Red Bull boss Christian Horner has criticised Mercedes after they sent a Queen’s Council (QC) to the stewards’ room in the aftermath of the 2021 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. Red Bull’s Max Verstappen claimed the title from Mercedes’ Sir Lewis Hamilton on the final lap of a dramatic and highly controversial Abu Dhabi Grand Prix,
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McLaren driver Lando Norris has said he believes Mercedes had the fastest car over the course of the 2021 season, and Max Verstappen was able to defeat Sir Lewis Hamilton despite this. Mercedes had a torrid pre-season test in Bahrain, but by the time the season got underway in the same country, the Silver Arrows
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Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff has said he doesn’t think Sir Lewis Hamilton was cheated out of the 2021 F1 World Championship in Abu Dhabi. Instead, he believes an inconsistent decision by race director Michael Masi regarding the late Safety Car restart “took the title away from Lewis.” Specifically, after Nicholas Latifi brought out the
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Max Verstappen has revealed what would make him immediately retire from Formula 1. The Dutchman won the 2021 Drivers’ Championship after a dramatic, season-long battle with Sir Lewis Hamilton which climaxed in Abu Dhabi. After winning the season finale, and with it, the 2021 F1 crown, Verstappen got on the team radio to vow to
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Senior Red Bull advisor Dr Helmut Marko has commented on the possibility of newly crowned F1 champion Max Verstappen joining Mercedes. The Dutchman won the F1 Drivers’ Championship after a season-long battle with Sir Lewis Hamilton, with him ultimately securing the title after passing the Briton on the last lap of the 2021 Abu Dhabi
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Newly crowned F1 world champion Max Verstappen has said he empathises with Sir Lewis Hamilton’s frustrations following the controversial Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, but stressed that the seven-time world champion should “understand this is racing.” Verstappen snatched the title on the last lap of the 2021 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix following a controversial decision by
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Jean Todt believes that Max Verstappen fully deserved to win the 2021 F1 world championship, despite the contentious final moments of the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. Todt, who was succeeded by Mohammed bin Sulayem as FIA president earlier this week, reckons that Verstappen earned his success over the course of the 22 races, and that
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Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff has declared that he is not prepared to speak to race director Michael Masi following the dramatic end to the 2021 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. Masi allowed five lapped cars through, leaving the rest in position ahead of the Safety Car restart in order to allow time for the race
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Formula 1 champions Max Verstappen and Fernando Alonso are both set to auction cars, with Verstappen’s proceeds going to charity. The pair have three F1 championships between them, and Alonso’s 2004 Renault F1 car will be up for auction on 2 February. The blue and yellow R24, which helped Alonso to a fourth-placed championship finish
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Susie Wolff, the wife of Mercedes F1 boss Toto, has taken to Twitter to deliver a strong message to Formula 1 following the controversial season finale in Abu Dhabi that saw Max Verstappen beat Sir Lewis Hamilton to the 2021 championship. She suggested that race director Michael Masi made up the regulations at the end
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