Mercedes have reportedly received approval from West Northamptonshire Council to upgrade their Brackley base, something which has infuriated local businesses. According to local newspaper the Northampton Chronicle and Echo, Mercedes are set to build a new three-story building for marketing, a building for health and well-being whilst they’re also going to extend their current base.
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Ex-Formula 1 CEO Bernie Ecclestone is hopeful that Lewis Hamilton can take the fight to Max Verstappen in 2024 and claim some more race wins, putting him in a position to potentially “make history”. The seven-time World Champion has gone two full seasons now without a race win, with his most recent victory still being
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2009 Formula 1 World Champion Jenson Button has warned Red Bull that Mercedes are their biggest threat in 2024, with the Silver Arrows set to introduce an entirely new car. Despite finishing second in the 2023 Constructors’ Championship, the Brackley-based side have offered Red Bull little competition since the current aerodynamic regulations were introduced in
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Red Bull team principal Christian Horner has fired a savage blow at Mercedes rival Toto Wolff, by insisting that he’d “never smash a set of headphones”. Horner and Wolff have been rivals for years, with it often being their teams fighting for wins. At least that was the case in 2021, when Max Verstappen and
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Max Verstappen has stressed that Red Bull don’t design their car purely to suit him, despite claims made last year by Sergio Perez’s father. The Dutchman was consistently able to extract more performance from the RB19 on his way to his third consecutive Drivers’ Championship, leading to suggestions that the car was designed for him,
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FIA president Mohammed Ben Sulayem has recently discussed the controversial 2021 season finale, where Michael Masi’s actions as race director determined who’d become World Champion. At the time of the 2021 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, Ben Sulayem had just won the election to take over from Jean Todt as FIA president. Given what happened at
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Lando Norris has been told by ex-Formula 1 driver Johnny Herbert to avoid moving to Red Bull and instead stick with McLaren, as going to the Milton Keynes-based side is an unnecessary “risk”. Norris has been linked to Red Bull for some time now and has previously held talk with the leading outfit. The British
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Carlos Sainz is certain that Red Bull and Max Verstappen rarely went “100 per cent” in 2023, despite the fact the Dutchman claimed 19 wins from the 22 completed races. The Red Bull driver cruised to a third consecutive Drivers’ Championship with complete ease, with him winning several races by over 10 seconds. Sainz was
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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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