{"id":139552,"date":"2025-05-28T20:04:11","date_gmt":"2025-05-28T20:04:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/139552\/"},"modified":"2025-05-28T20:04:11","modified_gmt":"2025-05-28T20:04:11","slug":"f1-return-to-africa-takes-fresh-turn-as-daniel-ricciardo-problem-highlighted-racingnews365-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/139552\/","title":{"rendered":"F1 return to Africa takes fresh turn as ‘Daniel Ricciardo’ problem highlighted – RacingNews365 Review"},"content":{"rendered":"

Formula 1’s hopes of a return to Africa could soon be bolstered if a planned $1.2 billion project is given the green light in Morocco, RacingNews365<\/strong> can exclusively reveal.<\/p>\n

F1 CEO Stefano Domenicali stated over the Monaco<\/a> Grand Prix weekend he was in talks with three African countries in a bid to end the sport’s 32-year wait for a race on the continent, although he caveated it by saying he did not expect an “outcome in the very short term”.<\/p>\n

READ MORE: Exclusive: Morocco set to join Africa push to host F1<\/a><\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\tFernando Alonso details terminal ‘Daniel Ricciardo’ problem<\/p>\n

Fernando Alonso has given details about the cause of his Monaco Grand Prix retirement, equating it to Daniel Ricciardo’s 2018 problem.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Running in the points<\/a>, Alonso pulled off at Rascasse on Lap 36 in the Principality with an engine issue, extending his point-less run to start the season.<\/p>\n

READ MORE: Fernando Alonso details terminal ‘Daniel Ricciardo’ problem<\/a><\/p>\n

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\t\t\t\t\tChristian Horner names ‘absolute priority’ for Red Bull in F1 title fight<\/p>\n

Christian Horner has asserted Red Bull<\/a>‘s “absolute priority” this year is seeing Max Verstappen<\/a> win a record-equaling fifth consecutive drivers’ title in 2025, sacrificing the constructors’.<\/p>\n

Verstappen sits 25 points<\/a> behind championship leader Oscar Piastri heading into the Spanish Grand Prix.<\/p>\n

READ MORE: Christian Horner names ‘absolute priority’ for Red Bull in F1 title fight<\/a><\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\tF1 team principals divided over major Spanish GP rule change<\/p>\n

New FIA rules are coming into force for the Spanish Grand Prix, as the front-wings are set to be met with stricter tests to control flexing.<\/p>\n

Flexi-wings have once again reared their head in F1 over the last year, with the FIA stepping in to make changes to the rear-wing tests earlier this season, but for the front-wings, teams were given until Round 9 in Barcelona to comply.<\/p>\n

READ MORE: F1 team principals divided over major Spanish GP rule change<\/a><\/p>\n

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\t\t\t\t\tMax Verstappen identifies key trait to wrestle F1 title from McLaren<\/p>\n

Max Verstappen has named consistency as the key which will unlock a fifth straight F1 crown as he faces the “reality” of being 25 points<\/a> behind in the title race.<\/p>\n

The reigning world champion currently sits 25 points behind McLaren’s Oscar Piastri<\/a> as F1 heads to the Spanish Grand Prix at Barcelona, a race he has previously won four times, including on his debut for the team in 2016.<\/p>\n

READ MORE: Max Verstappen identifies key trait to wrestle F1 title from McLaren<\/a><\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\tMercedes hopeful for F1 boost after latest FIA rule change<\/p>\n

Mercedes<\/a> team principal Toto Wolff<\/a> has voiced \u201cintrigue\u201d over how the FIA technical intervention on flexing wings will impact the F1 pecking order.<\/p>\n

Amid concern over how much the wings were flexing at high speed, the FIA stepped in several months ago and ordered a clampdown from Barcelona onward.<\/p>\n

READ MORE: Mercedes hopeful for F1 boost after latest FIA rule change<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Formula 1’s hopes of a return to Africa could soon be bolstered if a planned $1.2 billion project…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":139553,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4103],"tags":[859,4199,1076,1074,1077,1075,997,707,4200,998,1073,1072,1071,79,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-139552","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-f1","8":"tag-daniel-ricciardo","9":"tag-f1","10":"tag-f1-calendar","11":"tag-f1-live","12":"tag-f1-results","13":"tag-f1-standings","14":"tag-ferrari","15":"tag-formula-1","16":"tag-formula1","17":"tag-lewis-hamilton","18":"tag-max-verstappen","19":"tag-motorsport","20":"tag-racing","21":"tag-sports","22":"tag-uk","23":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114587255805114226","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/139552","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=139552"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/139552\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/139553"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=139552"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=139552"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=139552"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}