The 2023 season was supposed to represent a fresh start for Ferrari, with new team principal Fred Vasseur hoping to lead the team away from last season’s problems. Ferrari were generally very quick last season but reliability issues and strategic blunders cost Charles Leclerc and the team a shot at both championships, despite building up
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Ex-Formula 1 driver Karun Chandhok believes Lando Norris might be “thinking about” switching to either Red Bull or Ferrari, with McLaren currently looking nowhere near to challenging the frontrunners. The season-opening Bahrain Grand Prix was miserable for Norris and the Woking-based side, with the 23-year-old having been forced to pit six times, following a pneumatic
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Midway through last season, the F1 paddock was sent into overdrive by Sebastian Vettel’s retirement announcement. Despite being on the verge of agreeing a contract extension with Alpine, Fernando Alonso decided to jump ship and move to Aston Martin to replace Vettel, leaving Alpine with an empty seat for 2023. The team swiftly announced that
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Heading into the first race of the season in Bahrain, it was already clear that McLaren would not be one of the teams fighting for podiums and a huge haul of points. Team principal Andrea Stella had admitted during pre-season testing that McLaren had missed a number of deadlines on the MCL60 heading into testing,
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Double world champion Mika Hakkinen believes McLaren star Lando Norris is “on the same level” as both Ferrari drivers and friend Max Verstappen, with the Finn labelling the 23-year-old as a “super-talented” driver. Norris has certainly achieved an incredible amount since moving to the Woking-based team in 2019, with the British driver having led the
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Lando Norris is certain that McLaren can replicate Aston Martin’s rapid progress, with the British driver believing that “50% or 75%” of their progress can be made during the current season, rather than the winter break at the end of the year. Aston Martin have made monumental strides over the recent off-season, with the Silverstone-based
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Heading into the Bahrain Grand Prix, not much was expected from McLaren, who had already admitted that they were behind schedule with the MCL60. While the team were not expected to be competing for a huge haul of points, they were expected to at least finish the Grand Prix, something which neither driver was able
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Over the course of the 2022 season, Lando Norris was the best of the rest driver in the championship and was also the only driver outside of Ferrari, Red Bull and Mercedes to stand on the podium. The Brit has been heavily linked with a move to Red Bull in recent seasons but has repeatedly
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Lando Norris will be pleased to hear that McLaren have upgrades coming in a few races’ time, after the British driver and rookie team-mate Oscar Piastri endured a challenging qualifying at the Bahrain Grand Prix, with Norris having been eliminated in Q2 and Piastri in Q1. It was confirmed by McLaren CEO Zak Brown to
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Heading into the Bahrain Grand Prix, not much was expected of McLaren, with the team already admitting that they had missed a number of targets in pre-season testing. The team had the season opener from hell however, with both of their cars struggling from different issues. Rookie Oscar Piastri was forced to retire from his
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