Red Bull team principal Christin Horner has spoken of the political battle between his team and Mercedes last year, calling counterpart Toto Wolff “a different kind of animal.” The two teams went head-to-head in both the drivers’ and constructors’ battle throughout 2021, as Max Verstappen beat Sir Lewis Hamilton to the championship in a dramatic
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Sebastian Vettel could be the ideal replacement for Sir Lewis Hamilton at Mercedes should the Briton decide to retire, former F1 racer Ralf Schumacher has said. Having cruelly lost out on his eighth title to Max Verstappen on the final lap of the 2021 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, rumours have been spread that Hamilton has
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Former F1 world champion Damon Hill has advised fans of Sir Lewis Hamilton to “get over” his 2021 championship defeat to Max Verstappen. Hamilton and Verstappen entered the final round of the season in Abu Dhabi level points following an enthralling season of adrenaline-filled racing, and the Red Bull driver started the grand prix on
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Despite winning more grand prix and comfortably leading more laps than any other driver in 2021, some Formula 1 fans have questioned whether Max Verstappen is deserving of his Drivers’ Championship. The Dutchman went into the season finale in Abu Dhabi level on points with Sir Lewis Hamilton, but he topped the standings by virtue
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Red Bull advisor Dr Helmut Marko has highlighted the differences between newly crowned Formula 1 world champion Max Verstappen and Mercedes’ Sir Lewis Hamilton following their title scrap last year. Verstappen defeated Hamilton on the very last lap of the season-ending 2021 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix in December following a controversial Safety Car restart by
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Fans of Sir Lewis Hamilton have launched a fresh push on social media to oust race director Michael Masi, with #MasiOut and #WeStandWithLewis both trending on Twitter on Thursday morning. This latest drive for Masi to be sacked came hot on the heels of the BBC reporting that Mercedes had agreed a deal with the
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Max Verstappen’s antics on track have been compared by former F1 driver Stefan Johansson to those of world champions Ayrton Senna and Michael Schumacher. Verstappen had a number of incidents with rival Sir Lewis Hamilton in 2021 en route to his maiden world title, earning himself seven penalty points in the process. The pair collided
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Sir Lewis Hamilton is yet to make a decision about his future in Formula 1, amid reports that the longer he takes to make a decision, the worse his situation with Mercedes gets. Hamilton was denied his eighth world title in shocking circumstances as race director Michael Masi opted only to allow five lapped cars
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Audi have set out an ambitious plan to dominate motorsport in multiple arenas following reports that they have agreed a deal to buy a stake in McLaren. In November, it was reported that Audi had successfully completed the purchase of the McLaren Group, but these reports were dismissed as “wholly inaccurate” by the Woking-based company.
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82 percent of Formula 1 fans believe that the 2021 season finale was not rigged against seven-time world champion Sir Lewis Hamilton, according to a poll by Formula1News.co.uk. Over 4,000 readers took part in the poll, which asked “Do you think the 2021 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix was rigged against Sir Lewis Hamilton?”, with the
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