Red Bull head of F1 strategy Courtenay to join McLaren
The McLaren Formula 1 team has announced it has signed Red Bull’s chief strategist Will Courtenay as its new sporting director. Having initially joined the team as a systems engineer in 2003 under its Jaguar guise before moving to a strategy role once the team became Red Bull in 2005, he rose to become the […]
McLaren was “taking the p**s” in Singapore GP, says Horner
Norris was lapping comfortably a couple of seconds ahead of title rival Max Verstappen early on before there was a short team radio discussion where he explained that he was running at ‘pace six’. His pit wall came back and said: “Ok, in which case we’d like to use a bit of that pace to […]
Ricciardo can reflect on F1 career «anyone could dream of»
Max Verstappen has praised Daniel Ricciardo as the Australian prepares to learn whether he will remain in Formula 1 for next season. Red Bull is expected to make a decision on whether Ricciardo, 35, will be retained by its sister team RB for next season and continue to partner Yuki Tsunoda. Liam Lawson is also […]
Red Bull must now «attack» after dropped points
Red Bull team principal Christian Horner has insisted the reigning Formula 1 constructors’ championship-winning outfit must now «attack» after being leapfrogged by McLaren. Oscar Piastri’s victory in the Azerbaijan Grand Prix, along with Lando Norris’ recovery from 15th on the grid to fourth, Sergio Perez’s late-race tangle with Ferrari’s Carlos Sainz and Max Verstappen’s uncharacteristic […]
Verstappen handed warning for VSC incident in Azerbaijan GP
Max Verstappen has avoided punishment for overtaking under a virtual safety car after the Formula 1 Azerbaijan Grand Prix. The world champion and several other F1 drivers were investigated for overtaking under virtual safety car conditions after the finish of a thrilling race in Baku. The VSC came out for a crash on the penultimate lap […]
Perez will support Verstappen if team orders issued in Baku
Red Bull boss Christian Horner insists that team orders between his two drivers are clear and that Sergio Perez «knows 100%» that he will be playing a support role to Max Verstappen this season. Confusion still reigns over McLaren’s own ‘Papaya Rules’ and just how and when Oscar Piastri will aid Lando Norris in his […]
I could think about driving a Newey-designed Aston Martin
Max Verstappen has refused to rule out an Adrian Newey reunion at Aston Martin in the future. Design guru Newey was behind the Red Bull cars that delivered Verstappen’s three drivers’ championships, but his departure was confirmed earlier in the year and he has now signed for Aston. He will take on the role of […]
Newey claims Verstappen has been unfairly demonised
Max Verstappen is not fully appreciated by outsiders and has been unfairly demonised by ‘nationalistic’ Formula 1 television coverage by Sky, reckons design legend Adrian Newey. In a wide-ranging interview with Jake Humphrey’s popular High Performance podcast reflecting on his time at Red Bull, Newey offered some fascinating insights into Verstappen’s character. He also opened […]
Two Mercedes collisions behind Verstappen’s Hamilton penalty call in Italian GP
Max Verstappen and the two Mercedes drivers were involved in separate collisions as Formula 1’s 2024 Italian Grand Prix commenced, which explained the Red Bull driver’s call for a Lewis Hamilton penalty. Verstappen had started seventh and behind the Mercedes pair on Sunday, with George Russell in the lead W15 actually lining up third and […]