Aston Martin’s Sebastian Vettel has been given a suspended fine by the stewards for his “behaviour” during the drivers’ meeting on Friday. On every Friday of a race weekend, the drivers are mandated to arrive at the briefing room to be told of any important information for the remainder of the weekend, and discuss anything
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The Mercedes F1 Team and George Russell in particular have managed to avoid what would’ve been a costly penalty at the Austrian Grand Prix, after it was revealed that the Brit had used a different wing-spec for Saturday’s Sprint race. Russell finished a superb 4th in the Sprint, meaning he will line-up from there for
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Red Bull adviser Dr Helmut Marko believes that race engineers are making life too easy for their drivers at the moment, and he has called for the regulations to be altered. During the race, there are dozens of radio messages exchanged between drivers, engineers and team principals that entail all sorts of different things. The
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In a staggering turn of events, the FIA’s Technical Directive (TD) over porpoising has once again been delayed; now teams won’t have to make the necessary changes until the French Grand Prix. It was announced in Canada that a TD would be introduced, starting from the British GP. However, to Red Bull Racing’s and Ferrari’s happiness, the TD won’t
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Sir Lewis Hamilton has detailed the inner strength he felt as a result of losing the title in heart-breaking fashion last season. Hamilton was leading the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix heading into the closing stages when the Williams of Nicholas Latifi caused a Safety Car by crashing, and race director Michael Masi made the controversial
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When the new technical regulations were introduced at the beginning if 2022, both managing director and CEO of Formula 1, Ross Brawn and Stefano Domenicali, predicted that some of the teams would endeavour to find loopholes to exploit. It appears that this may be what has happened in the current legislation, and it surrounds the
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A number of F1 drivers have incredibly defended the ridiculous actions taken by anti-oil protesters at the British Grand Prix, who stormed the circuit on the opening lap before sitting on the Silverstone International Circuit. Had the race not been red-flagged for Guanyu Zhou’s terrifying crash, then it’s worrying to think what might have occurred on the
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Sir Lewis Hamilton is expected to sit down with FIA President Mohammed ben Sulayem in the coming days to hold more discussions surrounding the controversial jewellery regulation. Race director Niels Wittich has twice written in his race director’s notes this season that drivers are not to wear jewellery or any non-fireproof clothing in the cockpit.
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Alpine team principal Otmar Szafnauer used an amusing gas analogy to describe his role in the meeting the team principals held with the FIA in Canada. A row started when the FIA introduced a technical directive (TD) setting a metric for oscillating movement amid the “porpoising” and bouncing caused by the new technical regulations. Ground
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Red Bull Racing team principal Christian Horner has continued his request to the FIA to increase this season’s budget cap, which currently sits at $140 million. Horner has insisted that with the current cost of living crisis, many teams will be forced to miss the last few rounds due to breaking the budget. The Red
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