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Red Bull Team Principal Christian Horner has stated Sergio Perez doesn’t need to finish second in the driver’s championship to keep his seat. It can be hard to be Max Verstappen‘s teammate. None more have felt this than Sergio Perez who has had his fair share of difficulties in the 2023 F1 season. Perez started…
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Max Verstappen takes victory number 50 in the US GP Race. Both Mercedes and McLaren have shown that they are on their way back into the fight. The first stint of the US GP Race was frantic with cars battling all down the order. The biggest surprise came from the front, with the McLaren of…
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It has been another Sprint format race weekend in Austin at The Circuit of the Americas this week, where a number of drivers were looking to earn a strong Sprint position after Qualifying for the Grand Prix yesterday provided mixed results. The Sprint Shootout was designed to be a quicker qualifying, putting pressure on drivers…
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Martin Brundle and Lewis Hamilton have stood strong against drivers who have said the heat in Qatar was unsafe to drive in. The 2023 Qatar Grand Prix saw several drivers severely struggle from heat exhaustion. Esteban Ocon threw up in his helmet, Logan Sergeant had to retire, and Lance Stroll nearly passed out. However, despite…
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Charles Leclerc takes pole in one of the closest Qualifying sessions in 2023, while Aston Martin fail to get out of Q1. Qualifying 1 The first part of the Austin GP qualifying took its usual time to develop, with most drivers putting in their best laps at the end. Unfortunately for Aston both cars were…
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Five Things To Watch Max Verstappen may be champion but there’s still much to fight for at the Austin Grand Prix. Here’s five things to watch this weekend. It’s been a near-perfect season for both Red Bull and Max Verstappen. Losing one race this year and entering the Austin Grand Prix still as firm favourites…
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Both George Russell and Lando Norris will hit 100 races this weekend in F1… But who’s been the better driver? Take a short view of the past. In 2019, Russell and Norris both stood on the F1 grid for the first time as fresh-faced rookies. Russell was crowned the F2 champion in 2018 but Norris…
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Sitting down with his performance coach, Jon Malvern, McLaren driver Lando Norris opened up about how the duo managed his mental health for World Mental Health Day. Celebrating his 100th race this weekend at the Austin Grand Prix along with George Russell and Charles Leclerc, Norris reflected on his past struggles since he started racing,…
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F1 Academy driver Bianca Bustamante has made history by becoming the first female driver in the McLaren Driver Development Programme. The Philipino driver will represent McLaren on the 2024 F1 Academy grid as part of a new initiative in which all 10 teams must support one driver and have their livery on one car. However,…
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Nico Rosberg has revealed concerns for Daniel Ricciardo suggesting he is still struggling in the simulator despite his return this weekend at Austin. Announced by his team, Scuderia Alpha Tauri F1 Team, Ricciardo is set to return to his seat this weekend at the Austin Grand Prix after being out of action since late August…
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McLaren Formula 1 team principal Andrea Stella has said the team’s new Driver Development Programme signing, 2022 F3 champion Gabriel Bortoleto is an “exciting talent”. The McLaren Development Driver initiative was officially launched in April 2023. Overseen by five-time Le Man winner and former F1 driver Emanuele Pirro, Bortoleto is the most recent signing to…
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Following the success of its inaugural season, F1 Academy has announced a seven-race calendar which all will feature in an F1 weekend.
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How long until the 3-time champ is dethroned? Seems forever and a day since we’ve seen something like this. Believe it or not, there was once a car on the F1 grid with the #33. The 2022 season saw this change. The first #1, since Sebastian Vettel in 2014, was chosen by a certain Dutch…
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We’re often told that F1 has never been more competitive, but is this really true? When was Formula 1 most competitive? The current F1 grid is incredibly close. Lets take Monaco as an example as the circuit has remained around two miles long, give or take, since the first Grand Prix was run there in…
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The only non-Red Bull driver to beat Max Verstappen this year will sit out of the #QatarGP Carlos Sainz, after a respectable P6 in Saturday’s Sprint, is out of the 2023 Qatar Grand Prix due to fuel leak. Sainz was due to start the feature race at the Lusail International Circuit in P12 after a…
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Following analysis of rubber used during Free Practice 1 tyre safety concerns have emerged. The FIA have been forced to take steps affecting Sunday’s Grand Prix. Pirelli have discovered that tyres used in FP1 for extended runs have been near critical failure. This recalls memories of the farcical 2005 United States Grand Prix where tyre…
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Former Formula 1 driver Nyck de Vries is making his way back to the Formula E Championship for the 2023-24 season, where he’ll be joining forces with Edoardo Mortara at Mahindra. De Vries: From Formula 1 to Formula E De Vries, briefly associated with the Red Bull junior team this year, participated in 10 Formula…
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Verstappen wins comfortably at Suzuka to win Red Bull the Constructors Championship. A lead of 19 seconds at the end of the race that also brought the Dutchman one step closer to winning his third consecutive World Championship title. After qualifying on pole, Verstappen made it through the first lap unscathed narrowly avoiding being overtaken…