Red Bull’s 2021 budget cap breach appears to have very much annoyed Sky Sports F1 journalist Ted Kravitz, who called Lewis Hamilton an eight-time World Champion during a recent episode of ‘The Notebook’. Kravitz is by far one of the most experienced journalists in the F1 paddock; however, it’s safe to say that he has
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The FIA confirmed on Friday that Red Bull will be fined $7m and have their aerodynamic testing time cut by 10% for 2023 as punishment for breaching the 2021 budget cap. The energy drink-owned team were adjudged to have overspend the $145m budget cap by around $2m, with the team suggesting that this was spent
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Red Bull team principal Christian Horner is taking his side’s ‘Cashgate’ penalty “on the chin”, despite believing that the Austrians have been slapped with a “draconian” punishment. Following on from the FIA’s announcement the day after Max Verstappen claimed his second World Championship that Red Bull had exceeded the 2021 budget cap, it was declared by
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Max Verstappen endured an average start to the Mexican Grand Prix weekend by his impeccable standards, as the double World Champion ended the opening day behind some of his key rivals. The Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez Circuit is always one of the most important to gather data at prior to qualifying and the race, due to
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There is never a day without controversy in Formula 1, with Friday having been yet further proof of that ahead of the Mexican Grand Prix. Following on from their announcement the day after the Japanese Grand Prix that Red Bull had breached the budget cap, the FIA finally informed the world on what their punishment
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After coming within six laps of winning last weekend’s United States Grand Prix, Lewis Hamilton has admitted that if the team could claim a victory from one of the final three races of the season, then the emotions would be “unmeasurable”. It really was looking like Hamilton was going to break his and Mercedes’ 2022
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Red Bull have been a dominant force this season, with Max Verstappen wrapping in his second consecutive world title in Suzuka, and the team confirming their status as constructors’ championship winners last time out in Austin. The team had a faulting start with a double DNF in Bahrain, followed by another for Verstappen two races
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Following the news that Lewis Hamilton is set to extend his current contract at Mercedes beyond 2023, it is looking increasingly more challenging for Daniel Ricciardo to return to the sport in 2024. Ricciardo revealed recently that he is probably going to take a sabbatical in 2023, with it becoming ever more likely that he’ll
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It turns out that Max Verstappen has a funny side to him that people didn’t really know about, given his usual serious nature during a Grand Prix weekend. The Dutchman has been absolutely dominant in 2022 and wrapped up his second consecutive Drivers’ Championship with ease at the Japanese Grand Prix, perhaps allowing him to
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Lewis Hamilton has denied the idea that Formula 1 is currently in a ‘Max Verstappen era’, given the fact the Dutchman won the incredibly close 2021 championship, and then demolished the field this season. Hamilton, of course, was defeated at the “manipulated” 2021 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix and has gone on to have no say
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