Following Wednesday’s FIA World Motor Sport Council meeting in London, a heap of new rules have been introduced for 2023 to hopefully improve driver safety and reduce overall confusion. The recent Italian Grand Prix was a key talking point amongst the council, as a staggering nine drivers were awarded grid penalties at the ‘Temple of Speed’. As a result,
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With Max Verstappen having claimed the 2022 Drivers’ Championship at the recent Japanese Grand Prix, Ferrari have switched their attention to taking the fight to Red Bull next season. According to Motorsport Italy, Charles Leclerc will take a five-place grid penalty at this weekend’s United States Grand Prix, with the Italians set to change his
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Charles Leclerc might look back on 2022 as the year that should’ve been his, especially given the fact that he claimed victory at two of the opening three races of the season. The Ferrari driver started the season stronger than anyone could’ve imagined, with it, at the time, looking like the Monegasque might actually be the Italians savour.
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Following defeat in the 2022 World Championship, Charles Leclerc and Ferrari have already expressed their intent on switching their focus to 2023, where they know that the title is possible, if they can eradicate their mistakes. 2022 could’ve been Leclerc’s and Ferrari’s year; however, countless reliability problems, embarrassing strategic errors, and costly driver mistakes have
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Carlos Sainz has faced an incredibly challenging 2022 season, coming off the back of beating Charles Leclerc in the 2021 Drivers’ Championship. The Spaniard has faced calls from the media and even the Scuderia’s hierarchy to take up the spot as the team’s number two driver, instead of regarding himself and Leclerc as equals. Leclerc has raised
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Carlos Sainz has faced a challenging 2022 campaign, one that has seen the Spaniard finish behind his Ferrari team-mate on a number of occasions, resulting in calls that Sainz should be the team’s number two driver. Sainz appears to be somewhat undervalued at the Maranello-based outfit, with the 28-year-old having been criticised by Ferrari president John Elkann.
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Charles Leclerc is confident that Ferrari have what it takes to win the World Championship next season and deny Max Verstappen a third consecutive Drivers’ Championship. 2022 started perfectly for Ferrari and Leclerc, as the Monegasque driver won two of the first three races and finished second at the other, which gave him a 46-point
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Ferrari team principal, Mattia Binotto, needs to analyse the rate at which Charles Leclerc’s tyres fell off during the Japanese Grand Prix last weekend. The Monegasque went into the weekend knowing that, realistically, he needed a win to keep his title hopes alive, and the wet conditions made for another unpredictable round of a thrilling
MoreThe limited usefulness of the extreme Wets makes being on the Intermediates the preferred choice for the teams. This is according to Ferrari strategist, Iñaki Rueda, who watched Charles Leclerc finish third at the Japanese Grand Prix last weekend. After lengthy delays due to the weather lad led to a tie-limited race in Singapore the
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Max Verstappen cruised to his second consecutive World Championship at last weekend’s Japanese Grand Prix, as a late mistake by Charles Leclerc saw the Dutchman wrap up the 2022 title. Leclerc was looking set to finish second and take the championship to the United States Grand Prix; however, whilst under pressure on the last lap, the Monegasque
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