The 2022 Formula 1 season will forever be remembered as Red Bull’s year, as the Austrians returned to the top in some style, following what was perhaps the most dominant season in the history of the sport. Whilst it can be debated if Red Bull’s season was the most dominant in the history of the sport,
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After two years at McLaren where all parties attempted to get the best out of Daniel Ricciardo, the team decided to make a change for 2023, bringing in 21-year-old Oscar Piastri to replace his older countryman. The 33-year-old revealed that he was set to take a reserve driver role for 2023 rather than race for
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The new regulations that have been brought into Formula 1 over the past few years, such as the budget cap and scaling down of testing time, were introduced with the aim of bringing the field closer together and stopping the top teams running away from the rest every season. What Mercedes would not have expected
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2022 was an extremely challenging year for Mercedes, who turned heads in the paddock as soon as pre-season testing. Following an eighth consecutive Constructors’ Championship in 2021, the new aerodynamic regulations saw Mercedes lose their spot as the dominant side, with the Germans having comfortably been the third best team in 2022. This was mainly
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Despite all the obvious difficulties that Mercedes faced in 2022, the team can at least be proud of how George Russell and Lewis Hamilton worked together throughout the campaign, where they extracted the most from the poor W13. Given that it was Russell’s first season at Mercedes, the British driver performed valiantly all year and
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The roadmap for George Russell’s career is going as planned so far, with the Brit making the move to Mercedes following three successful years of gaining experience with Williams. Mercedes struggled to get to grips with the major regulation changes that came into effect in 2022 and were forced to battle with a porpoising issue
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Nothing is a given in Formula 1, with some of the most talented drivers having to wait for their chance, while other drivers who bring in sponsorship money continue to be favoured. An example of this would be Nyck de Vries, who despite winning the F2 championship all the way back in 2019, has had
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On the back of having endured a challenging season both physically, mentally, and emotionally, Lewis Hamilton appears to be making the most of his winter break. A week after releasing a video of himself driving a beautiful Nissan Skyline R34 GT-R in Japan, a clip that has since angered the rental company he got the car from,
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Mercedes’ 2022 season can be described as nothing other than a nightmare, as the team struggled to a third-place finish in the championship following a shambolic start to the new regulations. The Silver Arrows were forced to tackle a severe porpoising problem in the early stages of the season, with the violent bouncing causing both
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Red Bull will look back on 2022 with mainly a smile on their faces, following what was perhaps their most dominant campaign in Formula 1. The Austrians remarkably claimed 17 wins from 22 races in 2022, with double World Champion Max Verstappen having claimed 15 of those. Verstappen’s 15 wins actually saw the Dutchman break
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