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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Romain Grosjean’s fiery crash on the opening lap of the Bahrain GP was one of the most dramatic shunts of modern F1. In addition to the blaze, Grosjean’s Haas F1 car split in half after the front end of it pierced through the guard rail – and it’s almost certain that the halo structure saved
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67 percent of F1 fans believe that Haas made the right decision by keeping Nikita Mazepin, provided that the funding that comes with the Russian driver keeps the American racing outfit afloat and saves hundred of jobs. 29 percent of respondents to the poll, which was conducted by Formula1News.co.uk and asked 1,582 readers for their
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George Russell’s standout performance in the penultimate race of the 2020 F1 season in Bahrain reignited the debate about to what extent Lewis Hamilton’s success in the turbo hybrid era of Formula One is down to Mercedes’ dominance. Some F1 fans argued that Russell’s ability to jump into the Mercedes W11 and immediately be on
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Amid the global COVID-19 pandemic, Formula One managed to pull off a 17-race season – and, although there were several coronavirus cases within the F1 paddock, the FIA’s protocols proved effective in preventing the virus from spreading aggressively. In addition to teams and different groups of individuals within teams forming so-called bubbles, drivers had to
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