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Max Verstappen has 33.3% to win all remaining races of 2023

Max Verstappen has been tipped at 1/2 to claim his third consecutive title next month at the Qatar Grand Prix, with OLBG believing he has a 66.7% chance of sealing the title in the Middle East. Verstappen heads to the Singapore Grand Prix this weekend unable to seal the championship just yet, despite the fact

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Sergio Perez has an explanation for dropping off Max Verstappen

Sergio Perez believes his deficit to Max Verstappen has been caused by taking longer to adapt to upgrades to the RB19, whereas the reigning World Champion has preferred the newer parts. Perez was very competitive in the opening rounds of the season and was able to match Verstappen, with both Red Bull drivers having won

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Max Verstappen breaks silence on Adrian Newey’s massive claim

Max Verstappen has insisted that he’s simply in Formula 1 to “do the best I can” and to “win as much” as possible, following a claim by Red Bull chief technical officer Adrian Newey. Following Verstappen’s record-breaking 10th consecutive win at the Italian Grand Prix, Newey claimed that the reigning World Champion is “one of

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Red Bull blast Mercedes amid war of words

Red Bull advisor Dr Helmut Marko has insisted that Mercedes’ recent comments don’t matter as they’re not viewed as a “serious competitor”, given their current deficit to the Austrians. Mercedes were considerably slower than Red Bull and Ferrari recently at the Italian Grand Prix, in what was a disappointing weekend for the Silver Arrows. Whilst

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Helmut Marko hilariously fires back with Mick Schumacher jibe

Mercedes reserve driver Mick Schumacher is very keen to return to the Formula 1 grid in 2024, but is that even a possibility for the 2020 Formula 2 World Champion? Schumacher has spent 2023 behind-the-scenes at Mercedes as their third driver, with the German having been key to the Silver Arrows’ simulator sessions. The ex-Haas

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Toto Wolff expects TD to change order as he makes Aston Martin comment

Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff is expecting this weekend’s Singapore Grand Prix to “be interesting”, as a new FIA Technical Directive (TD) will come into effect. Starting from Friday, the governing body will be stricter when it comes to flexi-wings, something which have been seen this season but are actually not allowed. Several teams have

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Toto Wolff: ‘We’ll be right behind Red Bull next week’

Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff is optimistic about his team’s ability to bounce back and compete vigorously against Red Bull in the upcoming Formula 1 season.  Drawing inspiration from the remarkable strides made by competitors McLaren and Aston Martin, Wolff believes that Mercedes can bridge the gap to their dominant rivals in 2024. Despite securing

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Lando Norris forgives Lewis Hamilton 

McLaren’s team principal Andrea Stella and driver Lando Norris have demonstrated a remarkable spirit of sportsmanship by extending forgiveness and respect towards Lewis Hamilton, despite the British racing legend’s clash with McLaren’s rookie driver, Oscar Piastri, at the Italian Grand Prix.  The incident led to Piastri’s race being disrupted, prompting an immediate apology from Hamilton,

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Daniel Ricciardo told smiling ‘too much’ makes him worse than Sergio Perez

1979 Formula 1 World Champion Jody Scheckter has slammed the currently injured Daniel Ricciardo for smiling “too much”, with the South African believing that the Aussie was “better when he started”. After being behind-the-scenes at Red Bull for the opening 10 races of this season, Ricciardo was suddenly called-up to replace Nyck de Vries at

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