Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff heads to the Spanish Grand Prix full of hope that his team can overturn their deficit to Red Bull and Ferrari. The Silver Arrows have struggled under the new technical regulations this season, and have managed a best finish of third through Sir Lewis Hamilton in Bahrain, and George Russell
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Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc believes that his team will have gone some way towards overturning their current pace deficit to Red Bull with the upgrades they have brought to this weekend’s Spanish Grand Prix. Ferrari looked to have the edge over Red Bull in the opening rounds of the season, with Leclerc taking relatively comfortable wins
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Max Verstappen goes into this weekend’s Spanish Grand Prix on the back of his third win of the season, after a dominant display at the inaugural Miami Grand Prix. The Dutchman recovered from reliability issues during free practice to put his car in third spot for the race. Verstappen started behind both Ferrari drivers, however,
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Fresh estimations have indicated that Ferrari’s power is greater than that of both Mercedes and Red Bull. This is despite the Ferrari reportedly having been up to 19kph slower than the Honda-powered Red Bull in Saudi Arabia, although the superior estimated pace of Mercedes in the speed rap relative to the Scuderia would indicate that
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Red Bull junior driver Juri Vips is set to receive his first official outing in a Formula 1 car this weekend when he gets behind the wheel of the RB18 during practice ahead of the Spanish Grand Prix. Vips is currently in the Formula 2 championship with Hitech, and has managed two podiums so far
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Max Verstappen observes that team-mate Sergio Perez has settled in nicely to the team, and is more comfortable with the RB18 under the new technical regulations. Perez signed for Red Bull to replace Alex Albon for the 2021 season, and he managed five podiums as well as a race win in what was overall a
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Max Verstappen has started the 2022 season in emphatic fashion, having won every race he has finished so far this year. His third victory of the year at the recent Miami Grand Prix saw the Dutchman close to within 19 points of championship leader Charles Leclerc. The Red Bull Racing driver has demonstrated the same
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The Spanish Grand Prix, for many years now, has been symbolic as one of the first European races of the year and the first real opportunity for the teams to bring major upgrades to their cars. That pattern has, however, looked slightly different this year after both Red Bull and Mercedes made changes to their
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Former Formula 1 driver Shinji Nakano believes that Max Verstappen’s ability is slightly edging Charles Leclerc’s at present. The new technical regulations and the subsequent re-introduction of ground effect aerodynamics required new thinking and evolved philosophies, not just from the teams, but the drivers too. It is patently not so easy for the drivers to
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Max Verstappen does not believe that the Miami Grand Prix can ever act a replacement for Monaco, and neither can anywhere else due to the uniqueness of the Principality. Formula 1 first visited Monaco before its world championship days back in 1929, with William Grover-Williams claiming victory for Bugatti. 21 years and one world war
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