Where Verstappen now sits in the list of the all-time greats
Max Verstappen has now started 199 world championship grands prix – the same number as Alain Prost – won three Formula 1 titles and taken 61 victories. He’s third on the wins list and seems well on his way to a fourth world crown, so where does he sit in the pantheon of all-time greats? […]
Verstappen ‘not banned’ from late-night sim racing
Max Verstappen says he will continue to take part in sim races on grand prix weekends after laughing away suggestions that his hobby somehow affected his Formula 1 performances. Verstappen finished fifth in Sunday’s Hungarian Grand Prix, in which the Dutchman appeared to be particularly irritable and frustrated with his strategy, and his Red Bull […]
Verstappen ‘not banned’ from late-night sim racing
Max Verstappen says he will continue to take part in sim races on grand prix weekends after laughing away suggestions that his hobby somehow affected his Formula 1 performances. Verstappen finished fifth in Sunday’s Hungarian Grand Prix, in which the Dutchman appeared to be particularly irritable and frustrated with his strategy, and his Red Bull […]
Hamilton could have “done more” to avoid Verstappen clash, but no action taken
Lewis Hamilton and Max Verstappen have avoided a penalty for their collision in Formula 1’s Hungarian Grand Prix after the FIA concluded that neither driver was predominantly to blame. However, the stewards did conclude that Hamilton could have “done more” to avoid the coming together. The Mercedes and Red Bull drivers were battling for third […]
Red Bull’s biggest Hungary upgrades crucial for F1 2024 hopes
Max Verstappen believes the success rate of Red Bull’s biggest upgrade package yet in Hungary will be crucial in determining its fortunes for the remainder of the 2024 Formula 1 season. Red Bull’s RB20 started the season as the quickest car in the field, but in recent months McLaren and Mercedes have closed the gap, […]
Verstappen urges more Red Bull upgrades as F1’s aero testing rules begin to bite
Max Verstappen has called for Red Bull to continue pushing through car upgrades as Formula 1’s sliding scale aerodynamic testing regulations begin to unfold. The Milton Keynes-based outfit has been the dominant force in F1 since the dawn of the ground effect era in 2022, with Verstappen and Red Bull taking both drivers’ and constructors’ […]
Red Bull regrets not warning Verstappen about Norris investigation in Austrian GP
Red Bull’s failure to warn Max Verstappen that Lando Norris faced a track limits investigation might have avoided their late 2024 Formula 1 Austrian Grand Prix crash, reckons Helmut Marko. Verstappen and Norris collided in the closing stages of Sunday’s race at the Red Bull Ring, after the McLaren driver had gone off the track […]
Verstappen/Norris Austrian GP clash caused by unpunished 2021 F1 moves
McLaren Formula 1 team principal Andrea Stella believes Max Verstappen’s collision with Lando Norris in the Austrian Grand Prix was a result of his 2021 clashes with Lewis Hamilton not being properly punished. Verstappen and Norris crashed late in the race at the Red Bull Ring when the former moved across the latter at the […]
Verstappen says latest Red Bull row «could have been avoided»
Max Verstappen says the latest row between his father Jos and Red Bull Formula 1 team principal Christian Horner was unnecessary. Jos Verstappen had accused Horner of blocking his appearance in a parade before the Austrian Grand Prix on Sunday. While the F1 team says it did not try to stop him from appearing in […]