Max Verstappen claimed the final pole position of the 2023 season on Saturday at the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, which won Red Bull team principal Christian Horner €500. Ahead of qualifying, Verstappen certainly wasn’t the favourite to clinch P1, with Red Bull having not been the quickest throughout free practice. As a result, Red Bull
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Sky Sports F1 commentator David Croft revealed on Saturday at the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix that several drivers complained about Max Verstappen, following the Dutchman’s questionable antics in Free Practice 2. Verstappen infuriated several drivers in the closing stages of FP2, following the end of a second red flag. The second practice session of the
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Red Bull team principal Christian Horner has called for Formula 1 and the FIA to make changes to the Sprint format, which he admits has been “slightly underwhelming” since it was introduced in 2021. This season has featured six Sprint weekends, most of which have offered very little in terms of excitement. The whole point
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Reigning Formula E World Champion and Red Bull simulator driver Jake Dennis has stressed that the RB19 isn’t “purely made” for Max Verstappen, an accusation which is often made. Dennis has worked for Red Bull as a sim driver since 2018, with the Milton Keynes-based outfit having finally rewarded the Briton for his hard work
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Red Bull advisor Dr Helmut Marko has added further fuel to the rumours of Lewis Hamilton approaching the Austrians, something which was sparked by Christian Horner ahead of this weekend’s Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. On Wednesday, Horner revealed to the Daily Mail that a representative of Hamilton’s had approached him, regarding a possible move to
MoreOn the opening day of the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, Max Verstappen didn’t have Gianpiero Lambiase as his race engineer, to the confusion of many. During Free Practice 2 at the Yas Marina Circuit, Verstappen’s performance engineer, Tom Hart, took Lambiase’s role. Lambiase has been Verstappen’s race engineer since the three-time World Champion joined Red
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Ahead of this weekend’s Abu Dhabi Grand Prix season finale, Sergio Perez enters the event having secured second in the Drivers’ Championship, following his rostrum in Las Vegas. Despite being caught up in the opening corner chaos, Perez did extremely well to recover from his Q2 elimination to finish third; however, it would’ve been second
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Red Bull team principal Christian Horner has defended the story he revealed regarding Lewis Hamilton ahead of this weekend’s Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, with him insisting that having talks with the Mercedes driver is “not unusual”. Horner revealed on Wednesday evening to the Daily Mail that a representative of Hamilton’s approached him earlier in the
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Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff has threatened Red Bull counterpart Christian Horner not to “make comments” about the 2021 season finale, ahead of this weekend’s Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. Despite Red Bull having easily sealed both titles ages ago, Horner was busy getting under the skin of the Silver Arrows ahead of the 2023 finale.
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Max Verstappen has insisted that being team-mates with Lewis Hamilton “would never work”, ahead of this weekend’s 2023 season finale. Hamilton potentially racing for Red Bull has been a huge talking at the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, after Christian Horner revealed that the driver’s father spoke to him over a potential switch. Unsurprisingly, it didn’t
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