Reports by the Italian version of Motorsport.com that Red Bull have eaten through the majority of their development budget have been dismissed by Dutch journalist Erik van Haren. It was initially reported that the Milton Keynes side had $10 million available to develop their RB18, but they had already used “two thirds” of that by
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Ferrari were left speechless in Florida despite finishing second and third at the Miami International Autodrome. Both Charles Leclerc and Carlos Sainz Jr had no answer to Max Verstappen’s pace, as the Dutchman claimed victory at the inaugural race in Miami. Ferrari locked-out the front row in qualifying after demonstrating strong lap-times on Saturday, however,
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Red Bull’s latest major upgrade set to be implemented in Barcelona means that Max Verstappen and Sergio Perez will be running 3kg lighter. The Austrian oufit are thought to have lost 5kg as a result of the changes they made to the car ahead of the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix, and the pace advantage was
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Charles Leclerc is relishing having the target on his back as he enters the sixth round of the 2022 season 19 points clear of Max Verstappen. Leclerc has won two of the first three rounds of the year while Max Verstappen has scooped up the other three. The Dutchman failed to finish in either Bahrain
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Former Formula 1 driver Jolyon Palmer believes Charles Leclerc made Max Verstappen’s life a little too easy in Miami as the Dutchman passed him for the lead and, ultimately, the win. Leclerc grabbed pole in Florida after capitalising on a mistake by Verstappen on his final run, and Carlos Sainz also swooped in to secure
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Red Bull adviser Dr Helmut Marko is looking forward to a hard, fair fight with Ferrari as the 2022 season begins to heat up. Red Bull brought upgrades to the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix that are said to have lost them about 5kg in weight, perceivably placing them level with Ferrari on 808kg, but the
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Charles Leclerc has lamented the fact that he was unable to pass Max Verstappen at the end of the Miami Grand Prix, but will settle for second after a “fun” race in Florida. The Monegasque led Carlos Sainz off the start in Ferrari’s front row lockout since the 2019 Mexican Grand Prix on Sunday, while
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Ferrari were given a reliability exemption on their power unit by the FIA which allowed them to slightly modify its specification. Amid the new technical regulations in the pinnacle of motorsport is a freeze on engine development, with the ICE already prohibited from being worked on by manufacturers. Electrical components will be frozen midway through
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Red Bull team principal Christian Horner observes that the rivalry between Max Verstappen and Charles Leclerc has been a placid one, but he predicts it will become more aggressive as the year goes on. Verstappen has won three races to Leclerc’s two at the beginning of the 2022 season, and the pair have engaged in
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Ferrari driver Carlos Sainz is pleased to have returned to the podium in Miami after a difficult last couple of races in Australia and Italy. The Spaniard suffered a heavily disrupted qualifying in Australia before crashing out of the race early on, and a further crash in qualifying for the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix preceded
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