Haas F1 driver Nikita Mazepin has said that he is confident the American racing outfit will be fighting for points at “some point” next year. The team currently have the least competitive car on the grid after they decided not to develop their 2020 package and instead focused their resources on 2022, when sweeping regulation
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Double World Champion Fernando Alonso has said that he is “privileged” to have shared a race track with Sebastian Vettel, and he has no doubt that the German’s name will be remembered alongside his in the history books. The pair took the Championship battle right down to the wire in 2012, with Vettel ultimately triumphing
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Red Bull driver Max Verstappen has said that he believes he is good at staying out of trouble, and insisted that he doesn’t race other drivers in an overly aggressive manner. The Dutch ace saw his 33-point lead in the Championship take a major blow after he suffered a DNF in the British GP due
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Daniel Ricciardo has revealed that Red Bull’s culture was partly responsible for his decision to leave the Milton Keynes-based team at the end of 2018. The Aussie joined Renault after deciding to part ways with Red Bull, and after two seasons at the French works team, Ricciardo moved to McLaren for 2021. READ: ‘Mature’ Alonso
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Jock Clear, a former Mercedes race engineer, has revealed that he “didn’t get on” with Nico Rosberg. Clear had worked at the Brackley-based team since its BAR days, and he became Rosberg’s race engineer after the team was rebranded Mercedes ahead of the 2010 season. READ: Bottas Says He Can Now Laugh About High-Speed Crash
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Mercedes driver Valtteri Bottas has said that he can now laugh about the high-speed collision he suffered at the 2021 Emilia Romagna Grand Prix. The crash occurred as George Russell was trying to overtake Bottas for P9 on the run down to turn one, but the Williams driver lost control of his car after touching
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Jeremy Clarkson has slammed Sir Lewis Hamilton for wrongly accusing Fernando Alonso of cheating during the 2021 Hungarian Grand Prix. Clarkson, who said he thinks Hamilton “needs a smacked bottom”, also hit out at the seven-time World Champion for suggesting he has “long Covid” after he looked fatigued and dizzy during the podium ceremony. READ:
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Sir Lewis Hamilton is a “better” Formula 1 driver than Michael Schumacher was, but Max Verstappen will be even better than the Brit, according to ex-F1 racer Johnny Herbert. In a broad interview about this season’s Championship battle between Verstappen and Hamilton, Herbert said he believes it’s normal for drivers to get better over generations,
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Fernando Alonso is less difficult to work with and have as a team-mate now that he has matured, according to Damon Hill. Alonso publicly fell out with McLaren and Sir Lewis Hamilton when they were team-mates in 2007, and he has often been considered difficult to work with. READ: Bottas Suggests Mercedes Could Have Saved
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Valtteri Bottas’ post-2021 future at the Mercedes F1 Team is seriously in doubt, with Sir Lewis Hamilton already inking a contract extension and George Russell being strongly linked with a move to the Silver Arrows. Bottas joined Mercedes following Nico Rosberg’s shock retirement from Formula 1 after he won the 2016 Championship, and the Finn
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