Mercedes have said that Sir Lewis Hamilton did not pit under the late Virtual Safety Car (VSC) in Saudi Arabia because he believed the pitlane was closed. The Briton started the race 15th after a horrible qualifying that saw him knocked out in the first phase, before the incapacity of Mick Schumacher’s destroyed Haas after
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Pierre Gasly was “screaming” in agony during the latter stages of the 2022 Saudi Arabian Grand Prix due to pain on the left side of his abdomen, and is relieved to have made it to the end of the grand prix in eighth. The Frenchman spent much of the race battling with the McLaren pair
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McLaren’s Daniel Ricciardo has revealed that his team have a more intimate knowledge of the problems that affected them during last weekend’s Bahrain Grand Prix, but reiterates that the few days since the season-opener will not have given them sufficient time to fix them. Ricciardo found himself out in the first phase of qualifying last
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Mick Schumacher has told Ferrari that he will be ready to step up and race for them in a one-off capacity should Carlos Sainz or Charles Leclerc miss a race. The 23-year-old made his debut with Haas last season alongside fellow rookie Nikita Mazepin, and managed a best finish of 13th at the Hungarian Grand
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Formula 1 CEO Stefano Domenicali would like to open a dialogue with reigning world champion Max Verstappen about Netflix’s Drive to Survive docuseries, admitting there are things that need to be “redefined.” Drive to Survive first graced our screens in 2019 when it covered the 2018 season from the perspective of eight of the ten
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Mika Hakkinen has described Sir Lewis Hamilton as a “sensitive person,” and warns that he could therefore end up feeling antagonised by the presence of George Russell. Russell is the sixth team-mate that Hamilton has had since the beginning of his Formula 1 career in 2007, and his relationships with them have proven a mixed
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Chief technical officer at Aston Martin, Andy Green, has detailed the challenges the teams are facing to shed weight as they scramble for performance gains. The minimum weight limit for the cars under the new technical regulations was set at 795kg ahead of this season, but Alfa Romeo were reported to be the only team
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Aston Martin driver Sebastian Vettel will once again be replaced by Nico Hulkenberg for this weekend’s Saudi Arabian Grand Prix after being declared unfit to race. Vettel tested positive for COVID-19 in the build-up to the Bahrain Grand Prix after McLaren’s Daniel Ricciardo contracted the virus the week before, missing the entirety of the second
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McLaren drivers Lando Norris laments the fact that the Mercedes power unit is struggling in comparison to Honda and Ferrari, but sees the silver lining in the fact that it also appears to be one of the more reliable packages. All six of the bottom cars in the final classification at the season-opening 2022 Bahrain
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Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff concedes that his team are struggling to get to grips with the new technical regulations, but has no uncertainty in that the Silver Arrows can fight for victories in the not-too-distant future. Mercedes spent much of winter testing expressing concerns about their performance, persistently painting Ferrari as the favourites, with
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