Prior to the Belgian Grand Prix, many had predicted that the FIA’s technical directive would see Red Bull Racing and Ferrari drop closer to Mercedes; however, with Max Verstappen winning his ninth race of the season by 17.8 seconds, this clearly wasn’t the case. The FIA clamped down on porpoising at the Belgian Grand Prix, by measuring how
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Former Formula 1 driver, Jos Verstappen, needed to adapt to having a co-driver in the car alongside him while contesting the Ypres Rally Belgium in the World Rally Championship (WRC). Verstappen entered the Belgian Rally Championship at the start of this season after watching his son, Max, lift the Formula 1 trophy last year following
MoreReigning world champion Max Verstappen has revealed the motivational words his father Jos gave him during his junior racing career. Jos raced with Arrows and Benetton in his career, ending on the podium six times, both arriving in 1994. Three years later, he and then partner Sophie Kumpen had a son named Max, and he
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Sergio Pérez’s dramatic improvement this season is making Dr Helmut Marko’s job that much harder, after Jos Verstappen publicly made comments about the team not wanting the best for his son. The incident occurred after the Monaco Grand Prix, where Sergio Pérez claimed a famous victory, and championship leader Max Verstappen finished third. At the
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Jos Verstappen believes his son Max was galvanised to victory in Baku by his third-placed finish in Monaco as he stormed to victory in Azerbaijan last weekend. Sergio Perez headed into Baku fresh off a victory in Monaco and a new contract until 2024, and it looked as though his forward momentum was about to
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Max Verstappen has affirmed that there was not a lot more Red Bull could have done to get a better result in Monaco last time out, despite his father’s complaints. Red Bull played out a brilliant strategy over Ferrari in Monte Carlo to get Sergio Perez into the lead of the race ahead of Carlos
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Red Bull team principal Christian Horner disagrees with Jos Verstappen’s assessment that the team should have done more to help his son, Max, win the Monaco Grand Prix. Max finished third ahead of Charles Leclerc after Red Bull strategist Hannah Schmitz played a blinder against the Ferrari pair of Carlos Sainz and Charles Leclerc, which
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Red Bull’s Max Verstappen believes that the Monaco Grand Prix is near enough irreplaceable as it continues to face the threat of being axed ahead of next season. The influx of new venues and races has been brought about by the global success of the Netflix Drive to Survive docuseries, and Formula 1 has now
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Sergio Pérez caused Red Bull Racing an enormous headache at the recent Monaco Grand Prix, by taking a famous victory and throwing himself straight into title contention. For the first-time in his Formula 1 career, the 32-year-old is a serious contender for the championship, having shown incredible speed and consistency so far in 2022. However,
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Despite only being 24-years-old, reigning World Champion Max Verstappen has already discussed plans for his retirement, when it eventually comes around. The Dutchman is currently into the opening years of his enormous contract with Red Bull Racing, which will see him remain in Formula 1 until 2028 at the earliest. By then Verstappen will be
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