With 2022 having almost drawn to a close for the FIA, the traditional process of announcing either new or renewed partnerships has begun. It is extremely common for both the FIA and teams from any FIA championship to announce new sponsors or partners for the upcoming season during the winter break, with the governing body being
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With the most recent season having been completed over two weeks ago, all the teams and the FIA have begun the usual process of reflecting on the recent campaign and, most importantly, what they could’ve done better. The FIA in particular have been reflecting on the entire budget cap scandal, after it was revealed following the Japanese
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The first season of the new aerodynamic regulations will likely be remembered for one thing and one thing only, porpoising, a word that Mercedes have likely banned from their garage. It quickly became apparent in pre-season testing that the new cars had a rather peculiar issue; they bounced! This saw sparks fly at virtually every
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2026 is looking set to be a truly fascinating year, with the new engine regulations set to be joined by active aerodynamics potentially. The current DRS system that is used in the sport is actually classed as “semi” active aerodynamic, with the sport looking into how they can make for more exciting racing. A key perk in
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It has been rumoured that the relationship between the FIA and F1 has begun to break down over the course of the 2022 season, with some decisions being made by the FIA frustrating those high up in F1. F1 boss Stefano Domenicali is reportedly annoyed at the FIA for their handling of the 2023 race
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Pierre Gasly will presumably be on his best behaviour in the opening rounds of the 2023 season, unless he wants to give Alpine a huge headache. Following a turbulent 2022 season, Gasly has astonishingly acclaimed 10 penalty points, meaning the Frenchman is just two away from a not-needed race ban. Since the system was introduced in 2014,
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2022 has without a shadow of a doubt been Red Bull’s year, with the side having enjoyed dominance on a scale not seen for many years. The Austrians claimed an astonishing 17 wins from the 22 completed races in 2022, with double World Champion Max Verstappen having won 15 of them himself. Verstappen actually set
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China’s first-ever Formula 1 driver, Zhou Guanyu, is looking increasingly likely to be treating the 2023 Singapore Grand Prix as his home race for the second consecutive season, with the 2023 Chinese Grand Prix set to be cancelled. It’s been speculated for a while now that the Chinese GP would be scrapped for a third season, as a
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Following tweaks made by the FIA to the 2023 technical regulations, Mercedes and Aston Martin are being sent back to the drawing board following bans on their innovative designs. For Mercedes, the part in question that they can no longer use is their extreme front-wing endplates, which were first seen at the Miami Grand Prix much earlier
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Christian Horner and Red Bull were outraged when rumours began to flood the paddock surrounding the team’s breach of the 2021 cost cap. Teams were permitted to spend a maximum of $145m over the course of the season, and despite the FIA only publishing the findings of their investigation around the weekend of the Austin
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