Mercedes’ George Russell has blasted the FIA for their negligent actions that almost led to a serious crash for Pierre Gasly. The drivers started an extremely wet race in Suzuka on the Intermediates, and on the opening lap, Carlos Sainz’s Ferrari aquaplaned at Turn 11, sending him into the wall and out of the race.
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2009 world champion, Jenson Button, indicated that Max Verstappen was perhaps a little fortunate to escape unpunished after his incident with Lando Norris in Japan. The Dutchman was preparing for his first run in Q3, and was driving slowly through 130R, and Norris was keen to get on with it and start his lap. The
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Formula 1 has been told it risks turning fans away from the sport if the shambles of the last week continues. In reality, the last 12 months have been a rollercoaster ride for the FIA, who came under intense scrutiny after the controversial Safety Car restart that cost Sir Lewis Hamilton his eighth world title.
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Max Verstappen suffered one of his most challenging weekends of the season so far at the recent Singapore Grand Prix, after a qualifying error by his team essentially ruined his entire weekend. Verstappen had as always, looked strong across Free Practice and was on track for a top four starting position at the Marina Bay
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AlphaTauri team principal, Franz Tost, has affirmed that Max Verstappen was not the determining factor in the team’s decision to sign Nyck de Vries. The Dutchman won the 2019 Formula 2 title, but there were no Formula 1 seats available to him for 2020, so he was forced to look elsewhere. His adventures took him
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Max Verstappen’s father, Jos, has praised his son’s ability to out-class the field in wet conditions after his dominant victory at the 2022 Japanese Grand Prix. The race was started the finished in wet conditions on Sunday, with Verstappen leading Leclerc through Turns One and Tw after the Monegasque had initially got a better launch.
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Former Formula 1 driver and Sky Sports commentator, Martin Brundle, feels that the threshold for a minor overspend is too lenient in Formula 1. In 2019, the FIA ratified the first budget cap in the pinnacle of motorsport, making official a practise that had previously been tried in principle, with little success. The governing body
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Even the most ardent of FIA sympathisers would have to accept that the governing body has been a mess in the last 12 months. It all started in Abu Dhabi last year, and after three months of careful investigations, we eventually got a clear response as to what happened, and why. New president, Mohammed ben
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Aston Martin’s Sebastian Vettel has revealed that he lost radio communications with his team during the 2022 Japanese Grand Prix, so he was not completely sure how long was left of the race. The grand prix got underway in wet conditions on Sunday, and Vettel initially went for a spin at Turn One after making
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Fernando Alonso has embraced Max Verstappen as a double world champion after the Dutchman drew level with him for world championships. Verstappen went into the Japanese Grand Prix weekend leading Charles Leclerc by 104 points in the title race and he needed to beat the Monegasque by eight points to secure the gold. The reigning
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