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Verstappen “had a lot of fun” in mixed conditions on his way to F1 Canadian GP win

Max Verstappen secured victory at the 2024 Canadian GP, his third consecutive win at the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve and the 60th of his career, and the reigning three-time world champion revealed he had “a lot of fun” driving in the ever-changing weather conditions in Montreal, in a race that started out in full wet conditions…

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Horner: Red Bull needs Perez “at the top of his game” after “horrible” F1 Canadian GP

Red Bull team principal and CEO Christian Horner has urged Sergio Perez to improve his performance and form after a “horrible” weekend at the 2024 Canadian GP saw the Mexican fail to progress from Q1 on Saturday and crash out from Sunday’s Grand Prix. Perez had a few incidents along the race, including contact with…

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Verstappen: Closer grid is “good for Formula 1” after dead heat with Russell for F1 Canadian GP pole

Max Verstappen qualified second for the 2024 Canadian GP, setting exactly the same time of a 1:12.000 as George Russell, but the Mercedes driver had set his first and thus kept the first position in what was a very close qualifying session around Montreal. The three-time world champion wasn’t the happiest with the balance of…

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Russell: Looking at Hamilton’s data after FP3 “helped me a huge amount” to get pole in F1 Canadian GP

George Russell secured his second ever career pole position after coming out on top in a dead heat with Max Verstappen for the fastest time in qualifying – and he believes learnings taken from looking at Lewis Hamilton’s impressive FP3 session were key in helping him on his way to the fastest time. Russell had…

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Horner slams “not very clever” Magnussen for “destroying” Perez and Hulkenberg’s races at F1 Monaco GP

Red Bull Racing team principal and CEO Christian Horner was left unimpressed by Kevin Magnussen’s driving at the start of the 2024 Monaco GP, which caused an accident that wiped out not only Sergio Perez’s Red Bull, but also the Dane’s Haas team-mate Nico Hulkenberg. Magnussen had a better run than Perez exiting Saint Devote,…

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Vasseur says Monaco F1 GP victory will be an “important” confidence boost for Leclerc

Ferrari team principal Frederic Vasseur believes Charles Leclerc’s emotional home win at the 2024 Monaco GP will be “important” to boost the Monegasque’s confidence going forward. After several failed attempts that date back to his Formula 2 days, Leclerc finally won his home race with a dominant weekend around the streets of Monte Carlo in…

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Wolff explains “safety” concerns that led to late Russell pit stop in F1 Imola GP

George Russell was running in a comfortable sixth place just a few laps out from the chequered flag at the 2024 F1 Emilia Romagna GP, but a late pit stop dropped the Briton behind his seven-time world champion team-mate Lewis Hamilton, as he eventually finished seventh. Although Russell was able to secure the bonus point…

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Horner: Red Bull needs to look into “weak” hard tyre stint that left Verstappen vulnerable to Norris in F1 Imola GP

Red Bull team principal and CEO, Christian Horner has said that Red Bull will carry some analysis before the next F1 race in Monaco to understand why their car lost so much performance – especially compared to Lando Norris’ McLaren – in the latter stages of the 2024 Emilia Romagna GP, as the degradation of…

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