The current restrictions on pre-season testing are “ridiculous” and are primarily responsible for this season’s three rookie drivers making a lot of mistakes in the first two rounds of the 2021 campaign, according to ex-F1 driver Marc Surer. F1 teams only had three days of pre-season testing ahead of the 2021 campaign – half of
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McLaren driver Lando Norris can prove he is a future World Champion by repeating his outstanding performance at Imola in the next few races of the season, ex-F1 driver Marc Surer told Formula1News.co.uk on Tuesday. The 21-year-old, now in his third season with McLaren in Formula One, set a lap time good enough for P2
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Mercedes should think twice about throwing its weight behind Sir Lewis Hamilton in this year’s Championship battle and making Valtteri Bottas serve as his wingman, ex-Formula One racer Marc Surer has warned. Speaking to Formula1News.co.uk, Surer said that it would be “dangerous” to designate a clear number one and number two driver so early in
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A former F1 racer has said he believes Max Verstappen would be faster than Sir Lewis Hamilton if they were Mercedes team-mates, but the seven-time World Champion would nevertheless have a chance of beating the Dutch ace over the course of a season. Speaking to Formula1News.co.uk on Friday, ex-F1 driver Marc Surer said: “I think
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A former F1 driver has said he feels sorry for modern-day racing drivers as they are under much more scrutiny from the media and public opinion than previous generations. Speaking to Formula1News.co.uk, Marc Surer, who raced in Formula One with the likes of Arrows and Brabham, said he believes the Haas F1 Team did “the
MoreGeorge Russell’s pace throughout the weekend and his strong drive in the Sakhir Grand Prix have unquestionably boosted his stock in the F1 paddock, despite him finishing the race down in P9 due to a mistake by the Mercedes pit crew and a subsequent slow puncture. Not only did he almost match Valtteri Bottas in
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For the first time in his F1 career, George Russell will be driving a car capable of competing at the sharp end of the field at this weekend’s Sakhir Grand Prix. Russell, who was called up by Mercedes at short notice after Lewis Hamilton tested positive for COVID-19 earlier in the week, has said that
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The Eifel Grand Prix looked set to be another typically poor weekend for Alex Albon, with him only managing P5 in qualifying after setting a best lap time half-a-second slower than team-mate Max Verstappen’s fastest Q3 run. However, the race proved to be one of his worst performances at Red Bull. READ: Watch: Kimi Raikkonen
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With new entrants now required to pay a $200 million fee to the existing ten teams in addition to all the other expenses of entering the pinnacle of motorsport, it’s now more difficult than ever to join the Formula One grid. Last month, Haas F1 team principal Guenther Steiner told this publication that they almost
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