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George Russell has been reflecting on his first season as Lewis Hamilton's teammate at Mercedes, with the young Briton admitting that it's "not easy" to race alongside the seven-time World Champion. Russell – who replaced Valtteri Bottas at the Silver Arrows for 2022 following a three-year stint at Williams – endured a tough start to his debut campaign, with the team struggling to match the pace of Red Bull and Ferrari. Despite this, the 24-year-old became a regular points-scorer and ended the year P4 in the World Championship on 275 points, while Hamilton finished a career-low P6 with 240 points. Russell also scored his debut F1 victory at the Brazilian Grand Prix in a 1-2 result for Mercedes . Russell reflects on being Hamilton's teammate After a difficult beginning to the season, Russell admits that the team have been on quite a journey throughout the campaign, ...

Pierre Gasly admits that he will miss AlphaTauri teammate Yuki Tsunoda as he departs the Red Bull sister team for Alpine. Gasly and Tsunoda have developed an amiable relationship off the track during their two-year stint together at the squad, with the pair often featuring in each other's social media posts. They have also participated in various activities documented in videos by AlphaTauri , including some karaoke sessions that proved popular with fans. Gasly believes that the relationship is quite a unique one for teammates to share. "Of course, I'll miss Yuki," Gasly told media, including TheFOXposts.Com , after the season-closing Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. "I think the relationship we have had as teammate s is not something you'll find in many teams, so it was quite precious . "But it's also part of the sport [and] your career that you move on. For sure, I'll miss him, and I wish him all the best." ...

Max Verstappen has shared some words of high praise for Pierre Gasly amid the Frenchman's departure from the Red Bull stable . Gasly is set to join Alpine in 2023 following several years at AlphaTauri, as well as a brief stint as Verstappen's teammate at the main Red Bull team in 2019. Before he leaves the outfit, Gasly joined Verstappen, Sergio Perez and Yuki Tsunoda at the Honda Racing Thanks Day in Japan, where all of the drivers paid tribute to the 26-year-old. This included a speech by Verstappen, who hailed Gasly as an "amazing driver". Verstappen shares praise for Gasly "Pierre, we go way back," Verstappen told Gasly in front of fans at the Motegi circuit. "We already started racing against each other early on in go-karting, and then of course we both became part of the Red Bull family. We became teammates as well in Formula 1, and I know you...

With the 2022 season concluded, we can now see which driver takes the qualifying honours for every team. As expected, there were clear victories for Max Verstappen and Charles Leclerc at Red Bull and Ferrari respectively, with both taking the wins by several points. Lewis Hamilton endured a tighter contest at Mercedes, but defeated George Russell with a four-race swing. The clearest victories came at McLaren and Williams, where Lando Norris and Alex Albon came within a couple of races from completing clean sweeps against their teammates. In the tightest qualifying duel on the grid, Fernando Alonso defeated Alpine teammate Esteban Ocon 12-10. However, there are many caveats to this particular battle, such as Ocon's self-inflicted free practice crash which ruled him out of the Miami GP qualifying, and Alonso's well-documented reliability issues. What were the final results? See the full scores below: *Sebastian Vettel missed the opening two races of the sea...

Sebastian Vettel admits that he felt he could see his younger self reflected in former Ferrari teammate Charles Leclerc . The four-time World Champion raced alongside several drivers during his F1 career, having shared a garage with the likes of Mark Webber, Daniel Ricciardo and Kimi Raikkonen. It was in 2019 that Vettel was first partnered by Leclerc at the Scuderia, with the youngster joining the team in only his second year in Formula 1 . This occurred during a period of time in which Vettel admits that he had already started to have some thoughts about his life away from the sport, given the difficulties faced by Ferrari. "In '17, we had a great car, and we fell short," Vettel told the Beyond The Grid podcast. "[In] '18, we had a great car, [but] we fell short again, at the end. Just both years, we didn't keep the development pace up, and we just fell back, so we got beaten. "'19 was a bit of an odd year, because the start o...

Rudy van Buren – known for being one of the fastest sim racers around – took on a new role in 2022 as Red Bull's Simulator Test and Development Driver. The news was confirmed over the summer but, according to Max Verstappen , van Buren had been "unofficially" working with the team for some time. In light of the announcement, van Buren recently spoke to TheFOXposts.Com about the process of the news emerging, and his role within the squad. "It has been a bit longer that I have been working there, only part of the contract was that it was not allowed to come out," the Dutchman explained. "This year a new contract has come in, but my duties are car development and track support during race weekends. "So after the season, that's testing new parts and philosophies. During the season, that's during race weekends, after free practice, trying different set-up changes to provide an extra tray of options for the track." ...