Senior Red Bull adviser Dr Helmut Marko has revealed that Max Verstappen and Carlos Sainz had a “toxic” relationship during their tenure at Red Bull’s junior team. The Spaniard joined Scuderia Toro Rosso in 2015, partnering Verstappen in his debut season in Formula 1. Sainz stayed at the Faenza-based team until the end of 2017,
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McLaren looked at some alternative options before Daniel Ricciardo’s confirmation that he will be remaining in their Formula 1 team next season. The Australian has been off the pace of team-mate Lando Norris since he joined the side at the beginning of last year, and he has now been out-qualified 24 times in 33 races
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McLaren Racing CEO Zak Brown has reassured that Daniel Ricciardo’s future going into the 2023 season is secure after his honest public comments recently. The Australian has been out-qualified 24 times in 33 races by team-mate Lando Norris since he joined at the beginning of last season, and his P9 at the Austrian Grand Prix
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Daniel Ricciardo’s recent revival somewhat continued at the Austrian Grand Prix, with a well-deserved 9th place finish at the Red Bull Ring; however, he once again finished behind team-mate Lando Norris. Ricciardo’s 9th place finish means he’s now finished in the top-ten three times this season, with the other two coming at the Australian and
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Mick Schumacher and Daniel Ricciardo have sympathised with Sebastian Vettel leaving the FIA drivers’ briefing without being excused in Austria. Every Friday on a race weekend, the drivers are required to attend a meeting with the race director to discuss any sporting, technical and safety issues that have arisen during practice or, in the case
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Dr Helmut Marko is known for his no holds barred opinions of his drivers, past and present, and he gave a very frank overview of some of the drivers he has worked with over the years. In the Red Bulletin before the Austrian Grand Prix, he spoke about Ferrari’s Carlos Sainz, who started in Formula
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McLaren’s Daniel Ricciardo has asked fans to consider drivers’ wellbeing before booing them or cheering their crashes after Sir Lewis Hamilton’s accident in Austria was met with celebrations. Hamilton lost the rear of his Mercedes during Friday’s qualifying session in Spielberg, going off at Turn Seven and heading straight into the barrier. Rapturous applause and
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Lando Norris had a difficult session in Q2 in Austria as he started to feel some brake issues, failing to make it into the top 10 shootout. The Briton’s running in FP1 had abruptly come to a halt when he noticed some smoke emanating from the bottom of his car, so he stopped, and the
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McLaren’s Lando Norris has dismissed suggestions that he should not have signed such a long deal with the British side. Before the 2022 season, Norris put pen to paper on a new deal that keeps him at McLaren until at least the end of 2025, and there was concern, even from former McLaren driver and
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McLaren’s Daniel Ricciardo thought that the protestors at the British Grand Prix were Max Verstappen fans due to their orange t-shirts. There had been a threat of a climate protest ahead of the weekend from Just Stop Oil, a group that, on the weekend that Formula 1 announced it had successfully developed carbon neutral fuels
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