Helmut Marko, head of Red Bull’s driver development programme and a senior team advisor, has said that he believes Daniel Ricciardo was increasingly struggling to keep up Max Verstappen and suggested that’s why he decided to leave the team two years ago. He made the remarks when speaking about Red Bull’s decision to drop Alex
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Carlos Sainz recently visited Ferrari’s Maranello facility as he completed a seat fitting in a 2018 car and attended his first media event with the Scuderia. Since then, the Spaniard has insisted that Ferrari isn’t a team which “eats and devours” its drivers, stressing that they only parted ways with Sebastian Vettel after he spent
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Lewis Hamilton has been awarded a knighthood in the New Year’s Honours list after winning his seventh F1 World Championship last season. UK PM Boris Johnson placed Hamilton on the ‘Diplomatic and Overseas List’ to ensure that his knighthood went through, according to the Daily Mail. READ: ‘Completely Absurd’: Sebastian Vettel Slams F1 For Being
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Adrian Newey is considered to be one of the best F1 car designers of all-time, and he was largely responsible for Red Bull’s success from 2010 to 2013. Newey has also had considerable success in motorsport outside of F1, with his designs winning the 1985 and 1986 CART titles. READ: Ex-F1 Racer Reveals Which Driver
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The last three second drivers at Red Bull – namely Daniil Kvyat, Pierre Gasly and Alex Albon – failed to match Max Verstappen in equal machinery, but, given how Sergio Perez performed last season, it is expected that the Mexican should be at least able to serve as a reliable rear-gunner for the Dutch ace.
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Red Bull announced that Sergio Perez will be partnering Max Verstappen at the team next year on 18 December – but some members of the F1 community believe that the deal was agreed several days prior, due to the fact that Perez, Christian Horner and Helmut Marko took a picture together while still in Abu
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Four-time F1 Wold Champion Sebastian Vettel has slammed the sport for being a “pointless waste of resources” and for not setting sufficiently ambitious targets with regards to becoming greener and more sustainable. Speaking this week, Vettel said: “An amount of 10 percent of biofuel will only become mandatory in F1 from 2022. READ: Daniel Ricciardo
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News that Sergio Perez will be joining Red Bull next year was largely welcomed by the F1 community, as most fans believe the Mexican deserves at least another year in the sport after having such a strong season. 1996 F1 World Champion Damon Hill has said he believes it is “great” that Perez landed a
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Daniel Ricciardo has hailed Pierre Gasly for bouncing back after being dropped by Red Bull in the middle of the 2019 F1 season – and he also had plenty of praise for George Russell. Russell proved he deserves a seat at a top team when he filled in for Lewis Hamilton at Mercedes in Bahrain,
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German publication Motorsport-Total.com recently ranked all F1 drivers who competed in the 2020 season, with Lewis Hamilton coming first, ahead of Max Verstappen, Daniel Ricciardo and Sergio Perez. In an interview with the media outlet, Dr Helmut Marko, head of Red Bull’s driver programme, agreed that Lewis Hamilton was the best driver of 2020. READ:
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