George Russell laments that his only rival in the 2022 Bahrain Grand Prix was Haas’ Kevin Magnussen, and suggests that he and Mercedes team-mate Sir Lewis Hamilton will largely be fighting amongst themselves in the early part of the season. Mercedes were one of the surprises of qualifying in Bahrain after their publicly emitted concerns
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Kevin Magnussen revealed his relief on Saturday after qualifying seventh on his Formula 1 return having suffered from hydraulic issues in Q2. The Dane had set a lap time quick enough to sneak through to the top-ten shootout in Bahrain, but was told by his engineer of a hydraulic problem that meant he could not
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George Russell has said that he and his Mercedes team will do everything they can to turn the boat and resurrect the issues that have made for a difficult start to 2022. Having looked on the back foot during testing under the new technical regulations – particularly with the so-called “porpoising” issue – Mercedes qualified
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A recent Formula 1 audit has given some interesting insight into the drivers’ social media activity, and has revealed that Sir Lewis Hamilton and Lando Norris are the highest earners per Instagram post in the sport. Regarding raw followers, Hamilton has hit just over 27 million despite his conspicuous absence over the winter break following
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Haas driver Kevin Magnussen has expressed his excitement ahead of the 2022 season after returning to the team following a year out. Mick Schumacher was set to partner Nikita Mazepin for the second year running at Haas but, after Russia’s decision to invade Ukraine, the American team dropped name partner Uralkali. Mazepin’s father Dmitry part
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Lando Norris reckons Haas will be a much-improved team this season compared to their dire 2021 campaign following the events of pre-season testing. It has been a difficult period for Haas since 2020. They managed just two points finishes between Romain Grosjean and Kevin Magnussen that year, and the picture was not about to get
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Former Formula 1 driver Christian Danner believes that Haas’ new chassis design can help them return to the midfield fight in 2022. This comes after the significant changes to the technical regulations as the aerodynamics of the cars change to accommodate for a completely new ground effect-based downforce concept. The Banbury-based team entered F1 in
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Haas team principal Guenther Steiner is unsure whether he feels any sympathy for Nikita Mazepin following his sacking from the team. Mazepin claimed two race wins in the 2020 Formula 2 season, and made his way into Formula 1 by virtue of his father Dmitry’s money, a Russian oligarch who part owns the Russia-based Uralkali
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Haas team principal Guenther Steiner has revealed that his team had taken the unique “zero pods” now being exploited by Mercedes under consideration last year, but found that wider sidepods would make for a more efficient chassis. Mercedes rolled into the second pre-season test in Bahrain with extremely thin sidepods on the car to the
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Former Formula 1 driver Romain Grosjean has revealed that he would not have taken the opportunity to return to the sport with Haas, insisting that he has now moved on. Grosjean signed for Haas in 2016 having managed 10 podiums between 2012 and 2015 with Lotus, and scored points on 24 occasions with the American
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