After being victorious at the Azerbaijan Grand Prix, Sergio Perez believes he “should be leading the championship” and not team-mate Max Verstappen, who boasts a narrow advantage over the Mexican. Perez has started 2023 brilliantly, with the 33-year-old having claimed two victories from the opening four races. The Red Bull driver was the victor in
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Red Bull advisor Dr Helmut Marko has confirmed that legendary chief technical officer Adrian Newey has signed a new contract with the Milton Keynes-based team, with Marko now hoping that he’ll “retire with us”. Extending Newey’s contract was very much expected to happen, with the 64-year-old having astonishingly designed all of Red Bull’s title-winning cars.
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Sergio Perez has certainly asserted himself as Max Verstappen’s biggest title threat this season, following his brilliant victory last weekend at the 2023 Azerbaijan Grand Prix. Not for the first time in his Formula 1 career, Perez was the king of the streets in Baku, with the Mexican having claimed his second win of the
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The Azerbaijan Grand Prix marks the start of a new race format for sprint weekends, as Formula 1 officials look to make the sport more exciting across all three days of action. Agreed earlier in the week, the format sees practice reduced to one session, the Grand Prix qualifying moved to the Friday and Saturday
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Former Formula 1 driver Karun Chandhok has blasted Ferrari amid their ongoing challenges on the race track. Throughout the 2023 season, Ferrari have struggled to fight the Red Bull duo of Max Verstappen and Sergio Perez, with the title-leaders holding a clear performance advantage over the Italian outfit. Red Bull have won every race of
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Four-time Formula 1 World Champion Sebastian Vettel will headline this year’s Goodwood Festival of Speed, with the retired driver set to drive a selection of legendary cars. It’ll be the German’s first appearance at the festival since 2012, where he drove his title-winning 2011 Red Bull RB7, alongside former team-mate Mark Webber. Vettel’s appearance at
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AlphaTauri team principal Franz Tost has revealed that it was his choice to step-down at the end of the 2023 season, following suggestions that he’d actually been sacked by Red Bull CEO Oliver Mintzlaff. Tost has led the Faenza-based team ever since they entered Formula 1 back in 2006, 17 years ago. He’s an experienced
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2009 Formula 1 World Champion Jenson Button is certain that former McLaren team-mate Lewis Hamilton will be on the grid in 2024, despite his Mercedes contract expiring this season. Hamilton’s future has been one of the talking points of the season so far, due to the fact that the 38-year-old was expected to sign a
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Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff has admitted that in order for the field to catch Red Bull the regulations may have to be changed again, unless every team can “do a better job”. Red Bull have dominated the sport since the introduction of the new aerodynamic regulations last season, with the Milton Keynes-based side having
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Well-known Russian racing driver Egor Orudzhev has warned AlphaTauri’s Nyck de Vries that he must iron out his mistakes and quickly improve, or risk being fired by Red Bull advisor Dr Helmut Marko. It’s safe to say that de Vries’ rookie campaign so far has been nothing short of a disaster, with the Dutchman having
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