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Mark Webber brushes off Max Verstappen criticism

Ex-Formula 1 driver Mark Webber believes Red Bull don’t get the credit they deserve, following their 100th victory last weekend at the Canadian Grand Prix. Reigning World Champion Max Verstappen’s sixth victory of 2023 marked a century of wins for the Milton Keynes-based team, who entered the F1 paddock in 2005. Webber raced for the

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Toto Wolff hopeful Mercedes will replicate Ferrari and McLaren with Silverstone upgrades

Toto Wolff, the team principal of Mercedes, has expressed his disappointment with the team’s performance in Austria thus far.  While Lewis Hamilton secured the fifth fastest lap in qualifying, his teammate George Russell missed out on the top-ten shootout for the third consecutive race.  Moreover, Mercedes unexpectedly found themselves outpaced by Ferrari and Lando Norris’

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Sergio Perez fires back as Max Verstappen tensions boil over

Sergio Perez defended himself, stating that he was unaware of Max Verstappen’s presence alongside him when he forced his teammate onto the grass at the start of the 2023 Austrian Grand Prix sprint race. The Red Bull pair engaged in a fierce battle for the lead on the opening lap of the race.  While Verstappen

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Guenther Steiner blasts FIA for favouring Max Verstappen

Guenther Steiner, the team principal of Haas, has voiced his discontent with the “inconsistent” decision-making process of the Formula 1 stewards following Max Verstappen’s avoidance of punishment for allegedly impeding Kevin Magnussen during qualifying. Verstappen, a two-time world champion, was summoned to the stewards on Friday evening to present his perspective after being accused of

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Helmut Marko reveals truth behind Daniel Ricciardo replacing Sergio Perez

Red Bull team adviser Dr Helmut Marko spoke to media sources last week and indicated that the team was preparing a “succession” – with Daniel Ricciardo reportedly poised to take over from an out-of-form Sergio Perez. Marko stated that Ricciardo would be taking the wheel of the RB19 from July, saying: “We will have Ricciardo

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Charles Leclerc slapped with grid penalty

Charles Leclerc has received a three-place penalty on the Sprint grid after impeding Oscar Piastri during the qualifying session for the short-form race.  The incident occurred on Saturday morning, during the initial phase of the session, when Piastri was on a flying lap approaching the second-to-last corner and had to take evasive action to avoid

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Carlos Sainz calls for radical solution to qualifying debacle

Carlos Sainz has drawn attention to the issue of F1 traffic congestion and the consequential blocking or rear-ending it might cause. He was recently dropped three grid positions during the Canadian Grand Prix, with the FIA finding him guilty of blocking Alpine’s Pierre Gasly. Gasly even went as far as to say that the Spanish

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Max Verstappen puts special race suit up for auction

The reigning world champion Max Verstappen is set to raise thousands of pounds for Red Bull’s associated charity Wings for Hire. The charity supports spinal cord injury and holds the ‘Wing for Life World Run’ every year. The event attracts millions of people stretching far and wide, raising over 40 million euros since it began

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