Charles Leclerc and Max Verstappen have praised George Russell, saying he deserves to land the second Mercedes seat next year. The Silver Arrows have already confirmed Sir Lewis Hamilton for 2022, with them inking a two-year contract extension earlier this season. However, Bottas’ future at Mercedes is very much up in the air, and the
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2016 F1 World Champion Nico Rosberg has said the ongoing Championship battle between Sir Lewis Hamilton and Max Verstappen is “awesome”, but he warned that it could reach a “destructive phase.” The Championship protagonists have duelled on a number of occasions this season, and things quickly turned ugly in Silverstone after the pair collided at
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Mercedes team principal and CEO Toto Wolff has accused Red Bull team boss Christian Horner of trying to polarise Formula 1 fans. The Austrian made the remark just days before Formula 1 returns from its summer shutdown in Belgium. Mercedes and Red Bull have been locked in a fierce Championship battle since the season-opener in
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Dr Helmut Marko, head of Red Bull’s driver programme, has recalled when he realised that Max Verstappen is an “extraordinary talent.” At the age of 16, Verstappen became the youngest driver to ever take part in an F1 race weekend at Suzuka in 2014. Specifically, he took part in FP1 for the Japanese Grand Prix
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Senior Red Bull adviser Dr Helmut Marko has suggested that certain rules related to Formula 1’s recently introduced budget cap need a rethink. For the first time in the sport’s history, F1 implemented a budget cap for the 2021 season, with teams only allowed to spend a total of up to $145 million (with the
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1996 F1 Champion Damon Hill has said he is worried about Max Verstappen and Sir Lewis Hamilton having another high-speed crash in the upcoming Belgian GP. The Championship rivals collided on the opening lap of the British Grand Prix, and Verstappen came off much worse than Hamilton, with him suffering a high-impact collision into the
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Mercedes currently have the fastest car in Formula 1, but Max Verstappen’s sheer pace has been enough for him to make the Red Bull RB16B look more competitive. That’s according to Dutch racing driver Tom Coronel, who has heaped praise onto Verstappen and said he believes he’s “ready” to win a World Championship. “The man
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Mercedes team principal and CEO Toto Wolff has commented on the prospect of the Silver Arrows poaching Max Verstappen from Red Bull. The Austrian said he believes the Dutch ace is “very happy” at his current team, and stressed that Mercedes “are not looking for a driver.” “I think that Verstappen and his entourage are
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Red Bull team principal Christian Horner has said they no longer have to rely on being “tactically shrewd” to win races. Prior to 2021, the Milton Keynes-based team had roughly the second or third fastest car over the course of Formula 1’s V6 turbo-hybrid era, but this season they have been the pacesetters at a
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Red Bull favoured Max Verstappen and forced Alex Albon to be his “bridesmaid”, IndyCar team owner Dale Coyne has said. Albon and Verstappen were team-mates for a season-and-a-half, and over this time the Dutch ace comprehensively outperformed the Thai driver. READ: McLaren Surprised To Be ‘Genuinely’ Very Close To Mercedes & Red Bull Some people
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