Ferrari’s Carlos Sainz has expressed his preference for being teammates with Lewis Hamilton rather than Max Verstappen in a recent interview. Sainz, who made his Formula 1 debut alongside Hamilton at Toro Rosso, saw Verstappen swiftly promoted to Red Bull while he departed the team soon after. Currently racing for Ferrari alongside Charles Leclerc, Sainz
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Ex-Ferrari and Williams team manager Peter Windsor has quashed suggestions that Lewis Hamilton is making more mistakes, since Mercedes’ dominant period ended. Since the start of the new aerodynamic regulations in 2022, Red Bull have very much been the superior team, whereas Mercedes have been comfortably slower. Hamilton’s cars in 2022 and 2023 and arguably
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2009 Formula 1 World Champion Jenson Button believes Lewis Hamilton can challenge Max Verstappen for the title next season, if given a good enough car by Mercedes. Verstappen has faced little competition since controversially beating Hamilton to the 2021 Drivers’ Championship, which happened after former race director Michael Masi made a ‘human error’. Red Bull
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Red Bull driver Sergio Perez faced yet another unfortunate incident during a show run in Madrid this weekend, requiring a push from a Red Bull engineer to navigate a tight corner. The Mexican driver took to the streets of the Spanish capital on Saturday night in the RB7, the car that propelled Sebastian Vettel to
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The risk of Max Verstappen, the likely-in-2023 triple world champion, leaving Formula 1 is becoming a genuine concern. Despite having a contract until 2028, Verstappen has recently issued warnings about his potential departure due to the expanding F1 calendar and the controversial new regulations set for 2026. In an interview with Osterreich newspaper, Red Bull’s
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Red Bull advisor Dr Helmut Marko has questioned whether reigning World Champion Max Verstappen does actually care about breaking records, despite the Dutchman having insisted that he doesn’t. Given that he’s a 43-time race winner at just 25 years old, it would come as no surprise that the two-time World Champion has eclipsed or matched
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Reigning World Champion Max Verstappen has hinted at potentially creating his “own race team”, although he’s ruled out ever becoming a Formula 1 team principal. The Red Bull driver is currently obliterating the competition this season and is looking set to claim a third consecutive Drivers’ Championship, after winning eight of the 10 completed races
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Reigning World Champion Max Verstappen was involved in an ugly incident during a recent sim racing event, where the Dutchman purposefully wiped-out a competitor. The Dutchman is a keen sim racer and was participating in a three-hour GT race on popular platform iRacing. The race itself was held virtually at Spa-Francorchamps and was titled as
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Carlos Sainz has revealed that he’d rather have Lewis Hamilton as his team-mate, if he had to choose between the seven-time World Champion and Max Verstappen. The Ferrari driver has plenty of experience racing in the same team as a world-class talent, especially at Ferrari where he’s partnered by Charles Leclerc. Leclerc is very much
MoreJolyon Palmer, a former Formula 1 driver, has expressed his belief that the combination of Max Verstappen and Red Bull Racing is currently so dominant that other drivers in the field don’t make an effort to defend their positions when they see Verstappen approaching in their mirrors. However, Palmer anticipates that this mindset will change
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