Sir Lewis Hamilton has said he is generally pleased with the progress he and his Mercedes team made on the final day of testing in Barcelona, but admits there is plenty of work to do ahead of the new season. Hamilton managed just 40 laps on day two before a sensor issue curtailed his day,
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AlphaTauri’s Pierre Gasly would love to consistently break into the top five this upcoming season, but concedes that an excellent car will be necessary from his team. The Frenchman scored point on 15 occasions last season, and comprehensively out-qualified rookie team-mate Yuki Tsunoda en route to a ninth-placed Drivers’ Championship finish. He has thrived at
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Following the name partner deal with Oracle that sees Red Bull stand to earn $500 million over the next five years, the team have now partnered with Bybit – another cryptocurrency company. The Singapore-based cryptocurrency exchange have signed with the Milton Keynes outfit in a deal worth $50 million a year for the next three
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Formula 1 reserve driver Nico Hulkenberg says that, while he initially had reservations about appearing in Netflix’s Drive to Survive docuseries, he has “no regrets whatsoever” about his role in seasons one and two. Netflix first sent film crews out to the F1 paddock in 2018, and documented the highs, lows and everything in between
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Aston Martin chief technical officer Andrew Green has aimed a sly jibe at Red Bull after their car launch ahead of the 2022 season. Dr Helmut Marko had already indicated to fans that the car Max Verstappen will be using in a bid to defend his title will not look quite like the one that
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Red Bull advisor Dr Helmut Marko has revealed how the Milton Keynes team pried Max Verstappen away from the clutches of Mercedes when he was a junior driver. Verstappen debuted in 2015 for Toro Rosso alongside Carlos Sainz having participated in his first practice session the year previous at the tender age of just 16.
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Red Bull have told the FIA that their issues run much deeper than race director Michael Masi, and that he should not be singled out as the sole cause of controversy following the end of last year’s title race. Masi was placed into his role as race director following the tragic passing of Charlie Whiting
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Alpine have brought BWT on board as their title sponsor ahead of the 2022 season as the water treatment company joins the French team following their departure from Aston Martin. BWT joined Formula 1 in 2017 as a sponsor of the Force India team, with team principal at the time Vijay Mallya turning the car
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Red Bull have announced that Oracle will become the team’s title sponsor from 2022 onwards. The news was officially announced during Red Bull’s unveiling of their new car for this season, and the new deal penned with the tech company is worth $100 million a year for the next five years, according to the Associated
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Dutch racing driver Tom Coronel and RacingNews365.com founder Ruud Dimmers are both of the opinion that Sergio Perez did not perform to a sufficient standard during his first season with Red Bull last year, and that Pierre Gasly has earned another go in the seat. Gasly was promoted from Toro Rosso – now AlphaTauri –
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