Reigning world champion Max Verstappen has generally adopted a less aggressive approach to wheel-to-wheel racing against Charles Leclerc so far this season relative to how he raced Sir Lewis Hamilton in 2021. The Dutchman went up against the seven-time world champion last year as he battled for his maiden Formula 1 crown. Verstappen ultimately came
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Carlos Sainz has stressed the silver lining of Ferrari’s 2022 power unit, noting that although it has been relatively unreliable, it is one of the more powerful packages on the grid. The Scuderia have suffered several reliability-induced retirements so far this season, costing both Sainz and team-mate Charles Leclerc much-needed points in their battle with
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Despite winning the Sprint race at their home Grand Prix, Max Verstappen couldn’t convert his pole position into a victory at the Austrian Grand Prix. Thousands of Dutch and Red Bull Racing fans cheered on the reigning World Champion and the home side, as they watched Scuderia Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc reignite his championship bid with victory. Verstappen
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The Austrian Grand Prix podium finishers have voiced their opinions over the controversial use of flares by fans around the Red Bull Ring. Thousands of Dutch fans in support of Max Verstappen lit orange flares during the weekend, with the vast majority being lit during on Sunday’s race. The race, which was won by Charles
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Senior Red Bull adviser Dr Helmut Marko has revealed that Max Verstappen and Carlos Sainz had a “toxic” relationship during their tenure at Red Bull’s junior team. The Spaniard joined Scuderia Toro Rosso in 2015, partnering Verstappen in his debut season in Formula 1. Sainz stayed at the Faenza-based team until the end of 2017,
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Max Verstappen saw his World Championship lead reduced by six points at the Austrian Grand Prix, after having to settle for second at Red Bull’s home race. However, despite not finishing on the top step, Verstappen was praised for his “professional” behaviour during the race, where he was overtaken by race winner Charles Leclerc three times.
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Ferrari driver Charles Leclerc has revealed that he had a “flashback” of the high-impact collision between Sir Lewis Hamilton and Max Verstappen when he overtook the Briton at the 2022 British Grand Prix. Hamilton and Verstappen crashed on the opening lap of the British Grand Prix last year, as the Dutchman hung his Red Bull
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Red Bull’s Max Verstappen has revealed that he has always stayed true to who he is, and has never tried to emulate any of the great Formula 1 drivers of the past. Verstappen has been compared to the likes of Michael Schumacher in his young career for his outstanding race craft, as well as his
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With Spa Francorchamps looking on the brink of being dropped from the calendar, Sebastian Vettel has made one final plea to Formula 1 to keep the Belgian Grand Prix alive. So much history and pedigree is associated with the track situated in the Ardennes Forest, and its undulating nature, its impending and fascinating sense of
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Jan Lammers, boss of the Dutch Grand Prix in Zandvoort, has assured that there will be cordial conduct from “real” Dutch fans when the circus visits the Netherlands after the summer break. Hamilton was subjected to cheers when he crashed into the wall at the Austrian Grand Prix last weekend, and there were also allegations
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