Sebastian Vettel appeared to be the most emotional he’s been since announcing his retirement, after revealing how “sad” he feels to have raced at the Japanese Grand Prix for the last time. It’s safe to say the German went out in style, after recovering from a spin on the first lap to finish an astonishing
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Today is the highly anticipated ‘Certificate compliance’ day, as the FIA are set to finally award certificates to the teams who kept below the 2021 budget cap. As reported in the last two weeks, it is believed that Aston Martin and Red Bull will both be deemed guilty of a ‘minor’ breach of the cap, which means both sides have overspent
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As a four-time winner of the Japanese Grand Prix, Sebastian Vettel knows better than most of the remarkable feeling a racing driver gets at the Suzuka Circuit. The German is at his final Japanese Grand Prix this weekend having announced his retirement earlier on in the year, and he has qualified in the top 10
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This weekend’s first Japanese Grand Prix since 2019 has been massively overshadowed by what is set to be announced on Monday, with the FIA having said that after this weekend they’ll be awarding certificates of approval to teams who kept below the 2021 budget cap. Monday’s announcement has the potential to lead to the biggest scandal in the history of the
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Formula 1 managing director, Ross Brawn, warned in 2019 that the financial regulations set to be imposed in 2021 were serious, and anyone breaking would lose their championship. F1 had previously tried to impose financial restrictions of sorts, but there was no signed agreement that no one could spend more than a certain amount of
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Aston Martin’s Sebastian Vettel would be open to a one-off race in the future after he retires from Formula 1 at the end of the 2022 season. For the first time since he announced his retirement, Vettel has perhaps shown a sign that he is not entirely certain about his decision to firmly cut his
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All of the conversation in the last few days has been around Red Bull’s alleged breach of the budget cap, but we have not heard from Aston Martin since last week. A report from Auto Motor und Sport indicated that Aston Martin, along with Red Bull, had overspent on last season’s budget cap. The spending
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Today is set to be the biggest day in the turbo-hybrid era of Formula 1, as the biggest scandal since ‘crashgate’ looks set to be officially announced. The FIA will be awarding teams with certificates of approval if they kept below the 2021 budget cap, with a mass of reports suggesting that Red Bull and Aston Martin won’t be
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Sky Sports reporter, Ted Kravitz, does not believe we should expect to see too many shocks when the FIA deliver their certificates of compliance on Wednesday. A report last week indicated that Red Bull and Aston Martin had overspent on last year’s $145 million cost cap, and the report also suggested that the latter might
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Wednesday is set to be judgement day for Red Bull and Aston Martin, as the two teams are set to find out if they have indeed exceeded the 2021 budget cap. Should the two be deemed as guilty of having exceeded last season’s budget, then it will go down as one of the biggest scandals
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