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Lewis Hamilton said he 'cannot express the pain' suffered due to bouncing in his Mercedes Formula 1 car during the Azerbaijan Grand Prix and was relieved ...

"We have just got to deal with it [bouncing] and as drivers accept there is not going to be any short-term changes. But we were in such a good position still, third and fourth, a great result for the team. "At the end you are just praying for it to end.

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, ...

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Red Bull team principal Christian Horner has accused Mercedes of exaggerating Lewis Hamilton's physical struggles after Toto Wolff declared the Briton a doubt for the Canadian Grand Prix. Hamilton described Sunday's Azerbaijan GP as the "most painful" ...

"So I am sure the teams will be working on it." "I think if it was a genuine safety concern across the whole grid, then it's something that should be looked at. "It's part of the game." But it's to the detriment of the car performance. I couldn't give you an explanation as to what that is." "This goes properly into the spine and can have some consequences.

Max Verstappen has done tremendously good business in the world championship. The Red Bull driver won the Azerbaijan Grand Prix and saw his title rival drop ...

With his victory in Baku, Verstappen has now won five of the first eight races in 2022 and is on 150 points. With 129 points, the gap to Verstappen is now 21 points, but he has passed Charles Leclerc in the standings. Due to problems with his engine, Leclerc again scored no points after a pole position and remains stuck on 116 points. Carlos Sainz remains stuck on 83 points after his retirement. Max Verstappen has done tremendously good business in the world championship. The Red Bull driver won the Azerbaijan Grand Prix and saw his title rival drop out.

Charles Leclerc does not understand why Ferrari's reliability has fallen apart since its strong start to the Formula 1 season, after retiring from the ...

We really need to look into it." "I don't really find the right words to describe obviously. I don't have the full picture of what happened today."

Whilst the majority of the F1 grid would like their cars to stop repeatedly “smashing” off the tarmac, Christian Horner and Fernando Alonso have a slightly ...

Do you think porpoising has to be fixed? It’s going to be very difficult to agree for all the teams [to make changes].” It would seem unfair to penalise the ones that have done a decent job versus the ones that have perhaps missed the target slightly.

Red Bull's Max Verstappen won the Azerbaijan Grand Prix on Sunday, as his world championship rival Charles Leclerc was forced to retire from the lead.

He had tried to pass Esteban Ocon's Alpine at Turn 3 early on but overshot the corner and had to spin turn, dropping to 12th. Verstappen, Perez, Russell and Hamilton stopped again, with Gasly and Tsunoda staying out, the latter gaining a spot from Hamilton. Verstappen stopped on Lap 19, meaning a nine-lap fresher tyres advantage over Leclerc as he rejoined 13s behind him. Verstappen reeled in Perez and passed him for the lead at Turn 1 on Lap 15, while Leclerc was catching them both on his new rubber. Sainz then pulled off at Turn 4 with a hydraulic failure on Lap 9, causing a virtual safety car that Leclerc, Russell, Hamilton, Vettel and Yuki Tsunoda (AlphaTauri) decided to pit under. Perez extended a 2s lead by the time DRS was activated, while Verstappen began to pressure Leclerc for second on Lap 5.

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."

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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 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.

Max Verstappen was confident he could have caught Charles Leclerc when his Formula 1 world title rival was leading the Azerbaijan Grand Prix before the ...

"But I think nevertheless, our car was really good today. Then of course you have a race on your hands. "But then, of course also, maybe a tiny bit lucky because with the retirement.

Ferrari boss Mattia Binotto says his Formula 1 team has no answers on the reliability problems that hit both Charles Leclerc and Carlos Sainz in the ...

“The tyre degradation on the hard what we saw was very little. And we had somehow I think an advantage at the stage. “But I don't think only with the telemetry data we can have a clear answer to the problem. “I know that in terms of performance effort, the redesign of the full power unit, we made a fantastic job. I don't think so, but maybe yes, and we do look as well at what happened to our customer teams. “I think you can at the two cars, they had different problems.

Formula One superstar Lewis Hamilton is struggling with a back injury a week before the Canadian Grand Prix in Montreal, saying he was "praying" for ...

Hamilton's absence would be a massive blow for the Montreal race at Circuit Gilles Villeneuve, which is being held for the first time since 2019. I was just praying for it to end." "I was just holding and biting down on my teeth due to the pain.

Defending Formula One Series champion Max Verstappen won in Baku to take command of the F1 title race as Charles Leclerc had engine trouble again.

The slump in Ferrari reliability comes as Red Bull seems to have solved its own issues. There were more late reliability concerns Sunday when Verstappen told his team the car felt odd under braking, but he was able to make it to the finish. “You can never make up what you lost last year but I think today we had incredible pace in the car, we could really look after the tires and chip away at it and pass for the lead,” Verstappen said. I think nevertheless our car was really quick today and could have closed that gap.” Leclerc started from pole but immediately lost the lead to Sergio Perez, Verstappen’s Red Bull teammate, in the first corner. I don’t really find the right words to describe, obviously it is very disappointing,” Leclerc said.

Despite finishing third and fourth in Azerbaijan, Mercedes drivers leaving Baku banged up, sore.

“I miss Barcelona and being able to drive down the straight with no problem,” quipped Hamilton. “I speak to other drivers like Valtteri (Bottas) and I’m like ‘bouncing?’ and he’s like ‘no’, wow, can you imagine how nice that would be! It is what it is, we accept the reality in which we’re presented.” And set-ups can be altered to reduce the issue, mainly by raising the ride height, but this compromises performance. In Baku it was particularly bad because of the lengthy full throttle section that runs to two kilometers. “There were a lot of moments where I didn’t know if I was going to make it. That was most shown at the purpose-built smooth Barcelona circuit, which has an abundance of medium- and high-speed turns, and where Mercedes put in its most competitive display.