Gary Hocking, F1 driver

Verstappen will be reportedly charged over €1.2 million to for the superlicense he needs to compete again next year. The three-time world champion won 19 of the 22 races in 2023 which, with licenses increasing in cost for every point a driver scores, will result in a massive charge from the FIA.Thankfully for Verstappen, the hefty fee for next year won’t be paid by himself, as he revealed ...

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Red Bull has been on the back foot all weekend at the Marina Bay circuit, with both Verstappen and team-mate Sergio Perez failing to progress to Q3 in qualifying on Saturday.Verstappen could do no more than 11th in his car, with team-mate Perez 13th, and the Dutchman said changes made to the car after a "not too bad" FP3 ultimately derailed his challenge.Asked by Sky F1 if qualifying was worse ...

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McLaren endured one of its most difficult weekends of the 2022 season at Spa, with Norris finishing 12th and his teammate Daniel Ricciardo a few seconds behind him in 15th.
Both men were part of a train of cars that became stuck behind the Williams of Alex Albon, which was extremely fast on the straight.
Norris stressed that the effectiveness of the car's DRS relative to others was a key ...

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Ahead of Sunday?s race at the Red Bull Ring, posts emerged from fans on social media reporting sexual harassment, racism and homophobia from others attending the grand prix.
It led to F1 issuing a statement confirming it would act on the matter and hold talks with the promoter of the event, calling such behaviour ?unacceptable?, as well as increasing security ahead of Sunday's ...

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Schumacher lost control of his Haas F1 car coming through the Swimming Pool chicane after switching to dry tyres in the Monaco Grand Prix, sending him into a spin.
After hitting the Armco on the right-hand side of the track, Schumacher's car slammed into the Tecpro barrier on the exit of the corner. The rear-end of his Haas F1 car broke away from the rest of the chassis, including the ...

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A difficult start to the 2022 season has left the British sportscar manufacturer as the only squad not to have scored points, with Stroll and teammate Sebastian Vettel struggling to tame the AMR22.
The ongoing problems the team is facing with porpoising and an overweight car means it is realistic that there will be no quick fix to its current difficulties.
But Stroll says that rather than ...

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Gasly lined up second for the start of the race at the Losail International Circuit after penalties for Max Verstappen and Valtteri Bottas promoted him from fourth place on the grid.
Gasly had not finished a session outside of the top four all weekend, but quickly struggled in the race, dropping back to fifth before pitting early on lap 13, with AlphaTauri committing to a two-stopper.
It ...

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The Frenchman went over the kerbs at the penultimate corner, breaking the front wing off his car, puncturing the right front tyre, and damaging the floor.
At the time, he was up on Valtteri Bottas, who claimed third on the grid, but despite not getting his final lap in he still qualified an impressive fourth.
"Quali has been amazing, the whole weekend so far has been really really good," he ...

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With bad weather at Spa-Francorchamps making it too dangerous for cars to race, F1 drivers were only able to complete some slow laps behind the safety car before the event was called off.
However, the two full laps and one lap into the pits were enough for the official result to be declared and half points handed out.
It is a situation that has left many within F1 unhappy, and it has emerged ...

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While governments around the world are imposing lockdowns in their countries, and other major sporting events have been cancelled, Hamilton says he is baffled about why the season opener has gone ahead.
?I am very, very surprised that we are here,? said Hamilton, when asked by Motorsport.com if he was comfortable with being at the grand prix.
?I think it's great that we have races, but ...

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