The term ‘franchise player’ is most commonly found in American sports, used to describe the best player in the team that the project and brand is built around. For example in the NBA, the Milwaukee Bucks see previous MVP winner Giannis Antetokounmpo as their franchise player, while in the LA Galaxy in the MLS have
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Red Bull’s engine has come on leaps and bounds since the team joined Formula 1, with their reliability issues from their time with Renault now being a thing of the past. The team’s decision to switch to Honda engines has paid dividends in recent seasons, with Max Verstappen winning back to back championships while the
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The Andretti-Cadillac project become more and more real as the days pass, with the team now formally beginning the process of joining the F1 grid. Andretti Global have been interested in becoming the 11th team on the grid for some time but have always seen their efforts rejected by Formula 1, who have claimed that they
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Mohammed Ben Sulayem’s Twitter activity has landed him in a lot of hot water in recent weeks, with the FIA president’s comments on multiple topics not being well received. First, the 61-year-old went against F1 CEO Stefano Domenicali’s decision to reject Andretti-Cadillac’s bid to join the grid by tweeting that he was looking into expanding
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Ex-Formula 1 driver Jean Alesi has blamed his nation for being the reason why the French Grand Prix was axed from the F1 calendar, with the Frenchman blaming the “desire of the country” for its unfortunate fate. The French GP was dropped after the 2022 season, despite the last couple of races at Circuit Paul
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Andretti Global have been building a project to join the Formula 1 grid for a number of years but have so far been unsuccessful in their plan. F1 CEO Stefano Domenicali has been very clear that Formula 1 currently do not have any plans to expand the current grid but president of the FIA Mohammed
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Sebastian Vettel has had a real villain to hero redemption arc in Formula 1, with the man who was despised by some for his cockiness and early success becoming one of the most loved drivers of all time by the end of his career. As the German matured, he made sure that he used every
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It appears that Red Bull followed in Haas’ footsteps by only revealing their 2023 livery last Friday, where the side showed the world how they’ll be looking in the forthcoming season, not what they’ll be using. The team used their 2022 challenger to reveal their new livery, with the team’s newest car not set to
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Lando Norris is one of the most exciting prospects in Formula 1 at the moment, with the 23-year-old recording an impressive best of the rest finish in 2022. The Brit is still waiting on his first win in Formula 1 but was the only driver outside of Mercedes, Red Bull and Ferrari to score a
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Former Ferrari and Williams team manager Peter Windsor has warned double World Champion Max Verstappen to not “become a petulant twit”, following a huge outburst after quitting the world’s biggest sim racing event. Verstappen certainly caused a stir in the sim racing community, after the Dutchman insisted that he’ll never compete in the Le Mans
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