Charles Leclerc and Carlos Sainz both narrowly missed out on pole position at the Japanese Grand Prix by an unimaginable margin, with Leclerc being just 0.01 seconds off Max Verstappen’s pole time, and Sainz just 0.057 seconds behind the Dutchman. Ferrari have carried their strong performance at last weekend’s Singapore Grand Prix into Suzuka this
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Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc wants women to be judged by the same metric as men regarding places on the Formula 1 grid. Only five female drivers have ever entered a championship Formula 1 grand prix, and only two of those have ever started a race. Lella Lombardi is the only woman to score a championship point
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Despite having failed to win his second World Championship at the recent Singapore Grand Prix, Max Verstappen will have his second chance to become a double World Champion this weekend at the Japanese Grand Prix. To retain his 2021 title, Verstappen needs to outscore Charles Leclerc by six points and team-mate Sergio Pérez by eight,
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Red Bull are thought to have designed a feature in their RB18 that enables the back end to run lower to the ground at high speed. There are tricky regulations for the teams to navigate between regarding every technical aspect of the car, including the ride height. The suspension elements must maintain their shape integrity
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Ferrari race director, Laurent Mekies, has said that the Scuderia support the technical directive (TD) that was introduced at Spa. When ground effect aerodynamics returned at the start of this season, the teams noticed that there was an increased level of contact between the floor and the track surface. The aerodynamic concept was essentially flipped
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Ferrari boss, Mattia Binotto, saw the positives after the team’s first double podium since the Miami Grand Prix in Singapore. Charles Leclerc and Carlos Sainz finished second and third, respectively, in Florida 12 races ago, and were beaten by the Red Bull of Max Verstappen. This time, it was the other Red Bull of Sergio
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Mercedes’ next upgrade is scheduled for the United States Grand Prix in two weeks, which follows this weekend’s first Japanese Grand Prix since 2019. The Silver Arrows faced a disappointing Singapore Grand Prix last weekend, after what was looking set to be a very promising weekend. Both Sir Lewis Hamilton and George Russell appeared to
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Charles Leclerc had a laugh at the expense of Max Verstappen at last weekend’s Singapore Grand Prix. The Dutchman was fuelled to complete a final run during qualifying, but he did not have enough in the tank to be able to provide a fuel sample to the scrutineers if he went round again. He was
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Charles Leclerc has now dropped to 30th on the conversion rate table after another pole position went begging in Singapore. The Monegasque has taken 18 pole positions in his career, the first of which arrived at the 2019 Bahrain Grand Prix. An engine issue saw him finish third behind Sir Lewis Hamilton and Valtteri Bottas that
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Following last weekend’s Singapore Grand Prix, Ferrari have rejected reports that they have been victims of a cyberattack, despite 7GB of data having been posted online. The reports that Ferrari has been hit by a ransomware attack come after RansomEXX claimed credit for breaching the Maranello-based team’s internal documents, technical sheets, repair manuals, and other types of
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