Sir Lewis Hamilton and Mercedes together dominated the turbo-hybrid era of Formula 1, often making the pinnacle of motorsport frustratingly predictable. But, with the seven-time world champion approaching 40 and potentially lacking the appetite for an intra-team fight with George Russell, the Silver Arrows may well need to find a replacement in the next couple
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Red Bull team principal Christian Horner has denied that Max Verstappen has reached his peak yet, despite the Dutchman looking unbeatable this season. Verstappen won the 2021 Championship after a titanic fight with Sir Lewis Hamilton, who was gunning for his record-breaking eighth F1 title. This was an especially impressive accomplishment, as Mercedes seemed to
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Former F1 race director Michael Masi is set to take on a new role in motorsport after losing his job in the pinnacle of motorsport. Masi was ousted following the highly controversial 2021 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, after a questionable decision he made in the dying laps of the season finale ultimately cost Sir Lewis
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Senior Red Bull advisor Dr Helmut Marko has slammed critics of the team’s young driver programme. Numerous drivers have gone through Red Bull’s junior teams and been handed an opportunity in the pinnacle of motorsport. However, most have failed to live up to expectations or opted to leave Red Bull for other reasons. For instance,
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Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff has shut down any suggestions that he is looking to move Sir Lewis Hamilton on at the end of this season. The seven-time champion recently conceded in an interview with Vanity Fair, for whom he is their September cover star, that he considered his future at the end of last
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Alpine team principal Otmar Szafnauer has no doubt that Fernando Alonso will continue to give his all for the team before he leaves for Aston Martin at the end of this season. Alonso has scored points on nine occasions so far in 2022, but it might have been more had it not been for a
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Red Bull adviser Dr Helmut Marko has echoed team principal Christian Horner’s sentiment that the team need to stay focused on winning races in the remainder of 2022. Max Verstappen has won eight races in what has been a tremendous defence of his title so far, but it has not all been plain sailing for
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Double world champion, Mika Hakkinen, is pleased that Max Verstappen defied the Finn’s criticism of him by winning his maiden world title last season. Verstappen became the youngest driver in the history of Formula 1 in 2015 when he was signed by Toro Rosso, just a few months after he had completed a practice session
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Haas team principal Guenther Steiner has warned that the upgrades introduced at the Hungarian Grand Prix will have little effect on performance in two of the next three races. The American side essentially copied the Ferrari philosophy on sidepods, something that was made easier by their close relationship with the Italian team. They have been
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Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff has conceded that the first few races of the season were hard on Sir Lewis Hamilton, but the Briton has been exemplary in his efforts to pull back the team’s form. Hamilton and Mercedes were already reeling after the end of the 2021 season when Hamilton was cruelly denied his
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