Red Bull team principal Christian Horner has spoken of his joy at re-signing Max Verstappen until the end of 2028. The Dutchman’s previous deal ran until the end of 2023 and included a clause that allowed him to leave the team were they unable to give him a sufficiently competitive car. However, any fears of
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Mercedes technical director Mike Elliott says that Red Bull’s new sidepods this year have caught his eye, and they are something he will look into. Red Bull turned up to the first pre-season testing in Barcelona with a very different sidepod design to what we saw on the stripped back car they displayed during their
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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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Max Verstappen says that Red Bull’s car is going to look very different in the 2022 season opener to the one they ran during the first test in Barcelona. Red Bull’s car reveal ahead of the new season in Milton Keynes was instantly recognised as a dummy car and a stripped back version of what
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Mattia Binotto is unconvinced by the notion that Ferrari have put together a better race car than Mercedes this season, and predicts that the Silver Arrows will have the upper hand come the first round of the season in Bahrain. Ferrari completed 438 laps during the three days of running in Spain last week, and
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A Max Verstappen fan has boldly suggested that the Dutchman will surpass Sir Lewis Hamilton and Michael Schumacher’s achievements and win more than seven world championships. Verstappen claimed his first title last season following a tense season of racing between himself and Hamilton, during which they won 18 of the 22 races between them. They
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Dutch journalist Erik van Haren has reported that Max Verstappen has agreed and is set to sign a new contract with Red Bull in the coming days. Having won the championship in 2021, Red Bull advisor Dr Helmut Marko advised that the team would not be able to offer him the circa $54 million that
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Plenty of talk during the first week of pre-season testing in Barcelona pertained to Ferrari, McLaren and Mercedes after a fascinating three days of running that kept us guessing who had the upper hand. Lando Norris topped day one before Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc went quickest on Thursday, and Mercedes locked out the front two spots
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Sir Lewis Hamilton has drawn valuable attention to a journalist who has highlighted Africans being stranded in Ukraine amid its conflict with Russia. Following months of escalating tensions, Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday ordered his troops to enter Ukraine and begin an invasion of the country. It began a horrifying concatenation of events in
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Red Bull team principal Christian Horner has predicted that George Russell will be pushing Sir Lewis Hamilton hard at Mercedes this year. Russell has been signed to Mercedes to replace the departing Valtteri Bottas who has gone to Alfa Romeo, and ambiguity has remained over whether he will be able to challenge his compatriot in
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