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“I’m not as confident as I was the last two years” — Verstappen in “damage limitation” mode ahead of the F1 Belgian GP

Gabriel Diamante4 months ago4 months ago014 mins

Red Bull Racing’s Max Verstappen clocked the fastest lap in qualifying with a 1:53.159, 0.595s ahead of a distant Charles Leclerc in this year’s qualifying for the Belgian Grand Prix. However, he will start 11th after suffering a 10-place grid penalty for exceeding his alloted engines for 2024. Speaking after qualifying, the 3-time world champion…

Pérez says “I think the positive is that the pace is there” following recovery to P7 in F1 Hungarian GP

Harshpreet Kaur4 months ago4 months ago09 mins

The Hungarian Grand Prix weekend had another tale of two halves for Red Bull driver Sergio Pérez. In Saturday’s qualifying, he went out early in Q1 and started the race in P16 as he crashed at turn 8 on a push lap in tricky conditions. However, in Sunday’s race he had a good recovery drive…

“A frustrating race” on Verstappen’s side, “a good race” on Pérez’s: Horner on Red Bull F1’s Hungarian GP

Lucrezia Costa4 months ago4 months ago08 mins

It definitely wasn’t the race Red Bull was hoping for, with neither driver on the podium and many angry radio messages from lead driver Max Verstappen. The Dutchman was involved in a number of on track fights, including the most controversial one on lap 63 which saw him going airborne after making contact with Lewis…

“A lot to try and understand where the fluctuations are coming from” regarding pace between top teams in F1 British GP — Horner

James O'Connor4 months ago4 months ago07 mins

Red Bull Racing had a rollercoaster British Grand Prix with their leading driver Max Verstappen. The Dutchman took P3 from Lando Norris at turn 4 when Norris tried an ambitious move to take the spot from Lewis Hamilton. However, the 26-year-old slowly started to drop away from Russell and Hamilton as the stint went on,…

P4 in F1 British GP qualifying a “positive surprise” after losing 100 points of downforce in Q1 off — Verstappen

James O'Connor4 months ago4 months ago010 mins

Max Verstappen had an eventful qualifying day at Silverstone as he ended up P4 on the grid for Sunday’s British Grand Prix. It was almost game over for the 3-time defending World Champion in Q1 as he pushed a bit too hard into Copse as it started to rain, losing the car and taking a…

Verstappen says Red Bull has “a bit of work to do” following P7 in FP2 at F1 British GP

James O'Connor4 months ago4 months ago05 mins

Max Verstappen heads into qualifying day at the British Grand Prix with work to do with his RB20. Although Red Bull looked competitive on the long runs towards the end of FP2, the qualifying simulation on the softs was not great, with Verstappen finishing almost 0.7s slower than pacesetter Lando Norris. On a second push…

F1 Austrian GP a “disaster of a race” as I was “lacking so much pace” due to sidepod damage — Pérez

Fernanda Álvarez5 months ago05 mins

Formula 1 arrived in Spielberg, with it the round of the Austrian Grand Prix, which meant adding another complicated weekend to the row of underwhelming performances for the Mexican Red Bull driver. Pérez started a dramatic race on the medium tyre from 8th position. He took advantage of the fight between Piastri, Leclerc and himself…

“I see what Max did as more within the limits than what Lando did” — Helmut Marko on the intense, controversial battle in F1 Austrian GP

Rachel Stephens5 months ago5 months ago05 mins

Co-author: Chiara Martin The Austrian GP made George Russell a two-time race winner, caused champion leader Max Verstappen to slip back and finish the race in P5, and resulted in Lando Norris retiring his MCL38 from the race entirely. The battle between Verstappen and Norris eventually ended in a controversial collision, and Red Bull’s Helmut…

“We don’t want to see another 2021” — Stella calls for bigger penalties after “ineffective” one for Verstappen in F1 Austrian GP

James O'Connor5 months ago011 mins

Andrea Stella has called for changes following contact between Lando Norris and Max Verstappen in the closing laps of the Austrian Grand Prix. A slow second stop and having to be held for Norris opened the race up as Verstappen’s 7s lead was quickly down to less than a second. After late braking moves offensively…

Verstappen “working well with the team to really extract everything out of the car” following F1 Sprint win in Austria

Rachel Stephens5 months ago05 mins

The heat in Spielberg set the stage for an intense Sprint Race ahead of this weekend’s Austrian Grand Prix, and with an aborted start after the formation lap reduced the race to 23 laps. As the race began, Verstappen claimed the lead in turn one, leaving the McLaren’s of Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri to…