Ferrari team principal Mattia Binotto has taken the pressure of his team ahead of the Azerbaijan Grand Prix, insisting that their goal was always to return to competitiveness this year, not specifically to win the championship. Ferrari got the 2022 season off to a flyer, winning two of the opening three rounds through Charles Leclerc,
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Ferrari team principal Mattia Binotto says that one of the key factors towards the Scuderia’s improvements in 2022 has been a greater sense of responsibility from everyone at the team. Charles Leclerc and Carlos Sainz are aiming to win Ferrari’s first Drivers’ Championship in 15 years, while the Italian side’s last constructors’ title came about
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Red Bull adviser Dr Helmut Marko reckons that the team will be able to unlock even more potential from the RB18 once they finally make the regulation weight. The weight limit has been set at 798kg this season by the FIA due to the ground effect aerodynamics, which have made the cars a lot heavier.
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Red Bull chief engineer Paul Monaghan has outlined the races in which they expect to further improve their lap time as the all-important development battle continues. The new $140 million budget cap this year has meant that teams have needed to adopt a slightly different approach to spending money on upgrades, and there have been
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2009 world champion Jenson Button is unsure why Ferrari did not immediately respond to Red Bull after their first stop in the Monaco Grand Prix. Charles Leclerc was leading the way from pole in wet conditions when Sergio Perez and Max Verstappen pitted for Inters, but Ferrari gave the Mexican a two-lap undercut before bringing
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FIA president Mohammed ben Sulayem has not ruled out the possibility of introducing more of a pragmatic approach to training the stewards in Formula 1 after multiple complaints in recent months. Former race director Michael Masi was removed from his role ahead of the 2022 season following the extremely controversial end to 2021 that saw
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Carlos Sainz has revealed that he had a burst of road rage while caught up behind the Williams of Nicholas Latifi in Monaco. Sainz started the race second behind team-mate Charles Leclerc in changing conditions in Monte Carlo, and went long on Wets until it was time to switch over to Slicks. Ferrari had made
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Ferrari team principal Mattia Binotto has indicated that there are some circumstances that are out of the Scuderia’s control in terms of reliability, so he has worries over the longevity of the Ferrari power units. Charles Leclerc had been leading the Spanish Grand Prix comfortably before an issue surfaced with his MGU-H, and his race
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Ferrari team principal Mattia Binotto does not believe that the team should have been fined 25,000 euros for impeding last weekend in Monaco. Carlos Sainz, according to the stewards, was given “grossly” incorrect information as to the whereabouts of other cars behind him during Friday practice, and he ended up receiving a reprimand for driving
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Ferrari drivers Charles Leclerc has suggested that every reign must come to an end eventually, so is not overly surprised to see Mercedes struggling to win races in 2022. The turn of the new technical regulations in 2022 allowed Ferrari to spend a great deal of last year working on their new car as they
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