F1 News From The Nerds - 2/6/22

Welcome to News from the Nerds, the midweek news show by the FormulaNerds news team.

Each week we bring you the Top 5 news stories from the past week. This week Abby, Dalila, Grace and James cover:

FIA’s Latest Announcement: The FIA confirmed today that the Executive Director of Formula 1 is leaving the governing body and have announced the interim replacement.

https://www.formulanerds.com/news/fia-announce-departure-of-f1s-executive-director/

Redemption for Perez: The Monaco Grand Prix saw Perez win his third race, redeeming himself after a frustrating Spanish Grand Prix. The Mexican has also signed a new contract with Red Bull.

https://www.formulanerds.com/news/sergio-perez-to-stay-with-red-bull-until-2024/

The Pressure on Ricciardo and Schumacher Continues: Both drivers suffered big crashes in Monaco and there’s talk surroundings both their performances and futures in F1.

https://www.formulanerds.com/news/ex-f1-champions-suggest-ricciardos-time-could-be-up/ https://www.formulanerds.com/news/haas-monaco-was-very-very-unfortunate/

Mercedes Engine and Cost Cap: Mercedes admitted some concerns they have with the budget cap, which is still rumbling around the paddock. Could we see Mercedes reduce the number of engines they supply?

https://www.formulanerds.com/news/mercedes-to-lose-an-engine-customer/ https://www.formulanerds.com/news/budget-cap-teams-at-risk-of-dropping-out-of-races/

Indy 500: The Indy 500 took place over the weekend and it was a tense few laps, which saw a former F1 driver win the race and comments from a current driver about his potential future racing in the Indy 500.

https://www.formulanerds.com/features/the-history-and-future-of-the-triple-crown/

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