The 2022 season would have come as a shock to the system of Lewis Hamilton, as the seven-time world champion was forced to adjust to battling outside of the podium places. Red Bull and Ferrari got off to a lightening quick start under the new regulations that came into play at the start of the
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Never in Red Bull’s wildest dreams would they have thought that they would not only win the 2022 constructors’ championship, bringing Mercedes’ eight-year reign to an end, but they would beat the Silver Arrows by a stunning 244 points. It seemed in pre-season testing that Mercedes had chosen to go down a different development path
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Formula 1 teams usually adopt one of two models with their driver pairing: they take one two very similar drivers to build a strong team, such as Ferrari with Charles Leclerc and Carlos Sainz, or they acquire a championship contender and a wingman, such as Max Verstappen and Sergio Perez. Mercedes have switched between the
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Toto Wolff is one of the most successful team principals of all time in Formula 1, so it makes sense that the Austrian would see similarities between himself and the greats of other sports. Pep Guardiola was spotted by Martin Brundle on his grid walk in Abu Dhabi, and was also filmed deep in conversation
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Lewis Hamilton was one lap in Abu Dhabi away from becoming the most successful Formula 1 driver of all time, however a controversial safety car procedure from disgraced race director Michael Masi means that the Brit is currently tied with Michael Schumacher on seven championship victories. The beneficiary of Masi’s controversial decision making was Red
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Following the disaster that was 2022, Lewis Hamilton has remarkably been tipped as the favourite to claim the 2023 Drivers’ Championship, something which would see him become an unprecedented eight-time World Champion. According to sports betting analytics firm AEX Analytics, the 37-year-old has a 5/3 (62.5%) chance of winning the crown next season, something which would suggest that a
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The 2022 season is one that Lewis Hamilton would like to forget in a hurry, as he was forced to drive an uncompetitive W13 while watching his 2021 rival Max Verstappen storm his second consecutive world title. The 37-year-old was beaten by his teammate George Russell in the championship, with the 24-year-old winning Mercedes only
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Haas decided to opt for experience over potential in 2023 by replacing Mick Schumacher, who has been with the team for two years, with 35-year-old Nico Hulkenberg. The team’s experiment in 2021 of appointing two rookies in the form of Schumacher and Nikita Mazepin was somewhat of a failure, as the youngsters inconstancy and tendency
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Mercedes will not want to be reminded of the 2022 season anytime soon, having seen their eight-year winning run in the constructors’ championship come to a crashing end with a third place finish this year. The W13 will remain on show in the reception of the Silver Arrows’ headquarters to remind employees of how difficult
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George Russell’s first season was a very impressive one with Mercedes, only finishing outside of the top five on race day three times over the course of the season. With the W13 rendered uncompetitive while the Silver Arrow’s focused on solving their major porpoising problem, Russell’s early podium finishes in Australia, Spain and Baku are
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