Red Bull driver Sergio Perez would like to extend his time at the team following a satisfactory first season with them in 2021. The Mexican claimed five podiums having replaced Alex Albon at the Milton Keynes side at the end of 2020, and took a race win in Azerbaijan after troubles for teammate Max Verstappen
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Red Bull advisor Dr Helmut Marko has said that the rarity of the contract length given to Max Verstappen shows the importance he holds within the team. The Dutchman claimed his maiden world title in dramatic fashion at last year’s Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, and has since been rewarded with a new deal that runs
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Red Bull team principal Christian Horner is not a fan of the prohibition of radio messages between the teams and race control ahead of the 2022 season. Formula 1 managing director Ross Brawn and executive director of single-seaters Peter Bayer have confirmed that there will be one select member from each team who will be
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The FIA does not see anything untoward with the direction the teams have gone in with their cars under the new regulations, but are said to have suggested that some teams are cutting it fairly fine. Formula 1’s technical regulations have changed massively ahead of the 2022 campaign, with a ground effect-led aerodynamic concept coming
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AlphaTauri’s Pierre Gasly says he wants to be driving for Red Bull in 2024 season, but admits that he does not know what awaits him should he not be promoted by then. Gasly spent half a season with Red Bull alongside Max Verstappen in 2019, but managed a best finish of fourth while the Dutchman
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McLaren CEO Zak Brown has said that Red Bull can be rather cutthroat with their decisions to axe drivers, and believes that many of them weren’t given enough time to succeed. Since 2016, Daniil Kvyat, Pierre Gasly and Alex Albon have all been dropped from the Red Bull senior team, which is in part due
MoreFormer racing driver Robert Doornbos has claimed that Max Verstappen is worth every penny of his eye-watering new salary at Red Bull, arguing that he has “changed the sport.” Verstappen has won 20 races in his career; they have all come with Red Bull since his surprise debut with them in 2016, and half of
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Raymond Vermeulen, manager of Max Verstappen, is extremely pleased with his client’s current situation at Red Bull after the Dutchman signed a new contract that keeps him at the team until the end of 2028. In one of the most lucrative deals in Formula 1 history, Verstappen signed a five-year extension reportedly worth $250 million
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Dr Helmut Marko has backed Formula 1’s decision not to race in Russia this year after the FIA confirmed the cancellation of September’s event. Vladimir Putin ordered his Russian troops to invade Ukraine last week, leading to global condemnation and numerous fresh sanctions against Moscow. The response within the F1 paddock was a swift one,
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Dr Helmut Marko believes that Sir Lewis Hamilton had a significant role to play in the removal of Michael Masi as race director, adding that he was never going to retire from the sport despite being silent on social media. Hamilton was cruelly denied his record eighth world championship at the end of 2021 after
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