Formula 1 reserve driver Nico Hulkenberg says that, while he initially had reservations about appearing in Netflix’s Drive to Survive docuseries, he has “no regrets whatsoever” about his role in seasons one and two. Netflix first sent film crews out to the F1 paddock in 2018, and documented the highs, lows and everything in between
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McLaren driver Daniel Ricciardo maintains that he does not regret his move away from Red Bull after watching their championship success last year with Max Verstappen. Ricciardo joined the Formula 1 paddock in 2011 as a Red Bull junior driver on loan to HRT, and he made his debut at the British Grand Prix that
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McLaren’s Daniel Ricciardo says his tricky debut season with McLaren helped him grow, not just as a racer, but a person too. Ricciardo was out-qualified 15-7 by Lando Norris at the Woking-based team last season and, in the middle part of the year, branded his start to life at the squad “almost laughable.” The Briton
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McLaren drivers Daniel Ricciardo and Lando Norris have both leaped to the defence of race director Michael Masi, sympathising with the numerous tasks that the 44-year-old needs to carry out. Masi was plunged into his current role after the tragic passing of Charlie Whiting in 2019, but still needed to retain his position as safety
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McLaren’s Lando Norris is unsure as to whether his team will be in a position to contest race wins this year amid sweeping changes to the technical regulations. The cars have radically changed ahead of this season, with aerodynamic efficiency reducing in a move inspired by the return of the ground effect concept. Further, the
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Dutch racing driver Tom Coronel and RacingNews365.com founder Ruud Dimmers are both of the opinion that Sergio Perez did not perform to a sufficient standard during his first season with Red Bull last year, and that Pierre Gasly has earned another go in the seat. Gasly was promoted from Toro Rosso – now AlphaTauri –
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Lando Norris has committed his future to McLaren, signing a contract that extends the length of his stay at the Woking outfit until the end of 2025. Norris, who recently presented an award at the BRITS, signed with the British side as a rookie in 2019 alongside Carlos Sainz. His pace was immediately discernible, with
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Former Red Bull driver Alex Albon has gone into detail on his relationship with former team-mate Max Verstappen, affirming that he is a very ordinary person off the racetrack. Albon signed with the Milton Keynes squad midway through the 2019 season to replace Pierre Gasly, who was dropped back to Toro Rosso – now AlphaTauri
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McLaren CEO Zak Brown has cooled any expectations that the team will be fighting for the championship in 2022, insisting they still have plenty of work to do. The Woking-based team claimed their first win since 2012 at the Italian Grand Prix in September last year through Daniel Ricciardo, while Lando Norris’ second-placed finish in
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Former McLaren driver Stoffel Vandoorne has revealed that backroom “politics” at the team adversely affected his performance during his two full seasons with them. Vandoorne entered F1 in 2016 with the Woking-based outfit, and instantly out-qualified Jenson Button in Bahrain while deputising for Fernando Alonso, who was recovering from his nasty crash at the Australian
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