Red Bull adviser, Dr Helmut Marko, has revealed that the team had to make some cuts to accommodate for the $140 million budget cap introduced at the start of this season. The first-ever cap was introduced last season, and stood at $145 million. No one fell foul of that, although Williams were fined for failing
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The Hungaroring has confirmed to Formula1News.co.uk that the police intervened quickly on site during the Hungarian Grand Prix weekend after an incident involving a security officer. Mark Thompson, a veteran photographer in Formula 1, got into an altercation with a member of the security team at the event during Friday practice. The Briton posted two
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Championship rivals Max Verstappen and Charles Leclerc have given their opinion on how to best deal with the current track limits issue, with 43 warnings having been awarded at the recent Austrian Grand Prix. At the Red Bull Ring, four drivers were incredibly awarded five-second time penalties for exceeding track limits too many times during the race;
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Red Bull Racing chief advisor Dr Helmut Marko has sensationally blamed “the English press” for the sacking of Estonian driver Juri Vips, after the 21-year-old used racial slurs during a Twitch stream. Vips was destined for a career in Formula 1, potentially as soon as 2023. The former Red Bull Junior driver looked set for
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Lando Norris’ father has shared a selfie he took with the father of Sir Lewis Hamilton and Max Verstappen on the F1 grid. Adam Norris, Lando’s father, isn’t in the spotlight as much as the parents of some other F1 drivers, such as Jos Verstappen. He doesn’t come from a racing background, amassing a £205
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The 2022 summer break has certainly been a fascinating one so far, with Daniel Ricciardo’s situation at the McLaren F1 Team dominating the Formula 1 headlines. The Australian who is contracted until the end of 2023, has demanded £17 million from the Woking-based side to leave the team. This is so Alpine F1 Team reserve
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Scuderia Ferrari have a mountain to climb should they wish to get back in the title fight, after their strategic error at the Hungarian Grand Prix summed up their mistake-ridden first half of the season. Strategic errors have been the downfall of Ferrari this season, with Charles Leclerc having lost the race lead and ultimately
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Pierre Gasly’s desire to return to Red Bull Racing appears to be unachievable, with Red Bull chief advisor Dr Helmut Marko appearing to suggest that the Austrian side would be prepared to let him leave the Red Bull programme. Gasly has been part of the Red Bull family for the majority of his career, after
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With Charles Leclerc having lost the race lead nine times this season through reliability problems, strategic and driver errors, Max Verstappen has amassed an arguably uncatchable lead in the Drivers’ Championship. Red Bull Racing have taken the fight to Ferrari and pushed the Scuderia into countless errors. Between Verstappen and Sergio Pérez, Red Bull Racing
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Toto Wolff has admitted that Max Verstappen deserved to win the 2021 World Championship. Verstappen went head to head with Wolff’s driver, Sir Lewis Hamilton, in one of the greatest battles Formula 1 has ever seen last year. It ended with the two drivers heading into the final race of the year in Abu Dhabi
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