F1 veteran Kimi Raikkonen, who will retire from the sport at the end of the season, has given his take on the controversial incident between Max Verstappen and Sir Lewis Hamilton in the 2021 Sao Paulo GP. The incident – which involved Verstappen outbraking himself in a desperate bid to stop a charging Hamilton from
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Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff has dismissed Valtteri Bottas’ suggestion that his performance with the team was hindered as a result of his future with the Silver Arrows constantly being in doubt. The Finn joined Mercedes in 2017 as Sir Lewis Hamilton’s team-mate following Nico Rosberg’s retirement from the sport, and he was on a
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Senior Red Bull advisor Dr Helmut Marko has said that the tensions we’ve seen between Mercedes and Red Bull this year are unsurprising, given the intensity of their battle for the Championship. Sir Lewis Hamilton and Max Verstappen have been locked in a title battle since the 2021 season got underway in Bahrain, while Mercedes
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Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff has dismissed the suggestion that Valtteri Bottas has mentally “checked out” from the Silver Arrows. The Finnish driver, who joined Mercedes in 2017 following Nico Rosberg’s shock retirement from Formula 1, was told earlier this year that he won’t be racing with the Brackley-based team in 2022. Bottas will instead
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McLaren driver Lando Norris has said he is far off Sir Lewis Hamilton’s level in terms of popularity, especially outside of Formula 1. The 22-year-old was recently ranked as the second-most popular driver in Formula 1, but he believes he is a long way off fellow Brit and seven-time World Champion, Hamilton. READ: Ex-F1 Driver
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Sir Lewis Hamilton has said he would like to see George Russell become a World Champion in Formula 1 at some point in the future. Russell will replace Valtteri Bottas at Mercedes next year to partner the seven-time World Champion – and many in the paddock believe the young Brit will give Hamilton a run
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Former F1 racer Timo Glock has questioned Valtteri Bottas’ motivation “to drive forward to support Lewis Hamilton” against Max Verstappen. Hamilton and Verstappen have been locked in an intense fight for this year’s F1 crown since lights out in Bahrain, and both Mercedes and Red Bull have, on occasion, used their team-mates to help their
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Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff has warned that the FIA’s decision not to reinvestigate the Turn 4 incident between Max Verstappen and Sir Lewis Hamilton last time out in Brazil will influence the standard of racing in Formula 1 going forward. The Mercedes F1 Team, in addition to many pundits and drivers, felt that Verstappen
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Red Bull team principal Christian Horner has said that the FIA made the right decision by deciding not to reinvestigate the incident between Max Verstappen and Sir Lewis Hamilton at the 2021 Sao Paulo Grand Prix. Mercedes requested a review of the incident, which consisted of the Dutchman outbraking himself and forcing Hamilton well off
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Mercedes have next to no chance of winning their appeal against the stewards’ decision not to penalise nor investigate Max Verstappen for running Sir Lewis Hamilton off the track in last weekend’s Sao Paulo Grand Prix. That’s according to ex-F1 driver Marc Surer, who believes Verstappen’s defence against the seven-time World Champion was fair racing.
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