1996 world champion Damon Hill says that Charles Leclerc needs to learn when to be composed and when to push in his title battle with Max Verstappen. Leclerc pitted late on in the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix while running behind Verstappen and his Red Bull team-mate Sergio Perez in a bid to go for the
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Charles Leclerc is set to be given Ferrari’s new-spec engine ahead of the Miami Grand Prix as the Scuderia seek to keep pace with Red Bull. After Carlos Sainz was given a power boost ahead of the sprint weekend in Imola, Leclerc will now be the recipient of an improved power unit that will feature
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Ferrari driver Charles Leclerc has advised Formula 1 not to consider ditching the Monaco Grand Prix amid intense speculation around its future on the calendar. From next season, there will be three races held in the United States when Vegas is re-introduced to the calendar, and this is part of the sport’s ambitious growth plans.
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Ferrari team principal Mattia Binotto has disregarded comparisons between Charles Leclerc and legendary Formula 1 racer Gilles Villeneuve. Villeneuve took six wins and eight podiums in a career that spanned just over four seasons, and yielded a second-placed championship finish in 1979. The Canadian was notorious for his nonchalant and, at times, perceivably arrogant approach
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Former Formula 1 driver John Watson has praised Max Verstappen for his more measured approach to racing this year after the highly combustible rivalry he had with Sir Lewis Hamilton last season. Verstappen has won two of the opening four rounds of the 2022 season, with Charles Leclerc taking the other two for Ferrari amid
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Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc has insisted that his mistake at the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix was not a consequence of the pressure being applied by Red Bull. Leclerc was running behind the Red Bull pair of Max Verstappen and Sergio Perez when he span at the Variante Alta, allowing Lando Norris to take a podium finish
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Ferrari chairman John Elkann has detailed the changes to the mentality of everyone at the team that has led to their tremendous start to the 2022 season. Ferrari’s last championship success arrived in the form of the constructors’ crown in 2008, while Kimi Raikkonen’s victory in 2007 remains their last Drivers’ Championship win. Between 2018
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Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff is struggling to see a way into the title fight for the Silver Arrows following a tough start to 2022. After new technical regulations were introduced ahead of the new season, the teams were forced to acclimatise to brand-new methodologies as to how to design and manufacture a race car,
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Daniel Ricciardo has said he felt better after the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix as a result of him heading over to Ferrari and apologising to Carlos Sainz for the incident that put the Spaniard out of the race. Having finished sixth in the sprint race – two positions behind Sainz – Ricciardo misjudged his braking
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Ferrari are holding back on an upgrade to their energy recovery system (ERS) as they seek to achieve maximum efficiency on any improvements before the freeze on development kicks in later this year. The new technical regulations dictate that an engine freeze, which has already been implemented on the ICE, will last until the end
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