Ferrari team principal Mattia Binotto has finally apologised to AlphaTauri driver Yuki Tsunoda and the people of Japan, after making a disrespectful comment after the Dutch Grand Prix. Tsunoda, who will start from the back of the grid at the Italian Grand Prix following a fifth reprimand, was compared to a tsunami at Zandvoort, after
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AlphaTauri team principal Franz Tost believes that Charles Leclerc has an edge over Ferrari team-mate Carlos Sainz, but the Spaniard is still very capable of competing on his day. Sainz finished ahead of Leclerc in his first season with the Scuderia in 2021, managing four podiums in a very impressive first season in red, and
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The new regulations for this season have arguably been a huge step forward in regard to close racing and entertainment; however, there have already been some huge flaws in the aerodynamic dramatic changes. The biggest flaw of them all has been the porpoising phenomena, which has caused mechanical bouncing due to the more rigid ride-height,
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Franz Tost believes that, if not for two serious crashes and some bad timing, Ralf Schumacher could have been a multiple World Champion. Schumacher enjoyed a fairly successful F1 career, winning six races and standing on the podium 27 times, but was always in the shadow of his brother Michael, who has more titles to
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Red Bull adviser Dr Helmut Marko has affirmed that there is no get-out clause for Pierre Gasly amid links to Alpine. The French team are looking for a replacement after Fernando Alonso was announced as an Aston Martin driver after the Hungarian Grand Prix. The Spaniard wanted a longer deal that the one on the
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Scuderia Ferrari race director Laurent Mekies has announced who will be driving for the team in both of their FP1 rookie sessions in the second half of the season, with Ferrari Driver Academy star Robert Shwartzman set to take the spotlight. 2021 Formula 2 runner-up Shwartzman will drive for Ferrari in two FP1 sessions during
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AlphaTauri team principal Franz Tost has ruled out losing Pierre Gasly at the end of this season amid rumours of an exit clause. There is a bit of a mess happening in the driver market at the moment, and all of it seems to revolve around Alpine, who have had a rough week. Sebastian Vettel
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Max Verstappen is all but certain to defend his Drivers’ World Championship, after dominating the first half of the season. The reigning World Champion leads the standings by 80 points over Charles Leclerc, with the Dutchman having won eight races already this season. The Red Bull Racing driver has been unstoppable, with the 24-year-old having
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Porpoising is once again a hot topic in the paddock, as a number of teams have called for the FIA to drop a set of new regulations for 2023 which are targeted at eliminating porpoising. The bouncing phenomenon has caused chaos for some, and absolutely nothing for others, with the latter being the ones who are rallying
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Pierre Gasly has claimed that Scuderia AlphaTauri’s 2022 challenger is the slowest car on the grid, amid the Faenza-based side struggling for form this campaign. The Frenchman has managed a best finish of P5 so far this year, which came at the typically chaotic Azerbaijan Grand Prix. In the opening 11 rounds of the year,
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