McLaren CEO Zak Brown has said he “wouldn’t be shocked” if Sir Lewis Hamilton decided to leave Formula 1 following his championship defeat in 2021. Hamilton lost out on his record eighth championship last year after a controversial Safety Car restart by race director Michael Masi at the season finale. The Australian had initially decided
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McLaren CEO Zak Brown is not impressed by Formula 1 team principals recently lobbying race director Michael Masi for favourable in-race decisions. Persistent throughout the 2021 season were comments from Red Bull and Mercedes team members made over the radio to Masi during races, and this was particularly prevalent during the season finale in Abu
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Ferrari will unveil their 2022 car, which they hope will allow them to close the gap to Mercedes and Red Bull, on 17 February. The Scuderia’s 2022 challenger will therefore be unveiled less than a week before pre-season testing, which will get underway on 23 February. The oldest and most successful team in Formula 1
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McLaren driver Lando Norris has stated his desire to race closely with new Mercedes driver George Russell in 2022. Formula 1 is undergoing significant changes heading into the new year, with the cars expected to lose some aerodynamic performance and the sport switching to 18-inch tyres. There will also be an engine freeze next year,
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Daniel Ricciardo has spoken of his disappointing debut season with McLaren, saying he “learned a lot” from team-mate Lando Norris in 2021. Ricciardo joined the team from Renault at the end of 2020, and the general expectation was that he would out-perform the Briton – who was outscored in both of his seasons partnering Carlos
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McLaren CEO Zak Brown maintains that the team is “adamantly opposed” to an increase in the budget cap in Formula 1, and struggles to understand why some teams are pushing for such a raise. The budget cap will reduce to $140 million this year, meaning that the teams have less scope for development, and the
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Red Bull advisor Dr Helmut Marko believes that 22-year-old Lando Norris is closest to the level on which Sir Lewis Hamilton and Max Verstappen perform, as he gives his predictions for 2022. The Briton ended the 2021 season sixth in the Drivers’ Championship, impressively out-scoring more experienced team-mate Daniel Ricciardo in the Australian’s first year
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McLaren driver Lando Norris says that his former team-mate Carlos Sainz is one of the quickest drivers in Formula 1, and admits that he was “a bit in his shadow.” The pair raced together at the Woking-based outfit in 2019 and 2020, with Sainz out-scoring his younger team-mate in both seasons. Buy an F1 TV
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McLaren’s Daniel Ricciardo has spoken about his envy of the title battle between Sir Lewis Hamilton and Max Verstappen in 2021, saying he wishes he was part of it. Verstappen took the title from the Briton in controversial circumstances, passing him on the very last lap of the season finale following a highly controversial Safety
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Lando Norris has commented on Ferrari’s lack of success since 2019, and believes that the Scuderia will be in a position to fight for race wins in 2022. Ferrari finished second in the Constructors’ Championship in 2019, winning just three races. Sebastian Vettel’s win at the Singapore Grand Prix that year would also turn out
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