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Casparovic

Casparovic

F1 Journalist

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FIA boss defends Hamilton's seatbelt fine

Nov.20 - Jean Todt has defended the decision to slap Lewis Hamilton with a hefty fine after the seven time world champion undid his...

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20 Nov 2021

Verstappen's father suspects Mercedes of Hamilton is illegal

Nov.20 - Max Verstappen's father and co-manager has spoken out to question the legality of championship rival Lewis Hamilton's Mercedes car. Referring to last...

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20 Nov 2021

Giovinazzi hits back at Alfa Romeo team boss Vasseur

Nov.19 - Antonio Giovinazzi has hit back at current team boss Frederic Vasseur for questioning his professionalism. As the news broke that he will...

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19 Nov 2021

Ickx syas Verstappen will 'eventually' beat Hamilton

Nov.19 - Lewis Hamilton will "eventually" be beaten to the title by 2021 championship rival Max Verstappen. That is the view of Jackie Ickx,...

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19 Nov 2021

Schumacher claims Haas became the 'Ferrari B team' now

Nov.19 - Haas is fast becoming "the Ferrari B team" of Formula 1. That is the claim of the most prominent and famous of...

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19 Nov 2021

Hamilton & Vettel mild on issue of Qatar human rights

Nov.19 - Lewis Hamilton and Sebastian Vettel have issued tempered comments about human rights after touching down for Formula 1's first race in Qatar....

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19 Nov 2021

Ferrari title sponsor deal Philip Morris ends this year

Nov.19 - Ferrari's decades-long partnership with tobacco giant Philip Morris looks to be winding down. La Gazzetta dello Sport claims the fabled Italian team,...

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19 Nov 2021

Red Bull gathering evidence on Mercedes for new protest?

Nov.18 - Red Bull's Dr Helmut Marko is worried that Lewis Hamilton's current level of performance will cost Max Verstappen his first Formula 1...

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18 Nov 2021

Driver tests proposed new Eau Rouge track layout at Spa

Nov.18 - A local racing driver and consultant has tested the proposed new trajectory through Spa-Francorchamps' legendary Eau Rouge-Raidillon section. Following a spate of...

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18 Nov 2021

Former F1 drivers back Verstappen before Thursday hearing

Nov.18 - Formula 1's governing body will hear Mercedes' arguments about a 'right of review' to challenge Max Verstappen's lack of penalty for his...

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18 Nov 2021

Giovinazzi calls F1 'ruthless' after he lost his race seat

Nov.17 - Antonio Giovinazzi's parting shot to Formula 1 is that the sport can be "ruthless" when it comes to the influence of money....

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17 Nov 2021

McLaren says news reports about Audi ownership are 'inaccurate'

Nov.16 - McLaren has responded swiftly and clearly to reports the Formula 1 team and the entire Woking based company has been sold to...

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16 Nov 2021

Alonso says F1 is most unfair sport on earth

Nov.16 - Formula 1 is perhaps the most unfair sport on earth, according to two-time champion Fernando Alonso. "I was surprised on Saturday," the...

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16 Nov 2021

Former Mercedes F1 team boss backs 'pretty emotional' Wolff

Nov.16 - Mercedes' former racing boss has backed Toto Wolff after the Austrian's particularly emotional weekend of behaviour in Brazil. The intensity of the...

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16 Nov 2021

Mazepin reveals 'problems' with Haas team personnel

Nov.15 - Nikita Mazepin's tears in Brazil were not just about a key mistake he made in Friday qualifying. The controversial Russian rookie surprised...

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15 Nov 2021

Mercedes team boss plays victim after fabolous win by Hamilton

Nov.15 - A visibly and audibly furious Toto Wolff said Lewis Hamilton won on Sunday despite the fact that "everything was against us" in...

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15 Nov 2021

Post-Race Press Conference 2021 Brazilian F1 GP

DRIVERS: 1. Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes), 2. Max Verstappen (Red Bull Racing) & 3. Valtteri Bottas (Mercedes) TRACK INTERVIEWS (Conducted by Felipe Massa)  Q: Max, you had a fantastic race,...

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15 Nov 2021

Current Mercedes F1 engine problems 'surprise' Honda

Nov.14 - Honda's F1 technical boss Toyoharu Tanabe admits he is "very surprised" about the engine problems suffered by championship rival Mercedes in 2021....

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14 Nov 2021

Red Bull team suspects flexible Mercedes rear wing now?

Nov.14 - Max Verstappen says he hopes Formula 1 stewards in Brazil enjoy "good expensive wine" after fining him EUR 50,000 for touching championship...

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14 Nov 2021

Verstappen eyes Le Mans bid with father

Nov.14 - Max Verstappen admits he is keeping an eye on Le Mans. Earlier this year, the Red Bull driver's father and co-manager Jos,...

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14 Nov 2021

Massa says F1 'needs' Verstappen to win title this year

Nov.14 - Felipe Massa admits he is cheering for Max Verstappen to win the 2021 world championship. In 2008, in one of the most...

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14 Nov 2021

Marko says Zhou now 'ready' for Alfa Romeo F1 seat

Nov.13 - Alfa Romeo is poised to announce Guanyu Zhou as Valtteri Bottas' teammate for 2022. Frederic Vasseur, the Sauber-run team's boss, said in...

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13 Nov 2021

Szafnauer slams Alpine team move 'misinformation'

Nov.13 - Otmar Szafnauer has hit out at "pure media speculation" about his future, but admits other teams have approached him about leaving Aston...

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13 Nov 2021

Vettel says Szafnauer 'important guy' for Aston Martin team

Nov.12 - Otmar Szafnauer is an "important guy" to the Aston Martin team, Sebastian Vettel said in Brazil. He was speaking amid swirling rumours...

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12 Nov 2021

Mercedes CEO now opens door for Porsche to enter F1?

Nov.12 - Mercedes is willing to make concessions in order to open the door for Porsche to enter Formula 1 in 2026. In the...

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12 Nov 2021

Bottas enjoys 'freedom' as Mercedes tenure ends this season

Nov.12 - Valtteri Bottas says being ousted by Mercedes, and signed up by Alfa Romeo for 2022 and beyond, gave him a sense of...

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12 Nov 2021

F1 rumour: Aston Martin's Szafnauer linked with Alpine team move?

Nov.11 - Otmar Szafnauer looks set to leave Aston Martin. Rumours in the past few days indicated the 57-year-old, the current team principal who...

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11 Nov 2021

Italian official says Alfa Romeo Racing 'penalised' Giovinazzi

Nov.11 - Another Italian official has blasted Alfa Romeo for "penalising" its own Formula 1 driver in Mexico. As the Sauber-run outfit counts down...

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11 Nov 2021

Berger convinced Verstappen has 'better nerves' than Hamilton

Nov.11 - Max Verstappen has "better nerves" for the 2021 finale than fellow championship protagonist Lewis Hamilton. That is the view of F1 legend...

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11 Nov 2021

Mazepin denies being 'kicked out' of nightclub last Sunday

Nov.11 - Nikita Mazepin's representatives have hit back at claims the Russian driver was kicked out of a nightclub in Mexico last Sunday. Video...

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11 Nov 2021