Red Bull advisor Dr Helmut Marko has revealed how the Milton Keynes team pried Max Verstappen away from the clutches of Mercedes when he was a junior driver. Verstappen debuted in 2015 for Toro Rosso alongside Carlos Sainz having participated in his first practice session the year previous at the tender age of just 16.
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Red Bull have told the FIA that their issues run much deeper than race director Michael Masi, and that he should not be singled out as the sole cause of controversy following the end of last year’s title race. Masi was placed into his role as race director following the tragic passing of Charlie Whiting
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Formula 1 CEO Stefano Domenicali has reacted to Sir Lewis Hamilton’s recent Instagram post, following his silence on social media for several weeks after the 2021 season finale. Hamilton was cruelly denied his eighth world championship in controversial fashion when race director Michael Masi allowed a limited number of lapped runners to pass the Safety
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Rich Energy have once again teased a return to Formula 1 by tweeting a digital photo render of a 2022 car. The image displays a side view of the back of the car, with the rear wing, the exhaust and rear suspension visible. The livery features the black and gold of Rich Energy’s drinks cans,
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One of the two Michael Schumacher-linked cars up for auction has failed to go for the price initially expected. The Tesla Roadster used by Schumacher together with Sebastian Vettel for their 2010 Race of Champions success attracted a bid of $158,000 at Les Grandes Marques du Mond in Paris, just under $7,000 over what was
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McLaren’s Daniel Ricciardo says his tricky debut season with McLaren helped him grow, not just as a racer, but a person too. Ricciardo was out-qualified 15-7 by Lando Norris at the Woking-based team last season and, in the middle part of the year, branded his start to life at the squad “almost laughable.” The Briton
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Aston Martin’s Sebastian Vettel was delighted to get the opportunity to ride with 1984 rally champion Stig Blomqvist during the Race of Champions [ROC] event in Sweden. Vettel travelled to the event to compete alongside Mick Schumacher for Team Germany and, after Valtteri Bottas pulled out of due to unavoidable commitments, the pair struggled as
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McLaren team principal Andreas Seidl is certain that Formula 1 can retain its integrity following the controversial ending to last season’s championship, but insists that the FIA needs the support of the teams in order to do so. Sir Lewis Hamilton had looked set to record the 104th win of his career and thus his
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Ferrari’s Carlos Sainz is not at all bothered by fans who do not value his talent in Formula 1, and stressed that his team principal Mattia Binotto is aware of his abilities as a racing driver. Sainz has perhaps gone slightly under the radar in F1 since his arrival into the sport in 2015 with
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A number of F1 engineers believe that Sir Lewis Hamilton was “robbed” of the 2021 championship and want Max Verstappen to be stripped of his title. That’s according to William Storey, the outspoken co-founder and CEO of Rich Energy. The energy drinks company became the title sponsor of the Haas Formula 1 Team ahead of
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