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With Max Verstappen starting from pole he is looking to secure his 15th victory of the 2022 season. Behind him Sergio Perez and Charles Leclerc come into the race level on points battling over P2, as Red Bull looks to secure their first 1-2 in the Drivers' Championship. According to Pirelli a two-stop strategy might be the fastest option for the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. This is due to increased tyre degradation compared to last year’s race, which has created question marks surrounding pre-event simulations. Two pitstops, with an average loss of 22 seconds for each tire change, is projected to be four to five seconds faster than a single stop. F1 775ced61cb15033c75.webp 1x"> © Pirelli Two sto...

Liam Lawson has won his first Super Formula victory on his debut in the championship. The New Zealand driver is part of the Red Bull Junior Team, and was the reserve driver for the Formula 1 outfit while racing in Bahrain and Saudi Arabia. After qualifying third on the grid, Lawson managed to overtake Toshiba Oyu for second in the opening stages of the race. He later made use of an undercut pit strategy to overtake Tomoki Nojiri for the victory . He becomes the first Red Bull Junior Team driver to take victory in the Japanese championship since Pierre Gasly in 2017. Viewed by others: Frederic Vasseur Ferrari boss slams 'very light' Red Bull budget cap penalty Nyck de Vries ...

Toto Wolff has detailed the differing emotion s when comparing George Russell 's Brazilian GP win to the victories of their dominant seasons. Following a difficult start to the campaign, Mercedes were threatening to complete an entire F1 season without victory, until Russell's remarkable win at Interlagos prevented a first winless season since 2011. Speaking in the Mercedes Season Debrief , Mercedes boss Wolff believed that their Sprint and Grand Prix victories in Sao Paulo validated the car concept and proved more pace could be extracted from it. "I think it is, in a way, the perfect storm [of things going wrong], because what I said is within four months, you're not taking a stupid pills and suddenly becoming totally incom Pet ent when you won a championship in December, and then you hit the ground in March, and the car is much slower," said Wolff. "We were able to get it much better in Austin, Mexico was a was a positive surprise, and then B...