Ahead of the upcoming 2023 season, Haas have confirmed that Pietro Fittipaldi will remain as the team’s reserve driver for a fifth consecutive season, with the Brazilian being “super excited” to retain his role once again. 2023 is set to be a busy year for the son of double World Champion Emerson Fittipaldi, with the
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It is not uncommon for remarkable things to be discovered once the season has concluded, with drivers usually becoming more open to discussing certain topics. This year has been no different, with it having been revealed by Haas reserve driver Pietro Fittipaldi that his brother, F2 driver Enzo Fittipaldi, had brain surgery following the conclusion
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Haas reserve driver, Pietro Fittipaldi, will be standing in for Kevin Magnussen and Mick Schumacher during opening practice sessions later on this season. The Brazilian will replace Magnussen in Mexico, before Schumacher steps aside and allows him to take his place in Abu Dhabi. Fittipaldi has twice raced for the Haas team, filling in for
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The FIA have prohibited the unique Safety Car restart employed by Red Bull’s Max Verstappen, meaning that he will not be able to drive alongside his opponents ahead of green flag racing. Verstappen drove side-by-side with Sir Lewis Hamilton under the Safety Car head of his dramatic last lap move on the Briton to take
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Former Formula 1 driver Jolyon Palmer has cautioned that Max Verstappen runs the risk of a penalty with his Safety Car restarts. In each of the opening rounds of the 2022 season, Verstappen has put his car alongside leader Charles Leclerc as they geared up for the restart, but the Monegasque has been wise to
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Guenther Steiner estimates that Mick Schumacher’s crash during qualifying for the 2022 Saudi Arabian Grand Prix will cost the Haas team somewhere in the region of $500,000 to $1 million. At the Jeddah Corniche Circuit that was described as “dangerous” by Max Verstappen, crashes had already taken place in 2022 at Turn 11 for Cem
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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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Haas team principal Guenther Steiner has revealed that his team had taken the unique “zero pods” now being exploited by Mercedes under consideration last year, but found that wider sidepods would make for a more efficient chassis. Mercedes rolled into the second pre-season test in Bahrain with extremely thin sidepods on the car to the
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Charles Leclerc ended the morning session of the first day of pre-season testing in Bahrain fastest following a late enforced driver change for McLaren. Daniel Ricciardo was forced to miss the first day of the second pre-season test in Bahrain after falling ill overnight, with Lando Norris taking the reigns on day one of the
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Uralkali have asked Haas to repay the money that they have already given them for the 2022 season after they were dropped as a name partner. The Russia-based firm is part owned by Dmitry Mazepin, and the sponsorship deal funded his son Nikita’s seat in Formula 1 in 2021. The partnership was set to continue
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