Christian Horner has said Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff should mind his own business after the Austrian suggested that the VW Group may partner Red Bull in the coming years. Wolff made the remarks after it was recently announced that Red Bull had poached a senior Mercedes engineer for their newly formed powertrains division, which
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F1 rookie Nikita Mazepin needs to learn that Haas’ 2021 car is “not as good as a Mercedes”, team principal Guenther Steiner has said. Mazepin struggled in his opening two race weekends in Formula 1 with the American racing outfit, with him spinning several times and crashing out of his debut grand prix after just
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Red Bull team principal Christian Horner has said that former Mercedes engine chief Andy Cowell is unlikely to join the team’s new powertrains division. Horner previously said it is unlikely that Cowell would join Red Bull, but fresh speculation about him joining the Milton Keynes-based team was prompted after it was announced that senior Mercedes
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Former racing driver Mario Andretti has said it is “wrong” for Nikita Mazepin to be able to qualify for a Super Licence while IndyCar racer Colton Herta is unable to get one. Mazepin’s fifth-place finish in the 2020 Formula 2 Championship, coupled with his finishing position in previous campaigns, was enough for him to qualify
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Mark Webber, a former team-mate of Sebastian Vettel at Red Bull, has said he believes the four-time World Champion is still “tired” from the six years he spent at Ferrari. Vettel joined Aston Martin for the 2021 F1 season, and many in the paddock had tipped him to benefit from the change of environment, especially
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Haas F1 rookie Nikita Mazepin has said that he believes Mick Schumacher’s ties to Ferrari give the German certain advantages over him, as they both navigate their debut season in Formula 1. Schumacher was a member of the Ferrari Driver Academy (FDA) during his junior racing career, and he continues to be affiliated with the
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Ferrari driver Charles Leclerc has said he doesn’t support plans for a driver salary cap in Formula 1. The Monegasque is one of the highest-paid drivers on the current F1 grid, with the Scuderia paying him $12 million per year. READ: Red Bull Poach Senior Mercedes Engineer For New Powertrains Division Commenting on the proposed
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Formula 1 could return to Turkey this year, with the F1 Commission set to discuss plans to replace the 2021 Canadian Grand Prix with a race in Istanbul due to the third wave of COVID-19 infections in the North American country, RaceFans has reported. The Nürburgring is another venue that could host the seventh-round of
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George Russell has said he has left the disappointment of the 2020 Sakhir Grand Prix in the past. Russell stood in for Sir Lewis Hamilton at Mercedes that weekend, and after qualifying in P2, he took the lead of the grand prix and was in an excellent position to win it prior to the pit
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Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff has said he is searching for a suitable replacement so he can step back from “this madness.” It has long been speculated that Wolff has been looking to walk away from his current position despite him purchasing a one-third stake in the Mercedes F1 Team in December – and the
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