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F1 switched to more aggressive, faster cars in 2017 but world champion Lewis Hamilton has spoken out more than once this season about drivers needing to face a greater physical challenge.<br>However, Toro Rosso team boss Tost believes that the days of drivers being so tired they collapse, like Nelson Piquet and Nigel Mansell did in the 1980s, would not be revived if the challenge was made ...

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Chadwick will undertake simulator duties and attend three European races with the team including the British Grand Prix. <br>The 21-year-old won the opening race of the new-for-2019, all-female W Series and has taken pole position in both events. <br>She leads ex-Red Bull junior Beitske Visser, who won last weekend’s race at Zolder, by six points. <br>Chadwick’s CV also includes the 2018/19 ...

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While welcoming Zandvoort's return to the calendar, Renault's Daniel Ricciardo was among those unconvinced that the track's layout is currently conducive to modern grand prix racing.<br>Ricciardo contested the F3 Masters race at Zandvoort in 2008 and 2009, and he has also driven a Red Bull F1 car there in demonstration runs.<br>“Full honesty here, the track to drive on is pretty awesome,” said ...

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The Mercedes driver traded times with Charles Leclerc and Sebastian Vettel before establishing himself at the head of the order with two laps good enough to end the session quickest.<br>Bottas was left out of the car in the final half hour, though, as Mercedes stripped down his W10 to understand what was initially described as a hydraulic problem.<br>Mercedes determined an oil leak had caused a ...

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As revealed by Motorsport.com, the Dutch Grand Prix is set to return to the F1 schedule at the expense of the Spanish race next season.<br>Asked by Motorsport.com for their thoughts on the possible swap, all five drivers attending the official press conference ahead of this weekend's Spanish GP – Sebastian Vettel, Valtteri Bottas, Carlos Sainz, Pierre Gasly and George Russell – expressed ...

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Along with making pull-type paddle-activated clutches mandatory for each driver, the clutch signals used by the standard ECU will also be heavily monitored by the FIA to limit any advantageous mapping.<br>Should a team wish to use two clutch paddles on the steering wheel, each paddle must now be identical in form, motion and mapping - and drivers may be asked to demonstrate that both paddles work ...

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Deletraz, 21, drove for the American team in the 2018 Abu Dhabi post-season tyre test, racking up 117 laps in his first taste of current F1 machinery (pictured top).<br>"My first F1 test with Haas in November was a dream come true and I have enjoyed a good relationship with the team ever since," said Deletraz.<br>"I'm pleased that they've been happy with my work and I feel honoured and grateful ...

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DTM series boss Berger, who drove alongside Senna at the Woking team from 1990 to 1992, rates Hamilton above all the other world champions that he raced against or has watched over the decades.<br>"Everybody always asks me, 'How do you see this driver against Ayrton?," said Berger. "And I always in all the years say, 'I don't see anybody near to Ayrton.' But Lewis is the first driver I put on the ...

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The F1 rookie crashed his Toro Rosso in final practice and missed qualifying because his team had to change his survival cell, consigning him to a pitlane start.<br>However, he pulled off a one-stop strategy to rise to 10th and bag his second point in a row, fending off the Haas of Romain Grosjean late on.<br>Asked who told him he had been named driver of the day, Albon said: "My trainer. I was ...

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Lewis Hamilton<br><br>"In just pure racing? Probably I like the early eighties, they'd be the cars that I'd choose – eighties or mid-eighties. The cars that I'd like the most. But I'd be old right now, so I'm quite happy being in this period of time!"<br><br><br>Valtteri Bottas<br><br>"Well, I have to say last Saturday at Silverstone we were celebrating the motorsport history of Mercedes, being ...

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The 18-year-old racer will be making his debut in the new-look FIA Formula 3 Championship this year, having signed with Hitech GP.<br>“We have been watching Ye Yifei for some time. He has impressed us with his results in all categories, plus his ability to integrate into any racing or cultural environment,” said Renault Sport managing director Cyril Abiteboul.<br>“For us, his future is ...

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Perhaps better known for being a part of Mastercard Lola's failed foray into Formula One, Ricardo Rosset's career in top-level motorsport also included tough stints in back-marker teams from 1996-1998, damaging his reputation.<br>After impressing in his title-contending debut season in the 1995 Formula 3000 championship, Rosset secured a move to Formula One with the Footwork team - who were ...

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The Briton's Williams team has been marooned at the back of the grid at the start of 2019, leaving Russell and his teammate Robert Kubica to fight each other.<br>Russell has outqualified and outraced the returning grand prix winner in each of the two F1 races so far and says his "aspirations are to get the team further up the grid and make the most of sessions that are a bit trickier, maybe mixed ...

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The Netflix 'Drive to Survive' series has done much to raise interest in F1, and has been widely welcomed in the sport for broadcasting sides of the business that are not normally shown.<br>Sainz, who was the focus of one episode alongside Fernando Alonso, reckons that being able to speak more freely than what he normally can at grands prix was something that he thought was hugely ...

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Albon, who hadn't driver an F1 car until the shakedown for the STR13 in February, has outqualified teammate Daniil Kvyat in both races thus far.<br>He scored his first points with a ninth-place finish in Bahrain.<br>"We've been quite positively impressed from the first test onwards," Tost told Motorsport.com.<br>"He is doing a really good job, and I must say if he continues like this, he will ...

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The reigning European Formula 3 champion and son of seven-time F1 title winner Michael Schumacher made his F1 test debut in Bahrain on Tuesday, driving for Ferrari.<br>He continued to gain F1 experience on Wednesday, as he has switched from his father's most famed team to Alfa Romeo for the second and final day of the test.<br>Schumacher, who made his Formula 2 race debut in Bahrain last weekend ...

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The meeting, which was originally intended to be a standalone event but in the end was an add-on to the regular drivers’ briefing, was held at the suggestion of FIA president Jean Todt.<br>It was designed to give the drivers a formal opportunity to share their thoughts on driving standards and how penalties should be applied.<br>The 'let them race' philosophy is intended to reduce in penalties ...

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The Italian outfit was favourite for the campaign after pre-season testing in Barcelona, but was beaten not only by the Mercedes duo, but by the Red Bull-Honda of Max Verstappen in Melbourne.<br>Verstappen's new teammate Pierre Gasly had been eliminated in the opening segment of qualifying – after a single-run strategy backfired - and couldn't recover into the points on Sunday.<br>Ferrari ...

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The sport was shocked to learn the sad news of the death of FIA race director Charlie Whiting just days before the start of the 2019 season.<br>The 66-year-old was due to oversee the season-opening Australian Grand Prix, but died from a pulmonary embolism on Thursday. <br>As one of the leading figures in the Formula One paddock, his death has been felt by colleagues, drivers, teams, fans and ...

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F1 has reintroduced the extra point for fastest lap that was previously awarded during the first 10 years of the world championship in 1950-59.<br>A driver must finish in the top 10 to score the point, and Bottas thinks it will appeal to those who build up a big enough advantage to pit for fresh tyres without losing track position.<br>Bottas scored more fastest laps than any driver in 2018 and ...

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Calderon joined Sauber, now Alfa Romeo, in a development driver role in 2017 and tested Formula 1 machinery for the first time in Mexico last year.<br>She had a second outing with the team later in year, taking to the Fiorano circuit in a Sauber C32 from 2013.<br>On Friday, Alfa Romeo announced Calderon will stay with the team as a test driver in 2019, and said she will get "some more mileage in ...

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Sirotkin had originally joined the French manufacturer's works F1 team in a development role in 2016, and was promoted to reserve driver the year after.<br>He subsequently left Renault to contest his debut F1 campaign with Williams, but scored just one point in 2018 in an uncompetitive Williams FW41 and ultimately split with the Grove-based outfit after a single season.<br>The Russian tested DTM ...

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Price won a second Dakar crown earlier this year in impressive fashion, braving a badly-broken wrist to conquer the Peruvian dunes.<br>That feat will be recognised during the driver parade at the season-opening grand prix in Melbourne, Price set to follow the F1 stars around on the KTM that he rode to Dakar glory.<br>“Toby Price is the only Australian to have ever conquered the gruelling Dakar ...

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Williams missed priceless track mileage on Monday and Tuesday in Barcelona last week after some late delays to the car build.<br>Russell finally took to the track with the FW42 late on Wednesday, before completing more laps the following afternoon.<br>The F2 champion believes that Williams can bounce back, despite missing so much running.<br>"I think even myself, until you're involved in an F1 ...

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The highly-rated youngster has been signed by Ferrari after just one season in F1 with Sauber and Vettel has said he expects to be pressured by the Monegasque.<br>New Ferrari team principal Mattia Binotto has said Vettel may be prioritised while Leclerc settles in, but  added he hopes to have the “problem” of managing two top-line drivers. <br>Asked by Motorsport.com if he accepts he will ...

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