Red Bull team principal Christian Horner has given his full backing to Max Verstappen in his war of words with George Russell. The Mercedes driver accused Verstappen of threatening to crash into him after he lost pole position to his rival due to a grid penalty in Qatar last week. Russell said Verstappen told him:
Max Verstappen and George Russell traded verbal blows ahead of this weekend’s race over the incident which cost the Red Bull driver pole position for last weekend’s race. The pair revealed details over how they presented their cases to the stewards which cast new light on the decision which left Verstappen incensed at his rival.
Car number 63 started the Qatar Grand Prix from pole position but Max Verstappen immediately seized the lead on his way to victory number 63. He and the other two multiple champions on the grid – Lewis Hamilton and Fernando Alonso – now have 200 grand prix victories between them. Hamilton scored his 105th win
Lewis Hamilton’s penultimate grand prix as a Mercedes driver was a miserable affair. He asked to retire his car after falling to the back of the field. Although he took the chequered flag he finished out of the points in 12th place. Throughout the race Hamilton again grappled with the balance of his W15 and
With four rounds to go, the fight for sixth place in the constructors’ championship looked set. Haas, on 46 points, eyed the threat from RB, 10 points behind them. They gave little thought to Williams in eight place, much less ninth-placed Alpine, 32 points behind. Then came Brazil, where a windfall result for Alpine more
The penultimate grand prix weekend of the 2024 season was also the final sprint round of the championship. The Qatar weekend was another where the stewards and their decisions were a major talking point. With a change in pole sitter and a rare stop-go penalty handed out that transformed the race. As surprising as it
Red Bull team principal Christian Horner’s responses over Sergio Perez’s future changed noticeably in the wake of the Qatar Grand Prix, where the team’s hopes of winning a third consecutive constructors’ championship ended. Previously Horner was at pains to stress Red Bull’s faith in Perez’s ability to turn his dire season around. But last night
Teams and drivers using radio communications to push for rivals to get penalties has become a feature of modern Formula 1. But seldom has it succeeded as spectacularly as it did for Red Bull and Max Verstappen in yesterday’s Qatar Grand Prix. They felt they had been on the receiving end of a rival’s lobbying
Formula 1 used two different Safety Cars during yesterday’s Qatar Grand Prix after a technical problem struck the first. Race leader Max Verstappen was confused when the warning lights used to signal the status of the race to the pack failed to turn off during the second Safety Car period yesterday. The FIA confirmed the
The FIA has explained why Formula 1’s race director did not suspend yesterday’s Qatar Grand Prix after warning drivers about debris on the track. Double waved yellow flags were shown when Alexander Albon’s right-hand wing mirror fell off his car and landed near the pit exit at the approach to turn one. This led to
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