Daniel Ricciardo still has ambitions to race at the front in the coming years in a competitive car, and his dismissal by McLaren has not deterred him from that. The 33-year-old signed from Renault at the end of the 2020 season as he tried to climb to the top of the midfield pack, and he
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When former Formula 1 driver Juan Pablo Montoya said that Mercedes were coming into the Belgian Grand Prix with a “big upgrade,” excitement was building for a six-way battle this weekend. Indeed, the Colombian also suggested that the Silver Arrows had out-developed everyone else as they aimed to capitalise on their recent fine form. The
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Haas team principal Guenther Steiner has not decided who will be his second driver yet for next season, and grew slightly irritated at the questions being aimed at him about it. Mick Schumacher is not currently under contract for next season with the American team despite his recent improvements, and he out-qualified Kevin Magnussen for
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It is partly comical, but mainly tiring for Ferrari now after yet another embarrassing moment on the pit wall during qualifying in Belgium. Leclerc went into the weekend knowing that he had grid penalty for using too many engine parts. He will join Max Verstappen, Lando Norris, Mick Schumacher, Esteban Ocon, Zhou Guanyu and Valtteri
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Max Verstappen certainly enjoyed himself during the summer break; he spent some well-deserved time with girlfriend Kelly Piquet, as well as her daughter Penelope. It appeared in some amusing and wholesome photos that she was teaching the reigning champion how to swim as he wore armbands in the pool, and he did in the water
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George Russell was less than impressed with Yuki Tsunoda after the AlphaTauri driver’s lock-up into Turn One during qualifying for the 2022 Belgian Grand Prix. The 24-year-old had gone into Saturday a little puzzled as to his Mercedes car’s performance, as the Silver Arrows had generally struggled during practice sessions. Both Britons were always going
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Max Verstappen has been warned by the stewards after they found a discrepancy during his practice start at the Belgian Grand Prix. It has already been a busy weekend for the Dutchman, who headed to Spa with an engine penalty that should see him start from the eighth row of the grid alongside Ferrari’s Charles
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Aston Martin’s Sebastian Vettel does not know what lies ahead of him after he retires at the end of this season, but his focus remains on finishing the year strongly. The German won four world titles with Red Bull between 2010 and 2013 having won a race in 2008 with Rosso, and added four more
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Mercedes are running a special livery to commemorate 55 years of their AMG division, which was founded in 1967. Mercedes Benz was founded 45 years beforehand in 1926 by Emil Jellinek and Paul Daimler, before the company branched into grand prix racing in the 1930s. Two of their engineers, Erhard Melcher and Hans Werner Aufrecht,
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The first day back from the summer break when the drivers ask how each other’s holiday was, maybe show some pictures of the places they visited, and… compare tans? Red Bull’s Max Verstappen and McLaren’s Lando Norris met up in the media pen ahead of the Belgian Grand Prix to put their arms side by
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