The fame and notoriety that comes with being a seven-time world champion is something that can be used in many different ways, depending on the person’s intentions. It would be very easy to sit back and reap the benefits of being so famous and admired, becoming somewhat of a superstar celebrity and sporting icon. Lewis
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Mercedes’ 2022 season did not go even slightly how they would have planned it, finishing in third place without ever really laying a glove on eventual champions Red Bull. The team clearly struggled to get to grips with the major regulation changes that came into effect at the start of the year, with the aerodynamics
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There has been a lot of change in the paddock ahead of the 2023 season, with drivers, engineers and team principals all making moves between teams. Ferrari, Alfa Romeo, McLaren and Williams will all have a new team principal leading them this season and new Williams boss James Vowles is the most recent of these
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The relationship between Toto Wolff and Christian Horner is a fascinating one, with both team principals coming from very different backgrounds. The Mercedes boss is from much more of a financial background than his Red Bull counterpart, meaning that the approaches of the pair towards their teams are very different. The pair have come to
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Towards the end of the 2022 season, Lewis Hamilton and Toto Wolff both confirmed that they would be sitting down over the winter break to discuss a multi-year contract extension. Fans are slowly becoming concerned about the future of the 38-year-old however, as Hamilton is yet to extend his contract with the team, with only
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After spending five seasons working with the ever-loyal wingman Valtteri Bottas, Lewis Hamilton was forced to adapt to working with a new teammate in 2022. Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff believed that from what he had seen of George Russell’s performances with Williams, he was finally ready to make the step up to Mercedes. In
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FIA president Mohammed Ben Sulayem cannot seem to keep himself out of hot water at the moment, with the 61-year-old’s Twitter activity in particular getting him in trouble. Ben Sulayem has recently been commenting about his views on the Andretti-Cadillac project as well as Saudi Arabia’s £20bn bid to take over Formula 1. These comments
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The race director role in Formula 1 is one that has been under a lot of scrutiny in recent seasons and once again, there will be two new appointments ahead of the 2023 season. Eduardo Freitas and Niels Wittich split the role in 2022 after the sacking of Michael Masi but after the pair both
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The takeover of Formula 1 by Liberty Media and the Netflix series ‘Drive to Survive’ have been a couple of the major factors that have seen the popularity of Formula 1 increase. The sport has become a major hit in the USA, after previously being overshadowed by IndyCar and NASCAR, while the growth of the
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The injustice of the 2021 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix may have been two seasons ago, but the pain felt by Lewis Hamilton and Mercedes will certainly take a long while to go away. Lewis Hamilton and Max Verstappen entered the final round of the 2021 season level on points, meaning the season finale was a
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