Finnish Formula 1 journalist Mervi Kallio has disclosed her distaste of Lance Stroll’s attitude during interviews, and questioned his passion for the pinnacle of motorsport. Stroll entered F1 in 2017 when his billionaire father Lawrence paid for his drive alongside Felipe Massa at Williams. He was comprehensively out-qualified by the Brazilian and scored seven points
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Aston Martin reserve driver Nico Hulkenberg has revealed that he was “mentally done” with Formula 1 after his departure in 2019, but is always ready to snap up opportunities to race. Hulkenberg left Renault at the end of the 2019 season after entering 179 races with a combination of Williams, Force India and the Enstone
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Ralf Schumacher has reiterated his belief that Nico Hulkenberg would be a good fit as a permanent driver at Aston Martin, and he has suggested that the team should consider firing Sebastian Vettel and Lance Stroll. Hulkenberg was drafted in by Aston Martin to replace Sebastian Vettel after the four-time world champion fell ill with
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Former Force India team principal Colin Kolles has given his verdict on the current state of affairs at Aston Martin, insisting that owner Lawrence Stroll is too heavily involved in the operation. Stroll took over the team in its Force India days in 2018 amid huge financial issues when Vijay Mallya found himself in legal
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The stewards have found that Alex Albon was to blame for his crash with Lance Stroll at the end of the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix, and have given him a grid drop for the next race in Melbourne. In the closing stages of the race in Jeddah, Albon attempted an ambitious move on the inside
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Aston Martin driver Sebastian Vettel will once again be replaced by Nico Hulkenberg for this weekend’s Saudi Arabian Grand Prix after being declared unfit to race. Vettel tested positive for COVID-19 in the build-up to the Bahrain Grand Prix after McLaren’s Daniel Ricciardo contracted the virus the week before, missing the entirety of the second
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Former Formula 1 driver Ralf Schumacher has expressed concerns over the philosophy that Lawrence Stroll has adopted at Aston Martin, insisting that the equation to competing in F1 is not simply solved by money. Aston Martin managed 16 points finishes between Sebastian Vettel and Lance Stroll in 2021, and the German’s podium in Baku did
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Aston Martin team principal Mike Krack has admitted that Sebastian Vettel might not be available for the 2022 Saudi Arabian Grand Prix this weekend. After Daniel Ricciardo tested positive for COVID-19 and missed the entirety of the pre-season test in Bahrain, Vettel returned a positive result, ruling him out of the first race of the
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Red Bull driver Sergio Perez believes that there is a case to be made for drivers still being able to compete even if they have tested positive for COVID-19. Perez was the first of 10 drivers to have tested positive for coronavirus since the turn of the pandemic in 2020, and he was thus forced
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Lando Norris gave a sarcastic reply when asked about McLaren’s woeful weekend at the Bahrain Grand Prix, as they walked away from the first race with no points to their name. Both Norris and team-mate Daniel Ricciardo failed to make it into the third and final qualifying session on Saturday, and spent most of the
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