1996 world champion Damon Hill says that Charles Leclerc needs to learn when to be composed and when to push in his title battle with Max Verstappen. Leclerc pitted late on in the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix while running behind Verstappen and his Red Bull team-mate Sergio Perez in a bid to go for the
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Red Bull designer Adrian Newey has indicated that Sir Lewis Hamilton’s actions at last year’s British Grand Prix were perhaps on the naughty side, but accepts that Max Verstappen was also antagonistic towards the Briton during their title fight in 2021. Verstappen and Hamilton went head-to-head for the world championship in a dramatic, enthralling and
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Both Sebastian Vettel and Max Verstappen have suggested that the weekend format should be changed amid the amount of media commitments the drivers are undertaking every weekend. Ahead of the new season, race weekends were officially condensed down to just three days, with the media obligations, including the press conference, taking place on Friday morning
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Former Formula 1 driver John Watson has praised Max Verstappen for his more measured approach to racing this year after the highly combustible rivalry he had with Sir Lewis Hamilton last season. Verstappen has won two of the opening four rounds of the 2022 season, with Charles Leclerc taking the other two for Ferrari amid
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Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc has insisted that his mistake at the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix was not a consequence of the pressure being applied by Red Bull. Leclerc was running behind the Red Bull pair of Max Verstappen and Sergio Perez when he span at the Variante Alta, allowing Lando Norris to take a podium finish
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Red Bull adviser Dr Helmut Marko has aimed another sly dig at Sir Lewis Hamilton by saying that Lando Norris is the only driver that can compete with Max Verstappen and Charles Leclerc at present. Norris grabbed McLaren’s first podium of the season at the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix after he capitalised on a crucial
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Red Bull’s Sergio Perez has reiterated that he is not at Red Bull to solely serve as backup to Max Verstappen, and he intends to compete for world titles at the team. Perez was signed to Red Bull ahead of the 2021 season when he replaced Alex Albon having taken victory at the 2020 Sakhir
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McLaren have confirmed that they have launched an investigation into the behaviour of one of their employees after a string of tweets aimed at Sir Lewis Hamilton. Katie Cumper, who since the emergence of the comments has deleted her Twitter and Facebook accounts, has taken to social media over the last 16 months to hurl
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AlphaTauri’s Pierre Gasly maintains that he would like to open up a discussion with Red Bull about a possible drive with them in the near future. The Frenchman debuted for Toro Rosso – AlphaTauri’s former guise – at the 2017 Malaysian Grand Prix, contesting five of the last six races of the season as he
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Former Ferrari F1 driver Gerhard Berger does not believe that Carlos Sainz will fulfil his aspirations of becoming the Scuderia’s lead driver, but recognises that this will not stop him from trying. Sainz has been out-qualified and out-raced at every event so far in 2022 by team-mate Charles Leclerc and, perhaps as a result of
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