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Category: F1
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After 95 days, we finally made it to race week and the cars have hit the track. For the last on track sessions before qualifying and the race, all teams used their free practice sessions to test out their car’s performance and reliability for the final time. Let’s find out how the they fared: Free…
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McLaren has announced (yesterday) that they have signed a multi year deal with Tech giant Google. The announcement will put the google brand android onto the car along with the famous google prime colours on the wheel covers. “We are absolutely delighted and proud to welcome Google to the McLaren Racing family. Google is a…
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Aston Martin driver Sebastian Vettel has tested positive for COVID-19 and will be replaced by Nico Hulkenberg. A mere 24 hours before cars hit the track, Aston Martin announced that Sebastian Vettel had tested positive for COVID-19 and would not be able to take part in the Bahrain GP this weekend. This will be the…
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After testing positive for COVID-19 last week, Daniel Ricciardo will be back for this week’s race. During testing it was reported Ricciardo had been feeling unwell and wouldn’t be able to participate. It was then confirmed on Friday that he had in fact tested positive for COVID-19 and would be heading into isolation. This lead…
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Finally… The long wait for the much anticipated, new cars, new rules, new driver line-ups, and potentially an all-new pecking order, with all-new rivalries is over! Formula 1 is back this weekend – and it all starts with the Bahrain GP where simply anything could happen. F1 race weekends will look a little different from…
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With pre-season testing officially over, the new era of F1 is upon us. After the ‘non-testing shakedown’ in Barcelona, the teams and their drivers were given a final opportunity to get used to their new cars and fix any issues that crop up along the way, all prior to the new season. The teams focused…
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Two weeks ago, the new era of F1 began as the 2022 cars took to the track in Barcelona for a ‘shakedown’ behind closed doors. Two weeks later, the doors are open and spectators are ready to get their first proper look at this year’s machinery. The Bahrain pre-season test will be the final chance…
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Haas have announced that former driver Kevin Magnussen will return to the team to drive alongside Mick Schumacher for the 2022 F1 season. And no you aren’t alone , the signing came as a bit of a surprise to us all , rumours of Giovinazzi and Fittipaldi being in the running gave us a fairly…
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What makes the upcoming Formula 1 season so exciting? Because no one knows what’s going to happen. What we can tell you is that becoming an F1 TV Pro subscriber means you’ll get all the action and see every angle, with unprecedented information on your screen and at your fingertips throughout every session and Grand…
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In some very welcome news, today we hear that F1 has extended its contract with The Autodromo Internazionale Enzo e Dino Ferrari, better known ofcourse as Imola. The new deal will see the circuit remain on our calendars until the earliest of 2025, which means 3 more years in the Emilia Romagna region of Italy.…
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Its just over 3 days away from the second test at the Bahrain International circuit and unfortunately HAAS are at risk of not arriving in time for the first day. HAAS havent been out of the news for very long at all over the last week or so. Wrapped up in the complications of having…
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HAAS F1 team has terminated the deal with title sponsor Uralkali and driver Nikita Mazepin with immediate effect. The U.S based team released a short statement confirming the decision, confirming that the Russian invasion of Ukraine was the deciding factor. There has been no mention of a replacement of either driver or title sponsor, however…
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Formula 1 has announced the cancellation of the contract with the promoters of the Russian GP. As the fallout from the Russian invasion of Ukraine continues, Formula 1 has confirmed that the contract with Russian GP promoters has been cancelled, meaning the end of the Russian GP for the foreseeable future, including the proposed move…
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The EverythingF1 team have been ranking the 10 liveries for the 2022 season from best to worst. Each member of our team individually ranking from 1 – 10. We then issued points based upon the F1 points system and totalled them up to find out the winner of the best livery of the year. What…
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The UK governing body for motorsport today bans Russian license holders from competing in the UK. In a statement released yesterday, the FIA announced that they will permit individuals from Russia to compete in a neutral capacity and under the “FIA flag”. The FIA claimed to have made this decision “in accordance with the International…
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It is being reported that on Tuesday 1st March, Max Verstappen headed to the Red Bull factory in Milton Keynes to sure up the final details in his new contract extension. This new deal will see the World Champion staying with the energy drinks company long into the future, suggesting the contract takes him past…
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As the conflict in the Ukraine continues with Russia sending in a 40 mile convoy of military vehicles to the capital city of Kyiv. Vladimir Putin moves forward with his assault on Ukraine. In response to these atrocities, the world’s government have been imposing more and more sanctions on Russia in order to put an…
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In one of its most highly anticipated seasons, Netflix has just dropped its trailer for the 2021 F1 season of Drive to Survive. This will surely whett your appetite for the show when it does drop on the 11th March. Just over 1 week away! After the action off and on track last year, we…
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On Thursday 24th of February, Vladimir Putin ordered Russian Troops into Ukraine on a ‘peacekeeping’ mission. Which soon turned into bombing, by land, sea and air. The action of the Russian dictator has been widely condemned and brought sanctions from countries across the world. While F1 pales into insignificance in the grand scheme of war…
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The final piece of the 2022 F1 car puzzle has been put in place. This morning the Alfa Romeo team revealed their new livery ahead of the season. After having a camouflage livery for the first test in Barcelona, the Alfa Romeo team revealed their new livery online in a quite low key affair. Simply…