Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff has quashed suggestions that Charles Leclerc has been holding secret conversations with the Silver Arrows, in preparation to replace seven-time World Champion Lewis Hamilton. With Hamilton’s future still up in the air and Ferrari’s performances being questionable, it was reported by Italian media that Leclerc was the favourite to replace
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Max Verstappen called George Russell a di*khead after the Azerbaijan GP sprint race, and it was inadvertently picked up on live TV. The Dutchman confronted the Mercedes driver after the first sprint race of the season, as Russell understeered into him on the first lap, resulting in damage on his Red Bull. The reigning world
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Charles Leclerc is very much the ‘King of Baku’, with the Monegasque having claimed pole position once again at the Baku City Circuit, not long after claiming pole on Friday for Sunday’s main race. Leclerc will be starting on pole for both Saturday’s sprint race and Sunday’s traditional race, with the Ferrari driver having topped
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Fernando Alonso’s relationship with former McLaren team-mate Lewis Hamilton is one of the most confusing things in Formula 1, with the Spaniard often managing to praise yet criticise the seven-time World Champion. It was only recently during the sport’s unplanned Spring break that Alonso revealed how much he’d love to be team-mates with Hamilton again,
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Max Verstappen has continued his criticism of the new Formula 1 sprint race format at the Azerbaijan Grand Prix, believing that there is too much risk around the circuit. The two-time world champion believes that the choice of Baku for the new sprint race format will not have the desired effect of exciting fans, with
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George Russell has criticised the FIA over a series of “rogue” and “crazy” calls in recent weeks, culminating in a track change in Azerbaijan that was made without consulting the drivers. In his role as the head of the Grand Prix Drivers’ Association (GPDA, Russell has expressed the irritation of those on the grid after
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As the all-female F1 academy launched last weekend, Susie Wolff, who heads up the series, has warned that it could be a decade before there is a female Formula 1 driver on the grid. The F1 academy will see female drivers race cars powered by a 174 horsepower engine, with the series designed to help
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Charles Leclerc has thrown down the gauntlet to Max Verstappen ahead of Sunday’s main race after the Monegasque secured pole position at the Azerbaijan Grand Prix, putting Ferrari on course to end Red Bull’s dominance. However, Leclerc isn’t celebrating too early, as he only secured P1 by 0.19 seconds, leaving the door open for Red
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Formula 1 teams have blocked a last-minute attempt by the FIA to close a tyre loophole ahead of tomorrow’s sprint shootout; a shortened qualifying session to determine the grid for Saturday afternoon’s sprint race. The format for this weekend’s Azerbaijan Grand Prix sprint is drastically different to any previous sprint race, given that Saturday is
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With Red Bull dominating the Formula 1 season, having scooped three victories out of three races, teams have come to Baku with upgrade packages in a bid to get back in the title fight. Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff delivered on his promise to introduce updates to the W14, implementing a new rear wing endplate,
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