Red Bull team principal Christian Horner is taking his side’s ‘Cashgate’ penalty “on the chin”, despite believing that the Austrians have been slapped with a “draconian” punishment. Following on from the FIA’s announcement the day after Max Verstappen claimed his second World Championship that Red Bull had exceeded the 2021 budget cap, it was declared by
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There is never a day without controversy in Formula 1, with Friday having been yet further proof of that ahead of the Mexican Grand Prix. Following on from their announcement the day after the Japanese Grand Prix that Red Bull had breached the budget cap, the FIA finally informed the world on what their punishment
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Robert Shwartzman is perhaps the highest rated member of the Ferrari Driver Academy, with the Maranello-based side appearing to have full faith in the Israeli driver. The 2021 Formula 2 runner-up drove for Ferrari during FP1 last weekend at the Circuit of the Americas and is set to drive the F1-75 again in FP1 at the
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Oscar Piastri’s 2023 switch from Alpine to McLaren is perhaps one of the most highly anticipated in years, given how highly the young Australian is regarded in the paddock. The current Alpine reserve driver is part of a very exclusive club, of drivers who claimed the Formula 3 and Formula 2 World Championships in back-to-back seasons. Piastri claimed
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Newly crowned double World Champion Max Verstappen has called for the 2024 tyre-blanket ban to be scrapped, after almost spinning in the pit-lane due to the sheer lack of grip. The FIA’s plan has been to slowly lower the temperatures that the tyre blankets are allowed to work at, meaning that eventually they’ll simply not
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All eyes will be on Mercedes during the Mexican Grand Prix this weekend, as the Silver Arrows will run their new front-wing on both cars at the Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez Circuit. The Germans’ new front-wing made a short appearance at the United States Grand Prix last weekend during FP1; however, it wasn’t used for the
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Max Verstappen’s maiden title win in 2021 was controversial enough at the time, with the manipulation of the safety car by the race director still not being forgotten by many F1 fans, who call his win illegitimate. Now with Red Bull having been found guilty of breaching the $145m cost cap that year, which could
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Lewis Hamilton has endured a lot across his 16-year career in Formula 1; however, nothing could’ve prepared him for the rules being broken by the FIA during the 2021 season finale. The one-year anniversary of that controversial day is edging ever closer, with the race having taken place on the 12th December 2021. Hamilton and Max Verstappen
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Fernando Alonso is certainly feeling the love from his fans currently, as #JusticeforAlonso became trending on Twitter ahead of Alpine’s appeal to the FIA that the Spaniard was wrongly awarded a penalty at the United States Grand Prix. After last weekend’s race at the Circuit of the Americas, Alonso was awarded a 30-second time penalty for driving a
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Fernando Alonso has endured a lot since joining Formula 1 in 2001; however, what happened to him at the United States Grand Prix on Sunday was perhaps a first, as was the punishment that followed after the race. After lining up for the race in P14, not much was expected from Alonso during the race
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