Some peculiar comments made by Red Bull boss, Christian Horner, have resurfaced amid the team’s involvement in a breach of the financial regulations. Back in 2019, the FIA ratified a new set of financial regulations that had been unofficially tried before, with little success. It had previously been a “gentleman’s agreement” that teams would stick
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Even the most ardent of FIA sympathisers would have to accept that the governing body has been a mess in the last 12 months. It all started in Abu Dhabi last year, and after three months of careful investigations, we eventually got a clear response as to what happened, and why. New president, Mohammed ben
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Max Verstappen converted pole position into a commanding win at the 2022 Japanese Grand Prix and in the process become a two-time World Champion. However, amid the title celebrations, the FIA on Monday revealed that Red Bull had a “minor” breach of the budget cap in 2021. It’s unclear how exactly the team will be punished,
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In what was by far the strangest and most controversial race of the 2022 season, Max Verstappen matched Fernando Alonso as a double World Champion; however, his victory isn’t the hot topic following the Japanese Grand Prix. Verstappen’s 12th victory of the season came with just 28 Laps having been completed, following a lengthy break
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Red Bull team principal, Christian Horner, has lauded the achievements of Max Verstappen after the Dutchman sealed his second championship in Japan on Sunday. Having already won 11 races this year, Verstappen headed into this weekend 104 points ahead of Charles Leclerc in the Drivers’ Standings, and he needed to beat the Monegasque by six
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Former Formula 1 driver and Toro Rosso, Gerhard Berger, does not think speculation over who might have broken the financial regulations is a worthwhile discussion. Red Bull and Aston Martin were mentioned in a report last week that indicated that two teams had gone over the budget cap in 2021. Agreed upon in 2019, a
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Red Bull team principal, Christian Horner, has reiterated that the timing of the cost cap debate, just as Max Verstappen is about to wrap up his second title, is no coincidence. The teams were given a spending limit last season, and they were required to adhere to a $145 million cost cap to be spread
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After failing to claim his second World Championship at last weekend’s Singapore Grand Prix, this weekend’s returning Japanese Grand Prix presents Max Verstappen with his second shot at becoming a double World Champion. The Dutchman endured a difficult weekend in Singapore, largely through no fault of his own. Red Bull insufficiently fuelled the championship leader’s
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It’s safe to say that reports suggesting that Pierre Gasly is set to be announced as an Alpine F1 Team driver are more likely to be true than not, after it was discovered that the Frenchman liked a hilarious meme on Instagram, which appears to be a dig at Red Bull. It has been reported
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Max Verstappen might not have won the 2022 Drivers’ Championship at last weekend’s Singapore Grand Prix; however, he did win the award for most explicit radio message of the season, after shouting certain non-PG words down the team radio after a huge qualifying blunder. Last weekend’s Singapore GP was Verstappen’s first chance at retaining his World Championship, but it wasn’t
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