The Grand Prix last season in Saudi Arabia was hotly anticipated by fans, with the first edition of the race in 2021 providing dramatic crashes, a championship fight and an amazing all-round show. When F1 travelled to the region for the second race of last season, the scenes were dramatically different, with black smoke surrounding
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The FIA has revealed in a document that seven-time world champion Sir Lewis Hamilton’s car was singled out for a detailed inspection after the 2022 Saudi Arabian Grand Prix. After the grands prix, any car from the top 10 finishing positions can be randomly selected and subjected to checks that fall outside the scope of
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Speaking ahead of qualifying for the 2022 Saudi Arabian Grand Prix, Mercedes trackside engineer Andrew Shovlin said the team had found some solutions to the issues that have been plaguing their 2022 car, but maintained that they have a long way to go. The Silver Arrows spent much of testing dealing with “porpoising” problems posed
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Sergio Perez has blamed his fourth-placed finish at the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix purely on misfortune as a Safety Car cost him his third career win. After 218 previous race entries in the pinnacle of motorsport, Perez took his maiden pole position in the most dramatic of circumstances at the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix, pipping
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Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff suggests that it is “acceptable” to race in a city where violence is taking place, and insists that Formula 1 can help make Saudi Arabia more liberal in certain regards. During Friday practice for the 2022 Saudi Arabian Grand Prix, a fire broke out at an Aramco facility around seven
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Alpine team principal Otmar Szafauer does not believe that team orders are necessary just yet after the exciting battle between Esteban Ocon and Fernando Alonso at the 2022 Saudi Arabian Grand Prix. Having started the race ahead of his team-mate, Ocon found himself being attacked by the Spaniard early on in the race, and a
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Guenther Steiner estimates that Mick Schumacher’s crash during qualifying for the 2022 Saudi Arabian Grand Prix will cost the Haas team somewhere in the region of $500,000 to $1 million. At the Jeddah Corniche Circuit that was described as “dangerous” by Max Verstappen, crashes had already taken place in 2022 at Turn 11 for Cem
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Formula 1 has responded to allegations that blackmail took place to pressure the drivers not to boycott the race weekend in Saudi Arabia. Following missile attacks by Houthi militants on an Aramco oil facility last Friday, the race weekend looked in jeopardy. After speaking to Saudi authorities, F1 CEO Stefano Domenicali confirmed that it was
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Haas driver Kevin Magnussen still has to pinch himself that he is back in Formula 1 after finishing in the points again at the 2022 Saudi Arabian Grand Prix. The Dane began the race 10th on the hard tyres, but had not made the crossover point to be able to make it onto Mediums when
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Martin Brundle has no doubt about Sir Lewis Hamilton’s motivation after Mercedes’ rocky start to the 2022 season. As new technical regulations came into force in Formula 1 this year, they gave way to a paradigm shift in the pinnacle of motorsport, as Mercedes’ dominance has seemingly come to an end. The Silver Arrows have
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