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Max crashed out at Silverstone due to a rear wing issue. Is this the last straw that causes him to lose faith with Red Bull and look to join another team — or leave F1 altogether?
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Max crashed out at Silverstone due to a rear wing issue. Is this the last straw that causes him to lose faith with Red Bull and look to join another team — or leave F1 altogether?
Motor Sport F1 Show with Mark Hughes
High-speed Silverstone is an Formula 1 favourite, but this year’s British Grand Prix will see cars slowing on the straights as they run out of electrical energy. What does that mean for the race?
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Let us start with an audacious understatement: there are not many drivers whose Formula 1 preparation involved making coffins. Perhaps there is only one, for that is where Heinz-Harald Frentzen’s…
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