Max Verstappen and Lando Norris left the stewards’ office still on good terms after their qualifying incident at the Japanese Grand Prix last weekend. The Dutchman was preparing for his first and pole-setting run of the final qualifying session on Saturday, and he was crawling out of 130R in preparation for the start of the
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McLaren Racing CEO, Zak Brown is pained by the fact that Daniel Ricciardo’s career with the British side has not worked out. Ricciardo was considering his options in 2018 when Max Verstappen became the clear number one at Red Bull, and he was initially considering McLaren. The Papaya squad finished sixth in the championship that
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McLaren’s Lando Norris has told armchair critics that they should keep quiet, given that they have no experience of driving a Formula 1 car in the wet. Sir Lewis Hamilton has noted since the rain-affected Japanese Grand Prix that the rooster tails coming off the back of the new cars I wet conditions are worse
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The first Japanese Grand Prix since 2019 is one that will be discussed for years to come; however, it’s for all the wrong reasons. Max Verstappen claimed his 12th victory of the year at the Suzuka International Racing Course to finally become a double World Champion, although, an incident on the second lap of the
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McLaren’s Lando Norris would like Formula 1 to find a way to run in the wet without producing copious amounts of spray, as this would facilitate more racing in wet conditions. The Singapore Grand Prix was delayed by an hour before the drivers eventually headed out on track on Intermediates, and the race hit the
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2009 world champion, Jenson Button, indicated that Max Verstappen was perhaps a little fortunate to escape unpunished after his incident with Lando Norris in Japan. The Dutchman was preparing for his first run in Q3, and was driving slowly through 130R, and Norris was keen to get on with it and start his lap. The
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2023 looks set to be a strange year for Formula 1 viewers, with Sebastian Vettel and Daniel Ricciardo all but confirmed to not be on the grid next season. Vettel is, of course, retiring from the championship at the end of the season; however, Ricciardo’s future was still unknown heading into last weekend’s Japanese Grand
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Max Verstappen’s 12th victory of the season at the Japanese Grand Prix saw the Dutchman emulate Fernando Alonso, Mika Hakkinen, Emerson Fittipaldi, Graham Hill, Jim Clark and Alberto Ascari as a double World Champion. It certainly wasn’t a plain sailing weekend for the 2022 World Champion, after what was an incredibly eventful weekend for him at the
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Red Bull’s Max Verstappen will keep pole position after a lairy incident with McLaren’s Lando Norris in Japan. The Dutchman had looked the quickest driver on track throughout the opening two phase of qualifying in Suzuka, and he was preparing for what would ultimately prove the pole run in Q3. As Verstappen was crawling out
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Daniel Ricciardo said the words that thousands of fans have been dreading since his McLaren boot, after the Honey Badger announced after qualifying for the Japanese Grand Prix that he won’t be on the 2023 grid. Whilst the announcement was somewhat expected, it’s still disappointed a large portion of the F1 community, given that the Aussie
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