Netflix’s F1 series Drive to Survive has certainly done wonders for the sport in terms of growing the audience worldwide. The series has created narratives over recent years, and has captured outbursts from both drivers and team principals not usually seen on TV. It’s rumoured that the biggest outburst yet will be seen on the
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1997 F1 world champion Jacques Villeneuve disagrees with Red Bull boss Christian Horner’s suggestion that the budget cap should be increased. The teams are working on a $140 million spending limit this season that must be spread between development, damage repair, freight and more. It therefore means that everyone has to be more pragmatic with
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Red Bull team principal Christian Horner is continuing his push for an increase in spending allowance for the teams as inflation continues to rise. The teams have been given $140 million to work with this season as part of a new set of technical regulations but, in part due to the war between Russia and
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Red Bull team principal Christian Horner has suggested that Mercedes may be able to involve themselves in the battle between Ferrari and Red Bull at the British Grand Prix. The Silver Arrows have seemed to get a better handling of the rough-riding car that has cost them performance and made for a hugely uncomfortable experience
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Red Bull team principal Christian Horner was unimpressed by the fact that Mercedes happened to have a second floor stay ready for the Canadian Grand Prix following a technical directive from the FIA. Due to the unsafe levels of “porpoising” and bouncing so far this season under the new technical regulations, the governing body has
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Alpine team principal Otmar Szafnauer was not convinced by the FIA’s initial decision to allow Mercedes to run an extra stay on their car during the Canadian Grand Prix weekend. A new metric was brought in last weekend to determine how much oscillating movement the cars are producing over several health concerns were raised regarding
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One thing Formula 1 fans and Christian Horner likely did not anticipate this weekend was a thirsty message written on a t-shirt about him, but that can now be added to the list of remarkable things we have seen in 2022. A fan at the Canadian Grand Prix approached the Red Bull boss for a
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Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff does not believe that other team principals are taking the “porpoising” and bouncing situation seriously enough amid concern for driver safety. Both George Russell and Sir Lewis Hamilton struggled physically last weekend in Baku because of the aggressive bottoming out they experienced on the straight, and Russell has called for
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The Mercedes F1 Team are doing all they can for porpoising to be eliminated from Formula 1, even going to the lengths of asking the FIA to change the current regulation rules. The W13’s bouncing was the worst it’s been so far this season in Azerbaijan, to the point where Sir Lewis Hamilton struggled to
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Red Bull team principal Christian Horner has revealed that he had the 2018 crash between Daniel Ricciardo and Max Verstappen in his mind when making the call to tell his drivers not to fight in Baku. Ricciardo and Verstappen came together at Turn One in Azerbaijan four years ago, putting them both out of the
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