Ferrari team principal Mattia Binotto is confident that Ferrari have made good progress on last year’s performance, but maintains that they will simply have to wait and see where they are relative to other teams. The Scuderia unveiled a “brave” chassis design under the new technical regulations, and are said to have overcome the 20
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George Russell has reiterated that his Mercedes team do not have the performance they would like ahead of the new Formula 1 season, but will endeavour to extract everything he can from the car. Mercedes set 777 laps over the six days of pre-season testing in Barcelona and Sakhir, with Sir Lewis Hamilton leading Russell
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Mercedes driver George Russell has spoken of his enthusiasm at partnering Sir Lewis Hamilton at the team in 2022, adding that he has already been learning a lot from the seven-time champion. Russell was signed by the Silver Arrows from Williams ahead of the new season to replace Valtteri Bottas, who claimed 10 victories and
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Max Verstappen has rubbished Mercedes’ suggestions that they do not have the quickest car this season, agreeing with Ferrari’s Carlos Sainz that this have become a regular tactic used by the Silver Arrows. Mercedes completed 777 laps between the first test in Barcelona and the second in Bahrain, locking out the front two positions on
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Charles Leclerc insists that Ferrari are not the strongest team coming out of pre-season, placing that tag on Red Bull ahead of the season-opening Bahrain Grand Prix. Ferrari managed an impressive 787 laps over the course of testing in Barcelona and Bahrain, and appeared to find a solution to the “porpoising” issue that the teams
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Ferrari’s Carlos Sainz maintains that, while it is important for the FIA to learn from the mistakes made in December, Formula 1 needs to “move on” from the controversy of the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. Sir Lewis Hamilton was denied his eighth world championship on the final lap of the final race of 2021 when
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Former Formula 1 driver Martin Brundle is hopeful that Ferrari and McLaren can join the fight at the pointy end of the sport this year as the new technical regulations denote a potentially more competitive season of racing in 2022. The ground effect has returned in 2022, in addition to other aerodynamic changes that are
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Drive to Survive entered Formula 1 in 2018 to film unprecedented and fascinating behind the scenes footage of the lives and daily operations of F1 teams and drivers. There have now been four seasons of the popular show, but questions are being raised as to its usefulness to the pinnacle of motorsport. Intoxicating, exhilarating, infuriating
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Ferrari team principal Mattia Binotto has issued a statement of intent ahead of the new Formula 1 season, adding that he believes they will be competing with Red Bull for title glory in 2022. Ferrari ended the 2021 Constructors’ Championship third after the arrival of Carlos Sainz to partner Charles Leclerc and, though it was
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Mattia Binotto has reiterated that Ferrari are continuing to work with Carlos Sainz to renew his contract that expires at the end of 2022. Sainz joined the Scuderia from McLaren at the end of 2020 to replace Sebastian Vettel who had moved to Aston Martin, and the 27-year-old frequently impressed, scoring four podium finishes and
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