The 2022 season is one that Mercedes would quickly like to forget, as the Silver Arrows got their W13 design completely wrong under the major regulation changes. The team struggled to ever really get going, having spent the majority of the season battling a major porpoising problem that saw the team put any performance-based developments
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Money is key in Formula 1, with both teams and drivers relying on sponsors to continue their existence and to thrive in the sport. One of Max Verstappen’s sponsors is Dutch supermarket chain Jumbo, who will continue to back the Dutchman this year despite a highly controversial end to 2022. The CEO of the supermarket
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Red Bull could not have wished for a better start to the new era of Formula 1, as the team ended 2022 by comfortably winning both championships. The major changes in regulations gave teams that chance to start from square one all over again and get creative as they try to outwit their rival’s designs.
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Ex-Formula 1 driver Romain Grosjean has revealed that he had a “lot of fun” competing in last weekend’s Le Mans 24 Hours Virtual, the biggest sim-racing event in the world. The race boasts some of the greatest sim and real-life drivers, with Grosjean and double World Champion Max Verstappen having taken part. Verstappen was competing
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Double World Champion Max Verstappen was sensationally accused by the commentators of last weekend’s Le Mans 24 Hours Virtual for throwing a “hissy fit” and for ‘bailing out’ of the race, with the Dutchman having labelled the event as a “clown show”. The 25-year-old had a less than enjoyable time in the world’s biggest race in the
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Last weekend’s Le Mans 24 Hours Virtual race has boiled over in spiteful fashion, with ex-Formula 1 driver Romain Grosjean and double World Champion Max Verstappen having both faced backlash. It was a frustrating weekend for Verstappen, who was as usual, competing in the sim-racing event for Team Redline. The Dutchman and his team led
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Double World Champion Max Verstappen has been heavily criticised for his outburst after deciding to quit the Le Mans 24 Hours Virtual, after his team suffered from multiple technical issues. The biggest sim-racing event in the world did have some difficulties last weekend, with the servers having suffered a “security breach” during the race. The
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Double World Champion Max Verstappen has called for all sim-racers to “uninstall” rFactor 2, after the organisers of last weekend’s Le Mans 24 Hours Virtual failed to “even control their own game”. Verstappen was incredibly critical of the biggest sim-racing event in the world after dramatically quitting the race last weekend, after his team suffered from a
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The major regulation changes in 2022 presented teams with a massive opportunity to reinvent themselves last year, as every team was forced to go back to the drawing board and get creative. It initially looked like Ferrari had mastered the rule changes as they came flying out of the blocks in Bahrain with clearly the
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Sim racing has come on leaps and bounds in recent years, with drivers from all over the world tuning in to their virtual races to watch their favourite drivers. The COVID-19 lockdown shed a lot of light on sim racing, as the likes of Lando Norris, George Russell and Charles Leclerc would often be found
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