Ferrari performed a strategic masterclass on Saturday at the French Grand Prix, to secure yet another pole position for Charles Leclerc. With the Scuderia already being aware that Carlos Sainz would start from the back of the grid due to an engine penalty, the Italian team used the Spaniard’s appearance in Q3 to their advantage.
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Max Verstappen is aiming to make it back-to-back victories at the French Grand Prix, after the Dutchman famously overtook both Mercedes F1 Team drivers in the closing stages of last year’s race. The reigning World Champion goes into this weekend’s race at the Circuit Paul Ricard with a 38-point advantage over Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc, and
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Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc did not at all believe that Red Bull showed their hand during the first two practice sessions ahead of the French Grand Prix this weekend. Leclerc topped FP1 ahead of Verstappen in Le Castellet, before finishing second to team-mate Carlos Sainz in the second hour as the Scuderia took a clean sweep
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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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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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Red Bull team principal Christian Horner has frequently said this season that he expects Mercedes to make it a three-way fight at the front after their sluggish start to the season, and he has continued that trend ahead of the French Grand Prix. Mercedes are yet to win a race in 2022 due to the
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Red Bull’s Max Verstappen believes his relationship with Sergio Perez is the best he has had with a team-mate since his arrival into Formula 1. Verstappen arrived at Red Bull in 2016 to partner Daniel Ricciardo having spent the 2015 season and the opening four rounds of 2016 at Toro Rosso alongside Carlos Sainz. The
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