An amusing team radio message has surfaced from Sergio Perez after his crash during qualifying at the Monaco Grand Prix. Perez had generally been quicker all weekend than team-mate Max Verstappen in Monaco, and he had set a quicker lap than the Dutchman to go third fastest after the opening run in the third and
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Red Bull team principal Christian Horner has praised the sensibility of Sergio Perez after he was asked not to fight Max Verstappen in Baku. Perez had out-qualified Verstappen for the third time this season and the second time consecutively by starting the race second behind Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc, and he took the lead from the
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1996 Formula 1 world champion Damon Hill says that the battle for the championship is still far from over after a horrible afternoon for Ferrari in Baku. Both Charles Leclerc and Carlos Sainz suffered reliability failures on Sunday, leaving Max Verstappen to lead home Sergio Perez for a Red Bull one-two as they extended their
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Jos Verstappen believes his son Max was galvanised to victory in Baku by his third-placed finish in Monaco as he stormed to victory in Azerbaijan last weekend. Sergio Perez headed into Baku fresh off a victory in Monaco and a new contract until 2024, and it looked as though his forward momentum was about to
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The Mercedes F1 Team are once again scratching their heads and looking for answers, as the W13’s porpoising issue reached its worst stage yet at the Baku City Circuit. Despite the team hoping they’d solved the issue at the Spanish Grand Prix, the team suffered from bouncing both in Monaco and now in Azerbaijan. Both
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Red Bull team principal Christian Horner smiled as he praised Sebastian Vettel’s performance at the Azerbaijan Grand Prix, joking that Aston Martin have a “good car.” Vettel started the race in Baku in P9, but climbed above Yuki Tsunoda off the start, before jumping Sir Lewis Hamilton in the pit stop phases. As he was
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With Formula 1 teams becoming increasingly under financial strain, Mercedes F1 team principal Toto Wolff has expressed his support of the controversial proposed driver salary cap. Teams have threatened that they may miss the final rounds of the championship, should the $140 million budget cap not be increased. The dramatic inflation which has hit every
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Max Verstappen joked with journalist Tom Clarkson about his language in the press conference following the Azerbaijan Grand Prix. The Ferrari pair of Charles Leclerc and Carlos Sainz both suffered reliability failures in Baku on Sunday, opening the door for Verstappen to lead home Sergio Perez for a Red Bull one-two – their third of
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Red Bull’s Max Verstappen accepts that there was some fortune involved with his victory at Sunday’s Azerbaijan Grand Prix, but puts the success down to having a superior car to Ferrari. Red Bull’s tyre management that they have shown throughout the season was always going to suit them well on race day in Azerbaijan, and
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Red Bull team principal Christian Horner has revealed that there was an issue with re-fuelling on Sergio Perez’s car that meant he was late out for the final run in Q3 in Azerbaijan. Team-mate Max Verstappen asked the team on the radio why he was being sent out first after he looked across the garage
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