F1’s heavy cars at odds with sustainability push – Hamilton
2021 F1 Season
Lewis Hamilton has said the 2022 weight increase for Formula One cars seems at odds with sustainability and sporting aims.
Lewis Hamilton has said the 2022 weight increase for Formula One cars seems at odds with sustainability and sporting aims.
AlphaTauri team principal Franz Tost admitted he feared Yuki Tsunoda would crash during the Azerbaijan Grand Prix.
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Lewis Hamilton held himself responsible for his restart error in Baku but Mercedes’ technical director Mike Elliot said the team share some of the blame and will revise their ‘brake magic’ system for the next race.
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After a promising qualifying, where Charles Leclerc took pole, Ferrari say they only lacked race pace when running behind other cars in the Azerbaijan Grand Prix.
Williams team principal Simon Roberts has left the outfit, 12 months since joining it in the wake of its sale to Dorilton.
IndyCar’s Aeroscreen has made street races much more physically demanding, says Sebastien Bourdais, who wants to be able to race without it.
Red Bull team principal Christian Horner says Sergio Perez’s performance in the Azerbaijan Grand Prix is exactly what the team has needed.
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Following Sunday’s two high-speed crashes, drivers were confused by the delayed arrival of the Safety Car and concerned further tyre failures would occur.
Max Verstappen and Red Bull deserved to keep their championship leads as they are making fewer mistakes than Lewis Hamilton and Mercedes, says Jacques Villeneuve.
Red Bull believed Max Verstappen was in no danger of failing to reach the end of the Azerbaijan Grand Prix until a tyre deflation put him out.
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Valtteri Bottas says there was no obvious cause for his poor pace in the Azerbaijan Grand Prix after finishing 12th.
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Santino Ferrucci will start two further races for Rahal Letterman Lanigan in this weekend’s IndyCar double-header in Detroit.
Lewis Hamilton took his worst finish since 2009, Sergio Perez became the first driver to win with two teams in the hybrid era, and more Azerbaijan Grand Prix stats.
Mercedes CEO Toto Wolff says the team cannot afford to continue squandering points-scoring opportunities following its poor results in Azerbaijan and Monaco.
FIA Formula 1 race director Michael Masi said he will look into an incident which left Mick Schumacher fuming at Haas team mate Nikita Mazepin.