1997 Formula 1 world champion Jacques Villeneuve believes that Max Verstappen is still very much at the top of his game after last season’s championship success. The Dutchman dramatically beat Sir Lewis Hamilton to the crown after a tumultuous season that saw the pair win 18 of the 22 races between them in an exhausting
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Max Verstappen is not letting up in his quest to improve Red Bull’s reliability after he won the Miami Grand Prix despite a disrupted weekend. Having made contact with the barrier in FP1, the reigning champion was forced to sit out a large chunk of the first practice session, before a hydraulic failure in FP2
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Red Bull team principal Christian Horner notes that it would be prudent to open up discussions with Porsche about a potential power supply in 2026, but confirms that nothing has been set in stone yet. Volkswagen are planning to enter Formula 1 in four years’ time with their subsidiaries – Audi and Porsche – aiming
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Max Verstappen stormed to victory at the inaugural Miami Grand Prix, after overtaking both Ferraris early on at the Miami International Autodrome. After starting the race from third, Verstappen found himself in second on the opening lap after a superb pass on Carlos Sainz Jr. The Dutchman quickly set his sights on Charles Leclerc, and
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Sergio Perez was unfortunate to miss out on the podium at the inaugural Miami Grand Prix, however, he was lucky to even make the chequered flag following yet another reliability issue. Whilst the speed of the RB18 is unquestionable, its reliability is certainly up for debate. Red Bull have struggled already this season with reliability,
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Red Bull team principal Christian Horner has revealed that a sensor on one of Sergio Perez’s cylinders failed, which was the reason for the slight period of panic during the Miami Grand Prix. Max Verstappen and Perez both suffered reliability failures in Bahrain, before the same fate befell the Dutchman in Australia, but the fact
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Red Bull team principal Christian Horner observes that the rivalry between Max Verstappen and Charles Leclerc has been a placid one, but he predicts it will become more aggressive as the year goes on. Verstappen has won three races to Leclerc’s two at the beginning of the 2022 season, and the pair have engaged in
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Dr Helmut Marko has said that Max Verstappen’s performance in the Miami Grand Prix was exemplary of a driver that is able to deliver under intense pressure. Verstappen crashed during practice on Friday, before a hydraulic issue compounded what was already a difficult day’s running, so he was left relatively unprepared heading into qualifying. A
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Following Ferrari’s post-Emilia Romagna Grand Prix Pirelli test, the Italian outfit have been cleared of any wrongdoing after questions were asked about the different floors used at the test. Red Bull team principal Christian Horner emphasised his point that the Pirelli tests are “up to the FIA to police”, after Charles Leclerc and Carlos Sainz
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Sergio Perez is said to have opened up conversations with Red Bull regarding a new contract that would keep him at the team beyond the end of this year. During the 2021 season in which he scored five podiums, a race win and 19 points finishes, Perez was awarded a new contract until the end
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