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The championship leader, Max Verstappen has taken pole at the Japanese GP setting a lap time of 1:29.304 closely followed by the Ferrari of Charles Leclerc who was just 0.020s behind setting a lap time of 1:29.314. Behind Leclerc is his teammate Carlos Sainz. After setting a lap time of 1:29.709 Max Verstappen’s teammate Sergio…
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Double drop for the news late on Friday night/early Saturday morning. You will probably wale up to a big change to 2023’s grid. Pierre Gasly was announced to depart the Scuderia Alpha Tauri team and immediately afterwards the red bull junior side announced his replacement im the form of Dutch driver Nyck De Vries. It…
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This news has been circling as a rumour for a while now ever since the Alonso/Piastri fiasco with Alpine. It is now officially announced that pierre Gasly will be leaving his Alpha Tauri seat to join the French manufacturer Alpine F1 team. The team will now have an all French lineup! “I am delighted to…
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Happy birthday to the great dane Kevin Magnussen! He turns 30 today, and EverythingF1 would like to wish him many happy returns. Magnussen, who is affectionally known as Kmag, joined F1 in 2014 with McLaren. He replaced the outgoing Sergio Perez. He opted to run with the number 20 after he had the same number…
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The FIA were due to announce their findings on the 2021 Cost Cap review today, however they have announced that this will now be delayed to 10th October. With the introduction of the Cost Cap, all Formula 1 teams are required to submit financial reports to the FIA for analysis. The teams that are found…
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On the 5th October 2014, an accident happened in the Formula 1 race at Sazuka, it would cost the life of one of the most promising young drivers in recent years and change the direction of Formula 1. Jules Jules Lucien Andre Bianchi was born on 3 August 1989 in Nice, France. He was born…
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After a 3 year absence due to the COVID pandeminc, F1’s return to Singapore was delayed by torrential rain before the scheduled start at Marina Bay. After the over hour delay, it was lights out in Singapore for the first grand prix held there since 2019. In a start feared to be reminiscent of 2017,…
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Red Bull’s sister team, Alpha Tauri have reached an agreement to sign dutch driver Nyck de Vries for the 2023 season, according to reports in France. According to Canal+, Nyck will partner with Yuki Tsunoda at Alpha Tauri which frees Pierre Gasly to join Alpine, discussions which have been taking place for a while now.…
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It is widely expected that the FIA are to announce that two teams have breached the F1 cost cap rules, with Aston Martin and Redbull suspected as the guilty teams. In an early test of the Cost Cap regulations, both Redbull and Aston Martin are said to be the teams to have breached the new…
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Sky Sports has just announced an extension of the TV rights for Formula 1 until 2029 in the UK and Ireland. Sky Sports have also announced extensions to Sky Italia and Sky Deutschland deals, who will broadcast Formula 1 in their respective markets until 2027, but with greater exclusivity. The deal will mean Sky Sports…
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Happy birthday to the incumbent F1 world champion Max Verstappen! He turns 25 today, and EverythingF1 would like to wish him many happy returns. Verstappen joined F1 in 2015 after taking part in the FIA Formula 3 that year. He finished the season in third place, recording 10 wins, 7 pole positions and 7 fastest…
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The FIA has announced that the F1 calender will hold six sprint events over the course of the season from 2023. The sprint qualifying has been part of the Formula 1 qualifying since 2021. Where teams compete in a 100km “race” to determine the grid order for the Grand Prix on Sunday. This season points…
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Mclaren has released images of their striking new livery they will run at the Singapore and Japanese Grand Prix. In partnership with OKX, MClaren will run a revised livery, complete with neon pink highlights and a new font for Norris and Ricciardo’s numbers. The pink highlights are accompanied by an artistic impression of the internals…
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Alfa Romeo – Sauber has confirmed that Chinese rookie, Zhou will continue with the team for 2023. Zhou has enjoyed an impressive rookie season with Alfa Romeo, driving alongside Valtteri Bottas, the young driver has not looked out of place on the Formula 1 grid. I am looking forward to continuing working with Zhou. From…
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For a brand and sport that wants to and has openly said it wants to be a carbon neutral outfit, the 2023 schedule makes absolutely no sense. It isn’t like F1 tried to hide the ridiculousness of these dates and locations. They did it the very first few races of the season. While the confounding…
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In a not so surprising move, Williams Racing will part company with Nicholas Latifi at the end of the season. Latifi was signed to Williams as a test driver for the 2019 season before being promoted to a race seat in 2020. Latifi’s time in Formula 1 has been a topic of discussion for most…
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Happy birthday Anthoine Hubert who would have turned 26 today. The Frenchman tragically lost his life three years ago after being critically injured when he was involved in a serious crash on the second lap of the feature race of the 2019 Spa-Francorchamps FIA Formula 2 round. Here is a run through of a career cut…
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FORMULA 1 CONFIRMS THAT THE MONACO GP WILL REMAIN ON THE CALENDAR UNTIL 2025. The announcement of the deal seemed to suffer from some bad timing, being announced not long after the 2023 calendar had been released. Confirmation of the deal ends speculation on the future of the race. It was suggested that the Monaco…
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Formula 1 and the FIA have revealed the calendar for the 2023 F1 season – a record-breaking 24 races are set to feature over the year. It will be the sport’s busiest season yet as the FIA approved a staggering 24-race calendar this afternoon. The calendar was put to a vote in front of the…
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EverythingF1 would like to wish Esteban Ocon a very happy birthday, The 26-year-old was born in Évreux, and competed in karting from 2006 until 2011. During his years karting his parents sold their family home and lived in a motorhome to support young Esteban in his early racing career. In 2012 he made his debut…