Pierre Gasly has signed his name to a letter speaking out against Marine Le Pen as she runs for president in France. Formula 1 drivers have grown ever more outspoken on real world issues in recent months, with Sir Lewis Hamilton affirming that he was not “comfortable” racing in Saudi Arabia. Sebastian Vettel and Max
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Charles Leclerc and George Russell engaged in a hilarious bit of banter over the Mercedes Safety Car in the aftermath of the Australian Grand Prix. The Safety Car was deployed twice during Sunday’s race as a result of crashes for Ferrari’s Carlos Sainz and then Aston Martin’s Sebastian Vettel, with Bernd Maylander continuing his impressive
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Race director Niels Wittich was a busy man last weekend. He handed out a fine to Sebastian Vettel for riding a scooter on the track during Friday practice, gave three penalty points to Lance Stroll, and reportedly got into an argument with Sir Lewis Hamilton regarding jewellery and fireproof underwear. Vettel commandeered a scooter after
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Ferrari utilised an extra five horsepower to mitigate their deficit to Red Bull in Melbourne last weekend, according to a report by Formu1a.uno. Charles Leclerc snatched pole position from Max Verstappen in Australia having looked strong all weekend along with team-mate Carlos Sainz; the Scuderia had gone quickest in two of the three practice sessions
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Zhou Guanyu hopes to acclimatise himself to the start procedure of a Formula 1 car over the next few races as he aims to avoid a repeat of the opening lap of the 2022 Saudi Arabian Grand Prix. Zhou will be contesting his first-ever Australian Grand Prix in Melbourne this weekend, as none of the
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Aston Martin F1 driver Sebastian Vettel has received one of the more bizarre FIA summons we are likely to see this year after he commandeered a scooter during FP1 in Melbourne. Vettel has returned this weekend after missing the opening two rounds of the season in Bahrain and Saudi Arabia through COVID, and he put
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Mercedes driver George Russell was not particularly impressed with Red Bull during the first practice session in Melbourne as two of his laps were hindered by the Milton Keynes-based team. The drivers took to the Albert Park Circuit for the first time since 2019 after the races in 2020 and 2021 were cancelled due to
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Earlier this week, we explored if Lando Norris might be the better option for Red Bull than Sergio Perez and Pierre Gasly, but could George Russell’s name be thrown into the mix as well? Russell signed for Mercedes over the winter to replace the departing Valtteri Bottas having scored points four times for the struggling
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Red Bull ace Max Verstappen has launched more criticism at Netflix docuseries Drive to Survive in the wake of its fourth season. The show documents the behind-the-scenes activities of the teams and drivers, and it has encouraged the awakening of a new demographic in Formula 1, particularly in the United States. Season four attracted was
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After the release of the latest season of Netflix’s Drive to Survive docuseries, AlphaTauri’s Pierre Gasly is the latest Formula 1 driver to air his criticism. While the Netflix show has become a huge hit to help F1 reach a new market of fans, showrunners have felt backlash from the drivers and others in the
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