Formula 1 fans have long known that Verstappen has the speed to challenge world titles. Now he seems to have the car with Red Bull’s RB16B. The only question left is: can he hold back to avoid throwing away important points in a championship fight?
Verstappen has never won a car racing title, but as he tells Alex Kalinauckas, he did so in karting. Knowing when to fill a gap and when not to close could be a balance Lewis Hamilton finds on a regular basis that could be vital to a year-long battle against the reigning champion.
But it’s clearly something the Dutchman has been thinking about and he believes it will be easier to fight for a crown in a competitive car than to sniff for wins in a slower one.
Last weekend’s big motorsport news was the first Extreme E-Event. The ambitious all-electric off-road initiative faced numerous incidents and problems – and question marks when visiting Saudi Arabia – but our correspondent Matt Kew rated it a success. In our special report, he explains why – and how Nico Rosberg’s team beat Hamilton’s.
Raffaele Marciello was once a rising single-seater star for Ferrari. His F1 dream didn’t work out, but he’s now one of the world’s leading GT3 drivers. He tells James Newbold how he got there and why he’s so excited about where his career has taken him.
Drivers on their way to the top used to be able to measure themselves against F1 stars in other categories, and we look back at F2 when epic battles between new and established stars took place in F2.
There’s also a guest column by Ferdinand Habsburg, who, with the help of the motorsport world, is trying to save an important forest while he moves into sports car racing, as well as reports from across the UK as club motorsport finally kicks off in 2021.
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