Ferrari team principal Mattia Binotto has “no doubt” that contract negotiations with Carlos Sainz will run smoothly, as the Scuderia seek to tie the Spaniard up beyond the end of this year. Sainz joined the team from McLaren following the culmination of the 2020 season to replace Sebastian Vettel, who joined Aston Martin. The Scuderia
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Red Bull team boss Christian Horner is adamant that the controversy surrounding Max Verstappen’s title success in 2021 will be quickly forgotten, and that he is worthy of his maiden Formula 1 championship. Verstappen and Sir Lewis Hamilton were involved in numerous clashes during a tumultuous season in which the lead of the championship changed
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Williams have won a legal battle with their former title sponsor after it was found the team was not paid the money they were contractually owed. ROKiT, a telecommunications company, became the Williams team’s title sponsor at the beginning of the 2019 season, with the British outfit in dire straits financially. The team finished tenth
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McLaren’s Daniel Ricciardo has spoken about his envy of the title battle between Sir Lewis Hamilton and Max Verstappen in 2021, saying he wishes he was part of it. Verstappen took the title from the Briton in controversial circumstances, passing him on the very last lap of the season finale following a highly controversial Safety
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Red Bull advisor Dr Helmut Marko believes that new F1 world champion Max Verstappen has already proven himself to be better than four-time champion Sebastian Vettel. The German won all four of his titles consecutively between 2010 and 2013, winning 34 races in an utterly dominant period for Vettel with Red Bull. He twice beat
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Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff does not want the FIA to simply fire race director Michael Masi following the highly controversial 2021 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. Instead, the Austrian has called for major changes to the decision-making process in the sport. Buy an F1 TV Pro subscription to watch live races Masi deployed the Safety
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Lando Norris has commented on Ferrari’s lack of success since 2019, and believes that the Scuderia will be in a position to fight for race wins in 2022. Ferrari finished second in the Constructors’ Championship in 2019, winning just three races. Sebastian Vettel’s win at the Singapore Grand Prix that year would also turn out
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Sir Lewis Hamilton has reportedly sold his Pagani Zonda for $11.3 million. The 36-year-old is said to have originally purchased the car for $1.6 million, meaning he has made a profit of almost $10 million on from sale. Buy an F1 TV Pro subscription to watch live races Hamilton’s car was a personalised version named
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Former Formula 1 driver Jolyon Palmer and motorsport commentator Jack Nicholls have suggested that Mercedes ought to have signed Lando Norris as Valtteri Bottas’ successor, not George Russell. Bottas departed the Constructors’ Champions at the end of the 2021 season having helped guide them to their eighth consecutive success, and moved to Alfa Romeo. The
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Mercedes could be facing the loss of not one, but two sponsors before the start of the 2022 season. Epson, a major Japanese printing brand, have already confirmed that their name will cease to appear on the car after the 2021 season, with the eight-time Constructors’ Champions now in search of a replacement. Headphone giants
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