Red Bull team principal Christian Horner has revealed an incredibly classy moment involving Lewis Hamilton, following the controversial 2021 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. The 2021 season finale will forever be remembered as one of the most historic and controversial races in Formula 1, with ex-race director Michael Masi having effectively decided who won the Drivers’
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Daniel Ricciardo has admitted that AlphaTauri will miss Franz Tost “tremendously” with the 2023 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix having been his last as the side’s team principal. Tost has opted to finally retire, having led the Faenza-based squad since they entered the Formula 1 grid in 2006. He’s seen an incredible amount since then, with
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Red Bull team principal Christian Horner has described the company’s first ever hypercar as “Newey unleashed”, with it set to be unveiled to the world in the latter stages of 2024. Alongside obliterating the competition in Formula 1, Red Bull and chief technical officer Adrian Newey have been working on a monster of a car
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Red Bull team principal Christian Horner is expecting to see several teams on the grid in 2024 with a car based on the side’s “RB19 philosophy” because of how successful it was. The Milton Keynes-based outfit’s 2023 car was a piece of engineering genius, as proven by the fact that Carlos Sainz’s win at the
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Nyck de Vries has admitted that being sacked by AlphaTauri after just 10 races in 2023 wasn’t a “total surprise” to him, and that he doesn’t “hold any grudge” towards Red Bull advisor Dr Helmut Marko. De Vries was signed by Red Bull to race for their sister team last season, replacing Pierre Gasly who’d
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Energy drink giants Monster Energy have officially left Mercedes following a 14-year partnership with the Silver Arrows, to kickstart their two-year deal with Mercedes. It was discovered that Monster Energy have been removed from Mercedes’ list of partners on their official website; however, it’s believed that Lewis Hamilton’s personal deal with the company will continue.
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Red Bull-affiliated simulator driver Rudy van Buren has expressed his belief that Mercedes did the right thing prioritising beating Ferrari in the 2023 Constructors’ Championship, despite receiving less wind tunnel time for 2024 as a result. Mercedes’ duel with Ferrari for a distant P2 behind Red Bull went down to the wire last season at
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FIA president Mohammed Ben Sulayem has remarkably claimed that he’s being attacked, and that he knows “who attacks me”. It’s been a troubling few months for the FIA president which has resulted in uncertainty over his leadership, especially after a third senior figure – Tim Goss – departed this week, as reported by BBC Sport.
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The FIA are keen to avoid a team having a superior power unit in 2026, when the new engine regulations are introduced. Effectively, the governing body don’t want a repeat of what happened when the engines were last significantly changed in 2014, when the turbo-hybrid era was introduced. Mercedes entered the turbo-hybrid era with an
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It’s been reported by BBC Sport that the FIA have lost a third senior figure in just a matter of weeks, with single-seater technical director Tim Goss having departed. Goss has followed sporting director Steve Nielsen and head of the FIA’s commission for women, Deborah Mayer, out of the exit door at the governing body.
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