Ferrari’s Carlos Sainz has expressed his preference for being teammates with Lewis Hamilton rather than Max Verstappen in a recent interview. Sainz, who made his Formula 1 debut alongside Hamilton at Toro Rosso, saw Verstappen swiftly promoted to Red Bull while he departed the team soon after. Currently racing for Ferrari alongside Charles Leclerc, Sainz
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Lando Norris is primed to replace Sergio Perez as Max Verstappen’s team-mate at Red Bull. The McLaren driver captivated the home crowd at Silverstone, finishing second behind Red Bull’s Max Verstappen. Perez, meanwhile, had a poor qualifying and was knocked out in Q1. The Grand Prix itself went better for the Mexican, but he could
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Lando Norris and Daniel Ricciardo have been brought up as contenders to replace Sergio Perez by Red Bull’s senior advisor Dr Helmut Marko and star driver Max Verstappen, respectively. Last week Helmut Marko described Norris as the “strongest of the young drivers.” This follows the McLaren driver’s impressive display at the British Grand Prix, where
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Ex-Ferrari and Williams team manager Peter Windsor has quashed suggestions that Lewis Hamilton is making more mistakes, since Mercedes’ dominant period ended. Since the start of the new aerodynamic regulations in 2022, Red Bull have very much been the superior team, whereas Mercedes have been comfortably slower. Hamilton’s cars in 2022 and 2023 and arguably
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Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff has admitted that it’s very unlikely that the Silver Arrows will be able to make as big a step forwards as McLaren have done, due to the Germans being more “restricted”. McLaren’s recent upgrades at the Austrian Grand Prix and the British Grand Prix saw them leapfrog several teams in
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This season’s Singapore Grand Prix is in the midst of controversy, after it was announced that the night race’s owner will be arrested. Ong Beng Seng is the owner and promoter of the Singapore GP, with him set to be arrested for his suspected involvement in a corruption scandal. The billionaire is involved in the
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2009 Formula 1 World Champion Jenson Button believes Lewis Hamilton can challenge Max Verstappen for the title next season, if given a good enough car by Mercedes. Verstappen has faced little competition since controversially beating Hamilton to the 2021 Drivers’ Championship, which happened after former race director Michael Masi made a ‘human error’. Red Bull
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With the Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (SAG-AFTRA) having gone on strike, filming for Brad Pitt’s upcoming F1-themed movie has been halted. For the first time since 1980, several writers and actors across Hollywood and the United States have stopped working, following pay disputes and the use of AI. A strike
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Sergio Perez has accepted that he’s not going to beat team-mate Max Verstappen to the Drivers’ Championship this season, with the Mexican now targeting “to be runner-up”. Perez’s acceptance of defeat to Verstappen comes amid a woeful streak for the driver, which has now lasted five races. The Mexican has claimed one podium in the
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Seven-time World Champion Lewis Hamilton has been keeping fans busy as of late, with the driver still yet to sign a contract extension with Mercedes. Hamilton’s current deal is due to expire at the end of this season, meaning himself and Silver Arrows boss Toto Wolff are running out of time to reach an agreement.
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