Ferrari is seen as Italy’s national team, with the Constructor facing day-to-day pressure on and off-track, as its success or failures are dissected in the national media. On a daily basis, there are newspaper headlines about Ferrari’s performance, putting the team under the microscope, adding to the need for the team principal and drivers to
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Ex-Red Bull driver Daniil Kvyat has admitted that he found former team-mate Daniel Ricciardo’s personality a “bit too much”, but that himself and the Australian “got along well” when racing for the Austrians. Kvyat spent just over a season racing for Red Bull alongside Ricciardo, with the Russian driver having been promoted from Toro Rosso
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Red Bull development driver Daniel Ricciardo isn’t afraid of a potential lack of seats on the grid for 2024, with the 33-year-old still targeting a return to Formula 1 next season. Ricciardo opted to take a season away from the sport after spending two years underperforming at McLaren, which resulted in his 2023 deal with
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Liberty Media CEO Greg Maffei has stated that Formula 1 is not for sale amid media speculation that Saudi Arabia could make a $20 billion bid for the commercial rights to the sport. Formula 1 has been booming in popularity around the globe, reflected in the addition of two new American races on the season
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Red Bull advisor Dr Helmut Marko has addressed several rumours regarding both his future with the team and that of AlphaTauri team principal Franz Tost, with the sister team continuing to underperform. It’s been a very mixed start to the 2023 F1 season for Red Bull as a brand, with the main side being unbeaten
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Red Bull team principal Christian Horner has denied that rivals tried “stealing sponsors” when the Austrians’ budget cap penalty was announced, but that they instead tried to get them to end their partnership with the team. Formula 1 descended into chaos in the latter stages of last season, after the FIA announced that Red Bull
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After his toughest start to a Formula 1 season, Charles Leclerc is looking to put his troubles on track behind him by spending time on a non-racing related hobby. The Ferrari driver, who has shared his skill on the piano on social media in the past, told Formula 1’s YouTube Channel that he is “trying
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Max Verstappen has been told to follow through on his threat to quit Formula 1 after the Dutchman publicly blasted proposed changes to the weekend race format. With 2021 having seen the introduction of sprint races to the Formula 1 calendar, the number of venues hosting the events has risen to six, with the first
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It has been reported by Italian media that Ferrari racing director Laurent Mekies is set to complete a move to AlphaTauri. Mekies’ future at Ferrari has been questioned for a little while, especially after former head of vehicle concept David Sanchez completed a move to McLaren. The reported switch comes just a month after team
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Former Bridgestone engineer Kees van de Grint has questioned whether Mercedes are playing a bit of a mind game by publicly slamming their concept so often, especially after the Germans showed good pace at the Australian Grand Prix. After underperforming in Bahrain and Saudi Arabia, Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff declared that a new concept of
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