Ferrari team principal Mattia Binotto could be “re-evaluating” Carlos Sainz’s role at the team after his strong debut season with the Scuderia, former Formula 1 driver Jolyon Palmer has suggested. Palmer also tipped Sainz to become a “top-tier” driver and praised the Spaniard’s efforts in a superb first season with Ferrari. Sainz secured four podiums
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McLaren F1 driver Daniel Ricciardo has opened up on the “tough love” he received while at Red Bull, and discusses how this differs from his current treatment at his new team. Ricciardo joined the Red Bull programme at the age of 18, and was given his first shot in Formula 1 with HRT in 2011,
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Sir Lewis Hamilton has been ridiculed for taking his dog, Roscoe, on a private jet. Hamilton is a strong advocate for animal welfare and the environment, and as such put his dog, Roscoe, on a vegan diet. Buy an F1 TV Pro subscription to watch live races Good Morning Britain (GMB) presenter Richard Bacon poked
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AlphaTauri team manager Graham Watson says that Red Bull had to tell Max Verstappen’s father, Jos, to step back and let the team do their job in the early part of the young Dutchman’s F1 career. Jos Verstappen raced for seven teams over his 206 F1 grand prix starts, and his son, Max, was brought
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Labour peer Lord Peter Hain says he hopes Sir Lewis Hamilton stays in Formula 1 amid rumours of the Briton departing the sport. Hamilton lost out on the 2021 championship to Max Verstappen in highly a controversial manner at the season-ending Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. Race director Michael Masi decided to allow only the five
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Campaigners from PETA have sent Formula 1 CEO Stefano Domenicali a dead dog prop in a bid to persuade the Italian to end his company’s backing of Iditarod – a notorious dog-sled race across Alaska’s frozen tundra. More than 150 dogs have been killed as a result of this event since the first race took
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Over half of Formula 1 fans believe that Sir Lewis Hamilton should retire from the sport, following the heartbreak he suffered at the season-ending 2021 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. That’s according to a recent poll by Formula1News.co.uk, which over 1,600 fans participated in. Buy an F1 TV Pro subscription to watch live races 61 percent
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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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