Jos Verstappen believes his son Max was galvanised to victory in Baku by his third-placed finish in Monaco as he stormed to victory in Azerbaijan last weekend. Sergio Perez headed into Baku fresh off a victory in Monaco and a new contract until 2024, and it looked as though his forward momentum was about to
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Former Formula 1 driver John Watson has told Sir Lewis Hamilton to spend “more time in the gym” after he suffered intense back pain during the Azerbaijan Grand Prix. Mercedes have been struggling to get a handle on “porpoising” this year amid the changes to the technical regulations that have brought in ground effect aerodynamics
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The Mercedes F1 Team are once again scratching their heads and looking for answers, as the W13’s porpoising issue reached its worst stage yet at the Baku City Circuit. Despite the team hoping they’d solved the issue at the Spanish Grand Prix, the team suffered from bouncing both in Monaco and now in Azerbaijan. Both
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Red Bull team principal Christian Horner smiled as he praised Sebastian Vettel’s performance at the Azerbaijan Grand Prix, joking that Aston Martin have a “good car.” Vettel started the race in Baku in P9, but climbed above Yuki Tsunoda off the start, before jumping Sir Lewis Hamilton in the pit stop phases. As he was
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The Azerbaijan Grand Prix saw the ongoing porpoising issue appear worse than ever before, with a number of drivers speaking out over the “not healthy” problem. However, Red Bull Racing team principal Christian Horner believes drivers are being instructed to complain about the problem in order to slow Red Bull down. Red Bull are seemingly
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Max Verstappen joked with journalist Tom Clarkson about his language in the press conference following the Azerbaijan Grand Prix. The Ferrari pair of Charles Leclerc and Carlos Sainz both suffered reliability failures in Baku on Sunday, opening the door for Verstappen to lead home Sergio Perez for a Red Bull one-two – their third of
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Red Bull’s Max Verstappen accepts that there was some fortune involved with his victory at Sunday’s Azerbaijan Grand Prix, but puts the success down to having a superior car to Ferrari. Red Bull’s tyre management that they have shown throughout the season was always going to suit them well on race day in Azerbaijan, and
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Red Bull team principal Christian Horner has revealed that there was an issue with re-fuelling on Sergio Perez’s car that meant he was late out for the final run in Q3 in Azerbaijan. Team-mate Max Verstappen asked the team on the radio why he was being sent out first after he looked across the garage
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Sergio Pérez heads into this weekend’s Azerbaijan Grand Prix looking to make it back-to-back street circuit victories, after winning the recent Monaco Grand Prix. The Mexican stands a great chance at doing just that, after winning the race at the Baku City Circuit last season in what was his first victory for Red Bull Racing.
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Max Verstappen has affirmed that there was not a lot more Red Bull could have done to get a better result in Monaco last time out, despite his father’s complaints. Red Bull played out a brilliant strategy over Ferrari in Monte Carlo to get Sergio Perez into the lead of the race ahead of Carlos
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