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Has Grosjean Accidentally Revealed Why Ferrari Are Struggling This Year?

The Haas F1 Team’s decision to drop Romain Grosjean has, unsurprisingly, made the Frenchman more open about the shortcomings of the team’s 2020 car. He recently revealed that a suspension overheating issue has plagued the team all season and made the Haas VF-20 very difficult to drive. READ: Charles Leclerc’s Ferrari Accidentally Intercepted Lewis Hamilton’s

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Ferrari Set To Bring New Upgrades To Portuguese Grand Prix

With just six races of the season to go, Ferrari are sixth in the Constructors’ Standings and are desperately in need of upgrades to salvage something from 2020 and to close the gap to the front-runners for 2021. The Scuderia brought a raft of upgrades to Sochi and experimented with a few more new parts

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Sebastian Vettel Will Flourish Away From Ferrari’s Blame Culture

Sebastian Vettel’s last couple of years with Ferrari have been littered with mistakes, but the four-time World Champion will be looking to put all of that behind him when he joins Aston Martin Racing in just a few months’ time. Otmar Szafnauer, team principal of the soon-to-be-rebranded Racing Point F1 team, believes Vettel will “flourish”

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Mercedes Reveal Why They Won’t Supply Engines To Red Bull

With Honda recently announcing its decision to withdraw from Formula One at the end of 2021, its customer teams – namely Red Bull Racing and Scuderia AlphaTauri – are looking to line up a competitive replacement. Mercedes is almost certainly top of their list, as they have dominated the V6 turbo hybrid era of Formula

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Sebastian Vettel Admits He Failed At Ferrari

Sebastian Vettel has just seven races left with Scuderia Ferrari before he departs the Maranello-based team for Aston Martin Racing. Speaking on the Beyond the Grid podcast, Vettel has admitted that he failed to achieve his ultimate goal at Ferrari, but insisted he has no regrets about joining the Scuderia. READ: New Teams Should Be

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‘Ferrari Always Comes Back’: Haas To Stick With Ferrari Despite Poor Form

The Haas F1 team is planning on remaining loyal to Ferrari despite the Scuderia’s power unit currently being the weakest on the grid and thus costing Haas on-track performance it can ill-afford to lose. In an interview, Haas team principal Guenther Steiner said he doesn’t think it would be “ethical” for the American racing outfit

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Ferrari Will Trial Aero Upgrades At Eifel Grand Prix

Ferrari will trial new aero upgrades at the Eifel Grand Prix in a fortnight, as the Scuderia looks to make its SF1000 more competitive and work its way back up the pecking order. Specifically, they will test a new diffuser and floor at the Nurburgring in the hopes of improving rear downforce and stability, according

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Vettel Accuses Ferrari Of Ruining His Russian GP To Help Leclerc

Outgoing Ferrari driver Sebastian Vettel has accused the Scuderia of compromising his strategy at the Russian Grand Prix to help team-mate Charles Leclerc. The four-time World Champion believes he was deliberately left out to slow down other cars which were indirectly racing against Leclerc. READ: Sainz Says Sochi’s Turn Two Is Badly Designed After Crashing

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Ferrari Working ‘Very Hard’ On New Power Unit For 2021

Scuderia Ferrari team principal Mattia Binotto has said the ailing Italian constructor is working “very hard” on its new power unit which it will start using in 2021, as it looks to address the deficit it has relative to Mercedes, Honda and Renault. “In 2021 there will be small improvements, such as a new engine.

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