Dr Helmut Marko has praised the job Carlos Sainz has done with both McLaren and Ferrari since he left the Red Bull junior programme, but concedes that Max Verstappen’s pace cut his longevity in their system. Sainz out-qualified Verstappen 10 times in 19 races at Toro Rosso in 2015 during what was a debut Formula
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Mercedes have denied reports that their 2022 car failed a side crash test from the FIA, insisting that the W13 is ready to go for the new season. The Brackley-based team were said to have failed the side-on collision test, as the Italian edition of Motorsport.com had reported. “The static test was not passed a
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New FIA executive director of single-seaters Peter Bayer has affirmed that the Formula 1 governing body would like to continue working with race director Michael Masi, and sympathises with the effect widespread criticism has had on him. Masi was the centre of attention for largely the wrong reasons in 2021, with notable incidents in Azerbaijan,
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McLaren’s Daniel Ricciardo admits that he would prefer to be fighting at the front of the Formula 1 grid, but indicates that he may want to spend the rest of his career with the team. The Australian struggled in his first season with the British team after signing from Renault at the end of 2020,
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Red Bull are unsure what to expect from their car from a competitive standpoint in 2022, but are confident they have done all they can to remain at the front of the grid. The team were interlocked in an intense battle with serial constructors’ champions Mercedes last year in what became an extraordinarily tense affair,
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Sergio Perez has opened up on the difficulties of taming the Red Bull car in 2021, and said he looks forward to stepping up his development this year. Perez joined the Milton Keynes-based team from Racing Point ahead of last season to replace the departing Alex Albon, whose two podiums were not enough to mitigate
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Formula 1 CEO Stefano Domenicali is looking forward to the prospect of Mick Schumacher signing with Ferrari as the German enters his second season in the sport. Schumacher made his debut in 2021 with the struggling Haas team as they became the first constructor to fail to score points since Manor Marussia in 2015, and
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Amid the imminent arrival of fresh contract talks, Dr Helmut Marko has told Max Verstappen not to expect a vast increase in salary to put him on par with Sir Lewis Hamilton’s Mercedes package. The Dutchman and the Briton are reportedly the two highest paid drivers in Formula 1 at present, with Verstappen said to
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Aston Martin have denied rumours that their 2022 car will not be ready in time for the pre-season test in Barcelona next month, amid reports that the team is not at all full of happy campers. Formerly Racing Point, Aston Martin have undergone significant change since Vijay Mallya was ousted midway through 2018. Businessman Lawrence
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Red Bull advisor Dr Helmut Marko has detailed the areas in which he believes Sergio Perez has the beating of former Mercedes driver Valtteri Bottas, labelling the Finn a “loser” when it comes to close-quarter racing. Bottas often found himself stuck behind slower cars during the middle part of races during his Mercedes career, and
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