Новости за 01.05.2023

Max Verstappen is taking the F1 world by storm. The dominant Dutchman continued his relentless run through F1 last year, rewriting the record books and adding more history to his long list of milestones. At just 25-years-old he already holds the record for the sport’s youngest driver, winner and podium finisher and is set to.....check out full post »

May 1 - Sunday's main feature Azerbaijan GP was "not a thriller". That was the summation of Mercedes boss Toto Wolff after Sergio Pérez led home yet another Red Bull 1-2. Grand Prix Drivers' Association director George Russell flagged the likely difficulty of overtaking at Baku earlier in the weekend when he chastised the FIA.....check out full post »

May 1 - A lack of wheel-to-wheel action in Sunday's Azerbaijan GP aside, the world championship battle is at least interesting. Sergio Perez is now just 6 points behind Red Bull teammate Max Verstappen following the Mexican's sprint race-plus-grand prix double victory. "As long as it doesn't harm the team, they can compete against each.....check out full post »

May 1 - Although struggling to match Haas newcomer Nico Hulkenberg at times so far in 2023, there is good news in Kevin Magnussen's world. His wife Louise has announced that, in addition to their two-year-old daughter Laura, the Magnussen clan will add a fourth family member in the summer. Magnussen's father Jan, however -.....check out full post »

May 1 - Fernando Alonso has denied that his friendship with fellow Spaniard Carlos Sainz is on the rocks following a string of on-track incidents. In Australia, Ferrari's Sainz lost his points finish following a penalty for tapping Alonso into a spin - and they were again wheel-to-wheel this weekend at Baku. Aston Martin's Alonso.....check out full post »

May 1 - After his first podium of 2023, Charles Leclerc once again rejected weekend-long speculation that he is looking to escape his Ferrari contract. Team boss Frederic Vasseur, however, was first with the latest round of denials that the 25-year-old Monegasque has already kicked off talks with Mercedes' Toto Wolff. "Leclerc is a Ferrari.....check out full post »

May 1 - A Formula 1 photographer has called for "better headlines" after a scary incident in the pitlane at the end of Sunday's Azerbaijan GP. The FIA summoned its own officials to explain the terrifying incident in which Alpine's Esteban Ocon entered the pitlane at full speed to take a late pitstop - only.....check out full post »

Apr.30 - Max Verstappen says Formula 1 should "scrap" the entire sprint race weekend concept. The world champion's disdain for the "artificial" idea was worsened on Saturday when he finished only third behind Charles Leclerc and his own Red Bull teammate Sergio Perez. But seven time world champion Lewis Hamilton put his thumbs up to.....check out full post »

Apr.30 - Toto Wolff has hit back at the idea that he doesn't like reigning back-to-back world champion Max Verstappen. The notion goes at least as far back as 2021, when Verstappen and Wolff-led Mercedes' Lewis Hamilton were locked in an ultra intense and ultimately highly controversial title battle. But Wolff says he was surprised.....check out full post »

Apr.30 - Franz Tost has defended Red Bull-owned AlphaTauri's "aggressive" decision to announce Laurent Mekies' impending departure from Ferrari. Ferrari boss Frederic Vasseur said AlphaTauri releasing a statement about Mekies replacing long-time team principal Tost sometime next year was "aggressive" because the terms of his release have yet to be finalised. "They were a bit.....check out full post »

Apr.30 - As the points gap shrank to 13 points with his sprint race victory at Baku, Sergio Perez declared that he is charging for his first drivers' title in 2023. Some believe that reigning back-to-back world champion and 2023 drivers' championship leader Max Verstappen is the clear 'number 1' at Red Bull - especially.....check out full post »

Apr.30 - Having called George Russell a "d*ckhead" on live television, world champion Max Verstappen then upped the ante by also describing the Mercedes driver as a "princess". Red Bull's Verstappen was furious about finishing only third in the Baku sprint race - a format he already despises - with sidepod damage caused by the.....check out full post »