The FIA have fined Williams for breaching the 2021 financial regulations after they failed to submit the required documents in time. One of the interesting facets of last season was the regulations which, having been perceived would be identical to 2020 owing to the pandemic, actually changed a lot more than people thought. There were
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Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff has highlighted the “extraordinary inflation” and soaring energy bills as reasons for wanting to increase the budget cap. The budget was set at circa $140 million this season, down $5 million from last year, and this is allocated to development, damage repair, transport of freight and more. There is therefore
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Not for the first-time this season, the race directors came under fire yet again at the recent Monaco Grand Prix, resulting in a stark comment from the FIA president himself. Drivers and teams were left puzzled as to the lengthy delay of the recent race in Monaco, which started almost an hour after it should’ve
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Four-time World Champion Sebastian Vettel has spoken out in disappointment over the recent comments made about his Aston Martin F1 Team by Red Bull. Not for the first time, Aston Martin were accused of copying another team’s design at the recent Spanish Grand Prix. The British team brought several upgrades to the weekend in Spain,
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FIA president Mohammed ben Sulayem has not ruled out the possibility of introducing more of a pragmatic approach to training the stewards in Formula 1 after multiple complaints in recent months. Former race director Michael Masi was removed from his role ahead of the 2022 season following the extremely controversial end to 2021 that saw
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Ferrari team principal Mattia Binotto does not believe that the team should have been fined 25,000 euros for impeding last weekend in Monaco. Carlos Sainz, according to the stewards, was given “grossly” incorrect information as to the whereabouts of other cars behind him during Friday practice, and he ended up receiving a reprimand for driving
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Formula 1 journalist Antonio Lobato has not held back in his criticism of race control during the Monaco Grand Prix last weekend. Torrential rain began to fall a few minutes before the race in the Principality was set to get underway but, instead of starting the race when the rain lightened up again at start
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Aston Martin team principal Mike Krack has reiterated that his team did “nothing wrong” while designing their B-spec car, despite Red Bull’s protestations. The British side introduced a new chassis in Spain that was intended to improve their fortunes having scored points in two of the opening six rounds of the season up to that
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A fan has been ridiculed on Twitter for positing a conspiracy theory about the FIA and Red Bull in the aftermath of the Monaco Grand Prix. During the race in Monte Carlo, Red Bull outplayed Ferrari on strategy, putting Sergio Perez in the lead of the race ahead of Carlos Sainz, while Max Verstappen was
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Over recent years, drivers have been seen demonstrating support for various campaigns and global issues, something which never used to happen in Formula 1. Lewis Hamilton and Sebastian Vettel have been two key activists, who have both demonstrated their support through action and words. Prior to the Spanish Grand Prix, Vettel even made a surprise
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