Max Verstappen takes an enormous lead into the second half of the season, after winning eight of the thirteen races completed this season. The reigning World Champion leads Charles Leclerc by 80 points, a margin that should be considerably smaller had it not been for Ferrari’s strategic incompetence. Leclerc has lost the race lead and arguably a
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Netflix have been criticised for allegedly lifting footage from the Qatar Grand Prix to use for their coverage of the Brazilian Grand Prix last season. Sir Lewis Hamilton and Max Verstappen were reaching crunch time in their rivalry as they battled it out for the world title in 2021, and they showed up at the
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The 2022 championship battle between Red Bull Racing and Scuderia Ferrari has been “refreshing” to watch, with Mercedes having dominated since 2014. The racing has been “close and hard, but fair”, between title protagonists Max Verstappen and Charles Leclerc, unlike the battle seen between Verstappen and Sir Lewis Hamilton. 2021 saw a title fight like
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Red Bull adviser, Dr Helmut Marko, has revealed that the team had to make some cuts to accommodate for the $140 million budget cap introduced at the start of this season. The first-ever cap was introduced last season, and stood at $145 million. No one fell foul of that, although Williams were fined for failing
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Sebastian Vettel’s announcement of his retirement from Formula 1 came as a shock to all ahead of the Hungarian Grand Prix, with the four-time World Champion having been expected to sign a contract extension with the Aston Martin F1 Team. The German has said that he wants to spend more time with his young family
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Alex Albon feels that the criticism he received during the 2020 season was a little harsh, so naturally felt the need to close some mouths on his return to Formula 1 with Williams this season. The Thai-Brit came up into F1 with George Russell and Lando Norris, who went to Williams and McLaren respectively. Albon
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The FIA has confirmed that the teams have found common ground over the 2023 technical regulations, enabling them to be pushed through. A number of teams, Mercedes in particular, have been victims of “porpoising” and bouncing this season, in a phenomenon brought about by the technical regulations introduced ahead of this year. The new ground
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Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff believes that, were Red Bull team boss Christian Horner in his position, he would also be asking the FIA to make changes to the technical regulations. Mercedes have been struggling for performance this season due to “porpoising” and bouncing, which was caused by the ground effect aerodynamics under the new
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A rumour surrounding Sir Lewis Hamilton has well and truly been quashed by Mercedes F1 team principal Toto Wolff, who said that it’s “complete bull****” that he’s trying to force the Brit out of the door. Hamilton hasn’t had the season he would’ve been hoping for following on from being “manipulated” and “cheated” at the 2021 season
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McLaren F1 superstar Lando Norris isn’t planning on filling Sebastian Vettel’s boots anytime soon, with the Aston Martin F1 Team driver set to leave a huge hole in Formula 1. The four-time World Champion shocked the motorsport world prior to the Hungarian Grand Prix, where he announced that 2022 would be his last season in
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