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‘Welcome back’ – Mercedes all but confirm Hamilton won’t retire

Mercedes have virtually confirmed that Sir Lewis Hamilton will be remaining in Formula 1 in 2022 after his heart-breaking championship defeat last year. A controversial Safety Car restart by race director Michael Masi – in which he allowed a limited number of lapped runners to get their lap back – allowed Max Verstappen to snatch

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Horner completes stewards programme following ‘rogue marshal’ comment

Red Bull team principal Christian Horner has completed two days of a stewards’ programme following comments he made about a marshal last year. During the Qatar Grand Prix race weekend, AlphaTauri driver Pierre Gasly’s car stopped on the pit straight, necessitating a yellow flag. Verstappen sped past the incident, and was thus given a five-place

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Valtteri Bottas in 2021

Bottas ‘laughing and smiling a lot more’ after leaving Mercedes

New Alfa Romeo signing Valtteri Bottas maintains that he is a much happier man since his arrival to the Swiss team than he was during his five years at Mercedes. When Nico Rosberg retired at the end of his title-winning 2016 season following three brutal years battling with Sir Lewis Hamilton for the championship, Bottas

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‘I think it is really terrible’: Verstappen fans slammed for booing Hamilton

Former Formula 1 driver Christijan Albers has spoken out against F1 spectators – particularly fans of Max Verstappen – booing Sir Lewis Hamilton during the 2021 season. Hamilton and title rival Verstappen engaged in a battle for the ages for the world championship last year, and were involved in notable collisions in Silverstone, Monza and

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Marko reveals 2022 Red Bull car will receive update before Bahrain GP

Red Bull advisor Dr Helmut Marko reveals that, upon its initial launch, the RB18 will not quite be the finished product. Red Bull are set to reveal the car they hope can spur Max Verstappen to his second consecutive world title on 9 February, but the Austrian reveals that the Milton Keynes-based outfit will be

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McLaren careful ‘not to raise expectations to an unrealistic level’

McLaren CEO Zak Brown has cooled any expectations that the team will be fighting for the championship in 2022, insisting they still have plenty of work to do. The Woking-based team claimed their first win since 2012 at the Italian Grand Prix in September last year through Daniel Ricciardo, while Lando Norris’ second-placed finish in

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