Patrick Nève, F1 driver

Magnussen had a strong qualifying, earning fifth, fourth and sixth places across the three sessions, but he acknowledged that the race was likely to be tough, thanks to the tyre temperature issue that have stymied Haas all season.The Dane lost a couple of places on the first lap but hung on in the points for the first part of the race, enjoying a fraught battle with Pierre Gasly at one stage.He ...

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The Scuderia has lost its highly-rated race director Laurent Mekies, who will join AlphaTauri as team principal. Meanwhile, head of vehicle concept David Sanchez has switched to McLaren.Team boss Vasseur has moved to hire Mercedes performance director Loic Serra. However, contract lengths mean he will not officially join until 2025. Vassuer has said further announcements concerning signings will ...

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McLaren missed its 2023 season targets with a draggy launch car, which led to significant changes within the organisation led by incoming team principal Andrea Stella.The first fruits of Stella's revamped technical structure were brought to the track in the final races before the summer break, propelling Norris to two podiums while his impressive rookie team-mate Oscar Piastri scored second in ...

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Ricciardo's three-year McLaren contract was ended one year early last winter after the Australian struggled to get on with the team's F1 cars.In the difficult-to-handle McLaren, Ricciardo was consistently behind team-mate Lando Norris during his two seasons in Woking, despite taking a shock win at the 2021 Italian Grand Prix.Ricciardo was then snapped up by Red Bull as a third driver during his ...

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The two-day test is the latest step in Pirelli’s programme of no-blanket slick running, although it is set to be compromised by rain.Pirelli’s hope was to introduce the new tyres in 2024, but at last Friday’s F1 Commission it was agreed to postpone the move to remove blankets, and then have another look for 2025.The decision came too late for Pirelli to change its run plan for Spa, and thus ...

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The Australian is making his comeback with AlphaTauri at the Hungaroring this weekend after being drafted in as a replacement for Nyck de Vries.And although he was one of several drivers not to complete a flying lap in the rain-interrupted first practice session, he ended the afternoon's FP2 running 14th, less than half a second behind team-mate Yuki Tsunoda.Speaking after he got out of the car ...

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With the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix cancelled owing to extreme flooding in the region, attention was turned last week by reported claims that Ferrari had made an offer to Hamilton for the 2024 season.
While Hamilton’s current Mercedes contract is coming to an end and Ferrari would always consider the driver if he was ever available, the Briton has long since pledged his loyalty to the Silver ...

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Early leader Verstappen was brought into the pits on lap 10 of the Azerbaijan Grand Prix after starting to struggle with his rear tyres and being put under pressure by team-mate Sergio Perez.
Moments before the decision AlphaTauri's Nyck de Vries had stopped on track after clipping the wall in Turn 5 and as the safety car was brought out, the move backfired on Red Bull.
With Verstappen ...

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Hamilton will handle the car for the final time on Tuesday, when teams have a chance to sample the 2023 spec tyres ahead of next season.
The W13 has been problematic since its first proper test in Barcelona, and the team has spent the season fighting porpoising and ride issues.
While the car has been competitive in recent weekends, and George Russell led Hamilton in a one-two in Brazil, it ...

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With Max Verstappen having already secured his second drivers' crown at Suzuka, the Milton Keynes team finally won the constructors' version in Austin, ending an eight-year run by Mercedes since the new power unit rules were introduced in 2014.
The success came just a day after the team was rocked by news of the death of Red Bull owner Dietrich Mateschitz.
Prior to the race, the Austrian was ...

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Red Bull will use the manufacturer's powertrains until the end of 2025 with support from its motorsport division, despite the marque formally quitting F1 at the end of 2021.
After the disruption caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, Suzuka returns to the calendar this weekend for the first time since 2019, for which Honda has increased its support of Red Bull.
Ahead of its home race, the full ...

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Ahead of this weekend?s Singapore Grand Prix, it was announced that Alfa had taken up its option for Zhou?s continued services into 2023 after he made his F1 debut at the season-opening Bahrain race ? scoring points there and then putting in a string of impressive performances.
The confirmation of Zhou?s rookie deal was widely expected in the paddock given his early F1 career success ...

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Vettel won all four of his world titles during his six-season stint at Red Bull between 2009 and 2014 before joining Ferrari for 2015.
Ferrari opted against renewing Vettel?s contract when it expired at the end of the 2020 season, paving the way for the German driver to switch to Aston Martin for the following year.
Vettel was linked with a potential return to Red Bull and it was known he ...

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Mercedes saw its form take a dip at the start of the 2022 season as it struggled to get to grip with the new technical regulations, encountering severe bouncing with its W13 car.
The issue left Hamilton far from his usual competitive territory, dropping out in Q1 in Saudi Arabia and failing to score points at Imola.
While Mercedes has recovered some of its performance, Hamilton is yet to win ...

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Verstappen claimed pole for F1?s first race in Montreal since 2019, as he topped all three segments of a wet-but-drying qualifying session at the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve, while his title rivals Sergio Perez and Charles Leclerc qualified well down the order.
The field ran full wets throughout Q1, but several drivers headed straight out on intermediates in Q2 ? with most staying on the ...

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The standout performer of the Miami Grand Prix for me wasn?t Max Verstappen or Charles Leclerc or Esteban Ocon ? although they were all pretty mega. It was Martin Brundle, whose TV grid walk for Sky Sports F1 came as close as possible to making some sense of the insanity of this bonkers, celeb-packed new event on the F1 schedule.
As he bounced between the likes of the Williams sisters ...

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Most won multiple races, but one of Mercedes? finest achievements came with a car that competed only once. The W165 was created in secret thanks to a controversial rule change and was only finished just in time.
In the latest of our new "A Short View Back to the Past" series, and with the help of archive footage from Motorsport.tv, Autosport chief editor Kevin Turner looks at perhaps the ...

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The FIA published its report into the controversial end to last season on Saturday, explaining the events that led to the last-lap restart where Max Verstappen overtook Hamilton to win the championship.
The investigation cited ?human error? from former race director Michael Masi, who failed to implement at least two articles of the sporting regulations in restarting the race.
Masi was ...

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After a disastrous 2020 season, Haas decided not to develop its car for 2021 and instead focus straight away on the all-new regulations for 2022.
That meant 2021, with two incoming rookie drivers in Mick Schumacher and Nikita Mazepin, was a write-off from the start as the Haas team continued to prop up the timesheets at most races.
While it gave Schumacher and Mazepin the breathing room to ...

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The Maranello outfit has been embroiled in a season-long battle for third with McLaren, but has pulled ahead of its British rival in the latter part of the campaign, especially thanks to the results in the last three races.
Ferrari is 39.5 points ahead of McLaren with just two races remaining after the Woking team managed to score just four points in the latest triple-header in Mexico, Brazil ...

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Rookie Tsunoda arrived in F1 with high expectations, but has endured an erratic campaign so far, with several crashes in the first half of the season and being overshadowed by teammate Pierre Gasly.
AlphaTauri announced last week that it would retain both Gasly and Tsunoda for 2022, and the Japanese driver admitted he was surprised to have his contract extended given his on-track performances ...

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Verstappen scored a dominant victory in Sunday's Dutch Grand Prix to move back into the lead of the F1 drivers' championship, keeping title rival Lewis Hamilton at bay throughout the race.
Red Bull ran a two-stop strategy and reacted to both of Mercedes' attempts to undercut Verstappen with Hamilton, clinching him a popular victory in front of over 70,000 fans in the first Dutch Grand Prix ...

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Mercedes has been weighing up whether to continue with Bottas for a sixth season next year or whether to replace the Finn with George Russell, who is widely expected to get the nod.
Should Bottas leave Mercedes, a move to Alfa Romeo is thought to be on the cards after the team placed him at the top of its shortlist for 2022 if he became available.
Mercedes is expected to make an announcement ...

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With F1 teams preparing for a rules revolution next year, a number of outfits ? including Mercedes - elected to freeze their current designs early in the campaign to focus more on their new cars. 
But Red Bull has bucked the trend and been aggressive in bringing a series of upgrades to its RB16B in its bid to ensure it does everything to try to win the current F1 ...

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