Red Bull team principal, Christian Horner, has rubbished suggestions after the Italian Grand Prix that a new chassis is in the pipeline. The Austrian side made a slightly wobbly start to the year, with Max Verstappen and Sergio Perez both retiring from the Bahrain Grand Prix due to reliability failures. The Dutchman won in Jeddah
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Ferrari team principal, Mattia Binotto, would like to press on and find some answers as to why Red Bull have been performing so much better in recent rounds. Seven of Ferrari’s pole positions have been overturned by Max Verstappen and Sergio Perez this season, and neither Charles Leclerc nor Carlos Sainz have won since Austria.
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Last weekend’s Italian Grand Prix featured quite possibly the most pointless qualifying session in the recent history of Formula 1, as almost half of the field had grid penalties lingering over them ahead of the race at the ‘Temple of Speed’. Nine drivers were awarded grid penalties for last Sunday’s race at Monza, all of
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Russian commentator, Alexey Popov, has suggested that race director Michael Masi always had the interests of the fans in mind when making his decisions. Masi was involved in controversy last season when a late Safety Car was deployed while Sir Lewis Hamilton was comfortably leading Max Verstappen in their championship finale. The fight culminated in
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George Russell joked with Charles Leclerc after things got a little close between them at the first corner of the Italian Grand Prix. Leclerc started on pole after a fine performance during qualifying, while Russell was promoted to second after Max Verstappen, Carlos Sainz, Sergio Perez and Sir Lewis Hamilton all took grid penalties. At
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Jaguar Formula E driver, Sam Bird, has suggested that the Italian Grand Prix served as a reminder to Sir Lewis Hamilton that he was unfairly denied his eighth world title last year. Hamilton and Max Verstappen went into the season finale in 2021 level on points after a pulsating 21 rounds that had seen them
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Red Bull technical director, Pierre Wache, has revealed that tuning the car more to Sergio Perez’s preferences has ultimately cost him performance. The Mexican won the Monaco Grand Prix earlier this year, and he out-qualified team-mate, Max Verstappen, three times in the opening eight rounds of the season. The cars have been evolving at a
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Ex-F1 driver turned Sky Sports pundit Martin Brundle has urged Formula 1 to find a “solution” to reduce the number of grid penalties, following a confusing grid at the Italian Grand Prix last weekend. Staggeringly, nine of the twenty drivers were awarded grid penalties for last Sunday’s race at the ‘Temple of Speed’, after opting to change
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Max Verstappen has gone through this season being told by select members of the Formula 1 community that he is an unworthy champion. Michael Masi’s controversial call last season ultimately played a decisive factor in the fate of the 2021 title, as Sir Lewis Hamilton was cruelly denied his eighth success. But the Dutchman won
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Formula 1 CEO, Stefano Domenicali, has likened reigning world champion, Max Verstappen, to seven-time champion, Michael Schumacher. Domenicali worked with Schumacher for 11 years while at Ferrari, and he would share the paddock with the German again for three years when Mercedes signed him in 2010. The former Ferrari team principal, who left that role
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