Reigning World Champion Max Verstappen certainly wasn’t a happy driver after Saturday’s sprint race at the Azerbaijan Grand Prix, due to him having completed the vast majority of the sprint with floor and sidepod damage. The Dutchman’s RB19 became wounded on the opening lap of the sprint following contact with George Russell at Turn 2,
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Reigning World Champion Max Verstappen has called for Red Bull to review why the Dutchman was called into the pits when he was on Sunday, given that a Safety Car was summoned just seconds after he exited the pit-lane. After starting the Azerbaijan Grand Prix from second, Verstappen found himself in the lead of the
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1996 Formula 1 World Champion Damon Hill changed his outlook on George Russell’s collision with Max Verstappen after the Azerbaijan Grand Prix had finished, with the Briton having at first taken a swipe at Verstappen for the incident. Russell and Verstappen collided on the opening lap of Saturday’s sprint race, with the Mercedes driver having
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Russian Formula 1 commentator Alexey Popov believes Max Verstappen’s insult directed at George Russell on Saturday at the Azerbaijan Grand Prix was “psychological”, perhaps in anticipation of a fight in the future. Verstappen and Russell were involved in one of the biggest talking points of the weekend at the Baku City Circuit, after the pair
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Red Bull team principal Christian Horner has officially confirmed that team orders won’t be used to interfere with Max Verstappen and Sergio Perez, whom the Briton has revealed are “free to race”. The Austrians claimed their third 1-2 of the 2023 F1 season on Sunday at the Azerbaijan Grand Prix, with Perez having claimed his
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The Azerbaijan Grand Prix proved to be a trickier than usual affair for Red Bull’s Max Verstappen as he found himself unable to take victory in either of the weekend’s races amid a series of unfortunate setbacks. The Sprint race proved to be challenging for Verstappen early on, as he took damage in the early
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Last weekend’s Azerbaijan Grand Prix certainly wasn’t one for the record books, unless the book in question is for the most boring races in Formula 1. The Baku City Circuit is usually one of the highlights of the season, with the mix of high and low speed corners at the challenging street circuit typically resulting
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Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff has urged Formula 1 officials to step in to make the sport more entertaining for the fans after the Azerbaijan Grand Prix proved to be a boring affair with little drama despite a shake-up of the sport’s format. As Mercedes once dominated the sport, barely threatened by its competitors, Red
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Max Verstappen has accepted that his double defeat in Azerbaijan was down to his struggle to fight the right setup to mount an effective fightback. Having worked throughout the weekend to get on his teammate’s level, Verstappen admits that he was “playing around with the tools” inside the RB19, only finding the right set up
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Following Sergio Perez’s victory at last weekend’s Azerbaijan Grand Prix, several Dutch newspapers have stated that the Mexican must be able to beat Max Verstappen at a normal circuit in order to challenge for the title, with the belief being that until then, Verstappen ‘will not worry’. Perez claimed his second win of the year
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