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Max Verstappen’s utter dominance of the 2022 season saw him claim the world title with four races still to come, even if, as ever, the FIA didn’t make things simple...
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Motor Sport Magazine
December 2022
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Sky has extended its broadcasting deal with Formula
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FORMULA 1
“Although the breach of F1’s cost cap is ‘minor’, it could still be up to £6.5m”
Red Bull’s breaching of Formula 1’s cost cap
Bull charges on in Asia
Max Verstappen: Formula 1 world champion
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Could Korea come back, and what’s Porsche doing?
Not-so-slick strategy
Two wet-weather grands prix in Asia forced teams to adapt on the fly, making a change from the usual tyre deg strategies we’ve seen this year. Mark Hughes explains what happened
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