The Mercedes social media admin had some fun at their own expense after qualifying at the Austrian Grand Prix after both Sir Lewis Hamilton and George Russell and Sir Lewis Hamilton crashed. Hamilton caused the first red flag of qualifying in the final session when he lost the back end at Turn Seven, sliding straight
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Red Bull adviser Dr Helmut Marko believes that race engineers are making life too easy for their drivers at the moment, and he has called for the regulations to be altered. During the race, there are dozens of radio messages exchanged between drivers, engineers and team principals that entail all sorts of different things. The
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Red Bull’s Sergio Perez does not believe that the upgrades introduced by the team in recent races have been helping his cause. Perez out-qualified team-mate Max Verstappen twice in a row in Monaco and Azerbaijan and, while he went on to win the Monaco Grand Prix, he was comprehensively beaten in the race in Baku
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Alpine’s Fernando Alonso has called the stewards’ inconsistencies into question after Sergio Perez’s overtake on Charles Leclerc and Sir Lewis Hamilton at the British Grand Prix. Perez had recovered back to the pointy end in Silverstone after taking damage following contact with Leclerc, and he found himself battling with the Monegasque again when Ferrari neglected
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Mercedes driver George Russell has maintained that there is work still to do for Mercedes after their impressive showing at the British Grand Prix last weekend. Both Russell and team-mate Sir Lewis Hamilton looked strong through practice and qualifying in Silverstone, but it was on the final run that the 24-year-old got slightly caught out,
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Lando Norris had a difficult session in Q2 in Austria as he started to feel some brake issues, failing to make it into the top 10 shootout. The Briton’s running in FP1 had abruptly come to a halt when he noticed some smoke emanating from the bottom of his car, so he stopped, and the
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Red Bull’s Sergio Perez could be set for a grid drop ahead of the Austrian Grand Prix after venturing off the circuit in the second qualifying session. Perez had been struggling in Q2, initially setting a lap good enough for P9, before this was deleted, and he was pushed back down to 11th. This put
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Red Bull team principal Christian Horner and Mercedes driver Sir Lewis Hamilton do not see eye-to-eye over the seven-time champion’s strategy at the British Grand Prix last weekend. Hamilton was hunting down the two Ferraris of Carlos Sainz and Charles Leclerc in Silverstone on the Mediums, and Leclerc was being held up by his team-mate,
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Red Bull are expected to announce an engine deal with Porsche in the coming days, according to reports. Red Bull’s current deal with Honda expires at the end of 2025, and it was renegotiated after the Austrian side were initially expected to buy Honda’s intellectual property. This would enable them to make their own powertrains,
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George Russell affirmed that helping Zhou Guanyu after their crash at the British Grand Prix was the only correct thing for him to do. Russell collided with Pierre Gasly off the start at Silverstone, and his Mercedes went into the back of Zhou’s car, flipping him upside-down as he hurtled towards the gravel trap. The
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