Guanyu Zhou has given the Alfa Romeo F1 Team an immense headache, but for all the right reasons during his rookie campaign. The first-ever Chinese F1 driver has performed brilliantly in his first season, having scored 5 points already this year. Zhou has in particular done extremely well during qualifying, with some Q3 appearances having
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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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An anonymous team principal is reported to have claimed that Audi have already struck a deal to take over the Sauber Group in 2026, but are holding back on the announcement. Audi and Porsche have had their interest confirmed by parent company Volkswagen in entering Formula 1 in 2026. That year will see new engine
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It comes as no shock to Alfa Romeo team principal Frederic Vasseur that Valtteri Bottas has performed so well so far in 2022. Bottas has out-qualified rookie team-mate Zhou Guanyu in all of the opening seven rounds of the year, and he has scored points in six of them, the only exception being Jeddah, when
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Alfa Romeo’s Valtteri Bottas has quipped that he may just start rocking up to race weekends after practice following yet another issue in Monaco on Friday. The Finn was unable to take any real part in the opening practice session of the season in Bahrain in March, before an issue in Imola a few weeks
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As Formula 1 heads to Monaco this weekend, there is a real threat that the 68th edition of the world championship Monaco Grand Prix could also be the last. The contract for Monaco expired last year, but an emergency one-year extension was agreed, which is the reason that Monaco is on the calendar this season too.
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A report from Auto Motor und Sport has revealed that the teams may be forced to cease introducing any upgrades to their cars beyond the Canadian Grand Prix this year. This is due to the added stringency of the circa $140 million that the teams are working on this season, and the rate of inflation
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Three Formula 1 teams have asked the FIA for clarification over the legality of the 2022 Haas car, according to a report by Auto Motor und Sport. Haas spent the majority of last season developing for the new technical regulations introduced this year, and thus became the first scoreless team in six years as Nikita
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Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff has praised the “super job” that Haas have done with their 2022 car, and sees battling them as a fascinating learning curve. On lap time, Mercedes were the quickest team last season, and Haas were an astonishing 3.38% adrift of them on average. Contextualising that, the other nine teams were
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Guanyu Zhou admits that there is pressure behind his presence as the only Chinese driver on the Formula 1 grid, and described himself as his country’s only hope for the next five to ten years. Zhou claimed four race wins in the Formula 2 championship on his way to a third-placed finish in the Drivers’
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