Red Bull advisor Dr Helmut Marko has revealed how the Milton Keynes team pried Max Verstappen away from the clutches of Mercedes when he was a junior driver. Verstappen debuted in 2015 for Toro Rosso alongside Carlos Sainz having participated in his first practice session the year previous at the tender age of just 16.
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Red Bull have told the FIA that their issues run much deeper than race director Michael Masi, and that he should not be singled out as the sole cause of controversy following the end of last year’s title race. Masi was placed into his role as race director following the tragic passing of Charlie Whiting
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Formula 1 CEO Stefano Domenicali has reacted to Sir Lewis Hamilton’s recent Instagram post, following his silence on social media for several weeks after the 2021 season finale. Hamilton was cruelly denied his eighth world championship in controversial fashion when race director Michael Masi allowed a limited number of lapped runners to pass the Safety
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One of the two Michael Schumacher-linked cars up for auction has failed to go for the price initially expected. The Tesla Roadster used by Schumacher together with Sebastian Vettel for their 2010 Race of Champions success attracted a bid of $158,000 at Les Grandes Marques du Mond in Paris, just under $7,000 over what was
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McLaren team principal Andreas Seidl is certain that Formula 1 can retain its integrity following the controversial ending to last season’s championship, but insists that the FIA needs the support of the teams in order to do so. Sir Lewis Hamilton had looked set to record the 104th win of his career and thus his
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A number of F1 engineers believe that Sir Lewis Hamilton was “robbed” of the 2021 championship and want Max Verstappen to be stripped of his title. That’s according to William Storey, the outspoken co-founder and CEO of Rich Energy. The energy drinks company became the title sponsor of the Haas Formula 1 Team ahead of
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Max Verstappen has said he does not want a 2022 season similar to the chaos of last year going up against Sir Lewis Hamilton, insisting that everyone at both Mercedes and Red Bull would suffer as a result. A brutal and controversial title battle ensued between the pair last season, as they came together on
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McLaren drivers Daniel Ricciardo and Lando Norris have both leaped to the defence of race director Michael Masi, sympathising with the numerous tasks that the 44-year-old needs to carry out. Masi was plunged into his current role after the tragic passing of Charlie Whiting in 2019, but still needed to retain his position as safety
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Former Formula 1 driver Mark Webber has lamented the manner in which the 2021 championship was decided in December. Sir Lewis Hamilton had looked set to beat Max Verstappen to the title heading into the closing laps of the race at the season-ending Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, but a late crash for Williams’ Nicholas Latifi
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The Formula 1 community has been wishing Peter Bonnington, Sir Lewis Hamilton’s race engineer, a happy birthday today. Bonnington, better known as Bono, turns 57 today – and many fans of Hamilton and Mercedes took to Twitter to wish him a happy birthday. F1 spectators also took the opportunity to praise Bonnington and hail his
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