A former Red Bull engineer has predicted that there could well be an adverse reaction if it transpires that the fuel pumps are what caused the team’s double retirement at the 2022 Bahrain Grand Prix. Max Verstappen and Sergio Perez looked set to end the 2022 season-opener second and fourth respectively, but a mechanical failure
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Sir Lewis Hamilton has claimed that he is delighted that Ferrari have been able to return to the top step of the podium, and is hopeful that there are improvements coming soon for his Mercedes team. Charles Leclerc took victory from pole at the Bahrain International Circuit on Sunday as he led team-mate Carlos Sainz
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Carlos Sainz has conceded that he did not have the pace compared to his team-mate Charles Leclerc during the Bahrain Grand Prix, but is delighted that his Ferrari team are back at the front. It looked as though Sainz would end the race third behind Leclerc and Red Bull’s Max Verstappen until Pierre Gasly’s retirement
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Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc stressed that he had to be smart when battling Max Verstappen for the lead of the Bahrain Grand Prix as he held off the Dutchman to ultimately win the season-opening race. Leclerc led home a Ferrari 1-2 in Sunday’s race as Carlos Sainz took advantage of an issue for Red Bull’s Max
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Formula 1 journalist Will Buxton has fired back at some of the fans who dug up George Russell’s comments at last year’s Emilia Romagna Grand Prix following his crash with Valtteri Bottas. The Briton joined Mercedes from Williams over the winter to replace the Alfa Romeo-bound 32-year-old, and they spent much of last year in
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Ferrari’s Carlos Sainz was relieved to be in the battle for pole after what has been a difficult weekend so far for the Spaniard as he qualified third in Bahrain. Ferrari spent much of last year developing ahead of the new technical regulations being introduced in 2022, and they entered the new era emphatically, taking
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Red Bull team principal Christian Horner is elated that his Red Bull team were able to recover from an “intense” 2021 campaign to still be among the quickest under the brand-new set of technical regulations in 2022. He also suggested that Max Verstappen would have been on pole had he not made a mistake on
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Max Verstappen has acknowledged the work done by Ferrari over the winter as Charles Leclerc took pole for the 2022 Bahrain Grand Prix. Verstappen, having set a purple first sector on his final run in Q3, missed out to the Monegasque, but was able to split the Ferraris as he beat Carlos Sainz to second
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Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc admits that he was expecting Red Bull to be ahead of his team, and is pleasantly surprised by his 10th career pole position. Having been battling away with the Milton Keynes-based side throughout the first two qualifying sessions, the Monegasque narrowly beat Max Verstappen to pole, with Spanish team-mate Carlos Sainz third
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George Russell has expressed his frustration at the fact that everything Mercedes try to resurrect their issues is not working as planned, and agrees with team-mate Sir Lewis Hamilton that there are some midfield teams matching their pace. Mercedes put 88 laps together during Friday’s practice sessions in Bahrain during the opening weekend of the
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