Max Verstappen is not sure exactly what caused his dramatic late retirement from the Bahrain Grand Prix, and is disappointed to lose out on some valuable points at the beginning of the 2022 championship. Verstappen told his team of a “heavy” steering wheel following his last stop, and wondered if a battery issue might have
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Red Bull team principal Christian Horner is elated that his Red Bull team were able to recover from an “intense” 2021 campaign to still be among the quickest under the brand-new set of technical regulations in 2022. He also suggested that Max Verstappen would have been on pole had he not made a mistake on
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George Russell notes that the sidepod configuration Mercedes introduced ahead of the second pre-season test in Bahrain is “interesting”, but is as yet unsure how it will perform. Mercedes rolled into the second pre-season test in Sakhir with an extremely unorthodox sidepod design, with the traditional wide sidepods being replaced with small cooling inlets in
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The Twitter campaign demanding that the FIA publicly reveal their findings of their enquiry into the controversial end to the 2021 season is stronger than ever ahead of the new season. There are now just to days to wait until new FIA President Mohammed ben Sulayem concludes his team’s investigation into the events at the
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Competition between team principals in Formula 1 is not uncommon, and they are often seen squabbling with one another in the paddock, but perhaps slightly less anticipated is a renewal of hostilities away from the racetrack. But this is exactly what happened when Mercedes boss Toto Wolff invited over for a social evening in Oxford,
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Red Bull advisor Dr Helmut Marko has revealed that he was not in awe of Mercedes’ sidepod design in Bahrain, but noted that they appeared unconvincing during last year’s test and still won the Constructors’ Championship. Mercedes rolled into the second pre-season test in Bahrain with unique “zero pods” as they attempt to tackle the
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Red Bull team principal Christian Horner has aimed the latest of a long line of jovial digs at Mercedes counterpart Toto Wolff, calling him a “tax exile.” It is reasonably well documented that Monaco is considered tax haven, and therefore a good place for wealthy people to go and live; several Formula 1 drivers live
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Red Bull team principal Christian Horner has revealed that he spoke with Sir Lewis Hamilton about joining the team during their period of impenetrable dominance between 2010 and 2013, but concedes that the move would have made little sense. After winning the championship in 2008 with McLaren, Hamilton would claim 12 more until the end
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Red Bull team principal Christian Horner had a word of advice for Max Verstappen ahead of the British Grand Prix last year in a prediction that turned out to be absolutely correct. Verstappen had just claimed his fifth pole of the 2021 season by winning the inaugural sprint event on the Saturday at Silverstone, but
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As if the collision between Max Verstappen and Sir Lewis Hamilton at last year’s British Grand Prix was not dramatic enough, another controversial comment has been unearthed, with a Mercedes staff member suggesting that the incident was necessary for him to learn. Verstappen had just taken his eighth career pole position in Silverstone by virtue
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