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The VF-23 will cover its first miles at Silverstone on February 11th. The team released its livery yesterday in partnership with new title sponsor MoneyGram, on a previous car rendering. Last season saw the American squad finish 8th in the constructors’ standings with Kevin Magnussen and Mick Schumacher, the highlight of the season being Magnussen’s…
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Sauber has announced a new title sponsor, Stake.com, in the wake of their transition towards their future as Audi. The deal sees Robert Kubica and person sponsor Orlen leaves the team, with the latter becoming the principal partner of Alpha Tauri. The deal between Stake.com and Sauber has been described as a record-breaking deal, speculated to be…
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Red Bull team principal Christian Horner says that the cost cap penalty the team received last year is already affecting car development Last year the Milton Keynes squad were found guilty of exceeding the cost cap by 1.6% in 2021. They were handed a $7m fine plus a 10% reduction in CFD and wind tunnel…
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Audi has purchased a minority stake in Sauber, keeping everything on track for the German manufacturer’s debut in 2026. The purchase of the minority stake was first mentioned by Audi in October when they announced their intention to enter F1 in 2026. The German manufacturer announced in August that they were intending to enter Formula…
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After a major rules overhaul last season, aimed at improving the race ability of the cars, a few changes have been made ahead of this year to tweak the regulations for safety reasons and to clamp down on any clever innovations. And with car launches upon us, what better time to talk about the changes.…
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New Ferrari team principal Frederic Vasseur says that the teams rumoured 30hp increase is a “joke” The Frenchman, who was previously team principal and CEO at Alfa Romeo Sauber, replaced Mattia Binotto earlier this month after a year of disappointment for the prancing horse. Despite the team establishing themselves as a frontrunner again in 2022,…
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Mohammed Ben Sulayem has said that Andretti Global is the only new team to have expressed interest to the FIA in a potential entry F1 and FIA disagreements Earlier this month the FIA announced that they would be opening an expression of interest for new teams, with Andretti and General Motors declaring that they were…
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Former Williams Racing reserve driver, Aitken has confirmed he has parted ways with the Grove based Formula 1 team to focus on his Sportscar career. Aitken has been part of Williams for 3 years, making his Formula 1 race debut at the 2020 Sakhir GP stepping in for George Russell, who was covering for Hamilton…
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Lewis Hamilton and Max Verstappen are two of the greatest F1 drivers of all time, however the question over who is better has been heavily debated. Hamilton and Verstappen went toe to toe during an incredible 2021 season with numerous controversial moments throughout, making it one of the most entertaining years in the sports history.…
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Today is Sergio Perez’s 33rd birthday, Sergio was born on this day in 1990. Born to parent’s Antonio Perez Garibay and Marilu Mendoza de Perez in Guadalajara, Mexico. Who Is Sergio Perez? Sergio Michel Perez Mendoza is one of the current drivers for Redbull Racing, the now 33 year old hails for Mexico, he is…
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Over the past 12 months, tensions between F1 and the governing body have been growing, and after Mohammed Ben Sulayem’s recent tweets, the lid has been blown off the bottle. It’s hard to imagine another FISA/FOCA style war that threatened the existence of the sport as we know it back in the early 80s, however,…
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Ahead of the 2026 technical regulations F1 are still looking at active aerodynamics as a route to improving racing and the overall efficiency of the cars. Late last year, F1 revealed that it could possibly implement active aerodynamics into the 2026 regulations with former F1 managing director Ross Brawn saying that as well as it…
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Despite early season woes Max Verstappen went on to dominate the 2022 season The Dutchman, who retired twice in the first 3 races with fuel pump issues and was quoted as saying “I don’t even want to think about the Championship fight at the moment” won 15 out of 22 races and beat his nearest…
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Aston Martin’s deputy technical director Eric Blandid has said that the squad has changed more than ‘95% of aerodynamic surfaces’ on the AMR23 ahead of the new season. Team Silverstone had a difficult year in 2022 finishing seventh in the constructors’ standings, however, expectations for the new season are high having signed Fernando Alonso from…
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Mercedes technical director Mike Elliott has proposed the W13 could have been up to four tenths quicker if the squad didn’t make a wrong decision due to a single data point in the initial design of the car. Mercedes had their worst season since the dawn of the turbo- hybrid era, as they had a…
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AlphaTauri Formula One driver Nyck de Vries is facing a lawsuit from a Dutch real estate firm over a 250,000-euro loan used to support his junior career. The Dutchman managed to find his way onto the grid this year after a brilliant drive at the Italian Grand Prix in 2022 which saw him score points…
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Alpine are said to be ‘suspicious’ over supposed rivals power unit gains over the off season. Gazzetta dello Sport have reported that Ferrari, Mercedes and Red Bull have all made performance improvements for their respective 2023 power units. This is the second year of F1’s five-year engine freeze where manufacturers can only make changes with…
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The FIA has revised the structure of its F1 operations by appointing Steve Nielsen following a ‘transitional period’ prior to 2023. The Reshuffle The 58-year-old F1 veteran will oversee race control operations, which has been a major talking point after numerous controversies over the past couple of years, notably when then race director Michael Masi…
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Formula 1 has confirmed that the recently cancelled Chinese GP will not be replaced, with a 28 day gap between the Australian GP and the Azerbaijan GP. Formula 1 released the 2023 calendar, with the omission of the Chinese GP and no replacement. This confirms that the 2023 season will be 23 races, with the…