George Russell does not know if he would have been able to catch Sergio Perez for fourth place in Miami had he been able to pass team-mate Sir Lewis Hamilton earlier. Having been eliminated in Q2, Russell started the race on Hards, and was able to capitalise on a late Safety Car to
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Dr Helmut Marko has said that Max Verstappen’s performance in the Miami Grand Prix was exemplary of a driver that is able to deliver under intense pressure. Verstappen crashed during practice on Friday, before a hydraulic issue compounded what was already a difficult day’s running, so he was left relatively unprepared heading into qualifying. A
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Ferrari driver Carlos Sainz is pleased to have returned to the podium in Miami after a difficult last couple of races in Australia and Italy. The Spaniard suffered a heavily disrupted qualifying in Australia before crashing out of the race early on, and a further crash in qualifying for the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix preceded
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Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc would have liked to convert pole into victory in Miami, but affirms that there is plenty of pace still to unlock in the car. The Monegasque produced a fine lap to take pole from Max Verstappen on Saturday, before the Dutchman was able to clear both Carlos Sainz and the race leader
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Alex Albon has shared some of the banter going on at Williams, whose team members are starting to regret promising to dye their hair red if they scored points in Miami. Albon ended two of the three practice sessions in the top 10 ahead of qualifying as he charted 55 laps, but ended up down
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Sir Lewis Hamilton has praised the job done by team-mate George Russell during the Miami Grand Prix as the 24-year-old made a long first stint work to his advantage. Russell and Mercedes were confounded on Saturday when he was unable to convert a good day on Friday into a good qualifying as he was eliminated
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Ferrari have affirmed that it was not worth pitting onto a fresh set of tyres during the late Safety Car at the Miami Grand Prix. Max Verstappen was comfortably leading Charles Leclerc heading into the closing stages of the race when the Safety Car was deployed following a crash between Pierre Gasly and Lando Norris,
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Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff is aiming to decipher the handling troubles George Russell and Sir Lewis Hamilton are experiencing by the Spanish Grand Prix. Russell topped FP2 on Friday in an auspicious-looking day for the Silver Arrows in Florida, but he ended FP3 down in 17th as the car’s performance took a sudden turn for
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Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff had no strong feelings after George Russell and Sir Lewis Hamilton ended the Miami Grand Prix fifth and sixth, respectively. Russell was left “confused” after the he was unable to make it out of Q2 on Saturday having looked strong on Friday, but starting on the Hards, he slowly began
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