Lewis Hamilton has been told that Felipe Massa’s legal risk is to succeed, as the risks of legal action loom over the Mercedes star. The former Ferrari star vowed to explore legal avenues to challenge the 2008 crown after comments made through Bernie Ecclestone.
The former F1 CEO said bosses were aware of Renault’s race-fixing scandal and that the Singapore Grand Prix was cancelled. If the Grand Prix were cancelled, Massa would be champion after completing the outdoor problems at Marina Bay.
But, former F1 driving force Tiff Needell believes Massa would not reverse the result 15 years later. Meanwhile, Hamilton also reported that he could have “damaged” Max Verstappen’s race had the two been teammates from the start.
The assessment made by Hamilton’s teammate George Russell as he reviewed Verstappen’s early successes. Former Red Bull driver Robert Doorlbos has revealed that he attacked through thieves in the Netherlands. He reportedly lost his phone and watch after being hit in the head by the attackers.
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Daniel Ricciardo has warned he will only return to Formula 1 in 2024 if he feels he can win races and warned he may not return just to be on the grid.
The Australian is Red Bull’s booking engine for this season after leaving McLaren and there has been hypothetical that he could upgrade Sergio Perez if the Mexican leaves after 2023.
And Ricciardo said he would not return to F1 for the sake of it, hinting that he would have to move to a more sensible team to finish his break from a full-time seat.
“I’m at a point where it’s not at any price, it’s not just getting back on the grid,” Ricciardo told Sky Sports in Melbourne.
“A big component of the explanation for why I took this year is that I didn’t need to just get in a car, any car just to be one of the F1 drivers. And I still don’t see myself starting from scratch and rebuilding a motorist and proceeding for some other decade.
“I appreciate that I may not have every opportunity under the sun, but I need to win, I need to come back with a more sensible point team and obviously a team where I’ve regained my confidence and my mojo. “
Nico Rosberg admitted fears he didn’t want in Formula 1 forced him to withdraw from the game while at the top.
The German-Finnish driving force earned the 2016 name after beating Mercedes teammate Lewis Hamilton with a punch, only to announce he was retiring from the game a few weeks later.
And Rosberg, despite everything, revealed the reason for his surprise resolution seven years ago.
“[I was] afraid that at some point I wouldn’t be smart enough and no team would need me anymore,” Rosberg told Men’s Health Magazine. “I looked for it for myself. “
Former Red Bull driving force Danny Kvyat denounced the team for “stabbing” him in the back after he was dropped to make way for Max Verstappen.
The Russian was demoted to the Toro Rosso team, now known as AlphaTauri, and replaced through Verstappen in 2016 after a resolution between Christian Horner and Helmut Marko. And Kvyat, who now races for Lamborghini in the WEC, said he was disappointed with his treatment.
“I felt betrayed at that moment. It was a stab in the back and that’s life, sometimes you get stabbed in the back, it’s normal,” Kvyat told the Track Limits podcast.
“Now that’s in the past. I have a wonderful racing career, so a part of me is, of course, very grateful to Red Bull. The other part of me is still very dissatisfied with it. “
Christian Horner has played down the prospect of sacking Adrian Newey’s right-hand man, Dan Fallows, to Aston Martin after 16 years with the team.
Fallows, who joined Red Bull in 2006 and has become a key member of lead designer Adrian Newey’s department, joined Aston Martin last year. ‘ titles in 2022.
But an unflappable Horner told Sky Sports News: “We’ve had a very low turnover in our history at Red Bull, and it’s wonderful that they give the ability the ability the ability to expand and achieve wonderful things.
“When they move to other teams, I’m pleased for Dan because he’s doing a smart job, however, his departure has given other engineers a chance and it’s all about evolution. The team we have now is even more powerful than the previous one. “One we had two years later. We look inward and we look to the future.
Lewis Hamilton did not ask Mercedes to move his seat, leaving Ted Kravitz after the Briton’s court cases last season.
The 38-year-old commented that the seat was too far forward, which caused him difficulties in the W14 car: “When you’re driving, you feel like you’re sitting on the front wheels, which is one of the worst feelings you feel when you’re driving a car,” he said.
But on the BBC’s Checkered Flag podcast, Kravitz said that in his discussion with Mercedes leader Mike Elliott, Hamilton made no such request to change his seat.
Kravitz said: “I’m sure because at the start of testing we had a special guest, Mike Elliott. I had all these concepts about the Mercedes and I presented them to Mike, and he said ‘no’.
“One of them was, I told him he moved the cockpit forward because there’s something online, I don’t know what it was, so I told him he moved the cockpit forward. He said no. ” So I’m a little confused. “
Charles Leclerc has revealed that F1 driving force Pierre Gasly is his “best friend” off the track after the pair attended the Monte Carlo Masters together.
Due to the cancellation of the Chinese Grand Prix due to considerations over Covid restrictions, the drivers had a three-week gap between races, giving them time to rest.
Taking time ahead of the Azerbaijan Grand Prix later this month, the Monegasque rider attended the Monte Carlo Masters with alpine rider Gasly and revealed why the Frenchman is his closest friend outside the paddock.
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Former Red Bull junior driver Jaime Alguersuari has criticised his former team for not giving him and Sebastien Buemi the chance to make mistakes.
Buemi left F1 in 2011 and won the Formula E championship as well as secure victories in the World Endurance Championship (WEC). And Alguersuari, who left the race to become a DJ, believes Red Bull ruled out any other potential world champion. through getting rid of Buemi.
“I just had breakfast and learned something. . . 11 years ago they told us they were going to replace us because we weren’t going to win,” Alguersuari wrote on Twitter. As I sip my coffee, I discovered that @Sebastien_buemi, my former F1 teammate, helps keep adding wins and trophies on his back.
“I forgot how many world titles he already has and not only am I satisfied and proud of him, but over time I have realised how many races he wins and maybe world titles he would have won in Red Bull Racing F1. Again, please [sic] don’t judge me.
“It’s just my non-public view of my teammate @Sebastien_buemi based on statistics and facts. I don’t need to wait for what my functionality would have been. . . But it is also written!Ciao!”
Toto Wolff had a “damn central attack” when Lewis Hamilton lost the 2021 championship to Max Verstappen, according to Guenther Steiner.
Steiner added that the final showdown was “very confusing” and admitted it was “entertaining” for fans.
The Haas leader reportedly wrote down what he thought about the incident just a week after the confrontation, and the main points now appear in his “Surviving to Drive” eBook.
He said, “At the time, it didn’t suit me, but at the same time, I didn’t know all the facts.
Poor Toto [Wolff, Mercedes team principal] almost had a fucking central attack!”
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The FIA will hear Ferrari’s right of review (Tuesday) after Carlos Sainz won a penalty at the Australian Grand Prix.
The Spaniard hit through one. Penalty of five seconds after colliding with Fernando Alonso in the last resumption that has taken him to 12th place.
After the race, Sainz became angry with the referees and demanded that they wait to impose consequences for him to speak to them.
The challenge was compounded after much of the final order was taken before the twist of fate occurred.
That meant that Alonso still maintained his podium even though Sainz had already pushed him away.
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Police may ban Formula 1 enthusiasts from attending long-distance races after a track invasion at the Australian Grand Prix.
Officers showed they were looking for five or six other people who “broke the track early” while the race was still ongoing.
Australian GP leader operations officer Tom Mottram told The Agee: “We know five or six other people of interest who broke the track early, and we need to communicate with them.
“It’s not something we’re going to tolerate or settle for and other people want to realize that it was a very damaging undertaking that happened. “
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Red Bull’s “explosive atmosphere” will soon die out, as Max Verstappen leans in to get Sergio Perez.
Former F1 star Gerhard Berger believes Verstappen is “too strong” for the Mexican and any duel between the two will end one way.
Berger told Krone Zeitung: “It would be desirable for enthusiasts for Perez and Verstappen to stage a duel like Senna and Prost. However, I doubt it, because Max is too strong for that. “
“This explosive environment only broke out briefly because Max finished first and so far in Saudi Arabia. But if they get back to the front row, it will be different. “
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Tensions may end at Ferrari with Charles Leclerc “upset” by Carlos Sainz.
Leclerc is reportedly dissatisfied with his teammate in Australia after the Spaniard failed to tow him.
However, F1 analyst Peter Windsor advised Leclerc not to assume Sainz would help.
He told his YouTube channel: “I think he made it public, that he was disappointed by that, because you have to live in your own world and you have to be very protected when you’re at Ferrari.
“You have your guys and you have to paint in a very apolitical way, so it’s a pretty political reaction, I think he had all that. “
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George Russell has revealed how he reacted when he booed for the first time at a Grand Prix after making the jump to Mercedes.
The former Williams star has revealed he won a backlash at a drivers’ parade shortly after his promotion to Silver Arrows.
Russell admitted he “laughed” at the teasing, but admitted the incident still affected him.
He told Square Mile: “Last year, for the first time, I saw enthusiasts booing me in a parade of drivers.
“I’ve never experienced this before. I’m a 24-year-old living his dream. “
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Lewis Hamilton has been accused of throwing hot air at Mercedes bosses over his long F1 career as Silver Arrows continues to fight.
The seven-time champion has vowed to remain at the German manufacturer despite the team’s lack of functionality compared to Red Bull.
However, former F1 star Gerhard Berger claimed Hamilton’s loyalty “means nothing” as he revealed the Briton might be tempted to transfer teams.
Berger told Kronen Zeitung: “Although Lewis insists he would never leave his Mercedes family, that doesn’t mean anything in Formula 1. No one shows the maps there!
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Sebastian Vettel may be in a position for a “surprise return” to the F1 paddock, but not as a driver, according to Ted Kravitz.
Sky Sports F1’s pit lane reporter has hinted that Vettel is more likely to return to a control role with an imaginable link to the former Red Bull team.
Kravitz even pleaded with the German star to upgrade Helmut Marko as one of the team’s most sensible advisers.
He said: “Maybe Audi, maybe, but I think he’ll come back to Red Bull.
“I think it will upgrade Helmut Marko, it’s more likely. As a motorsport consultant. “
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George Russell believes Lewis Hamilton could have affected Max Verstappen had he faced the Briton earlier.
Verstappen played for Red Bull in his youth before Hamilton seven years into his Grand Prix career.
But Russell said things would have been different for the Dutchman had he joined the same team as Hamilton before.
He said: “If Max had gone to a team like Mercedes and had to face a very sensible Lewis Hamilton there, he could have damaged his career.
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Lewis Hamilton is unlikely to lose his 2008 name despite the risk of legal action from Felipe Massa, according to former British F1 star Tiff Needell.
The former Ensign driver admitted he would cancel events now 15 years after Hamilton won the crown.
This comes after Massa said he is seeking legal avenues to challenge the name following a series of comments through Bernie Ecclestone.
Needell told Express Sport: “You can’t cancel it now. From that race, other people executed tactics of the problems that were on the board. “
“If I had asked for the race to be null and void, I guess they didn’t know it deliberately.
“As soon as they have, if they had appealed, then maybe. There is a time limit.
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Robert Doornbos spoke about the loss of his phone and watch thieves attacked him in the Netherlands.
It is understood that a GPS tracker was used for Doornbos’ movements, allowing the attackers to locate his location.
He was allegedly hit on the head and had his products stolen just a few weeks ago, on March 18.
He told De Telegraaf: “It’s intense. I don’t wear beloved watches anymore, just an Apple Watch, so at least I can count my steps. “
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