Max Verstappen wasted no time in calling for talks after a thrilling victory in the Austrian Grand Prix sprint on Saturday. The race was marked by a near miss between Verstappen and his teammate Sergio Perez, leading to an intense on-track battle that had both drivers venting their frustrations over the team radio. Despite the
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Seven-time world champion Lewis Hamilton has once more drawn attention to the disparities in Formula 1. After eight races, the 2023 season appears to have reached a conclusion. Red Bull lead the constructors’ championship by 154 points and have totally dominated claiming eight race victories from a possible eight. Max Verstappen has won six of
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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, 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 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, 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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Daniel Ricciardo will soon decide between Red Bull and AlphaTauri, with new CEO Peter Bayer saying both the driver and Red Bull hierarchy will choose before 2024. AlphaTauri team principal, Franz Tost, is leaving at the end of the year, and there are plenty of prospective drivers looking to make the AlphaTauri team. Liam Lawson
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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 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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Reigning World Champion Max Verstappen has been imperious once again in 2023, as the Dutchman heads to this weekend’s Austrian Grand Prix with a 69-point lead in the Drivers’ Championship. Verstappen leads the championship ahead of team-mate Sergio Perez, who is in the midst of a downward spiral. Whilst the two-time World Champion is on
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