Mazepin ruled out of FP2 by Haas chassis change
Haas’ Nikita Mazepin will sit out this evening’s FP2 in Qatar following the US outfit’s decision to supply…
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Horner: Red Bull ready to protest Mercedes F1 rear wing
Horner has reiterated his suspicions that Mercedes may have gained straightline performance through the use of a trick rear wing.
In a tense FIA press conference that featured Horner sitting alongside his Mercedes opposite number Toto Wolff, Horner also referenced “score marks” that Red Bull has observed on the rear wing endplate of the W12, implying that it moved illegally.
Horner …Keep reading
In a tense FIA press conference that featured Horner sitting alongside his Mercedes opposite number Toto Wolff, Horner also referenced “score marks” that Red Bull has observed on the rear wing endplate of the W12, implying that it moved illegally.
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Horner: ‘No relationship’ with Wolff amid ‘intense political title fight’
Red Bull team boss Christian Horner says his relationship with his Mercedes counter-part Toto Wolff has been blown…
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Mercedes: right of review not about punishing Verstappen
The world champion squad wanted the FIA to reconsider its decision not to investigate Verstappen for pushing Hamilton wide at they battled for the lead at Interlagos last weekend.
However, despite submitting fresh evidence including the forward facing on-board footage from Verstappen’s car, the FIA rejected Mercedes’s case, which means the matter is now closed.
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However, despite submitting fresh evidence including the forward facing on-board footage from Verstappen’s car, the FIA rejected Mercedes’s case, which means the matter is now closed.
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Why Mercedes’ right of review into Verstappen’s Brazil F1 driving was denied
The decision – which centred on the stewards’ insistence that the new footage would not make them question their verdict to consider the incident an example of F1’s ‘let them race’ principle – means Mercedes’ request that the ruling not to investigate Verstappen’s aggressive defensive be re-examined will go no further.
Mercedes’ decision to make an appeal to try and get the …Keep reading
Mercedes’ decision to make an appeal to try and get the …Keep reading
Mazepin to miss Qatar GP FP2 due to Haas F1 chassis change
Haas revealed one hour before the start of FP2 at the Losail International Circuit that Mazepin had been ruled out of the session after the team discovered his chassis was damaged.
“Nikita Mazepin will not participate in FP2 as a result of a chassis change being required after FP1,” said a spokesman from the Haas team.
It was confirmed this was due to “damage sustained in …Keep reading
“Nikita Mazepin will not participate in FP2 as a result of a chassis change being required after FP1,” said a spokesman from the Haas team.
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Horner: “No relationship” with Wolff amid “most political” F1 fight
As F1 heads towards a conclusion to its first proper title battle between two different teams in the hybrid era, tensions between Red Bull and Mercedes have been steadily building throughout a season of on-track incidents between Max Verstappen and Lewis Hamilton, and off-track bickering about the legality of the opposition’s cars.
The Hamilton-Verstappen clash in last week’s Sao Paulo Grand …Keep reading
The Hamilton-Verstappen clash in last week’s Sao Paulo Grand …Keep reading
FIA rejects Mercedes’ request to review Verstappen/Hamilton incident
The FIA has dismissed Mercedes’ request for a right to review last weekend’s contentious incident in Sao Paulo…
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Full FIA stewards’ statement on Mercedes’ review request
Mercedes requested the FIA to look again at its call not to evaluate whether or not Verstappen broke the rules in pushing Lewis Hamilton off the track at Interlagos as they fought for the lead of the race.
To do so, it needed to show the FIA that there was new, significant and relevant new evidence that had not been available at the time of the decision. Mercedes submitted forward facing …Keep reading
To do so, it needed to show the FIA that there was new, significant and relevant new evidence that had not been available at the time of the decision. Mercedes submitted forward facing …Keep reading
WRC – Ogier in control ahead of Evans at Monza title showdown
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Sébastien Ogier threw down the gauntlet to FIA World Rally Championship rival Elfyn Evans by winning three of the first four speed tests at FORUM8 ACI Rally Monza on Friday morning.
The Frenchman is chasing his eighth crown in nine seasons and emerged from the Bergamasque mountains with a 6.5sec advantage over his Toyota Yaris World Rally Car team-mate.
The pair shared the spoils through the foggy and slippery Gerosa and Costa Valle Imagna tests before Ogier, who has a 17-point lead ahead of this final round, won both repeat runs.
It wasn’t all plain-sailing for Ogier whose car was pitched onto two wheels in the final stage after clipping a kerb on the inside of a tight hairpin.
Evans reeled off three second fastest times to add to his stage win, but the Welshman needs more if he is to halt Ogier.
The title protagonists had distanced the rest of the field as the rally returned to Monza for service. A frustrated Thierry Neuville headed the best of the rest, 27.2sec adrift of Ogier in his Hyundai i20.
The Belgian was one of only two top-level drivers to carry two spare wheels and believed the extra weight affected his car’s handling on the slippery sections.
The second pass through Costa Valle Imagna was halted after a handful of cars due to a medical emergency. Drivers who were slowed or did not attempt the test are expected to be awarded notional times, so placings and times below the top three remain provisional after three stages.
Dani Sordo was 2.5sec behind Neuville in another i20 and complaining of understeer but he had 10.8sec in hand over Oliver Solberg. The young Swede had a narrow escape in the second pass of Gerosa, but was settling in well with new co-driver Elliott Edmondson.
Gus Greensmith was sixth in M-Sport Ford’s Fiesta, climbing a place when team-mate Adrien Fourmaux rolled into retirement after drifting wide in a left corner and hitting a wall.
Takamoto Katsuta and i20 debutant Teemu Suninen were hot on Greensmith’s heels in seventh and eighth. A cautious Kalle Rovanperä was ninth, the Toyota Gazoo Racing man with a wary eye on his team’s manufacturers’ title bid in case of problems for Ogier and Evans ahead.
FIA WRC2 class leader Nikolay Gryazin rounded off the leaderboard in his Movisport-entered Škoda Fabia Evo, followed by Toksport rival and 2021 champion Andreas Mikkelsen, driving another Fabia Evo.
Yohan Rossel leads the WRC3 class in 12th overall, 5.3 seconds ahead of title opponent Kajetan Kajetanowicz.
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