Alpine F1 driver Fernando Alonso has come to the defence of former McLaren team-mate Sir Lewis Hamilton, maintaining that his struggles at the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix were not all his fault. Mercedes have had an onerous task addressing the multitude of issues caused by the new technical regulations this season as “porpoising,” tyre warmup,
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Renault CEO Luca de Meo has declared that there is an interest in joining forces with a second team on the grid amid continued reports of Michael Andretti looking to launch a Formula 1 team. Andretti was confirmed by 1978 world champion and father Mario to have applied to enter a team into the pinnacle
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Fernando Alonso is left ruing the misfortune he has experienced in the early part of 2022 that has possibly denied him of a pole position and a podium. The Spaniard was on for a P6 finish at the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix in March when an engine failure put him out of the race, and
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Nicholas Latifi reportedly stands to lose his seat at Williams amid the rumour that there is about to be a swap between two drivers in Formula 1. Latifi has had a difficult start to the 2022 season, crashing out of the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix having already put the car in the wall during qualifying,
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Claims that Haas have contravened regulations by copying Ferrari’s car have been dismissed by team principal Guenther Steiner. Since their arrival into Formula 1 in 2016, Haas have notoriously purchased as many ready-made parts from Maranello as they are legally permitted to, and in return their car helps provide invaluable data to Ferrari on both
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It is noticeable that global inflation has been rising more and more in recent months, and freight costs in particular have surged in the last two or so years. Formula 1 has a record 23-race calendar on the cards in 2022, and two of those are in the US, while the pinnacle of motorsport has
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Fernando Alonso insists that his age is the only reason people are talking about Oscar Piastri possibly replacing him at Alpine, affirming that his performance merits a longer stay in Formula 1. After two world championships with Renault in 2005 and 2006, Alonso returned to the team under its new Alpine guise ahead of the
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Pierre Gasly has said he would be mortified to see the Monaco Grand Prix fall off the calendar, describing the race as an “iconic” event. Monaco has hosted 69 championship grand prix in its illustrious history within the pinnacle of motorsport, and it has on eight occasions been won by a Frenchman – the closest
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Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff believes that the rules need to be tweaked to prevent “some of the teams” from sharing critical information with each other. Mercedes and Racing Point were the centre of attention in 2020 when the British team were found to have directly copied the 2019 Mercedes car illegally, leading to a
MoreThree Formula 1 teams have asked the FIA for clarification over the legality of the 2022 Haas car, according to a report by Auto Motor und Sport. Haas spent the majority of last season developing for the new technical regulations introduced this year, and thus became the first scoreless team in six years as Nikita
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