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Tag: EF1
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OK so I know what you’re thinking…. “No way, Red Bull and Ferrari are just way too strong” but hear me out. The Mercedes team have been having their worst season in Formula 1 since 2013; pre hybrid era. However, the team has been scoring consistently throughout the season; being the only team to not…
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Reigning double champion Jamie Chadwick secured her seventh straight W Series win and extended her lead at the top of the championship standings this weekend at Paul Ricard. Starting from third on the grid having received a two-place grid penalty after qualifying on Friday, the Briton passed pole-sitter Beitske Visser twice during a dramatic race…
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Ayumu Iwasa was cool, has brought home his first victory in Formula 2 in Le Castellet, having narrowly missed out on a maiden win in Silverstone. The DAMS driver performed a perfect overtake on the opening lap to pull ahead of his rivals and reached the chequered flag 8.6s seconds clear of Théo Pourchaire in…
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Logan Sargeant left it as late as possible to snatch pole position for the Feature Race in Le Castellet, narrowly edging out Ayumu Iwasa and Frederik Vesti by tiny margins. Iwasa had held provisional pole going into the final laps and Vesti couldn’t quite match him, ending up 0.023 seconds down on the DAMS driver’s…
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Qualifying at Paul Ricard today was full of exciting moments. Upgrades across the field helped shake the order up and we saw that from Q1. Both Hamilton and Verstappen struggled to find clear air in Q1 , the red bull driver having to avoid his own teammate. At the end of a very close Q1…
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Beitske Visser takes maiden W Series pole position after Jamie Chadwick penalty. Beitske Visser has secured the first pole position of her W Series career at the fifth race of the 2022 season at Circuit Paul Ricard. Jamie Chadwick had edged out the 2019 runner-up by just one hundredth of a second with 90 seconds…
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Champion Chadwick chases a magnificent seven as W Series makes French debut 75 days, 13 hours, 25 minutes. When the light turns green at the end of Circuit Paul Ricard’s pit lane this Friday to kick off the W Series practise session for the fifth race of the 2022 season, that is how long it…
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Daniel Ricciardo has been no stranger to rumours surrounding his F1 seat. It is also no surprise, given the honey badger has been somewhat comprehensively beaten by his teammate in both qualifying and race results. However, it has not been all doom and gloom for the Aussie, and he has tasted some success with the…
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Ferrari’s Charles LeClerc wins the Austrian Grand Prix, a long over-due victory, pushing his title rival, Max Verstappen into second place. LeClerc has cut the Dutch driver’s lead to just 38 points. Despite a strong start to the season, the last five races had proved disappointing to the Monegasque driver, however, he was able to…
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The second sprint race of the F1 2022 season brought plenty of drama at the Red Bull Ring as Max Verstappen took first place gaining 8 points followed by the Ferrari’s of Leclerc in P2 and Sainz in P3 who gained 7 and 6 points respectively. The other drivers receiving points are Russell, Perez, Ocon,…
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Alpine has announced it’s launching an initiative to promote equal opportunities in motorsport and automotive – including scouting talented females from karting and helping them move through the ranks to F1. The Rac(H)er programme is designed to reinforce equality and provide opportunities based on merit, from scientific and technical fields through to their racing drivers.…
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The invention of the Halo has proved time and time again it is the guardian angel of motorsport. The British Grand Prix is no stranger to its trials and tribulations but this lap one tussle was much more than that. At nearly 200mph Zhou Guanyu’s Alpha Romeo flipped several times from the first corner just…
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Jamie Chadwick, reigning double champion of W Series, has taken pole position for her home race in Silverstone today. She has continued her perfect start to 2022; winning all three races so far this year, and is in prime position to go for her fourth race today with a pole position-winning time of 1:56.758. Two…
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W Series has announced a collaboration with Motorsport UK and Silverstone on Women in Motorsport Day, to recognise and showcase the success of the women in motorsport. The series’ 18 drivers are due to face off in the fourth race of the 2022 season in support of the Formula 1® Lenovo British Grand Prix 2022…
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W Series has announced that its paddock will proudly display the rainbow logo at the fourth race of the 2022 season at Silverstone, UK, on 1-2 July in support of Pride. Over the course of the Formula 1® Lenovo British Grand Prix 2022 weekend, W Series’ drivers will wear gloves, boots, and fireproofs with the rainbow…
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Jamie Chadwick has claimed her first home race win at Silverstone taking her to six consecutive wins; including all four of this season’s races. The British driver has now reached the 100 point mark alongside her 100 per cent race record this season, taking her 47 points clear of Abbi Pulling in the championship. Alongside…
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The CortDAO Racing W Series Team has announced it’s launching it’s first series of NFTs, giving fans a unique opportunity to financially support driver development and the internet-based W Series team. The 10,000 NFTs (non-fungible tokens) are of two bespoke CortDAO Racing designs; 3D virtual depictions of the limited-edition racing helmets of Marta Garcia and…
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W Series returns to Silverstone this weekend for the fourth race of the season, and Jamie Chadwick looks to extend her record-breaking stint of wins on her home soil. With crowds of over 400,000 due to enter Silverstone across the Formula 1® Lenovo British Grand Prix 2022 weekend, there’s every chance that they could see…
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Jüri Vips, Amaury Cordeel, Nikita Mazepin, Marcus Armstrong, Dan Ticktum, Liam Lawson. Said the n-word, drove like a maniac on a public road, allegedly sexually abused a girl and made homophobic jokes, used the n-word as a snapchat name, used ableist slurs, laughed about slurs. What is going on with these junior (some turned professional)…
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The FIA have today announced that they will be intervening to prevent the issues caused by porpoising. In the FIAs official statement they have promised that they will be increasing the scrutiny of skid blocks and planks on the underneath of the cars to observe the damage being caused by low ride height. The skid…