Three words have been removed from the Oxford Advanced Learner’s Dictionary after a successful campaign by Mongol Identity, a Mongolian advocacy group which vociferously criticised and campaigned against Max Verstappen after he called Lance Stroll a “mongol” last year. The group launched its latest campaign on World Education Day on 24 January and told Formula1News.co.uk
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Last month, it was reported that China’s BYD Auto Company had tabled a bid to acquire Aston Martin Lagonda in a deal that would value the British auto-maker at £4.1 billion. Details were scarce and it was difficult to gauge the veracity of these reports. READ: Alonso: It Became Clear ‘Leclerc Has More Potential’ Than
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French F1 driver Esteban Ocon has admitted that Netflix’s Drive To Survive docuseries helped him land a seat at Renault alongside Daniel Ricciardo in 2020. Ocon, who will continue to drive for the team under its new name in 2021, featured heavily in the docuseries’ first season, which covered the 2018 campaign. READ: Rob Bloom
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Canadian billionaire Lawrence Stroll has been criticised for buying an F1 team to ensure his son, Lance Stroll, has a reasonably competitive seat on the grid. Lance Stroll entered Formula One in 2017 with Williams Racing as part of an agreement which saw his father provide the ailing F1 team will tens of millions of
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2020 was arguably Sergio Perez’s strongest season in Formula One, with him taking his maiden victory in the Sakhir Grand Prix and finishing fourth in the Drivers’ Championship. READ: Saudi Arabian GP Won’t Be A Street Race After 2023 However, it was not without its challenges for the Mexican, with him testing positive for COVID-19
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Dr Helmut Marko, a senior Red Bull advisor, recently suggested that Sebastian Vettel made a mistake by joining the Aston Martin F1 Team and said he believes he should have taken a year out to wait for a potential vacancy at Red Bull or Mercedes in 2022. Join F1 TV To Watch Live Grand Prix
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The newly rebranded Aston Martin F1 Team has ambitious plans going forward, and with the addition of four-time World Champion Sebastian Vettel, in addition to a more equitable distribution of prize money and a $145mn budget cap in 2021, the team is looking to emerge from the midfield once and for all. READ: Aston Martin
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Sebastian Vettel will unquestionably be relieved that the 2020 F1 season is over, as he struggled to get to grips with the woeful Ferrari SF1000 and his relationship with the Scuderia publicly broke down on a number of occasions. READ: Monaco GP Plus Three Other Races To Be Cancelled Due To COVID-19 Lawrence Stroll, who
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Canadian billionaire Lawrence Stroll, who heads up the consortium of investors which owns the Aston Martin Racing F1 Team, has said he has “100 percent” confidence in Sebastian Vettel’s talent and dedication as a driver. READ: Cognizant Explains Why It Decided To Enter F1 With Aston Martin Despite Global Pandemic Speaking just a couple of
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Aston Martin Racing has confirmed that it has agreed a title sponsorship deal with US IT giant Cognizant, around two weeks after it was reported that they were in negotiations for such a partnership. The team, which most recently competed in Formula One as Racing Point, said the information technology services corporation will act as
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