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Tag: Formula 1
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After an agonisingly long 3 year absence, F1 has finally returned to Suzuka for the Japanese Grand Prix! As expected, it was a very eventful weekend at a circuit everyone in the F1 world absolutely adores. But for one man in particular it was a particularly special weekend as Max Verstappen claimed his 2nd Formula One World…
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Daniel Ricciardo, 33 announced his departure from the McLaren team earlier this season, being replaced by fellow Australian Oscar Piastri, leaving him without a seat on the 2023 grid. Phillip Horton has tweeted that Daniel Ricciardo is now looking at options for the 2024 season. With many speculations over the last couple of months surrounding…
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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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Oracle Redbull Racing has announced that Scuderia Alpha Tauri and Redbull Racing will run with increased Honda branding for the remainder of the 2022 season. In a post on Redbull Racing’s social media, the announced that they are cementing their relationship with the Japanese Manufacturer in a number of different ways, these include continuing to…
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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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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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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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After a phenomenal debut at the Italian GP, it looks certain that the former Formula E and Formula 2 champion will be on the grid in 2023, the question was who for. Well, it would seem that Helmut Marko and Redbull have been alerted to the talented Dutch driver. Redbull Racing are on the lookout…
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Alex Albon missed the race weekend in Monza, due to appendicitis. Had his appendix removed and gained a cool scar. (His words) To replace him for the weekend, Williams brought in Mercedes reserve driver and 2020/2021 Formula E Champion Nyck De Vries. On his Formula 1 debut and only 30 minutes in the car before…
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Alex Albon is recovering in Hospital after post-surgical complications. Albon had his appendix removed on Saturday after feeling unwell in the morning and withdrawing from the race weekend. The surgery was successful but Alex suffered from respiratory failure from a “known but uncommon” side affect of anaesthesia. He was moved to an ICU overnight and…
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Recently crowned F2 Champion Felipe Drugovich has been signed as the first member of the Aston Martin driver development program. As development driver, Felipe will gain extensive experience working with engineers, standing in as reserve driver and gain all important experience in the car; first appearance being in the car will be during FP1 at…