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[ad_1] Max Verstappen has threatened to walk out from Red Bull if Helmut Marko is forced out as the explosive fallout from the Christian Horner investigation continues. Marko fears he could be suspended as Red Bull’s Austria HQ as they wade through the mess after Horner was cleared of inappropriate behaviour, The Sun reports. It … Read more
[ad_1] Red Bull Racing is so fast that in 2024 it’s skipping to the end of its glorious reign at the top of Formula 1. The sort of crisis engulfing the constructors champion is normally reserved for fallen giants and middling minnows. Alpine is endured year after year of managerial catastrophe as it haphazardly attempts … Read more
[ad_1] No-one would have had Max Verstappen ending the first timed session of the year outside the top five and half a second off the pace on their Bahrain Grand Prix bingo card. While the Dutchman and his title-winning team didn’t set the headline time during last week’s test, it was clear from all indications … Read more
[ad_1] Never before in Formula 1 history has the same set of drivers from the last round of a season lined up again for the first round of the following year. The driver market for the 2024 season was exceptionally sedate. The status quo reigned. But the 2025 market promises to be anything but stale. … Read more
[ad_1] With the F1 prologue is complete, team will spend the days leading up to next week’s Bahrain Grand Prix painstakingly analysing gigabytes of data in pursuit of every last millisecond of performance. That leaves us to consider what we learnt from what we could see from the outside during three days of testing. But … Read more
[ad_1] Many expected Red Bull Racing to set the time sheets alight on the second day of testing. Instead the fire it set was internal. Sergio Pérez’s day had barely got going before a front-right brake fire locked him into his garage. It was ultimately only a minor delay. His mechanics had the corner changed … Read more
[ad_1] Formula 1 chief Christian Horner last night faced new allegations that he tried to pay a £650,000 ($1.25m AUD) cash settlement to a woman employee who received “sexually suggestive” texts. The 50-year-old Red Bull Racing boss – and husband of Spice Girl Geri Halliwell – was thought to have been under investigation over alleged … Read more
[ad_1] Red Bull Racing should be deep in optimistic preparations to defend its dominant 2023 championship this week. Instead the beginnings of its 2024 season have been mired in controversy. An allegation of inappropriate behaviour levied against team principal Christian Horner has overshadowed his squad’s off-season and derailed Formula 1’s 2024 prologue just as the … Read more