Charles Leclerc has lost 75 points this season from the race lead, after a driver error saw the Monegasque spin-out of the French Grand Prix whilst leading. It’s the third time this season Leclerc has been forced to retire from the race lead, with his retirements at the Spanish and Azerbaijan Grands Prix due to reliability problems. As a
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The Italian media has not held back in its criticism of Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc after his crash at the French Grand Prix last weekend. Leclerc started on pole in Le Castellet after a superb qualifying performance, and he had been keeping Max Verstappen at bay until he lost control of the F1-75 and crashed out
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Max Verstappen is enjoying his lead at the top of the tree in Formula 1, but he is aware that progress still has to be made by his Red Bull team. Ferrari have taken eight of the 12 available pole positions so far in 2022, while Verstappen has taken three, and Sergio Perez one. However,
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In the latest episode of Red Bull team principal Christian Horner’s ongoing feud with Mercedes boss Toto Wolff, the Briton has warned the 50-year-old that working through the summer is not permitted. Teams are required to give their mechanics, engineers and drivers a break during the summer shutdown, when no work is allowed to be
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Sir Lewis Hamilton did his best to keep pace with Max Verstappen at the French Grand Prix, but the Red Bull driver just had too much in his locker last weekend. Hamilton climbed up to second in Le Castellet after passing Sergio Perez off the start, before Charles Leclerc’s crash promoted him to second as
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Scuderia Ferrari saw the gap to Red Bull Racing increase substantially once again, after yet another disastrous weekend saw the team lose a potential race victory at the French Grand Prix. Charles Leclerc, who started on pole, was in complete control of the race, until a driver error saw him spin off at Turn 11
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Paul di Resta made an “under the belt” comment about fellow former Formula 1 driver Johnny Herbert after the Briton disagreed with Nico Rosberg regarding set-up. Rosberg had been talking about Ferrari’s chances of holding off Red Bull during the French Grand Prix, noting that the additional downforce the Italian side run on their car
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Red Bull’s Max Verstappen anticipates that the Hungarian Grand Prix this weekend will be a difficult one for his team, so places an emphasis on collecting solid points even when Ferrari are stronger. Ferrari have demonstrated superb race pace over the last few rounds while still proving their speed over one lap, as evidenced by
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Red Bull team principal Christian Horner has come to the defence of Charles Leclerc after the Monegasque crashed out of the French Grand Prix. Leclerc sealed his seventh pole of the season on Saturday with a scintillating qualifying performance, and was leading in the first sting having held off Verstappen, who then pitted. However, the
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Motorsport journalist Richard Aucock believes that Max Verstappen was “gifted” his maiden championship last season, and that the same is happening again this year. Verstappen won the title in 2021 after a controversial Safety Car restart by now former race director Michael Masi, and the Dutchman passed Sir Lewis Hamilton on the final lap as
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