Max Verstappen and Lando Norris left the stewards’ office still on good terms after their qualifying incident at the Japanese Grand Prix last weekend. The Dutchman was preparing for his first and pole-setting run of the final qualifying session on Saturday, and he was crawling out of 130R in preparation for the start of the
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Pierre Gasly won’t want to re-live Sunday’s Japanese Grand Prix ever again, after the Frenchman came within metres of a potentially fatal collision. The race started under exceptionally wet conditions, with the rain seemingly intensifying as the opening lap was completed. Carlos Sainz crashed heavily out of third place at Turn 12 on the opening lap, after
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Sergio Pérez’s late race pressure on Charles Leclerc at the Japanese Grand Prix ultimately claimed team-mate Max Verstappen his second World Championship, on what was a horrible day for Formula 1. The race at the Suzuka International Racing Course started under heavy rainfall, which saw Carlos Sainz crash heavily on the opening lap on the
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Mercedes’ Sir Lewis Hamilton has observed that there is more spray coming off the cars now than there was before in wet conditions. The Singapore Grand Prix was delayed by an hour, and by the time it started, the track had dried enough for the Intermediates to be used, drawing criticism of the FIA. In
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McLaren Racing CEO, Zak Brown is pained by the fact that Daniel Ricciardo’s career with the British side has not worked out. Ricciardo was considering his options in 2018 when Max Verstappen became the clear number one at Red Bull, and he was initially considering McLaren. The Papaya squad finished sixth in the championship that
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McLaren’s Lando Norris has told armchair critics that they should keep quiet, given that they have no experience of driving a Formula 1 car in the wet. Sir Lewis Hamilton has noted since the rain-affected Japanese Grand Prix that the rooster tails coming off the back of the new cars I wet conditions are worse
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Max Verstappen has indicated that he does not want to solely focus on Formula 1 for the rest of his career. The Dutchman arrived in the pinnacle of motorsport in 2015 when he signed with Toro Rosso, and won on his debut at the Spanish Grand Prix with Red Bull a year later. Another 31
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Max Verstappen is officially a double World Champion, after victory at the Japanese Grand Prix ensured that he is now mathematically out of reach of both Charles Leclerc and Sergio Pérez. But, it unsurprisingly didn’t take long for Sir Lewis Hamilton fans to mock the Dutchman’s deserving championship. Verstappen has been imperious, breathtaking, and most
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Mercedes headed into the first Japanese Grand Prix since 2019 on the back of a disappointing Singapore Grand Prix. However, the sombre mood in the team didn’t stop team principal Toto Wolff from having a laugh with a fan. Ahead of qualifying last weekend at the Marina Bay Circuit, Mercedes were looking at a potentially very strong
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Haas reserve driver, Pietro Fittipaldi, will be standing in for Kevin Magnussen and Mick Schumacher during opening practice sessions later on this season. The Brazilian will replace Magnussen in Mexico, before Schumacher steps aside and allows him to take his place in Abu Dhabi. Fittipaldi has twice raced for the Haas team, filling in for
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