Alfa Romeo’s Valtteri Bottas feels that he can “trust” his current employers more than he could Mercedes. The Finn was signed to Mercedes by team principal, Toto Wolff, after the shock retirement of 2016 world champion, Nico Rosberg, ahead of the 2017 season. Bottas was put straight up against Sir Lewis Hamilton, and he won
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The new Formula 2 champion, Felipe Drugovich, finally secured a Formula 1 affiliation this week when Aston Martin took him on as a development driver. Many teams on the grid, such as Red Bull, Alpine and Ferrari, all passed on the opportunity to sign the hugely talented Brazilian driver, but their loss is Aston Martin’s
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Max Verstappen claimed his fifth consecutive victory last weekend at the ‘Temple of Speed’, which was staggeringly his first victory ever at the Italian Grand Prix. However, it ended under controversial circumstances, as the race ended behind a Safety Car following a late retirement for Daniel Ricciardo. On Lap 47/53 Ricciardo came to a halt
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A Formula 1 fan has started a petition asking Williams to drop Nicholas Latifi in favour of Nyck de Vries for the remainder of the 2022 season. Latifi has not had an easy time of it so far this year; he had been out-qualified 13 times in 15 races by team-mate Alex Albon and, while
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Geri Horner, former Spice Girl and wife of Red Bull team principal, Christian, has cancelled her 50th birthday festivities out of respect for Queen Elizabeth II. Her Majesty passed away peacefully last Thursday following a short illness at the age of 96, having served as the Monarch for 70 years. She attended the first-ever world championship
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Formula 1 CEO Stefano Domenicali is certainly no stranger to pushing the sport towards change, with the former Ferrari boss having been a key part of the introduction of sprint races last season. The Italian has now released some details on his next big idea to make the sport more entertaining, or in other words,
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Times are tough at Haas at the moment, as the team have taken a turn for the worse ever since they introduced their only upgrade of the season at the Hungarian Grand Prix, with the American side currently occupying seventh in the Constructors’ Championship by one point. Haas haven’t scored a point since their double points finish
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Mercedes will be licking their lips following the Italian Grand Prix, with the belief that they’ve already sorted their future driver line-up once Sir Lewis Hamilton retires. Mercedes reserve driver Nyck de Vries put in the performance of his life at Monza last weekend, where he made a late debut replacing Alex Albon at Williams.
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Red Bull’s Max Verstappen would one day love to give fatherhood a try having spent time with the daughter of girlfriend, Kelly Piquet, and the sons of his sister, Victoria. Victoria has two boys, Luka and Lio, while Piquet is the mother of a daughter named Penelope, so Max has undoubtedly had a lot of
MoreMax Verstappen gave Nyck de Vries a “motivational speech” ahead of the 27-year-old’s debut in Formula 1 at the Italian Grand Prix. De Vries is formerly part of the McLaren young drivers’ programme, and won the 2019 Formula 2 title, as well as the 2021 Formula E Championship with Mercedes. However, the Dutchman had never
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