Max Verstappen has quipped that Sebastian Vettel needs the additional sleep during flyaway race weekends, because he is “a bit old.” Formula 1 is in Singapore this weekend, and it will travel to Japan next weekend, so the session times will be skewed. The sessions in Singapore are held in the evening, meaning that the
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Aston Martin team principal Mike Krack has revealed that he plans to talk to Alpine about when Fernando Alonso can begin working with the Silverstone-based team, with the Spaniard set to join the British side in 2023. It was announced prior to the Hungarian Grand Prix that current Aston Martin driver Sebastian Vettel would be
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Red Bull got a little confused during the first qualifying session at the Singapore Grand Prix as Sergio Perez got held by his team-mate, Max Verstappen. Perez was on a flying lap early on in the session, while his world champion team-mate was on a slow run in preparation for a flying lap. The 25-year-old
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Red Bull team principal, Christian Horner, is optimistic that Red Bull will not be found to be in breach of the financial regulations in 2021. The Austrian team, after seven seasons of languishing behind Mercedes in the championship, came into the 2021 campaign with a real chance of challenging for the world title. Max Verstappen
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Mercedes team principal, Toto Wolff, has suggested that Red Bull have been under investigation for a substantial amount of time over possible breaches of the budget cap regulations next season. The teams were given a limit of $145 million that they could spend on development of the cars, damage repairs, freight and energy bills in
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Ferrari’s Carlos Sainz is adamant that the Scuderia are focused on winning races between now and the end of the season, rather than fending off Mercedes. Sainz followed home team-mate, Charles Leclerc, in the season-opening Bahrain Grand Prix to complete a one-two for Ferrari, and he has since scored six more podium finishes. One of
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Red Bull team principal, Christian Horner, has suggested that rumours of a budget cap breach were designed to take away from Max Verstappen’s second world title. The teams were given a budget limit of $145 million to work with in 2021, the first time a budget was introduced in Formula 1. That was initially reduced
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Alpine made the decision not to ruin the new floor they have brought to the Singapore Grand Prix during the first practice session on Friday. The French team are lock in a battle with McLaren for fourth place in the championship, and are bringing upgrades to some of the final rounds of the year to
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With a 116-point deficit to championship leader Max Verstappen, Charles Leclerc has effectively accepted that 2022 won’t be his year, with the Ferrari driver admitting that his team will now target “preparing for next year”. Leclerc’s acceptance came before the Singapore Grand Prix, which returns for the first time since 2019 following the Coronavirus pandemic. It is
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Alfa Romeo’s Valtteri Bottas is elated that team-mate, Zhou Guanyu, will be sticking around for another season. The Chinese rookie’s arrival at the team coincided with Bottas’ signature from Mercedes at the start of the year, as Alfa Romeo transitioned to a new chapter in their history. Kimi Raikkonen and Antonio Giovinazzi had departed, and
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