Mercedes’ Sir Lewis Hamilton believes the controversial end to the 2021 season in Abu Dhabi has had a knock-on effect on the team coming into this season. The seven-time champion was looking to add an eighth to his repertoire when he and Max Verstappen headed into the final round of the season level on points.
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Mick Schumacher turned a much-needed corner during the first half of the season, after looking at one point like he was set for an awkward summer break. Schumacher experienced huge crashes at both the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix and the Monaco Grand Prix, resulting in a falling out with Haas F1 Team boss Guenther Steiner.
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19 of the 20 drivers are on the cusp of receiving a 10-place engine penalty in the latter part of the season, while Lance Stroll is at risk of taking a five-place grid penalty. Where parts used to be put onto cars at will and money used to be spent by big teams like it
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Alex Albon’s Formula 1 career has been one full of commitment and incredible hard work, after being forced to sit out the 2021 season and race elsewhere. Albon joined the championship with Scuderia AlphaTauri in 2019, before quickly being promoted to Red Bull Racing halfway through the year to replace Pierre Gasly, who went back
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Max Verstappen is all but certain to defend his Drivers’ World Championship, after dominating the first half of the season. The reigning World Champion leads the standings by 80 points over Charles Leclerc, with the Dutchman having won eight races already this season. The Red Bull Racing driver has been unstoppable, with the 24-year-old having
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Red Bull Racing have taken a monster lead into the summer break, with the Austrian side now 97 points ahead of Ferrari, following on from the Italian team making yet another costly error at the Hungarian Grand Prix. However, the story of the Hungarian GP was the remarkable comeback drive from reigning World Champion Max Verstappen, who won the
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Sir Lewis Hamilton has opened up on the feeling of being ‘cheated’ at the end of last year’s Abu Dhabi Grand Prix when he was denied his eighth F1 title. Hamilton and Max Verstappen had gone hammer and tong for 21 rounds of the 2021 season, winning 17 races between them as the fight intensified,
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Bradley Scanes, performance coach for Max Verstappen, has revealed that he knew very little of Formula 1 before he met the Dutchman, but now thoroughly enjoys their working relationship. Jake Aliker departed Verstappen’s team in 2019, and the now 24-year-old acquired the services of Scanes at the start of 2020. Scanes works as a consultant
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Red Bull team principal Christian Horner has hailed the team’s recent poaching of a Mercedes engineer, with the 48-year-old saying they have “assembled great strength” at their powertrains division. Following Honda’s shock decision to quit Formula 1, Red Bull opted to manufacture their own power units, instead of looking to the other three power unit
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Scuderia Ferrari go into the summer break in a difficult position, with Charles Leclerc 80 points behind Max Verstappen in the Drivers’ Championship and the team 97 points behind Red Bull Racing in the Constructors’. Ferrari have only themselves to blame as to why they have fallen-off both championship hunts so dramatically, after a plethora
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