Tag: F1 News

27 Oct 2022

The questions raised by Audi’s Sauber F1 takeover”

Sauber has confirmed that Audi will buy a stake in the company, but we don’t know how much. We know they will begin increasing their stake, but we don’t know when. Ferrari have a Sauber engine supply deal until the end of 2025, but that means supplying a competing road car manufacturer, and the potential […]

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27 Oct 2022

New F1 deal on despite fresh ‘kick’ over 2021 title loss

But despite the lows of last year’s Abu Dhabi controversy, the competitive struggles with Mercedes this season, and renewed angst caused by Red Bull’s cost cap overspend, the seven-time champion is clear that his passion for racing has not cooled. In fact, despite having many good reasons to walk away from F1 and go pursue […]

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27 Oct 2022

No concrete back-up if Sargeant misses F1 superlicence

Williams F1 boss Jost Capito announced on Saturday in Austin that Formula 2 driver Sargeant would get a race seat for 2023 so long as he gets the required FIA superlicence points. Sargeant currently has 28 points to his name but could get up to 30 with two clean practice outings for Williams in Mexico […]

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26 Oct 2022

“We’re going to make the best racing movie”

Hamilton is a producer and advisor to the project via Dawn Apollo Films, a production company that he recently set up in conjunction with his manager Penni Thow. In addition to the fictional film based around F1, that will start shooting next year, Hamilton is also involved with a documentary about his career. Both have […]

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26 Oct 2022

Mateschitz ensured that Red Bull’s F1 future is secure

Red Bull’s involvement in F1 and in motor sport in general was very much the result of Mateschitz’s personal passion, inevitably leading observers what might happen after his passing, given the huge ongoing investment required. However, Horner insists that the Austrian had put the pieces in place to secure the future of the Red Bull Racing and […]

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26 Oct 2022

O’Sullivan completes AMABA F1 prize test with Aston Martin

The FIA Formula 3 racer logged laps in a 2021 Aston Martin’s AMR21, managing four sets of runs on slick tyres following some familiarisation running using wet rubber. The 17-year-old, who impressed judges with his performances in MSV Formula 2, BBM Ginetta LMP3 and Garage 59 Aston Martin GT3 machinery last year, described his first […]

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26 Oct 2022

How McLaren uses high-tech to make race-deciding strategy calls

This team is connected directly to the circuit thanks to some incredible technology from McLaren’s partner Cisco. They receive data from the car in as little as 18 milliseconds – that’s literally less than the blink of an eye – then analyse it to feed crucial strategy calls back to the track. “Mission Control is […]

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26 Oct 2022

How close did Mercedes get to victory in Austin?

A wheelgun failure in the Red Bull pitstop cost Verstappen nine seconds and dropped him out of the lead, giving Hamilton the chance to try and pick up another victory at the Circuit of The Americas. In the end, Verstappen managed to fight back and overtake Hamilton with seven laps to go en route to […]

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