As a result of his woeful 2022 campaign, Lewis Hamilton is set to pay almost half of Max Verstappen’s entry fee for 2023, with a driver’s entry fee being calculated based on the points they scored in the previous season. 2022 was a challenging year for Hamilton and for Mercedes, with the seven-time World Champion
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Double World Champion Mika Hakkinen believes street circuits are “brilliant” for Formula 1, with tracks like Monaco giving fans the ultimate “luxury” experience that a “luxury business” like F1 can offer. The 1998 and 1999 World Champion’s opinion on street circuits is the complete opposite to fellow double World Champion Max Verstappen, who recently told
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The 2022 season was much more straightforward for Max Verstappen than the previous campaign, as he cruised to his second consecutive world championship title under the new regulations. The Dutchman won a record shattering 15 races last year as Mercedes and Ferrari struggled to even lay a glove on Red Bull for the majority of
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Double World Champion Max Verstappen has expressed how important the “weight of the car” is with the new aerodynamic regulations, with the Dutchman having struggled with the RB18 during its early life. Considering how tightly fought the start of last season was, it’s incredible just how dominant Verstappen went on to be, with the 25-year-old
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Red Bull team principal Christian Horner is certain that Max Verstappen and Sergio Pérez will overcome their differences and “work as a team”, with the Brit confident that the pair’s Interlagos incident won’t carry over into 2023. The Brazilian Grand Prix certainly wasn’t a race to remember for the Austrians, as they slumped towards the
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Social media can be a very toxic place for athletes, who unfortunately find their comments sections filled with trolls and hurtful comments, hidden behind fake profiles. While Max Verstappen prefers to keep a low profile and restrict his presence on social media as much as someone of his fame and stature is allowed to, his
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Red Bull hit the ground running under the new regulations in 2022, managing to take advantage of Mercedes and Ferrari’s struggles to win their first constructors’ championship since 2013. Max Verstappen won a record breaking 15 races on his was to his second consecutive world title, showing a scary level of consistency that has not
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Sergio Pérez’s former manager Adrian Fernandez has warned the Mexican that he will “have to step up a gear” in the upcoming season, with the 32-year-old needing to push Max Verstappen more. 2022 was a relatively good year for Checo, with the Mexican thriving at street circuits in particular. He claimed his first pole position
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2016 Formula 1 World Champion Nico Rosberg has praised the FIA for the new aerodynamic regulations which were introduced last season, with the German hailing the most recent campaign as “so exciting”. Whilst drivers have stated that the 2022 cars were less enjoyable to drive than their predecessors, 2022 actually saw a much higher number of overtakes than
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Being a Formula 1 driver comes with a lot of responsibility, as millions of fans look to their favourite drivers as role models and positive influences. This means that drivers often have to use their massive followings on social media to promote positive causes, along with updating their fans with what they are up to
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