Red Bull advisor Dr Helmut Marko has said it will take something special to prevent Red Bull and Mercedes being the top dogs again in 2022. Red Bull driver Max Verstappen claimed his maiden F1 world title in 2021, while Red Bull missed out to Mercedes on the Constructors’ Championship. This was the first time
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Newly crowned world champion Max Verstappen has insisted that he does not want any preferential treatment from his Red Bull team. Team-mate Sergio Perez played a marvellous support role in the season-ending 2021 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, holding up Sir Lewis Hamilton to allow Verstappen the chance to close up to the seven-time champion. Verstappen
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Senior Red Bull advisor Helmut Marko has defended race director Michael Masi following the controversial 2021 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. Masi came under enormous pressure at various points during the 2021 season, often being the focal point of several contentious moments. His actions in Baku, Spa, Brazil, Saudi Arabia and the season finale were all
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McLaren driver Lando Norris has said he believes Mercedes had the fastest car over the course of the 2021 season, and Max Verstappen was able to defeat Sir Lewis Hamilton despite this. Mercedes had a torrid pre-season test in Bahrain, but by the time the season got underway in the same country, the Silver Arrows
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Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff has said he doesn’t think Sir Lewis Hamilton was cheated out of the 2021 F1 World Championship in Abu Dhabi. Instead, he believes an inconsistent decision by race director Michael Masi regarding the late Safety Car restart “took the title away from Lewis.” Specifically, after Nicholas Latifi brought out the
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McLaren driver Daniel Ricciardo has commented on the late Safety Car controversy in the season finale in Abu Dhabi. The Australian lost out due to race director Michael Masi only allowing the five cars between Sir Lewis Hamilton and Max Verstappen to un-lap themselves, but he was quick to admit that Hamilton unquestionably feels much
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Susie Wolff, the wife of Mercedes F1 boss Toto, has taken to Twitter to deliver a strong message to Formula 1 following the controversial season finale in Abu Dhabi that saw Max Verstappen beat Sir Lewis Hamilton to the 2021 championship. She suggested that race director Michael Masi made up the regulations at the end
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Mercedes were at fault for not calling Sir Lewis Hamilton into the pits during the late Safety Car in the season finale in Abu Dhabi. That’s according to former Formula 1 driver Jan Lammers, who slammed Mercedes for “accusing others” instead of taking responsibility for their own strategy call. Mercedes were fearful of giving up
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Mercedes have decided to withdraw their appeal against the result of the 2021 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, confirming Max Verstappen as champion. Sir Lewis Hamilton and Verstappen entered the final round of the season level on points following a thrilling season of racing, and Verstappen took pole for the final grand prix of 2021. Hamilton
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As soon as the cars crossed the finish line in Abu Dhabi and Max Verstappen was declared the 2021 F1 Driver’s Champion, a petition was launched to hand Sir Lewis Hamilton the title. The petition, at the time of writing, has amassed over 14,000 signatures, showing fans’ dismay over the stewards’ decisions in the final
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