Jean-Eric Vergne has urged Pierre Gasly to cut ties with Red Bull and join Alpine. It has been widely expected that Gasly will remain at AlphaTauri next season with Helmut Marko suggesting there’s no early exit clause in his contract with Red Bull. However, recent reports have suggested that Alpine are looking to sign him
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Max Verstappen’s helmet is going to look a little different this weekend, as he has chosen a design that honours his father, Jos. Jos began his Formula 1 career in 1994 with Benetton, scoring two podiums in Hungary and Belgium, before leaving for Simtek a year later. An unsuccessful season with them due to a
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After annihilating the entire field at the Belgian Grand Prix, reigning World Champion Max Verstappen isn’t expecting to enjoy the same success going forward, after Spa-Francorchamps suited the RB18 “perfectly”. Verstappen was in a league of his own last weekend, lapping over half a second faster than the entire grid virtually every lap. It’s a
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Red Bull adviser, Dr Helmut Marko, acknowledges that Sergio Perez has progressed since the start of last year, but he wants more consistency from the Mexican. Perez now has two wins with Red Bull after victories in Baku last year and Monaco this, and after being soundly beaten by team-mate Max Verstappen in 2021, he
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First it was difficult to keep the deal a secret, now it might be difficult to keep the deal at all. Red Bull and Porsche are yet to finalise plans to partner in 2026 and, with an urgent need to get to work on the new engines under the revised technical regulations, decisions need to
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Max Verstappen and Sir Lewis Hamilton, in just one season, gave Formula 1 fans around the world one of the greatest rivalries in recent memory. Their title battle last season was one of controversy, madness and unbelievable excitement, and it showcased the different level the pair are on. Between them, they won 18 of the
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One would certainly not blame those involved in the running of this year’s Belgian Grand Prix for being a little nervous in the build-up. Last year was a disaster. Torrential rain had fallen onto the circuit over the course of race day and, while Formula 3 and the Porsche Supercup were able to run their
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Max Verstappen defied all the odds at the Belgian Grand Prix to claim his ninth victory of the season, despite having started in P14. The reigning World Champion had qualified on pole but took a grid penalty due to an engine change which saw the Dutchman exceed his legal limit. This didn’t faze the championship
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Red Bull’s Sergio Perez believes that the Belgian Grand Prix was an outlier for Ferrari, so they will be back on it in Zandvoort this weekend. The Scuderia made a solid start to the weekend at Spa, taking a one-two in first practice as Carlos Sainz led Charles Leclerc, but Max Verstappen went fastest in
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Ferrari’s Carlos Sainz does not believe there will be a pattern in the final part of the season of Red Bull being consistently faster than the Scuderia. The Belgian Grand Prix weekend actually started off pretty strong for the Italian side, with Sainz leading a one-two ahead of team-mate Charles Leclerc in the opening practice
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