Before the 2024 Formula 1 season gets underway, Max Verstappen has already won a prestigious event, after being victorious last weekend in the iRacing Daytona 24 Hours. As always, Verstappen competed for Red Bull backed Team Redline in the online event; however, his side used a Mercedes AMG GT3. Verstappen’s team were the victors in
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AlphaTauri team manager Graham Watson believes Max Verstappen “single-handedly saved Formula 1”, with him comparing the Dutchman to seven-time World Champion Michael Schumacher. Verstappen has undoubtedly taken F1 by storm since making his debut in Free Practice 1 at the 2014 Japanese Grand Prix for AlphaTauri –they were known as Toro Rosso at the time
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Despite Red Bull team principal Christian Horner recently admitted that the side have some catching up to do ahead of 2026, Ford CEO Jim Farley believes the Austrians are actually “on track”. Ford are partnering Red Bull from 2026 onwards as a technical partner, with the American manufacturer to supply the Milton Keynes-based side with
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McLaren team principal Andrea Stella believes Max Verstappen wouldn’t be able to beat Red Bull if he were in Oscar Piastri’s or Lando Norris’ car, with it being described as “impossible”. The Woking-based team improved significantly last season courtesy of a huge upgrades package at the 2023 Austrian Grand Prix, which turned the side into
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Max Verstappen has stressed that Red Bull don’t design their car purely to suit him, despite claims made last year by Sergio Perez’s father. The Dutchman was consistently able to extract more performance from the RB19 on his way to his third consecutive Drivers’ Championship, leading to suggestions that the car was designed for him,
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Carlos Sainz is certain that Red Bull and Max Verstappen rarely went “100 per cent” in 2023, despite the fact the Dutchman claimed 19 wins from the 22 completed races. The Red Bull driver cruised to a third consecutive Drivers’ Championship with complete ease, with him winning several races by over 10 seconds. Sainz was
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Max Verstappen’s long-time sponsor from the last decade, Jumbo, have left the three-time World Champion, with the company’s chief executive having explained the reason why. The Dutch supermarket chain have decided that now is the right time to split from the Red Bull driver, whilst they will also stop sponsoring the Dutch Grand Prix at
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Max Verstappen has admitted that the constant changes being made to the Formula 1 format has made the sport “like a circus”, whilst he’s also made a suggestion on how to avoid drivers being disqualified during Sprint weekends. The three-time World Champion has been against Sprint weekends ever since the concept was initially discussed, with
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Ex-Formula 1 driver Christijan Albers believes Lewis Hamilton is “the only one” capable of defeating Max Verstappen this year, but that Mercedes need “a better car” for the British driver to really take the fight to the Dutchman. Hamilton has endured two winless seasons since being controversially defeated by Verstappen in the race for the
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Red Bull team principal Christian Horner has stressed that the side don’t force Max Verstappen to always give a “PR view” when completing his media duties, with the Dutchman having the “freedom” to say what he wants. Verstappen’s honest and sometimes brutal approach to his media duties has been criticised somewhat in recent months, most
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