Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc admits that he was expecting Red Bull to be ahead of his team, and is pleasantly surprised by his 10th career pole position. Having been battling away with the Milton Keynes-based side throughout the first two qualifying sessions, the Monegasque narrowly beat Max Verstappen to pole, with Spanish team-mate Carlos Sainz third
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George Russell has expressed his frustration at the fact that everything Mercedes try to resurrect their issues is not working as planned, and agrees with team-mate Sir Lewis Hamilton that there are some midfield teams matching their pace. Mercedes put 88 laps together during Friday’s practice sessions in Bahrain during the opening weekend of the
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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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Reigning world champion Max Verstappen maintains that his team are still not completely aware of where they are in the pecking order ahead of the new season, but was pleased with testing in Spain and Bahrain. Having unveiled their new car in February, Red Bull took to the track in Barcelona for the first pre-season
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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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Reigning world champion Max Verstappen believes that a full report into the controversial ending of the 2021 championship will not be needed, but acknowledges that analysing mistakes is important to move forward. Verstappen clinched his first-ever championship at last year’s season finale at the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix after former race director Michael Masi reneged
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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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