Red Bull team principal Christian Horner has taken aim at Mercedes following their decision to lodge an appeal against the result of Sunday’s season-ending and Championship-deciding Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. Following a late crash for Williams’ Nicholas Latifi, race director Michael Masi deployed the safety car, bunching the pack up. There were lapped cars and
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Red Bull driver Max Verstappen has said that Sir Lewis Hamilton doesn’t know how to race “like I do”. The Championship protagonists will start the season finale in Abu Dhabi level on 369.5 points each, and Verstappen will start on pole position, just ahead of Hamilton in P2. The pair have had more than their
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Mercedes could decide to put a fresh engine in Sir Lewis Hamilton’s car for the Championship-decider in Abu Dhabi, Sky F1 pit-lane reporter Ted Kravitz has warned. Following Hamilton’s victory last time out in Saudi Arabia, he and Verstappen head to the season finale in the UAE capital level on 369.5 points. The Brit has
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Senior Red Bull advisor Dr Helmut Marko has issued an apology and backed down from his earlier claim that Max Verstappen didn’t hit the brakes as Sir Lewis Hamilton tried to overtake him in the 2021 Saudi Arabian Grand Prix. The Championship protagonists collided after Verstappen was instructed by his race engineer to let Hamilton
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Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff has said Max Verstappen’s on-track conduct and wheel-to-wheel racing in Saudi Arabia needs to be reviewed. The Dutchman battled with Championship rival Sir Lewis Hamilton throughout the action-packed grand prix, with the Brit ultimately triumphing in Jeddah. There were several flashpoints between Hamilton and Verstappen, including a number of questionable
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Jos Verstappen, the father of F1 Championship leader Max, has said that his son is unlikely to leave Red Bull for Mercedes anytime soon. Verstappen was approached by Mercedes in 2014, as the Silver Arrows looked to lure him away from Red Bull’s junior driver programme. However, the Dutchman decided to stick with Red Bull,
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F1 veteran Kimi Raikkonen, who will retire from the sport at the end of the season, has given his take on the controversial incident between Max Verstappen and Sir Lewis Hamilton in the 2021 Sao Paulo GP. The incident – which involved Verstappen outbraking himself in a desperate bid to stop a charging Hamilton from
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Former F1 racer Timo Glock has questioned Valtteri Bottas’ motivation “to drive forward to support Lewis Hamilton” against Max Verstappen. Hamilton and Verstappen have been locked in an intense fight for this year’s F1 crown since lights out in Bahrain, and both Mercedes and Red Bull have, on occasion, used their team-mates to help their
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Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff has warned that the FIA’s decision not to reinvestigate the Turn 4 incident between Max Verstappen and Sir Lewis Hamilton last time out in Brazil will influence the standard of racing in Formula 1 going forward. The Mercedes F1 Team, in addition to many pundits and drivers, felt that Verstappen
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Red Bull team principal Christian Horner has said that the FIA made the right decision by deciding not to reinvestigate the incident between Max Verstappen and Sir Lewis Hamilton at the 2021 Sao Paulo Grand Prix. Mercedes requested a review of the incident, which consisted of the Dutchman outbraking himself and forcing Hamilton well off
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