McLaren team principal, Andrea Stella, has heaped praise on his driver Oscar Piastri, saying he is the only rookie of 2023 to “make it look simple.” Fellow 2023 rookie Nyck de Vries was dumped from AlphaTauri after only ten races. De Vries impressed as a substitute for Williams at the 2022 Italian GP and was
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Preparations for the replacement of the Hungarian Grand Prix winner’s trophy, which met an untimely fate during the podium celebrations, are steadily advancing. Max Verstappen’s dominant triumph at the Hungaroring last month was marred by an unfortunate mishap as the delicate porcelain trophy toppled and shattered when Lando Norris initiated the customary champagne celebration. Herendi
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Toto Wolff has added to his list of Red Bull’s unfair advantages, after the Austrian team revealed an upgrade package at the Hungarian GP. Red Bull’s utter dominance of F1 was made clear at the Austrian GP when the team achieved a 2-1 result. Max Verstappen claimed an eighth straight victory. His teammate, Sergio Perez,
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Lando Norris’ famous champagne celebration went wrong in Budapest, where he smashed Max Verstappen’s trophy during the podium celebration. He put his hand to his mouth and apologised straight away to the Dutchman, who immediately seemed to find humour in the situation. Speaking ahead of the Belgian GP, Norris reiterated his apology to Verstappen and
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Reigning World Champion Max Verstappen was quick to note how many races he’s won in Formula 1, following his victory on Sunday at the Hungarian Grand Prix. Verstappen’s win at the Hungaroring marked the 44th of his Formula 1 career, the same number which 2021 rival Lewis Hamilton races with. As a result, the 25-year-old
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McLaren CEO Zak Brown believes that the team’s drastic improvements will convince its star driver, Lando Norris, to “stick around.” Norris has now achieved back-to-back second place finishes at the British and Hungarian Grand Prixs. At Silverstone, he kept pace with Max Verstappen for most of the race and ended up finishing only +3.798s behind
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In the aftermath of the Hungarian Grand Prix, where Lewis Hamilton narrowly missed out on victory, Mercedes principal Toto Wolff has confirmed that the team’s next stage of the W14 upgrade plan will be unveiled at the Belgian Grand Prix. The team is determined to bounce back from missed opportunities in Hungary and get back
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Mercedes’ trackside engineering director Andrew Shovlin has admitted that Lewis Hamilton’s fourth place finish at the Hungarian Grand Prix last weekend was “disappointing”, given that he started from pole position. Hamilton shocked the paddock and claimed pole position at the Hungaroring, after going three-thousandths of a second quicker than Max Verstappen. Claiming pole ended up
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Mercedes driver, George Russell, has insisted that the Silver Arrows ‘had more pace’ than McLaren in Budapest at last weekend’s Grand Prix. This assertion comes despite McLaren’s Lando Norris clinching a consecutive second-place finish behind the irrepressible Max Verstappen. Both Russell and his Mercedes teammate Lewis Hamilton missed out on podium spots, coming in sixth
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Oscar Piastri has suggested that McLaren is close to bridging the points gap to Mercedes, following an impressive showing at the Hungarian GP. His teammate, Lando Norris, secured a consecutive second-place finish at the Hungaroring, only a couple of weeks after he closely contended with Max Verstappen at the British GP. Piastri meanwhile, has been
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