Max Verstappen claimed his eighth front-row start of the season on Saturday at the French Grand Prix; however, he was once again beaten to pole-position by rival Charles Leclerc. Heading into qualifying, Verstappen looked strong at the Circuit Paul Ricard. The reigning World Champion topped FP3, and was within the top three in both FP1
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Red Bull’s Max Verstappen hopes that nobody will have to miss races in Formula 1 amid rises in COVID-19 cases recently. New variants of the virus have started to spread of late, and Sir Lewis Hamilton recently explained that this is why he has started wearing a face covering again while in the paddock. In
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Ferrari performed a strategic masterclass on Saturday at the French Grand Prix, to secure yet another pole position for Charles Leclerc. With the Scuderia already being aware that Carlos Sainz would start from the back of the grid due to an engine penalty, the Italian team used the Spaniard’s appearance in Q3 to their advantage.
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Red Bull team principal Christian Horner is unhappy at Mercedes as he feels they are trying to change the rules to suit them. Safety has become a concern for some of the drivers amid the “porpoising” and bouncing caused by the new technical regulations which saw the return of ground effect aerodynamics. The FIA stepped
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Max Verstappen is aiming to make it back-to-back victories at the French Grand Prix, after the Dutchman famously overtook both Mercedes F1 Team drivers in the closing stages of last year’s race. The reigning World Champion goes into this weekend’s race at the Circuit Paul Ricard with a 38-point advantage over Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc, and
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Six teams are expected to counter the FIA’s proposed changes to the technical regulations next season as they attempt to counter “porpoising” and bouncing. In Canada, the govern body started measuring the cars to see how much the cars were oscillating and, as of the Belgian Grand Prix, teams could be asked to raise the
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Red Bull’s Max Verstappen is not keen on speaking up about politics, insisting that there is a “time and a place” for it. In recent years, Sir Lewis Hamilton and Sebastian Vettel have been highly vocal about key world issues relating to the environment, equality and social justice. Most recently, Nelson Piquet and Juri Vips
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Red Bull’s Max Verstappen is aiming for a strong performance in Sunday’s French Grand Prix after qualifying second behind Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc. Red Bull looked as though they were struggling to find pace in Friday practice as Leclerc and Carlos Sainz set the pace, but he went quickest in FP3 after the Austrian side did
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Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc did not at all believe that Red Bull showed their hand during the first two practice sessions ahead of the French Grand Prix this weekend. Leclerc topped FP1 ahead of Verstappen in Le Castellet, before finishing second to team-mate Carlos Sainz in the second hour as the Scuderia took a clean sweep
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Former Formula 1 driver Alex Wurz fears that track limits will be an even bigger issue at this weekend’s French Grand Prix than they were in Austria. Niels Wittich, one of two new race directors this season alongside Eduardo Freitas, had a lot to deal with in Spielberg a fortnight ago as he wrestled control
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