Haas team boss Guenther Steiner reportedly intervened and blocked Alfa Romeo/Sauber’s request to sign Nico Hulkenberg as a replacement for Zhou Guanyu in the 2024 season. This unexpected twist has left the Swiss outfit reevaluating its options for its driver lineup, as discussions behind the scenes took a heated turn. The revelation comes from a
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Sergio Perez has gracefully accepted an apology from Helmut Marko, Red Bull’s motorsport advisor, following Marko’s controversial xenophobic comments. Marko had suggested in an interview with Servus TV that Perez’s performance struggles were linked to his South American background, insinuating that South Americans lacked focus compared to Europeans. Although Marko later retracted his comments, the
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Liam Lawson has been making waves as a stand-in driver for AlphaTauri. Former Formula 1 driver Karun Chandhok believes that Lawson could be a strong contender for a seat at Williams in the upcoming season. Lawson stepped into Daniel Ricciardo’s seat at AlphaTauri on very short notice when the Australian driver suffered a hand injury
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Aston Martin have called for the FIA to improve their “consistency”, following a controversial decision last weekend at the Singapore Grand Prix regarding Max Verstappen. For the majority of this season, impeding in qualifying has resulted in a three-place grid drop per incident; however, these rules appeared to not apply to the reigning World Champion
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RTL pundit Allard Kalff believes Carlos Sainz has become Ferrari’s “team leader”, with the Spaniard starting to make his own decisions, whilst Charles Leclerc continues to do exactly as he’s instructed. Sainz became the first non-Red Bull driver this season to claim victory, following a sensational display of concentration at the Singapore Grand Prix last
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It’s been revealed by Mercedes driver development advisor Gwen Lagrue that Max Verstappen almost signed for the Silver Arrows, before he was promoted to Toro Rosso in 2015. Verstappen famously made the jump from Formula 3 to F1 in 2015 at just 17 years old, with him having already been seen at the time as
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Red Bull technical director Pierre Wache has revealed that the RB19’s biggest weakness is “low-speed tracks”, something which appears to be true based on their performance at last weekend’s Singapore Grand Prix. After going 15 races unbeaten, the Austrians winning streak came to a crushing end on Sunday at the Marina Bay Circuit, where Max
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Red Bull reserve driver Liam Lawson has suddenly become one of the shining stars of the 2023 Formula 1 season, following his call-up at AlphaTauri to replace the injured Daniel Ricciardo. Ricciardo himself was only given the seat at AlphaTauri to replace Nyck de Vries, who was dropped by the Faenza-based team after just 10
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Williams team principal James Vowles has admitted that Sergio Perez’s reckless move on Alex Albon in the Singapore Grand Prix last weekend could impact where the Grove-based team finish in the championship, with Haas having gotten closer as a result. Albon was having yet another brilliant race in Singapore on Sunday, where he was defending
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Fernando Alonso slammed Aston Martin’s Singapore Grand Prix as a “race to forget”, after the outfit once again failed to show their early season pace. It’s been a difficult second half of the campaign so far for the Silverstone-based team, who were expecting the Marina Bay Circuit to work to their strengths. This wasn’t the
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