2022 has arguably been Mercedes’ most challenging season since the start of the hybrid era, where the German side have fallen off the top step which they’ve held for so long. After failing to design a suitable car for the new aerodynamic regulations, the reigning Constructors’ Champions have seen themselves fall from the top dog
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Former McLaren employee Marc Priestley believes 2007 F1 World Champion Kimi Raikkonen could’ve won more Drivers’ Championships had he “applied himself” like Sir Lewis Hamilton, with the Finn having been far from “complete”. Whilst driving for Ferrari, Raikkonen famously won the 2007 title at the season finale hosted in Brazil, where he beat Hamilton and
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With only six races remaining of the 2022 season, there may become a point when Ferrari begin to wonder what could’ve been, had they not prioritised performance over reliability and if they hadn’t made so many strategic errors. It’s been a season full of errors for the Scuderia, who have potentially had a car capable of winning
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Kimi Raikkonen is a man who appeared to prefer action over words whilst in Formula 1, with the ‘Iceman’ having been a driver at the centre of some of the funniest moments in the sport’s recent history. From shouting for his steering wheel at the 2017 Azerbaijan Grand Prix, to revealing that he missed legendary footballer Pele’s 2006 Brazilian
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It would come as no surprise that the two oldest drivers on the grid, Fernando Alonso and Sir Lewis Hamilton, have a somewhat fiery and argumentative past, with the pair having first met in 2007. After winning his second consecutive title with Renault in 2006, Alonso announced that he’d be moving to McLaren, who had lost Juan
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Former McLaren mechanic, Marc Priestley, has revealed that Fernando Alonso used “tactics” to win over members of the team during the 2007 season. Alonso had just on two championships on the spin with Renault in 2005 and 2006, but he moved from Enstone to Woking to join Ron Dennis’ McLaren side. That door had opened
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