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Lewis Hamilton has urged all his fellow Formula 1 drivers “to be more outspoken” in response to the FIA president initially seeming to question his and ...

“I'm proud to see what Seb does and to be an ally of his.” “I encourage all the drivers to be more outspoken in the future about things they care about. The seven-time champion added that regardless of the FIA president’s views, he would not ease off in his activism and that all F1 drivers should be similarly “outspoken” on issues close to their hearts. The Mercedes driver, who has previously said he wants to be “an ally” to the president in response to the clash over jewellery, suggested Ben Sulayem might have been taken out of context. “In the same way, I value the commitment of all drivers and champions for a better future.” “To me, it is about deciding whether we should impose our believes in something over the sport all the time.

Ferrari's Charles Leclerc was fastest during an incident-packed Azerbaijan Grand Prix practice on Friday, the eighth round of the 2022 Formula 1 World ...

Perez went off again, this time botching the laps of Verstappen and Sainz, who were running behind him. Leclerc then locked up and overshot Turn 8. Verstappen finally got a lap in on well-used softs but stayed third from a soft-shod Alonso in fourth. AlphaTauri’s Pierre Gasly also suffered a huge lock-up but didn’t hit anything. Azerbaijan Grand Prix FP2 results: Leclerc fastest from Perez Azerbaijan Grand Prix FP1 results: Perez fastest from Leclerc

While his Mercedes is uncompetitive, Hamilton has not let that slow him down in using F1 as a platform to speak out from.

Elsewhere, he is now a Brazilian citizen after after a bill passed by the country’s lower house of parliament. He clarified his recent comments on Twitter this week and said that sport should be “a catalyst of progress in society.” I had an epic win in São Paulo last year and my biggest following is in Brazil.” In Azerbaijan on Friday, Hamilton underlined he had no intention of stepping back and urged more drivers to become involved. After seven years of unprecedented Mercedes domination helped him to 103 GP wins, Hamilton’s 2022 car is not at the level of Red Bull or Ferrari. Once again, it looks like a supporting role for the seven-time world champion on the track in Baku this weekend. “For every single one of us here to do more, to speak out more, to spark more conversations.

Piastri has been made to bide his time as Alpine's reserve driver this year, despite winning three consecutive title in a stellar junior racing career. Stream ...

He’s crashing at most race weekends and he’s in a tricky place. “If you want to mature someone in Formula 1, like Piastri, then Alpine has set aside a decent budget for this: a budget to park him and get him used to Formula 1,” he said. With Alpine set to retain Ocon and Alonso as its driver line-up for 2023, Coronel said the team would be foolish not to give Piastri the chance to gain any experience he can in F1. And the opportunity to drive in F1 could happen sooner than anticipated, largely because of the underwhelming form of Nicholas Latifi at Williams. But the French-based team announced earlier this year it would allow Piastri to be loaned to another team with the goal of developing his craft before eventually returning to Alpine. Piastri has been made to bide his time as Alpine’s reserve driver this year, despite winning three consecutive title in a stellar junior racing career.

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We seem fast on the straights and it’s sometimes a set-up compromise with this type of circuit, but let’s see how we go tomorrow.” AlphaTauri seems like it’s striking that compromise better despite lacking the headline times. The Baku track is punishing for engines given around three-quarters of the lap is spent at full throttle, and it’s little surprise Red Bull Racing has wheeled out fresh power units for both drivers this weekend. Russell’s clearly had enough of the infernal bouncing. “It’s crazy out there through those high-speed corners, the car’s fully bottoming out. “There was a difference between the cars. “Obviously we’ve seen it,” Red Bull Racing boss Christian Horner told Sky Sports, “We’ve got the data from it. For one, both RBR drivers believe they made set-up errors on Friday afternoon, the rectification of which might swing momentum back in their favour. Some of that was down to the bouncing, of which George Russell has clearly had enough. Red Bull Racing battled rear wing problems on Verstappen’s car in first practice. He even beat the Bulls in the speed trap. “Weight is always a critical factor, you’re obviously chasing that all over the car,” Horner said.

The Baku City Circuit represents a unique challenge for the teams, given the opposing requirements on downforce levels for the different parts of the track.

As a consequence, the front wing has new rearward elements to reduce their chord length and incidence level to help balance the car. Red Bull had already modified its front brake and caliper arrangement for Monaco and has made further changes in Baku to improve cooling. Photo by: Giorgio Piola

Valtteri Bottas says his 15th place in Friday practice for Formula 1's Azerbaijan GP is not representative and that new parts will boost Alfa Romeo's ...

"There's a clear picture of where we need to improve and that just will gain so much more speed. "And I think today the main focus is that as a team, we need to just find some more speed. "It was a struggle, but we sort of like figured out what happened after the weekend. It's quite a sensitive track, but once you get the set-up right, then you can find quite a lot of laptime." "But I think we learned quite a bit with the set-up. We did quite a lot of set-up changes today, and towards the end, it was getting much better."

Max Verstappen has voiced his opposition to a salary cap for Formula 1 drivers, and pointed out that it could make it harder for youngsters to attract ...

So I think that's one of the main points.” “So why would the drivers with their IP rights and everything be capped, [the people] who actually bring the show and put their lives at risk? “I think no one really knows where it's going to go.

Daniel Ricciardo insists he is not complacent about his Formula 1 future at McLaren, despite being told he has the full support of the team.

At the end of the day, I guess I know the facts between us and what I have with the team. And I do truly believe that I have the full support of the team and we want to do it together. "I know that some things are taken out of context. "We've spoke," he said, when asked by Autosport if he had discussed things with Brown since the media reports emerged. And I want to enjoy that success with the team. My results, I want them to be better.

The seven-time world champion and Mercedes star will co-produce the untitled film.

“But we’re not actors so we don’t want this movie to be crap. And there’s always this talk of already how are we going to capture some of the footage, and it’s going to take us drivers to be involved in that. And so there’s lots of people within the sport who are being a part of this, helping educate those who are trying to create this movie,” he said.

Lewis Hamilton says comments from FIA president Mohammed Ben Sulayem will not deter his activism on non-sporting issues, and has encouraged all Formula One ...

"There's a lot of energy with music and colours, over the years I've had amazing times there. "Brazil has always been a place that I've loved and admired as a kid, obviously following Ayrton [Senna] you naturally are drawn to the country. "I encourage all of the drivers to be more outspoken in future and speak about things they care about. On Thursday, Hamilton was made an honorary citizen of Brazil as the lower house of parliament passed a bill. So, that's part of my role." "It's a really cool project.

Mercedes trackside engineering director Andrew Shovlin says Mercedes 'needs fundamental improvements' after struggling massively during Friday practice for ...

We're facing the same problems as in the last race. We did have some new parts on the car today, so we'll review whether those were contributing to our issues. "We've got a bit of work to do to find time on single lap and long run.

Ahead of the Monaco Grand Prix, McLaren CEO Zak Brown told Sky Sports' Any Driven Monday, in part, “Daniel is just not comfortable yet with the car, we're ...

“I think stripping it back to the core, I still know what I can do, I still believe I have it and it’s not, you know, it’s not like a place of like low confidence or low self-esteem or anything, where I’m like, ‘I don’t think it’s possible,’” Ricciardo said. So it’s really just for me to get back into that place where I’m in tune, fully in tune, with the car and then it’ll come.” And I do truly believe that I have the full support of the team and we want to do it together.”

Baku plays host to the eighth round of the 2022 Formula 1 season. Here's how you can watch the 2022 Azerbaijan GP qualifying.

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Mercedes are facing "big decisions" and must find their direction after a disappointing display in Azerbaijan GP practice, according to former world ...

"You've got lots of races coming up and still a lot of time, but they need to find a direction." "Luckily, I've not really had to deal with it, but clearly all the comments are saying that the drivers are suffering, and you saw it from Lewis, his back is hurting. "If we're totally on top of our tyres we're not going to fully close that gap, they're just too far ahead. "We're hitting some serious speeds at the end here and it's bouncing a lot. "For visibility as well, it's not great. "This is where you start to go, fundamentally have we gone wrong somewhere with our concept?

EXPRESS SPORT brings you all the F1 updates ahead of this weekend's crucial Azerbaijan Grand Prix and the qualifying sessions.

At the moment, they just have an inherently faster car than us and we've done everything we can to try and catch up." Elsewhere, there's trouble in paradise for Max Verstappen and his Red Bull team. He added: "I'll get by. I'm a bit sore but yeah. Both Hamilton and Mercedes have been warned they may need to "take some big decisions" to give their Formula One season some direction again. The Silver Arrows looked to have turned a corner in Spain but struggled in Monaco and had a tough Friday at the Azerbaijan Grand Prix.

McLaren boss Andreas Seidl admits his team is expecting to breach the Formula 1 cost cap by the end of the season.

Everyone has an interest that we have a defined solution for this year." "I'm absolutely happy we have the cost cap in place. And so I don't have any concerns on that."

Mercedes Formula 1 team principal Toto Wolff says the team's lack of top speed in Baku is the result of a draggy 'parachute' of a car coupled with a return ...

So between the draggy car and the bottoming this is the main deficit that we are seeing here on the straight," Wolff explained. And as a consequence, the ride is not very good. "In Barcelona we had a big rear wing, and the car was pretty stable on the straight and we were among the quickest, but there is never one thing and certainly the engine is not the area I want to point at."

Charles Leclerc went quickest in Friday practice for Ferrari at the Formula 1 Azerbaijan Grand Prix. Here's how and when to watch qualifying.

For the entire 2022 F1 season, Channel 4 will broadcast highlights of every qualifying and race of each event. Sky Sports can also be accessed through NOW with a one-off day payment of £11.98 or a month membership of £33.99 per month. Coverage of Azerbaijan GP qualifying will start at 3:00pm BST on the BBC Sport website and the BBC Sounds app. Live radio coverage of every practice, qualifying and race for the 2022 F1 season will be available on the BBC Radio 5 Live, BBC 5 Live Sports Extra or via the BBC Sport website. Live streaming through NOW is also available in the UK. In the United Kingdom, Channel 4 is broadcasting highlights of qualifying for the Azerbaijan GP at 10:05pm BST on Saturday. The full programme will run for 90 minutes, covering both qualifying and wrapping up the major talking points of the race weekend so far.

Mercedes Formula 1 team principal Toto Wolff says the team's lack of top speed in Baku is the result of a draggy 'parachute' of a car coupled with a return ...

So between the draggy car and the bottoming this is the main deficit that we are seeing here on the straight," Wolff explained. And as a consequence, the ride is not very good. "In Barcelona we had a big rear wing, and the car was pretty stable on the straight and we were among the quickest, but there is never one thing and certainly the engine is not the area I want to point at."

'Never totally objective': Red Bull boss hits back at Max's dad — F1 Qualifying LIVE.

That’s why Checo got the call on the pit stop, Max wouldn’t even have had track position for example on that lap.” He’s got opinions and that’s absolutely fine, that’s his opinion. “Jos is his own person and personality.

Daniel Ricciardo has headed back into the pits after being told by McLaren can still find five meters braking for Turn One. "You made a good step," says his ...

The Ferrari boys are trading blows for fastest lap time. The rules say qualifying cannot start less than two hours after P3. Have checked with the FIA that qualifying will now start 15 mins later than scheduled (so 1515 UK). They say yes. Daniel Ricciardo has headed back into the pits after being told by McLaren can still find five meters braking for Turn One. "You made a good step," says his engineer. George Russell is still in the top five on the timing sheets but the Mercedes man is not happy with his latest effort. Alpine were also running a low-drag set-up and Alonso was fastest of all down the main straight. Alpine have big upgrade this weekend, with new wings, different sidepods and a new beam wing.

Ferrari boss Mattia Binotto has admitted to some concerns over the appointment of a former Mercedes Formula 1 team executive to a senior FIA role.

But the FIA is changing its structure and its organisation, and then the president has to make his decisions. He's certainly got a lot of competencies and experience. I think it's down to them [the FIA] to make sure that there will be no conflicts of interest at all, to behave properly, and it's down to the president to ensure it. “And we certainly shouldn't interfere into any of those decisions. She's got a lot of experience, she will certainly be capable of doing the job. “Yes, certainly it's a concern,” said Binotto when asked by Motorsport.com. “I think she's a great person.

Formula 1's qualifying session for the Azerbaijan Grand Prix will start 15 minutes later than originally scheduled as a consequence of earlier barrier ...

The slight delay to F1 qualifying will be of good news to some motorsport fans as it means there is no longer a direct clash with the start of the Le Mans 24 Hours race that begins in France. It said: "Following the delay to the start of FP3 which was due to barrier repairs after the F2 sprint race - the start of qualifying will be 15 minutes later than scheduled in accordance with Article 39 of the sporting regulations." But with the FIA electing to run the session for it full hour, rather than starting the clock at the original start time so it ended as scheduled at 4pm, it meant a finish time of 4.15pm local time.

Ferrari boss Mattia Binotto has admitted to some concerns over the appointment of a former Mercedes Formula 1 team executive to a senior FIA role.

But the FIA is changing its structure and its organisation, and then the president has to make his decisions. He's certainly got a lot of competencies and experience. I think it's down to them [the FIA] to make sure that there will be no conflicts of interest at all, to behave properly, and it's down to the president to ensure it. “And we certainly shouldn't interfere into any of those decisions. She's got a lot of experience, she will certainly be capable of doing the job. “Yes, certainly it's a concern,” said Binotto when asked by Motorsport.com. “I think she's a great person.

Max Verstappen has voiced his opposition to a salary cap for Formula 1 drivers, and pointed out that it could make it harder for youngsters to attract ...

So I think that's one of the main points." "So why would the drivers with their IP rights and everything be capped, [the people] who actually bring the show and put their lives at risk? "I think no one really knows where it's going to go.

Mercedes Formula 1 boss Toto Wolff believes it is untenable for a cost-capped F1 not to have a driver salary limit.

“Those teams that will be affected already have long-term agreements with their drivers. “Formula 1 is looking at it without an immediate solution to it,” Wolff continued. Major League Baseball has no salary cap but rather a luxury tax, in which teams are forced to contribute extra money if their payroll exceeds a certain threshold. “Now clearly drivers will have an opinion on that, and maybe as a driver, I’d say the same thing. And I think the talk about [even a] $30-40million salary allowance is inadequate when you take that perspective. They already are.

The time has come: qualifying for the Baku Grand Prix is about to begin. From 15:00 UK time, 20 drivers will compete to start from pole position on Sunday.

Ferrari will need to make gains in qualifying in the slower corners, while Red Bull will excel in the final sector. The Ferrari's seem to be favourites in qualifying compared to Red Bull Racing so far this weekend. The time has come: qualifying for the Baku Grand Prix is about to begin.

BAKU : Red Bull's Sergio Perez edged out Ferrari's Charles Leclerc to put himself back on top in Saturday's final Formula One practice session for the ...

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Pirelli has defended its wet weather Formula 1 tyres in the wake of strong criticism from Sebastian Vettel and Jos Verstappen after the Monaco Grand Prix.

"We need to test, otherwise we cannot develop a new tyre for the future. "We don't have a lot of opportunities to test the wet and intermediate tyres," he explained. "I believe that Monaco is not the right track to make a proper assessment of the wet tyres.

Pirelli has defended its wet weather Formula 1 tyres in the wake of strong criticism from Sebastian Vettel and Jos Verstappen after the Monaco Grand Prix.

"We need to test, otherwise we cannot develop a new tyre for the future. "We don't have a lot of opportunities to test the wet and intermediate tyres," he explained. "I believe that Monaco is not the right track to make a proper assessment of the wet tyres.

Charles Leclerc put his Ferrari on pole position for the Azerbaijan F1 GP while Lewis Hamilton was facing an investigation for 'driving unnecessarily ...

Stroll was forced to park his wounded machine as race director Niels Wittich deployed the red flag. Russell will start fifth on Sunday, two places ahead of Hamilton, who could drop further down the field if he is penalised for his qualifying misdemeanour. Q1 was red-flagged with two and a half minutes remaining after Lance Stroll crashed out. The Monégasque saw off Sergio Pérez, who took advantage of Leclerc’s flat-footed Ferrari team in Monte Carlo to claim his third career win, by 0.282sec. After claiming his sixth pole of the season and fourth in succession, Leclerc said: “All poles feel good but this one I did not expect because I thought the Red Bulls were stronger. He responded by saying: “I don’t know what you expect from me, man, sometimes.”

Red Bull's Sergio Perez edged out Ferrari's Charles Leclerc to put himself back on top in Saturday's final Formula One practice session for the Azerbaijan ...

World championship leader Max Verstappen, who is nine points ahead of Leclerc and 15 ahead of Perez in the overall standings, had to abort his final flying lap and settle for third nearly 0.3 seconds off the pace. The pair have traded places at the top of the practice timesheets all weekend, with Perez fastest in Friday's opening session and Leclerc taking over in practice two. That was good enough to eclipse Leclerc, who is looking to bounce back from the double disappointment of losing out on victory in Spain and Monaco, by 0.070 seconds.

Lewis Hamilton says he was well within his delta time after being called to the Formula 1 stewards' office for driving unnecessarily slowly in Azerbaijan ...

They had the choice to go by, they didn't. I was within my delta. "I was within my delta. "And that's why they were so quick.

Charles Leclerc produced a stunning lap to beat Sergio Perez to pole at the Azerbaijan GP as Ferrari and Red Bull contested a thrilling qualifying session ...

10) Fernando Alonso 9) Sebastian Vettel 8) Yuki Tsunoda 7) Lewis Hamilton 6) Pierre Gasly 5) George Russell 4) Carlos Sainz 3) Max Verstappen 2) Sergio Perez 1) Charles Leclerc "It's a long lap time and we're lacking pretty much everywhere," Wolff said. "Obviously all pole positions feel good," Leclerc said.

Mercedes driver George Russell believes it is just a matter of time until the traits of the latest generation of Formula One cars result in a major ...

Russell's Mercedes team has struggled with porpoising more than most, which has had a knock-on effect on the performance of his car. "I think it is just a matter of time before we see a major incident," he said. I don't really know what the future holds but I don't think we can sustain this for three years or however long these regulations are in force for."

BAKU : Mercedes driver George Russell on Saturday called the 'porpoising' experienced by the 2022 Formula One cars a "recipe for disaster" and warned it was ...

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To varying degrees Formula 1 teams have suffered from either porpoising or bouncing with the 2022 era cars, which are being run as close to the ground as ...

"It's a recipe for disaster. And it's sort of just unnecessary with the technology we have in today's environment. The issue was amplified in Baku where many teams up and down the paddock were suffering from the effect on the 2.2km long straight.

SportsLine's model analyzed the starting grid for the Azerbaijan GP 2022 race this week at Baku City Circuit.

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Meanwhile Sergio Perez is riding a wave of confidence that shows no signs of breaking. Red Bull Racing's quickest driver all weekend, had he benefited from a ...

I think probably half of the grid are in the same boat. “I think it’s just a matter of time before we see a major incident,” he said. “Ferrari [has a] similar scenario with Sainz and Leclerc, so still a bit early in the championship. Only two rounds ago it didn’t hesitate to prioritise the Dutchman, albeit in a race with less predictable strategy. “It’s a recipe for disaster. “Whether it’s strong enough compared to the Red Bull, this we’ll see tomorrow,” he said. “From a team perspective, our objective is to beat Ferrari,” Christian Horner said. Let’s see how it goes in the first few laps, and then I will try to keep the lead.” “I just want to finish the job,” he said. Perez was 6 kilometres per hour quicker by the end of qualifying, which will likely be a decisive difference in the race if Leclerc can’t make an early break from the pack. “I think when you look back at it, to gain three-tenths is probably too much,” he admitted. He also made himself the first driver to take more than one pole position in Azerbaijan, a somewhat obscure piece of history he can lay claim to.

The Mercedes rising star went as far as to say it's “just a matter of time before we see a major incident.”

So it’s not like we want it to change, it is clearly a safety limitation,” Russell said, per ESPN. “The top three teams are also in the same position, Ferrari and Red Bull, well Ferrari more than Red Bull you can clearly see they are really struggling with that. I think we need to open the debate more than anything. “It is just unnecessary with the technology we have in today’s environment, it just seems unnecessary that we are running a Formula One car at over 200 mph millimetres from the ground and it’s a recipe for disaster. More than Monaco, we need to think [about] as drivers and F1 how much of a toll a driver should be paying for his back and his health in an F1 career with this kind of car philosophy? “I mean, for what it’s worth we are not as massively in favor for it [regulation change] as a team because with every race we do, we are learning more and more about the car and any changes is going to limit that learning. In some cases, this has resulted in porpoising, which is essentially the cars bouncing up and down on the straights.

Reigning Formula One world champion Max Verstappen has slammed the idea of capping driver salaries to save money, saying it would have a negative impact on ...

That's a suggestion but I can imagine what the response would be and the topic would disappear. "I think it's going to limit that a lot because they'll never get their return in money and if you get a cap, so it will hurt all the junior categories as well and I don't think you want that." F1 introduced a budget cap last year to curb spending among the sport's top teams and level the playing field across the grid.

Verstappen and Bottas pointed out the risk while Sainz, Vettel and Hamilton pointed out how F1 is booming.

“Isn’t it a funny coincidence that it’s the first time that teams can actually make money with racing in Formula One and something like the salary cap for drivers pops up? And now when the sport is booming, you want to cap us, no? It’s consistently growing and the teams are earning more money than ever before, and we are a huge part of that. Lewis Hamilton added: “I think there are many of us here who have been heavily invested in as youngsters and have had to pay that back, which you would naturally want to do anyway. If it gets capped, and so on, it’s much harder, and will interest people much less to ever invest into young drivers and invest into people having chances to get to Formula One in the first place.” The sport is considering implementing driver salary caps at some point in the future, but no agreement has been made.

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Carlos Sainz admits that a mistake on his final Formula 1 run in Q3 cost him a shot at pole position for the Azerbaijan GP.

“After a couple of moments in the last few races, I've decided to take a bit this approach. Already the first lap of Q3 I had a couple of very tight moments with the wall, and probably the second one trying to clean everything up, I actually did a mistake. Sainz was fastest after the first runs, despite a close brush with the wall.

Lewis Hamilton has concerns about his back ahead of the Formula 1 Azerbaijan Grand Prix, and admits the issue also compromised his preparations for the ...

Today I lost over a tenth just on the straight line just because of the bottoming compared to George. So yeah, it is what it is. And literally I was here to 1.30am last night, all the mechanics and all the engineers had left obviously [due to the curfew]. I'm here studying, I'm doing everything I can, I'm working with the guys back at the factory. "When I go and talk to some of the other drivers like Valtteri [Bottas], have you got any bouncing? But the others also have like a Monza wing I think here, so we have a lot of work to do." "I miss already Barcelona, just driving down the straight and there's no problem," he said. "And we can't have this for four years of this car.

Mercedes says recent failed car experiments by Lewis Hamilton will not force a change of approach in trying to improve its Formula 1 car.

"We are at the moment not in the hunt for a race win on merit. He said: "There was a different floor solution on his car that didn't work. "And this is what we are doing, and this is also what we are going to do in the race and in Montreal."

Formula 1 drivers' hopes of getting the 2022 cars changed to eradicate porpoising appear to face a challenge, with it emerging teams rejected such a ...

It's a challenge, a technical challenge, I think we look at ourselves, we made already some progress, and I think in the future, we can do more progress. “I think that it's a challenge for the drivers, no doubt. So, we need to see how that develops. A lot of us kind of can barely keep the car in a straight line over these bumps, we're going round the last two corners at 300 kilometres an hour, bottoming out." "I think it's just a matter of time before we see a major incident. “We understand that the severity we see in some cars is brutal on the drivers, and that's why it is a fair point to bring forward to the Technical Advisory Committee, to see if it makes sense to address it,” said Seidl.

Another Ferrari failure as both cars blow up; Ricciardo's huge safety car win: F1 LIVE.

Ricciardo was quickly running a second faster than those ahead of him. Perez pitted on lap 17 for hards, making a slow stop, dropping into a battle with Russell for third. Verstappen then pitted for hards, dropping into second well behind Leclerc. Ricciardo was running seventh, behind yet-to-pit Norris and Fernando Alonso, but ahead of Pierre Gasly and others. The virtual safety car was deployed. A lock-up for Leclerc also hurt him.

The stiff, relatively crude suspension of the latest F1 cars is combining with the porpoising problem to create a dangerous scenario for drivers' health, ...

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The defending champion tightened his grip on the title race with victory as Charles Leclerc suffered a power unit failure in Baku.

With Pérez offering no challenge, Verstappen cruised to the flag, claiming the fifth win of his championship defence. Mercedes are still battling with porpoising and the bouncing problems led to Hamilton complaining about back pain. Verstappen took the lead into the opening bend with Pérez offering little resistance. He was stationary for five seconds with the front jack jammed underneath his car. The Mexican, who took a bonus point for the fastest lap, is 21 points adrift of his Red Bull teammate. Pérez soon moved two seconds clear of Leclerc, with Verstappen occupying the Monegasque’s mirrors.

Formula 1 drivers' hopes of getting the 2022 cars changed to eradicate porpoising appear to face a challenge, with it emerging teams rejected such a ...

It's a challenge, a technical challenge, I think we look at ourselves, we made already some progress, and I think in the future, we can do more progress. “I think that it's a challenge for the drivers, no doubt. So, we need to see how that develops. A lot of us kind of can barely keep the car in a straight line over these bumps, we're going round the last two corners at 300 kilometres an hour, bottoming out." "I think it's just a matter of time before we see a major incident. “We understand that the severity we see in some cars is brutal on the drivers, and that's why it is a fair point to bring forward to the Technical Advisory Committee, to see if it makes sense to address it,” said Seidl.

The stiff, relatively crude suspension of the latest F1 cars is combining with the porpoising problem to create a dangerous scenario for drivers' health, ...

Michael Schumacher’s son has served his apprenticeship with a Haas team that brought up the rear of the Formula 1 field in 2021. OPINION: Though Formula 1's return to ground-effect may have boosted overtaking, the other clear by-product of the technical overhaul has been weight gain. From pointless for a whole campaign to fifth place in the 2022 Formula 1 season opener.

Max Verstappen led a bruising Red Bull 1-2 to win Formula 1's 2022 Azerbaijan Grand Prix once Ferrari had endured a disaster as polesitter Charles Leclerc ...

Schumacher crossed the line in 14th. Red Bull reacted by pitting Verstappen for a second time to take on a set of hard tyres to the flag, finally nailing a 2.7s stop, before Perez made his stop for hards on the same lap 34. But a rear-left delay meant more time was lost in the pitlane thanks to a 4.4s stop, to give Verstappen a lead of 10s when the four-minute VSC interluded was over. Red Bull called Verstappen in for his jump to hards only two laps later, and he too endured a sub-par 3.5s service to rejoin in the lead with a 13s deficit to Leclerc – managing overheating rear tyres - as Perez nicked fastest lap from the Ferrari while running 4s behind Verstappen. Perez completed the first lap with 1.3s in hand over Leclerc to immediately escape the DRS zone and extended that by half a second over the next two tours to cement first place. Verstappen was able to have a look up the inside of Leclerc but thought better of it as Sainz tried to get in on the act before dropping adrift of the leading three cars.