Max Verstappen is hoping that having Sergio Perez as his Red Bull team-mate next season will help him compete against the two Mercedes up front. Follow us on Google News to never miss an F1 story again However, unless Red Bull can out-develop the Silver Arrows, 2021 nevertheless looks set to be another year of
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Last month, Red Bull announced that Sergio Perez will be replacing Alex Albon as Max Verstappen’s team-mate in 2021, with the Thai driver being demoted to the team’s reserve and test driver. READ: ‘I Want To Be Quick Anyway’: Carlos Sainz Looking To Be Immediately Fast At Ferrari Verstappen has since said he hopes that
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Aston Martin Racing team principal Otmar Szafnauer has said it is a shame that they couldn’t run Sergio Perez as one of their drivers in 2021. Perez, who recently signed a deal with Red Bull Racing for 2021, was under contract with Racing Point for next season but the team opted to axe him to
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Honda’s decision to withdraw from Formula One at the end of the 2021 season gave Red Bull plenty to think about in the second half of last year. It quickly emerged that Red Bull’s preference is to take over the intellectual property of Honda’s power unit and continue to use and develop it after 2021.
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Helmut Marko, head of Red Bull’s driver development programme and a senior team advisor, has said that he believes Daniel Ricciardo was increasingly struggling to keep up Max Verstappen and suggested that’s why he decided to leave the team two years ago. He made the remarks when speaking about Red Bull’s decision to drop Alex
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The last three second drivers at Red Bull – namely Daniil Kvyat, Pierre Gasly and Alex Albon – failed to match Max Verstappen in equal machinery, but, given how Sergio Perez performed last season, it is expected that the Mexican should be at least able to serve as a reliable rear-gunner for the Dutch ace.
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Daniel Ricciardo has hailed Pierre Gasly for bouncing back after being dropped by Red Bull in the middle of the 2019 F1 season – and he also had plenty of praise for George Russell. Russell proved he deserves a seat at a top team when he filled in for Lewis Hamilton at Mercedes in Bahrain,
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German publication Motorsport-Total.com recently ranked all F1 drivers who competed in the 2020 season, with Lewis Hamilton coming first, ahead of Max Verstappen, Daniel Ricciardo and Sergio Perez. In an interview with the media outlet, Dr Helmut Marko, head of Red Bull’s driver programme, agreed that Lewis Hamilton was the best driver of 2020. READ:
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Amid the global COVID-19 pandemic, Formula One managed to pull off a 17-race season – and, although there were several coronavirus cases within the F1 paddock, the FIA’s protocols proved effective in preventing the virus from spreading aggressively. In addition to teams and different groups of individuals within teams forming so-called bubbles, drivers had to
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George Russell’s ability to match and even outperform Valtteri Bottas in equal machinery in the Sakhir Grand Prix unquestionably increased the young Brit’s stock in the F1 paddock, but it also raised questions about how Lewis Hamilton would fare against a stronger team-mate. According to ex-F1 driver Jan Lammers, Dutch ace Max Verstappen would “easily”
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