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Team Orders: Red Bull Drama Begins!

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  Brazilian Grand Prix Summary The Brazilian Grand Prix has been the most entertaining weekend of the season by a mile. At Friday Qualifying there was history as American team Haas  won qualifying for the first time in their history after 8 years in the sport. At Saturday Sprint Race Mercedes got their first win of the season and at the main race British driver George Russell managed to win for the first time in his career after more than 110 races.  This race also had the most overtakes and most pit stops of the season, the most incidents and position changes, but the main talking point was created by Red Bull drivers Max Verstappen and Sergio Perez  who got into a radio argument for disobeying team orders.  What are team orders and how will they affect Red Bull? In Formula One every team has two drivers, in the case of Red Bull this are current world champion Max Verstappen and his teammate Sergio Perez. At any given race, when one teammate is faster than the ...

Las Vegas: Race for the Rich

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Las Vegas Launch Party This past weekend Las Vegas Grand Prix organizers through a launch party in the middle of the city to celebrate the new addition of the race to the Formula 1 Calendar. The first race will be held in exactly one year and it will be the first ever night race in America. The launch party was extremely glamorous as it had car show offs with neon lights under the cars, an expensive drone show in the sky, and guest appearances by some of the most popular drivers Lewis Hamilton, George Russell and Sergio Perez. Track Layout and $$$$$$$$ The biggest characteristic about the track is that it will be one of the fastest tracks ever made, and the main straight will go along the famous Las Vegas Boulevard, besides all the mega hotels and well known casinos such as Caesar Palace, MGM, Wynn, Planet Hollywood and more. With Las Vegas being such a popular destination, fans are unhappy with the prices the organizers have selected for the tickets, standing tickets start at $700, wh...

New Record! Too Easy?

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  Max Verstappen Breaks Win Record  This past weekend Max Verstappen won yet another race at the 2022 Mexican Grand Prix, increasing his win total for the season to 14. With this win Max Verstappen became the first Formula 1 driver in history to reach 14 wins, beating Sebastian Vettel’s record of 13 set in 2011. Max Verstappen has a chance to extend his record to 15 with two races remaining in the 2022 Formula 1 calendar, races which will be held at Brazil and UAE. The historic season Max Verstappen is delivering has also come with a lot of debate, he has been extremely dominant over the competition, which has led to some people speaking on the how this is all due to the car and that Max wouldn’t have done it against harder competition or driver a weaker car. One of the most vocal journalists has been SkySports Ted Kravitz who sai d the following “ Because the guy that beat him after being robbed actually overtook him, because he’s got a quicker car, because of engineering a...