Aston Martin have been the surprise team of 2023 so far, going from seventh in the championship last season to finishing on the podium in the first race of the season. Fernando Alonso’s podium finish was no fluke either, as the Spaniard passed Lewis Hamilton, George Russell and Carlos Sainz on the way to his
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Red Bull team principal Christian Horner has revealed that Sergio Pérez’s “experience” was a “key” aspect as to why he was signed to join the Austrians in 2021, with the boss admitting that it was a “bit unfair” to promote Alex Albon and Pierre Gasly “so soon”. Pérez has performed very consistently since joining Red
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Around the time of the 2022 Singapore Grand Prix, rumours began to surface that Red Bull had been found guilty of breaching the 2021 cost cap. This cap had been introduced to bring the field closer together by limited each team to spending a maximum of $145m per season, preventing the bigger teams from blowing
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Last weekend’s season-opening Bahrain Grand Prix was a sensational one for Red Bull, with Max Verstappen and Sergio Pérez having claimed a comfortable 1-2 for the Milton Keynes-based team. If that wasn’t enough, the Red Bull duo also locked-out the front row in qualifying, further emphasising the Austrians dominance. Verstappen in particular was untouchable come
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After Mercedes dominated the last era of Formula 1, it very much seems as if it is now Red Bull’s turn. The RB18 was equally quick and reliable last season, allowing Max Verstappen to go on and win his second world championship title with very little opposition. With one race of the 2023 season completed,
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When Aston Martin joined Formula 1 back in 2021, it was expected that the team would quickly become regular podium challengers. With Sebastian Vettel and Lance Stroll in the cars and the team being backed by Canadian billionaire Lawrence Stroll, it seemed that the team were destined for success. In both of their seasons so
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Aston Martin have been the surprise package of 2023 so far, with Fernando Alonso finishing the Bahrain Grand Prix in third place to score his 99th and Aston Martin’s second podium in Formula 1. The team have poached a number of staff members from the big teams in recent seasons, with Dan Fallows being one of
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After a turbulent first seven years of the turbo-hybrid era, Red Bull have returned to their dominant ways in the last couple of seasons, largely due to the sensational development of double world champion Max Verstappen. Verstappen has always been fast and immensely talented; however, for the first few years of his Formula 1 career
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The Bahrain Grand Prix highlighted a lot of issues for Ferrari, who had entered the season hoping to go one step further than last year and win the championship. Qualifying was impressive for the Scuderia, as Charles Leclerc and Carlos Sainz locked out the second row and were not massively far away from the Red
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Despite the despondent mood amongst Mercedes after their miserable start to the season, Red Bull and Ferrari are expecting the Silver Arrows to bounce back at next weekend’s Saudi Arabian Grand Prix, rather than fall further behind. Ahead of the season-opening Bahrain Grand Prix, Mercedes were expected to respond to their 2022 woes, by challenging
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