Daniel Ricciardo sitting in the press conference ahead of the Australian Grand Prix
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“I know I can still do it” — Ricciardo brushes off criticism of his early season performance ahead of home F1 race

Daniel Ricciardo is adamant that he is his own worst critic after recent criticism by Helmut Marko. The Australian was beaten by his RB teammate Yuki Tsunoda in both qualifying and the race last time out in Saudi Arabia. This lacklustre result prompted Marko to criticise him scathingly in his Speedweek column: “There is a…

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Sauber F1 scrambles to solve continuous pit stop issues ahead of Australian GP; Bottas declares them a “wake-up call”

Sauber F1 driver Zhou Guanyu found himself in pit lane mayhem at the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix.  These issues echoed the problems at this season’s first race in Bahrain, where the team had a wheel nut nightmare with Valtteri Bottas’s car. Bottas experienced a pit stop horror story that reminded the watchers-on of Monaco 20221…

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Hamilton bemoans “two horrendous qualifying sessions” to start 2024 as “bouncing” hampers him at F1 Saudi Arabian GP

The seven times World Champion had a tough qualifying session in Jeddah. After barely managing to make the cut to Q3, with a gap of only 0.036s over debutant Ollie Bearman who is competing for Ferrari in Sainz’s place due to his appendicitis. Hamilton went on to score a P8 during Q3, ending the session…

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Verstappen leads Leclerc and Perez in Saudi Arabian F1 GP FP3; Bearman finishes 10th

Despite finishing seventh in yesterday’s FP2 session, Carlos Sainz missed today’s FP3 and will also be absent at the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix as the he goes under the knife to remove his appendix following an appendicitis diagnosis. Formula 2 driver Oliver Bearman has taken Sainz’s place for the remainder of the race weekend, with…

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FIA President under investigation for alleged interference in rescinding Alonso’s penalty at 2023 F1 Saudi Arabian GP

Amongst several revelations and controversies currently facing the sport, Mohammed Ben Sulayem, the president of the Fédération Internationale de l’Automobile (FIA), has found himself at the centre of another Formula 1 storm. Allegations are stemming from the 2023 Saudi Arabian Grand Prix, where a whistle-blower has come forward with the claim that Ben Sulayem attempted…

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