Senior Red Bull advisor Dr Helmut Marko has said that the tensions we’ve seen between Mercedes and Red Bull this year are unsurprising, given the intensity of their battle for the Championship. Sir Lewis Hamilton and Max Verstappen have been locked in a title battle since the 2021 season got underway in Bahrain, while Mercedes
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The Alfa Romeo Sauber F1 Team was not pleased with a comment Antonio Giovinazzi made in a social media post following the team’s decision to axe him at the end of 2021. Earlier this month, it was announced that the Italian would be replaced by Guanyu Zhou at Alfa Romeo next year. Zhou comes with
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Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff has dismissed the suggestion that Valtteri Bottas has mentally “checked out” from the Silver Arrows. The Finnish driver, who joined Mercedes in 2017 following Nico Rosberg’s shock retirement from Formula 1, was told earlier this year that he won’t be racing with the Brackley-based team in 2022. Bottas will instead
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Andreas Seidl, the team principal of the McLaren Formula 1 Team, has called for respect after Red Bull team boss Christian Horner received a warning from the FIA for criticising a marshal in Qatar. Horner essentially blamed the marshal for Max Verstappen picking up a five-place grid penalty, as he was adjudged to have ignored
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McLaren driver Lando Norris has said he is far off Sir Lewis Hamilton’s level in terms of popularity, especially outside of Formula 1. The 22-year-old was recently ranked as the second-most popular driver in Formula 1, but he believes he is a long way off fellow Brit and seven-time World Champion, Hamilton. READ: Ex-F1 Driver
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McLaren driver Lando Norris has hit as out at some of his fans, describing them as “very creepy” for trying to uncover private information about his friends and other people he interacts with. The 22-year-old made his Formula 1 debut in 2019 and he quickly became one of the most popular drivers on the grid.
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Sir Lewis Hamilton has said he would like to see George Russell become a World Champion in Formula 1 at some point in the future. Russell will replace Valtteri Bottas at Mercedes next year to partner the seven-time World Champion – and many in the paddock believe the young Brit will give Hamilton a run
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Former F1 racer Timo Glock has questioned Valtteri Bottas’ motivation “to drive forward to support Lewis Hamilton” against Max Verstappen. Hamilton and Verstappen have been locked in an intense fight for this year’s F1 crown since lights out in Bahrain, and both Mercedes and Red Bull have, on occasion, used their team-mates to help their
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Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff has warned that the FIA’s decision not to reinvestigate the Turn 4 incident between Max Verstappen and Sir Lewis Hamilton last time out in Brazil will influence the standard of racing in Formula 1 going forward. The Mercedes F1 Team, in addition to many pundits and drivers, felt that Verstappen
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Red Bull team principal Christian Horner has said that the FIA made the right decision by deciding not to reinvestigate the incident between Max Verstappen and Sir Lewis Hamilton at the 2021 Sao Paulo Grand Prix. Mercedes requested a review of the incident, which consisted of the Dutchman outbraking himself and forcing Hamilton well off
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