World Champion Verstappen first pole at the Bahrain Grand Prix

Dutch world champion Max Verstappen begins the new season from where his predecessor ended, after he finished the qualifying trials for the Bahrain Grand Prix, the first stage of the Formula 1 World Championship, in first place on Saturday in Sakhir. The Red Bull driver, world champion for the past two seasons and winner of … Read more

Fastest Verstappen on the first day of pre-season testing

The champion of the past two seasons, Dutchman Max Verstappen, was the fastest on board the Red Bull “RB19” car on the first day of winter pre-season testing for the new season of the Formula 1 World Championship, by topping the two sessions Thursday at the Sakhir circuit in Bahrain. In the morning session of … Read more

[Video]F1 champion Max Verstappen appears in Honda HR-V CM[F1-Gate.com]

Red Bull Racing’s F1 champion Max Verstappen has appeared in a commercial with the new face of an overseas Honda advertisement. With the 2023 F1 season still a few weeks away, Max Verstappen is zipping through the English countryside in his Honda HR-V before getting into Red Bull Racing’s new RB19. Two-time F1 World Champion … Read more

Max Verstappen “Training requirements are different for every F1 driver”[F1-Gate.com]

Max Verstappen has explained how his training needs differ from those of the other drivers on the F1 grid, including Alexander Albon and Nick de Vries. Nick de Vries talks about the physical impact he felt when he took over from Alexander Albon at the 2022 F1 Italian Grand Prix. De Vries, exhausted after his … Read more

New Way of Red Bull F1 ‘Verstappen unfairly branded in crash with Hamilton'[F1-Gate.com]

Red Bull F1’s Adrian Newey praises Max Verstappen as ‘easy to work with’ and defends he was unfairly ‘stigmatised’ after his crash in the 2021 title fight with Lewis Hamilton. Max Verstappen and Lewis Hamilton shared a tense rivalry in the 2021 F1 season, with the two drivers clashing on numerous occasions. Adrian Newey has … Read more

Max Verstappen, the trajectory towards the second F1 world champion[F1-Gate.com]

Max Verstappen (Red Bull Racing) retraces the process of winning his second F1 world champion. It is said that the mark of a true champion is not to be champion, but to be champion multiple times, but Max Verstappen secured his second Drivers’ Championship in the 2022 F1 season with four races to go and … Read more

Red Bull F1 representative “Communication is key to Verstappen/Perez management”[F1-Gate.com]

Red Bull F1 team principal Christian Horner says maintaining good communication is key to managing the relationship between Max Verstappen and Sergio Perez. Christian Horner shared his thoughts on the friction between the two riders in the second half of the 2022 season in a video on Speedcafe.com. Sergio Perez was battling for second place … Read more

Max Verstappen “The opening match with Red Bull F1 was chaotic”[F1-Gate.com]

Max Verstappen won 35 races and two F1 world championships in his Formula 1 career, but still remembers the ‘mayhem’ of his maiden victory on his debut weekend with Red Bull F1. Just over a year after joining Toro Rosso as a 17-year-old rookie, Max Verstappen was promoted to Red Bull Racing to replace Daniil … Read more

Max Verstappen throne in next generation F1 ‘The fastest is not the best'[F1-Gate.com]

Max Verstappen won his second F1 world championship in 2022 with overwhelming force. However, the lack of pole-to-win shows a new trend for the next generation F1 machine. Max Verstappen set a new record with 15 wins, his most in a season. He had seven pole positions. This is a stat to aim for given … Read more

Max Verstappen ‘New generation F1 car on street circuit is the worst'[F1-Gate.com]

F1 world champion Max Verstappen says he has had his worst F1 experience this year, racing the street circuit in F1’s new generation of ground effect cars. Major changes to the F1 technical regulations for 2022 have ushered in a new generation of F1 cars designed around the ground effects philosophy. Most of the car’s … Read more