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F1 Testing: Lewis Hamilton struggling to 'tame' Mercedes and tips Ferrari as Bahrain GP favourites. Lewis Hamilton gives his verdict on the all-new Mercedes car; Ferrari have impressed during pre-season testing but Carlos Sainz is cautious over the ...

"They've had a very strong testing period so far, both in Barcelona and in Bahrain. "But they've done it for five or six years now and they keep surprising us in the first race. It's not the case. "The rate of development will be fast and intense and I expect that to change and Mercedes are going to be a huge factor in this championship, I have no doubt." or maybe Red Bull." "Robust and fast, the Ferrari goes," the paper declared, noting the words of Russell and Verstappen. "The F1-75 impresses the rivals".

Formula One needs an urgent discussion of its budget cap as teams are squeezed by inflation, high energy costs and rising interest rates, Red Bull boss ...

The sport's current cap is $140 million a year per team, with some items such as driver salaries not included, down from $145 million in 2021. "It's the duty of the regulator to look at this with a degree of urgency to make sure that the relief is put in place to take into account what's going on in the world with the cost of living increases that we're all going to see," said Horner. "It's always important to apply common sense and with these additional challenges that came up in the last weeks and months in terms of inflation and so on ... I think it's important to simply have a discussion about it," said team boss Andreas Seidl.

Australia's Daniel Ricciardo has tested positive for Covid-19 but his McLaren team expect him to be fit for the Formula One season opener in Bahrain next ...

Teammate Lando Norris will remain in the car for the final day of the test on Saturday. "McLaren Racing can confirm that after feeling unwell from Wednesday onwards in Bahrain, Daniel Ricciardo has now returned a positive PCR test for covid-19," said the team in a statement. Sakhir — Australia's Daniel Ricciardo has tested positive for Covid-19 but his McLaren team expect him to be fit for the Formula One season opener in Bahrain on March 20.

Ferrari led the way on the second day of Formula 1's pre-season Bahrain test, but the picture of who is out front remains murky. However, there are signs ...

The team will hope that Hamilton's upturn in form after a sluggish start to a season featuring a new rules set, in 2009, can be replicated But DRS enhanced the duel between Max Verstappen and Charles Leclerc, showing the drag reduction system still has a place in F1 Formula 1 has overhauled the way cars generate downforce by shifting to ground effect in the hope of improving the racing and boosting overtaking.

Just 48 hours after replacing Nikita Mazepin at Haas, Kevin Magnussen made an eye-catching return to Formula One on Friday when he topped the times in ...

So it is quick or not, only time will tell, but in terms of compliance, it's very much an FIA matter." Daniel Ricciardo was absent for the second day running due to illness with Lando Norris behind the wheel of the McLaren. "As far as we are concerned the Mercedes car looks like it complies with the regulations, just a different interpretation, different solution," he said.

Red Bull has hit reverse gear after boss Christian Horner suggested Mercedes' no-sidepod innovation revealed in Bahrain on Thursday (10 March) is illegal.

"The car we have here hasn't changed much from Barcelona," he said. "I think the regulators are ok with it so far, but of course, a team may come in and raise an objection that the FIA have to consider, and then you have a problem," he said. "They should only be used to look backward. "But I think the FIA and Formula 1 will for sure handle that with diligence, in the spirit of the sport." They also have vertical baffles built on top. And so it begins: Horner claims new Mercedes F1 car design is 'illegal'