Alpine’s Fernando Alonso has said he rates the performances of George Russell and Max Verstappen higher that those of Sir Lewis Hamilton while the Spaniard was out of the sport. Following 18 seasons, 97 podiums, 32 race wins and two championships, Alonso decided to leave Formula 1 at the end of 2018 having endured four
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Former Formula 1 driver Perry McCarthy has said he believes that new Alfa Romeo driver Valtteri Bottas is better than many F1 fans give him credit for, and listed other drivers he enjoys watching. Bottas spent five years partnering Sir Lewis Hamilton at Mercedes, and often found himself playing a support role for the Briton
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Former Formula 1 driver Perry McCarthy has every belief that new world champion Max Verstappen can defend his championship in 2022. Verstappen claimed his first F1 world championship in dramatic fashion last season when he passed Sir Lewis Hamilton on the final lap of the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. All told, his Red Bull team
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2016 world champion Nico Rosberg has praised the job Valtteri Bottas did at Mercedes, stating that the Finn’s time at the serial constructors’ champions was not the same as his own. Rosberg spent four years battling Sir Lewis Hamilton in what proved an immensely tense atmosphere between two drivers who once saw one another as
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Newly crowned world champion Max Verstappen says he is planning to enjoy racing in Formula 1 from 2022 onwards, and is putting no pressure on himself to build on his success. The Dutchman beat Sir Lewis Hamilton to the title last season after a gripping year of astonishing racing, and passed the 37-year-old on the
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Former Formula 1 driver Romain Grosjean sympathises with the Sir Lewis Hamilton for the way he lost the title in 2021, but insists that race director Michael Masi made the right call. With time constraints threatening to see the race end behind the Safety Car, Masi decided only to allow five lapped runners to gain
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Sergio Perez has said he is confident that he can mount a challenge for a Drivers’ Championship following a positive first season with Red Bull. Following 190 race starts since 2011, Perez claimed his first race win for Racing Point at the frenetic Sakhir Grand Prix in 2020 and was snapped up by Red Bull,
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IndyCar driver Josef Newgarden has said that he would like to try out a Formula 1 car, but the championship does not appeal to him as much as racing in America. Back in 2010, Newgarden raced for the Carlin team in GP3 and was viewed as one of the potential future stars of Formula 1.
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Former Formula 1 world champion Jacques Villeneuve believes that Toto Wolff’s reaction to Sir Lewis Hamilton’s championship defeat last year has harmed his image. Hamilton was beaten by Red Bull’s Max Verstappen in the final round of the season in Abu Dhabi following a highly contentious Safety Car restart by race director Michael Masi, drawing
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Max Verstappen has ridiculed Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff on a live stream of a virtual race. The 24-year-old poked fun at the Austrian after his team-mate was punted off the circuit by another driver during the sim race. Specifically, Verstappen joked that he would complain about the incident to Formula 1 race director Michael
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