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Fellow F1 drivers defend Max Verstappen following stinging media criticism after Austrian GP contact with Lando Norris

Media day at the British Grand Prix has been dominated by the contact between Max Verstappen and Lando Norris at the Red Bull Ring last Sunday. From lap 55 onwards, the Dutchman and Brit went hard at it, having multiple battles before an unfortunate collision on lap 64 at turn 3 saw both drivers end…

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Sargeant: “We’re just missing a bit of pace in the car” after difficult F1 Austrian GP

Logan Sargeant suffered a frustrating Austrian Grand Prix after colliding with Lance Stroll on the opening lap. The American damaged the front wing of his Williams before finishing 19th, two laps behind race winner George Russell. Sargeant said he lacks raw speed in his Williams as he gets to the midpoint of a second consecutive…

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Hamilton: 2024 is “not feeling massively different” compared to previous two seasons following difficult F1 Austrian GP

Lewis Hamilton’s tricky season continued as he finished P4 in the Austrian Grand Prix last Sunday. The Brit looked a shade behind teammate George Russell from Sprint qualifying onwards, and floor damage in the Grand Prix itself harmed his chances of getting on the podium. The 39-year-old passed Sainz off track at turn 1 and…

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Pujolar: Sauber “trying to bring upgrades as soon as possible” as they languish at the back of F1 2024 pack

Sauber’s scoreless streak continued at the Austrian Grand Prix where neither of their drivers Valtteri Bottas nor Zhou Guanyu could put their Sauber C44 cars within the Top 10. In qualifying, neither car progressed to Q2 with Bottas only managing 18th, while Zhou had to start from the pit lane following a Parc Fermé infringement…

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“We wanted to test the car with different tyres and with little fuel” — Alonso on getting the fastest lap at the end of the F1 Austrian GP

With his sights set on Aston Martin’s home Grand Prix the following week in Silverstone, Fernando Alonso spoke to the media once his race in Austria had ended. A dreadful weekend in Spielberg saw him finish P18 with a 10-second penalty, two penalty points in his superlicense after a collision with Zhou Guanyu, and the…

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We “need a much faster car if you want to fight for points ” — Lance Stroll pulls no punches on Aston’s lack of performance at the F1 Austrian GP

Finishing P13 in the Austrian grand prix, Lance Stroll has made a damning declaration that a stagnant lack of pace and improvement is the reason his Aston Martin team have dropped to the back of the grid. Fresh off a brand new multi-year contract extension, Stroll would have hoped for a better way to celebrate…

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“I will improve myself” — Yuki Tsunoda vows to learn from use of slur word at F1 Austrian GP

Fourteenth in Austria is the latest in the run of disappointing results for Yuki Tsunoda who had issues on and off track last weekend. The Japanese driver found himself in hot water on Saturday after using a slur on the team radio. This came after an incident with Zhou Guanyu, where Tsunoda was stuck behind…

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Zhou: Sauber “one of the teams that has a bigger offset between different tracks” regarding performance following disappointing F1 Austrian GP

The Austrian Grand Prix was another weekend without points for Sauber’s Zhou Guanyu who finished twentieth in Saturday’s sprint and seventeenth in Sunday’s race. Speaking after the race, the 25-year-old discussed the lap 20 incident which saw him being punted off the track by Aston Martin’s Fernando Alonso up at turn 3. The Chinese driver…

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