Max Verstappen has never been someone to be afraid of sharing his opinion, no matter how controversial his comments might be. In light of that, the Dutchman has taken a recent swipe at Valtteri Bottas, who was Lewis Hamilton’s team-mate at Mercedes from 2017-2021. Bottas replaced 2016 F1 World Champion Nico Rosberg, who retired after
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With Christmas just a few days away, it is typically a time to consider what random questions will be asked at the dinner table, with Christmas Cracker jokes usually tending to lead to some interesting conversations! Well, here is a question that can be asked on Christmas Day this year for any fans of motorsport
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Veteran journalist Peter Windsor has sent Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff a stark warning, to prepare for complete chaos. Windsor predicts that Lewis Hamilton and George Russell will develop a rivalry “10 times worse” than that of Hamilton and 2016 World Champion Nico Rosberg, something Wolff will likely not want to imagine. Rosberg’s and Hamilton’s
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Valtteri Bottas’ first season with Alfa Romeo was largely an enjoyable one, with the Finnish driver having claimed seven points finishes from the first nine races of 2022, before his season drastically changed. Alfa Romeo probably couldn’t believe how well they started the new aerodynamic era of the sport, with Bottas having astonishingly claimed sixth
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Max Verstappen has suggested that Valtteri Bottas accepted the role as number two driver at Mercedes, before moving to Alfa Romeo to experience life as a number one. Most Formula 1 teams operate with a number one and two driver policy, with the second driver usually being a rookie or of lower quality that their
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Valtteri Bottas is without a doubt Formula 1’s next fan favourite, with the Finnish driver having become an online superstar following Netflix’s F1 docuseries ‘Drive to Survive’. His move in 2022 to Alfa Romeo certainly resulted in the F1 community seeing a different side of the former Mercedes driver, who appears to have had the weight of
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Following the 2022 season finale in Abu Dhabi, drivers now must fill their time for around four months, until testing begins, and preparations ramp up for the 2023 season. By name it is called the winter break, however not every driver sees it that way, such as Alfa Romeo’s Valtteri Bottas, who has jetted off
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The usually harmonious Red Bull camp currently finds itself embroiled controversy following the Brazilian Grand Prix, after their driver pairing of Max Verstappen and Sergio Perez disagreed over team orders. Perez finds himself in a tight battle with Charles Leclerc for second place in the drivers’ championship, while Verstappen has nothing to nothing to fight
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It was always written in the stars that George Russell would race for Mercedes one day, after being a part of the team since a young age. The Brit stepped in for Lewis Hamilton at the Sakhir Grand Prix in 2020, as the seven-time world champion had tested positive for COVID-19, and nearly won the
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Pierre Gasly will perhaps be taking a cautious approach to this weekend’s Brazilian Grand Prix – the venue where he claimed his first-ever Formula 1 podium back in 2019 – with the Frenchman just two penalty points away from a race ban. Since the penalty points system was introduced in 2014, no driver has ever
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