On March 3, the 2023 season will get underway in Bahrain, with teams up and down the paddock full of ambition. The season promises to be one of the most competitive yet, as teams have now had a full year to understand the major regulation changes that came into effect at the start of 2022.
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Tensions between Formula 1 and the FIA continue to escalate following comments made by FIA president Mohammed Ben Sulayem, where he shared his ‘caution’ over a $20 billion bid from Saudi Arabia. Ben Sulayem’s comments have infuriated Formula 1 bosses and owners Liberty Media, who bought the sport in 2017 for $4.6 billion. It was
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FIA president Mohammed Ben Sulayem is “cautious” about a reported $20 billion offer from Saudi Arabia to buy Formula 1, with Bloomberg having reported that an attempt to buy the sport from Liberty Media was made last year. According to Bloomberg, the offer was rejected by the current owners of Formula 1, who bought the sport themselves in
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The German side of Formula 1 is struggling, with there currently being no race in the country and Nico Hulkenberg being the only German driver still on the grid. The German Grand Prix was previously an important part of the race calendar and the likes of Michael Schumacher and Sebastian Vettel dominated Formula 1 year
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The influence of the Middle East in Formula 1 is continuing to grow year after year, with teams and races being lured to the region in recent years. This season there will be races in Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Abu Dhabi and Qatar, meaning there will be four Grand Prix in the region for the first
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Formula 1 has been a very male-dominated sport since it began decades ago, with the majority of mechanics, bosses and drivers in the sport being men. Women have had small opportunities in F1 cars, with Toto Wolff’s wife Susie Wolff once taking part in a test for Williams, but these opportunities are nowhere near enough.
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Despite speculation of a replacement, Formula 1 have confirmed that no event will replace the recently cancelled Chinese Grand Prix, with the 2023 calendar to stick to what is still a record-breaking 23 races. The announcement comes amid uncertainty of how many races there would be this season, with Portugal and Turkey having been in talks with
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The FIA have announced a huge overhaul of their Formula 1 management structure, which has been heavily criticised over recent years, with senior F1 figure Steve Nielsen having been announced as the governing body’s new sporting director. Nielsen has been a regular member of the Formula 1 paddock for the vast majority of his life, having previously held roles
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Wind tunnels are key to creating a competitive Formula 1 car, with every hour allocated to the teams being used to the final second in order to get the maximum amount of data possible. In recent years however, Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) has become more and more advanced and has therefore taken over some of
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Having been on the run from the police since 1993, one of Italy’s most wanted men of all time has finally been arrested. Matteo Messina Denaro has been a wanted man since a spate of bombings in the 90s associated to his Cosa Nostra mafia saw ten people killed and nearly 100 more injured. Denaro
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