Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff suggests that it is “acceptable” to race in a city where violence is taking place, and insists that Formula 1 can help make Saudi Arabia more liberal in certain regards. During Friday practice for the 2022 Saudi Arabian Grand Prix, a fire broke out at an Aramco facility around seven
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Toto Wolff is full of adulation for the spectacle Formula 1 is putting on at present, but concedes that he is thoroughly disappointed that his Mercedes team are not in the leading battle. As new technical regulations have been introduced, Mercedes have fallen an extensive margin behind Ferrari and Red Bull, who seem to have
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Red Bull advisor Dr Helmut Marko predicts that Mercedes may be able to get to the bottom of the issues that have plagued them in the early going of 2022, but maintains that he prefers a championship battle with Ferrari. Mercedes and Red Bull spent 2021 battling for title glory while Ferrari, a far cry
MoreRed Bull team principal Christian Horner has supported the decision for the 2022 Saudi Arabian Grand Prix to go ahead as scheduled despite missile attacks on a nearby oil facility. Shortly before the end of the first practice session on Friday, large plumes of black smoke were seen in the distance emanating from the Aramco
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The 2022 Saudi Arabian Grand Prix will proceed as planned despite Friday’s missile strike on an oil facility around 10 kilometres away from the Jeddah Corniche Circuit. Moments before the first practice session of the weekend was set to come to an end, colossal plumes of smoke were seen in the distance emanating from an
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KFC had a brilliant response to Mercedes when they came up with a hilarious caption for the image of Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff peeping his head through the halo on George Russell’s car. Russell qualified ninth for the Bahrain Grand Prix in the opening race weekend of the 2022 season, a second behind Sir
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Chief technical officer at Aston Martin, Andy Green, has detailed the challenges the teams are facing to shed weight as they scramble for performance gains. The minimum weight limit for the cars under the new technical regulations was set at 795kg ahead of this season, but Alfa Romeo were reported to be the only team
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McLaren drivers Lando Norris laments the fact that the Mercedes power unit is struggling in comparison to Honda and Ferrari, but sees the silver lining in the fact that it also appears to be one of the more reliable packages. All six of the bottom cars in the final classification at the season-opening 2022 Bahrain
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Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff is unmoved by Red Bull counterpart Christian Horner’s jibe at him being a “tax exile” due to his residence in Monaco, stating that the Briton’s comments do not incite a reaction anymore. Wolff and Horner became embroiled in a deeply personal battle as Red Bull battled Mercedes for the Constructors’
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Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff has said that Max Verstappen is an aggressive racer who takes no shortage of risks, while George Russell is more calculated. Verstappen came to blows on several occasions with Sir Lewis Hamilton last year on his way to beating the seven-time champion to claim his first Formula 1 title, and
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