Fred Vasseur and Lewis could be the perfect match and they will also push Charles Leclerc to the limits. Vasseur won the GP2 Series championship with Hamilton in 2006.

Just a reminder the first two races are on Saturday not Sunday (ramadan).

Race Highlights | Bahrain Grand Prix 2024

Sainz knowing it's his last year with the Scuderia showed true class today good for him other teams are watching where will he go?

World champion can leave Red Bull if top advisor leaves
Mercedes is keeping an extra eye on Max Verstappen due to 'Marko clause'
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The consequences of the crisis surrounding Christian Horner at Red Bull Racing may be incalculable for the team. After the first rumors about a flirt between Mercedes and Max Verstappen, it appears that the three-time world champion can leave Red Bull much earlier than expected due to a special clause in his contract. Top advisor Helmut Marko plays a crucial role in this.

Verstappen's super deal, signed in 2022, runs until 2028 and it is no surprise that it contains (performance) clauses. But now it appears that the Limburger is free to go where he wants after every year, if top advisor Helmut Marko leaves the team. Several sources around the top team confirmed this after earlier reporting from F1-Insider and Bild . Verstappen's manager Raymond Vermeulen does not want to respond to the story.

Max Verstappen may leave Red Bull if Helmut Marko is removed from team
Verstappen: ‘If such a pillar falls away, that is not good for me’
Marko is believed to be under investigation over media leaks

https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.th...bull-if-helmut-marko-removed-formula-one

Max done called out RBR, they not getting rid of Helmut.

Another boring race today.

Magnussen tried to hit everybody on the track and Bearman drove one helluva race all weekend. Kid has a bright future!

Qualification under way Australia GP is one of my favorite race courses the Aussies are also true race fans.
Go Ricciardo and Piastri !

Wow DNF for Verstappen car up in smokes LOL. Sainz the leader ! This season isn't over yet, RB in troubles.

Edit: Hamilton also out Ferrari now leading 1 and 2 and hometown boy Piastri 3 interesting race !

Great race Forza Ferrari !

That damn brake was a tad hot

Sainz put on one helluva show, great showing for him

I believe in karma lol this unrest and powerstruggle within Red Bull continues and will influence their results, Ferrari and McLaren should profit.

Andrea Stella, team boss of McLaren - which finished third and fourth during the F1 Grand Prix of Australia - already saw after Friday in Melbourne that Red Bull did not have the pace in terms of race pace that McLaren and Ferrari did. There was a reason for this.

In conversation with Motorsport-Total, Stella said that it is difficult to estimate per race weekend whether there will be problems with tire degradation and which team will have the most problems with tire degradation. "If you know someone who has enough expertise to explain these situations well, I would hire them without any hesitation. In Bahrain, Red Bull was the only team that could use the soft tires without any problems. However, in Bahrain you have no problems of graining. You cannot get graining in Bahrain, because the asphalt there does not provide enough grip to load the tires to the extent that there is enough pressure on the tires to cause graining."

Verstappen is still the -350 favorite (bet $350 to win $100) in the 2024 Japanese Grand Prix odds, while Sainz and Ferrari teammate Charles Leclerc are 11-1. Verstappen's Red Bull teammate Sergio Perez is 12-1, while McLaren's Lando Norris rounds out the top five in this week's F1 odds at 20-1.

The China GP is back also a sprint race on Saturday. Lando Norris set the fastest time during a chaotic sprint qualifying, Lewis Hamilton will also start the sprint race from the front row.

Another boring race. I think it’s painfully obvious that F1’s penalty for Red Bull clearly had no teeth

Lots of rumors that Newey wants out at Red Bull. That would change things

Yep there is still a lot going on within Red Bull, the performances of both cars are still good though. I wouldn't be suprised Adrian goes to Audi.

It’s looking like Aston or Ferrari if we think the rumors have legs

He will leave in 2025. I also read the crazy rumor Mercedes will make Verstappen an offer of 128 million British pounds per year.
There may be talks this weekend at the Miami GP.


With the departure of master designer Adrian Newey from Red Bull Racing, the scenario that Jos Verstappen predicted earlier this year may become reality. The father of the Formula 1 world champion is now sounding the alarm about the situation at the racing stable.

"The team is in danger of falling apart. I was afraid of that earlier this year," Jos Verstappen tells De Telegraaf . "It is important for internal peace that key figures remain on board. That is not the case now."

By this he refers to the departure of Adrian Newey. "He is leaving and earlier this year it also looked like Helmut (Marko, ed.) would be sent away. That is not good for the future."

While everything is going well on the track at Red Bull, there is chaos behind the scenes at the racing stable. Christian Horner was charged with inappropriate behavior towards an employee of the team and he and Marko do not get on well together.

Marko is known for being a key figure within Red Bull for Max Verstappen's camp. The world champion is extremely attached to the Austrian advisor within the team.