After a four-week break from aggressive motion, F1 threw up some intriguing storylines over the weekend in Azerbaijan, regardless of boss bemoaning a 'boring' race. And followers do not have lengthy to attend for extra drama to unfold, with the Miami Grand Prix solely 5 days away.
It was undisputedly Sergio Perez's weekend in Baku as he pipped Charles Leclerc within the dash after which held off a problem from his team-mate, Max Verstappen, in Sunday's fundamental occasion. The Mexican closed the hole within the Drivers' Championship to simply six factors behind his Pink Bull team-mate, who's chasing a 3rd world title on the spin.
Issues have been comparatively uneventful for Mercedes duo Lewis Hamilton and George Russell - no less than on the monitor - with their respective P6 and P8 finishes overshadowed by a spat between Russell and Verstappen after Saturday's dash race.
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Angela Cullen steps in
Lewis Hamilton's former efficiency coach, Angela Cullen, stepped in to advise the Mercedes star earlier than the Azerbaijan Grand Prix, regardless of the pair ending their skilled relationship earlier this season.
The Brit has not received a race since 2021, with possibilities of successful a record-breaking eighth F1 world title slipping away as he creeps in direction of his forties.
"There's a lot noise within the environments we've created round us and selected to dwell in, fixed bombardment of knowledge, from socials, telephones, TVs, folks round us, even our personal minds with habits of overthinking and analysing are contributing to this fixed chatter," Cullen wrote on .
"The problem is to be within the current second, the place nothing else exists, focus and discover the quiet! That is the place you'll discover your solutions. That is the place the magic occurs. That is the place goals come true. Let’s go group LH."
Alonso manufacturers Hamilton 'fortunate'
Two-time world champion Fernando Alonso believes that F1 rival Lewis Hamilton 'has been fortunate' to drive the very best vehicles over the course of his profession.
Being a part of a dominant Mercedes group between 2014 and 2021 helped the Brit to scoop up six of his seven profession world titles, placing him on par with Michael Schumacher.
Alonso, in the meantime, has been unable so as to add to his two Drivers' Championships since back-to-back triumphs with Renault in 2005 and 2006.
"He has been fortunate, or he has been recognized to be in a dominant automotive for a few years," defined the Spaniard.
"And when that occurs, [Michael] Schumacher received seven instances, Lewis additionally seven, [Max] Verstappen is on his technique to a 3rd, I received two. To be champion, you want the very best automotive."
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