Haas team principal Guenther Steiner and Ferrari boss Mattia Binotto have both indicated that upgrades under the new technical regulations are having less of an effect than they did before. The new ground effect aerodynamics introduced this season necessitated an entirely new concept and approach from the teams as they tried to figure out the
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Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff no longer subscribes to the idea that one should do whatever it takes to win, insisting that he would prefer to win with “humility” and “integrity.” The comments come months after the highly controversial 2021 championship battle between Sir Lewis Hamilton and Max Verstappen concluded in quintessentially controversial fashion in
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Red Bull’s Sergio Perez echoes Aston Martin driver Sebastian Vettel’s sentiment that abusive Formula 1 fans should be banned from ever attending a race again. There were horrible reports during the Austrian Grand Prix weekend of discrimination and harassment from drunk fans, and some of the victims were invited into the Mercedes and Aston Martin
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Red Bull team principal Christian Horner believes his team will be unaffected by the regulation change set to come into effect at the Belgian Grand Prix. In a bid to counter “porpoising” and bouncing, the FIA measured the cars at the Canadian Grand Prix so that they could set a limit for oscillating movement. When
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Red Bull Racing are clearly the dominant side this season when it comes to race victories; the Austrian team have claimed seven wins from the opening 11 races, with Ferrari claiming the other four. However, it’s a different story on Saturdays, with Ferrari having actually claimed more pole positions than their title rivals. The Italian
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With just two races remaining before the summer break, Ferrari are being urged by their former technical chief, Enrico Scalabroni, to finally decide on who is the team’s number one driver. The team has allowed both Charles Leclerc and Carlos Sainz to fight for victories this season, even at the expense of closing the gap
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Juri Vips has once again been a highly spoken about topic ahead of this weekend’s French Grand Prix, after Max Verstappen and Lando Norris expressed their support for the Estonian driver. The Formula 2 driver was recently fired by Red Bull Racing as a junior driver for the side, after using offensive language, including a
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Juri Vips’ racing career is one full of uncertainty at the moment, following on from the offensive language he used whilst streaming live on Twitch last month. The Estonian driver was seen saying a racial slur whilst playing a video game in front of his viewers, something which has resulted in swift action from Red Bull Racing. Vips, who
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Every time a new set of technical regulations are introduced, someone finds a clever way of exploiting loopholes to extract maximum performance. The blown diffuser used in 2009 by now managing director of Formula 1, Ross Brawn, can be used as an example of that, so it is almost poetic that he was the one
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Despite not having the pace to challenge for victories, the Mercedes F1 Team have still racked up seven podium finishes this season, with four third-place finishes for Sir Lewis Hamilton and three third-place finishes for George Russell. Mercedes have consistently been able to make the most of retirements ahead of them, with both Ferrari and
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