In 2021, the gap between the top teams such as Mercedes and the rest of the grid was becoming too large to keep the sport competitive. Teams like Williams simply could not financially compete with the top teams and the FIA decided to introduce a cost cap to bring the field closer together. Teams were
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The F1 world came to a standstill last season when it was announced that Red Bull founder Dietrich Mateschitz had tragically passed away. The Austrian affected so many people in motorsport, with his death causing many individuals up and down the paddock to come out and share heart-warming stories about his life. The Red Bull
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The Bahrain Grand Prix was business as usual for Red Bull, who locked out the front row in qualifying before going on to achieve a one-two in the race. While many expected Mercedes and Ferrari to be scrapping it out of the podium places, it was actually the Aston Martin of Fernando Alonso that finished
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Aston Martin have been the surprise package of 2023 so far, with Fernando Alonso finishing the Bahrain Grand Prix in third place to score his 99th and Aston Martin’s second podium in Formula 1. The team have poached a number of staff members from the big teams in recent seasons, with Dan Fallows being one of
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With the gap between the likes of Mercedes and Red Bull and the midfield teams becoming increasingly larger, Formula 1 decided to introduce a cost cap in 2021. This cap of $145m per season limits how much a team can spend every year, stopping the likes of Mercedes from blowing smaller teams like Williams out
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A seat at Red Bull Racing is one of the most coveted prizes in Formula 1, with every driver dreaming of driving the fastest car on the grid. The position of Max Verstappen’s teammate has been somewhat of a curse however, with Daniel Ricciardo, Pierre Gasly and Alex Albon all struggling during their time partnering
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When Aston Martin joined F1 in 2021 as a rebrand of Racing Point, it was expected that the team would use the financial backing of Canadian billionaire Lawrence Stroll to quickly battle for podiums. This appeared to not be the case however, as the team remained in the shadows with back-to-back seventh place finishes in
MoreThe links between Red Bull and Aston Martin will not go away, no matter how much Aston Martin continue to reject the copying claims. The team’s technical director Dan Fallows was signed from Red Bull, where he worked as the team’s head of aerodynamics and a number of other staff members have made the same
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Heading into qualifying for the Bahrain Grand Prix, Red Bull would have been worried about Ferrari, Aston Martin and maybe even Mercedes, with no one quite knowing the true pace of every team following testing and practice. To Red Bull’s delight however, they saw their drivers lock out the front row, with Max Verstappen’s stunning
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The growth of Formula 1 has made the sport very attractive to many companies in recent seasons, with many teams attempting to join the current grid. As Andretti-Cadillac have discovered, joining the grid as an 11th team is not only very difficult, it is also very expensive due to the anti-dilution fees that a new entrant
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