2022 was a mixed year for Charles Leclerc, with his season having been ridiculed by a plethora of errors and reliability troubles. The Vice-Champion suffered from poor reliability, strategic errors, and driver errors this year, all of which allowed double World Champion Max Verstappen to cruise to a second consecutive Drivers’ Championship. Leclerc started the
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Formula 1 is seeing drivers’ careers last much longer in recent years, thanks to the advancement of sport science and conditioning. Fernando Alonso is set to enter a multi-year contract with Aston Martin despite being 41-years old, while Lewis Hamilton is on the verge of extending his Mercedes contract at 37. Current world champion Max
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Red Bull advisor Dr Helmut Marko has rejected claims that the Austrians signed former driver Daniel Ricciardo to “put pressure” on Sergio Pérez, with the Australian having been brought back to the team purely to “increase our market”. Despite 2022 having been a remarkable season for Red Bull, with the team having claimed the Constructors’
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The 2022 Brazilian Grand Prix produced a plethora of talking points for fans and pundits to dissect. Mercedes ensured that they would not finish the season winless at the penultimate hurdle by securing a stunning an unexpected one-two in Sao Paulo, handing George Russell his first ever victory in Formula 1. Things did not go
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Max Verstappen’s 2022 success appears to come at an astronomical price for Red Bull, with the Dutchman having been slapped with the highest-ever bill for an F1 Super Licence. Each year, a driver has to pay a fee to enter the following campaign, with that fee being determined by a base sum plus a certain value per point
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Max Verstappen and Red Bull were head and shoulders above their rivals in 2022, with the Dutchman securing his second title in Suzuka before his team wrapped up the constructors’ title in Austin. Red Bull’s victory ended Mercedes’ dominance in the constructors’ championship over the last decade, but it initially looked like Ferrari would be
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Sebastian Vettel has praised double World Champion Max Verstappen for “immediately” understanding “situations”, with the four-time World Champion hailing the Dutchman’s “feel for the car”. Vettel and Verstappen are undoubtedly the two greatest talents to have come out of the Red Bull Junior Team, with the duo having claimed six World Championships between them. Following
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Ex-Formula 1 driver David Coulthard has claimed that Max Verstappen’s dominance over Sergio Pérez isn’t because of the car potentially suiting the Dutchman more, something that the Mexican has hinted at. 2022 was a remarkable season for Verstappen, as he claimed an easy second consecutive Drivers’ Championship, following little challenge from Charles Leclerc and Pérez.
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Max Verstappen enjoyed a sensational 2022 campaign, with the Dutchman having claimed a second consecutive World Championship with relative ease. However, ex-F1 driver Hans-Joachim Stuck has accused the Dutchman of having a “lack of discipline”. Stuck’s comment is in reference to the Brazilian Grand Prix, which was the penultimate round of the most recent season.
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The new era of Formula 1 provided a stern test to the design teams up and down the paddock, as the new set of rules allowed teams to get creative, while trying to work out what would work best with the new era of F1 cars. While the likes of Mercedes got their designs horribly
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