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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Max Verstappen’s long-time sponsor from the last decade, Jumbo, have left the three-time World Champion, with the company’s chief executive having explained the reason why. The Dutch supermarket chain have decided that now is the right time to split from the Red Bull driver, whilst they will also stop sponsoring the Dutch Grand Prix at
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Max Verstappen has admitted that the constant changes being made to the Formula 1 format has made the sport “like a circus”, whilst he’s also made a suggestion on how to avoid drivers being disqualified during Sprint weekends. The three-time World Champion has been against Sprint weekends ever since the concept was initially discussed, with
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Charles Leclerc rocking around the streets of Monte-Carlo in a stunning Ferrari is something which happens more often than you might think, with fans often spotting the Monegasque when visiting Monaco. However, the car Leclerc was seen in recently was enough to turn heads even in a place as luxurious as Monte-Carlo, given that he
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Carlos Sainz has taken to social media to thank his personal trainer, who has left him following an eight-year working relationship. The Ferrari driver received support from Rupert Manwaring from when the Spaniard entered the Formula 1 paddock in 2015, as a Toro Rosso – now known as AlphaTauri – driver. Manwaring remained with Sainz
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