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The Nigerian government has formally declared its interest in bringing a Formula 1 Grand Prix to Abuja, marking a bold bid to become the first African host of such an event in over 30 years. Shehu Dikko, Chairman of the National Sports Commission (NSC), has appointed Opus Racing Promotions co led by former Premier League footballer…
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Mercedes youngster Andrea Kimi Antonelli’s hopes of making his Formula 1 debut in 2024 have been boosted as the FIA has reduced the minimum age restriction to 17. The FIA has updated Appendix L of its International Sporting Code to add a clause that states that, although the minimum age for the superlicence required to…
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With Agency Reports Mercedes is to abandon the legality strip element of its Formula 1 front wing as it embarks on a new development direction to cure its 2024 problems. The German manufacturer raised eyebrows at the start of the season when the front wing of its new W15 replaced its upper flap with a…
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Haas has explained how a communications breakdown triggered its exclusion from qualifying for Formula 1’s Monaco Grand Prix for an illegal rear wing. Nico Hulkenberg and Kevin Magnussen were disqualified on Saturday after post-session examinations of their cars showed their DRS wings opened more than the 85mm that is allowed in the rules. Talking about…
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Yuki Tsunoda has made another “huge step” in performance this season, thinks his RB Formula 1 team principal, Laurent Mekies. Tsunoda scored seventh in last weekend’s Miami Grand Prix, cementing RB’s sixth position in the constructors’ table after team-mate Daniel Ricciardo scored fourth in Saturday’s sprint. While Ricciardo had been struggling to get up to…
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Ferrari has announced the signings of Loic Serra and Jerome d’Ambrosio from Mercedes to bolster its Formula 1 engineering and management teams. Serra, formerly the performance director at Mercedes, will take on the head of chassis performance engineering role at Ferrari on 1 October and will report to technical chief Enrico Cardile. The news of…
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with Agency Reports This year, Audi surprised the F1 world by ramping up its original plan to eventually buy 75 percent of the Swiss team Sauber – and instead took 100 percent control. Audi intends to enter Formula 1 and be “at the very front” of the grid, the Volkswagen-owned German carmaker’s CEO Gernot Dollner…
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With Agency Reports Just over five months on from a frantic – but highly successful – inaugural Vegas street race, a third Miami GP might have felt a little old hat for America’s recently acquired passion for F1. Had Miami been trumped? But fears that Sin City had stolen all the limelight were allayed by…
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With Agency Reports Formula One stewards fined Renault-owned Alpine 10,000 euros ($10,654) on Sunday after a bungled Chinese Grand Prix pitstop left a mechanic on the ground. Pierre Gasly was given the green light to exit the pitbox before the right rear tyre had been properly fitted when a team member incorrectly clicked a button…
Less than one-fifth of the way into Formula 1’s longest ever calendar, the realisation that Red Bull and Max Verstappen are heading for yet another title is now setting in. Mercedes’ Toto Wolff said before departing Suzuka that Verstappen will not only certainly win his fourth consecutive drivers’ championship in 2024, but that competitors may…
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