Jaguar Formula E driver, Sam Bird, has suggested that the Italian Grand Prix served as a reminder to Sir Lewis Hamilton that he was unfairly denied his eighth world title last year. Hamilton and Max Verstappen went into the season finale in 2021 level on points after a pulsating 21 rounds that had seen them
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Red Bull technical director, Pierre Wache, has revealed that tuning the car more to Sergio Perez’s preferences has ultimately cost him performance. The Mexican won the Monaco Grand Prix earlier this year, and he out-qualified team-mate, Max Verstappen, three times in the opening eight rounds of the season. The cars have been evolving at a
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Max Verstappen quite literally cruised to his fifth consecutive victory last weekend at the Italian Grand Prix, after the race finished behind a Safety Car following a late retirement for Daniel Ricciardo. Incredibly, it was Verstappen’s first victory at the ‘Temple of Speed’, something which sounds absurd given how many victories the Dutchman has achieved
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Max Verstappen has gone through this season being told by select members of the Formula 1 community that he is an unworthy champion. Michael Masi’s controversial call last season ultimately played a decisive factor in the fate of the 2021 title, as Sir Lewis Hamilton was cruelly denied his eighth success. But the Dutchman won
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Formula 1 CEO, Stefano Domenicali, has likened reigning world champion, Max Verstappen, to seven-time champion, Michael Schumacher. Domenicali worked with Schumacher for 11 years while at Ferrari, and he would share the paddock with the German again for three years when Mercedes signed him in 2010. The former Ferrari team principal, who left that role
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Ferrari are planning to give Charles Leclerc and Carlos Sainz two further upgrades as they try to end Max Verstappen’s win streak. The Dutchman is currently on course to break the record for most wins in a single season, as well as the record for most consecutive wins. Sebastian Vettel currently holds the latter on
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Mercedes team principal, Toto Wolff, said he was “satisfied” to see the rules being applied correctly at the end of the Italian Grand Prix. Last year at the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, Sir Lewis Hamilton went onto the final few laps leading Max Verstappen by a comfortable margin as the title showdown drew nearer to
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1997 champion, Jacques Villeneuve, has criticised race director Niels Wittich’s handling of the final laps of the Italian Grand Prix last weekend. Max Verstappen had made his way up from seventh to first in Monza, and he held a comfortable advantage over Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc going into the closing stages. The Safety Car was brought
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Geri Horner, former Spice Girl and wife of Red Bull team principal, Christian, has cancelled her 50th birthday festivities out of respect for Queen Elizabeth II. Her Majesty passed away peacefully last Thursday following a short illness at the age of 96, having served as the Monarch for 70 years. She attended the first-ever world championship
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Red Bull’s Max Verstappen would one day love to give fatherhood a try having spent time with the daughter of girlfriend, Kelly Piquet, and the sons of his sister, Victoria. Victoria has two boys, Luka and Lio, while Piquet is the mother of a daughter named Penelope, so Max has undoubtedly had a lot of
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