New Ferrari team principal Frederic Vasseur has urged the FIA to announce budget cap breaches quicker than they did when revealing Red Bull’s 2021 breach to the world, whilst the Frenchman has also called for the governing body to “forget about minor and major” breaches. 2022 was a busy year for the FIA, as they
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Red Bull hit the ground running under the new regulations in 2022, managing to take advantage of Mercedes and Ferrari’s struggles to win their first constructors’ championship since 2013. Max Verstappen won a record breaking 15 races on his was to his second consecutive world title, showing a scary level of consistency that has not
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Whilst Red Bull destroyed the competition in the 2022 Constructors’ Championship, the hybrid era on the whole hasn’t been kind to the Austrians, who dominated the sport before the huge regulation change was introduced. From 2010-2013, there was no touching Sebastian Vettel and Red Bull, with the duo having claimed four consecutive Drivers’ and Constructors’
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Daniel Ricciardo has joked that Red Bull will have “three cars on the grid next year”, as the Aussie settles into his new role as the Austrian’s development driver. The fan favourite will be seen less in 2023, with the 33-year-old planning on only attending a dozen races. His new role will result in the eight-time Grand Prix winner
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Red Bull’s split from Renault at the end of the 2018 season was filled with tension as the energy drink giants had grown tired of the unreliable power units supplied to them by the French manufacturer. Christian Horner and Cyril Abiteboul came to blows on a number of occasions, ending with the Frenchman signing Daniel
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With Sebastian Vettel dreaming of spending more time with his children and pursuing other avenues in life, the German has retired from Formula 1 with four world titles to his name at the age of 35. Fernando Alonso however continues to race in F1, defying all expectations at the age of 41 by signing a
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Sergio Pérez’s former manager Adrian Fernandez has warned the Mexican that he will “have to step up a gear” in the upcoming season, with the 32-year-old needing to push Max Verstappen more. 2022 was a relatively good year for Checo, with the Mexican thriving at street circuits in particular. He claimed his first pole position
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2016 Formula 1 World Champion Nico Rosberg has praised the FIA for the new aerodynamic regulations which were introduced last season, with the German hailing the most recent campaign as “so exciting”. Whilst drivers have stated that the 2022 cars were less enjoyable to drive than their predecessors, 2022 actually saw a much higher number of overtakes than
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With Formula 1 becoming less and less competitive as the years went on, with the likes of Mercedes and Red Bull using their financial muscle to pull away from the rest of the grid, the FIA intervened with a number of changes to bring the field closer together. A cost cap was introduced to ensure
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Mercedes’ 2022 season is one that they would certainly like to forget, as their design choice under the new regulations left them with a porpoising and uncompetitive W13. Lewis Hamilton was eliminated in Q1 in Saudi Arabia before being embarrassingly lapped by Max Verstappen at Imola as Mercedes struggled to even compete with the midfield
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