Max Verstappen amusingly shut down any suggestion that Sir Lewis Hamilton and George Russell will be in the fight for the win at the Dutch Grand Prix. Mercedes started the weekend off well on Friday, with Russell leading Hamilton in first practice, before the 37-year-old went third fastest in FP2. Russell was back in top
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Red Bull Racing chief advisor Dr Helmut Marko doesn’t think Max Verstappen is the favourite to win the Dutch Grand Prix, despite the reigning World Champion having claimed pole position at Zandvoort. Verstappen is aiming for back-to-back victories at his home race, with the Dutchman having put himself in the best position to do so after
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Fans at last weekend’s Belgian Grand Prix were treated to a fascinating site last weekend when a person on a flyboard raced down the Kemmel Straight. During Friday practice, the spectators got their first glimpse of the exquisite pace of the Formula 1 cars as they left the pits and headed through some of the
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Driving a Formula 1 car? Easy. Winning races? That seems to be easy enough too, but using TikTok was a bridge too far for Max Verstappen ahead of the Dutch Grand Prix. The reigning world champion will take to the Zandvoort Circuit in front of his adoring home crowd this weekend, at the track that
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Red Bull’s Sergio Perez was a frustrated figure after qualifying for the Dutch Grand Prix due to a spin that will see him start P5. Perez had persistently been competing at the front this weekend, but he has, in the last few rounds, found himself up against with the imperious Max Verstappen. Perez had set
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Max Verstappen has been given the Dutch equivalent to a knighthood, being made an Officer in the Order of Orange-Nassau by the Netherlands. Verstappen has become one of the biggest names in the Netherlands since joining the Formula 1 grid with Toro Rosso in 2015. With his performances, he has single-handedly made F1 one of
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Sporting director of the Dutch Grand Prix and former Formula 1 driver, Jan Lammers, has assured spectators that there will be no misconduct from Dutch fans this weekend. Abuse and ugly behaviour around the racetrack have been a key theme of the 2022 season so far, after Max Verstappen received boos from the British fans
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Dutch racing driver, Tom Coronel, sees a negative side to the current stranglehold his compatriot, Max Verstappen, has over Formula 1. Verstappen brought an end to seven years of dominance by Mercedes in the Drivers’ Standings last season when he dramatically beat Sir Lewis Hamilton to the title. Last year’s protagonists won 18 of the
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Red Bull’s Max Verstappen has been awarded the honour of being an officer of the Order of Orange-Nassau in the Netherlands. The award, thought to be similar to an OBE or an MBE in the United Kingdom, is not the same as a knighthood – the closest thing to that in the Netherlands is to
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Max Verstappen has established himself as the best driver on the Formula 1 grid in 2022, while Sir Lewis Hamilton’s reputation has unquestionably taken a hit. The 24-year-old has reached a new level this year, and the Dutchman is all but certain to defend his title. Verstappen heads into the 2022 Dutch Grand Prix with
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