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Bottas is cycling towards spring
Valtteri Bottas loves to get on his bike outside the Formula 1 circuits, and did so again before the Finn travels to Melbourne for the Australian Grand Prix. According to the Sauber driver, ‘the European length is in the air’ as he cycles around Monaco.
Chaos everywhere: Verstappen explains RB20 in football terms and plays with cat
Max Verstappen is often involved in sim racing outside the Grand Prix weekends, and this is regularly streamed. The Dutchman was playing with the cat between races – although the love was not mutual – and talked about the team’s ‘scoring centre-back’.
Pérez cannot solve ‘own’ anagram and comes up with a special answer
Max Verstappen and Sergio Pérez received a number of anagrams from Red Bull Racing, in which the letters of the names of different drivers from the current F1 field are mixed up. Both drivers are tasked with guessing the correct name. The letters of the names of Verstappen and Pérez were also mixed up, but Pérez had a lot of difficulty guessing his own name, the Mexican came up with a very special answer.
Verstappen learns Arabic from F1 Academy driver: ‘I’m going to tell GP that’
Last weekend the F1 circus descended on Saudi Arabia, providing Red Bull Racing with a great opportunity to teach Max Verstappen and Sergio Pérez Arabic. The gentlemen were helped by Hamda Al Qubaisi, who is supported by the Austrian racing team in the F1 Academy. The video on Red Bull’s YouTube channel shows that both men took the 21-year-old’s tips quite well, but not every statement met with Al Qubaisi’s approval.
Former driver Frentzen responds to Massa’s lawsuit
Former Formula 1 driver Heinz Harald Frentzen has spoken out on X about the case that Felipe Massa, also a former driver, is bringing against Formula 1, the FIA, and former F1 boss Bernie Ecclestone. The German’s joking tone suggests that he does not really agree with Massa.
Piastri comes with a special helmet for the home race
For Oscar Piastri, the Australian Grand Prix, where the third race of the season is scheduled for in a week and a half, is a very special race. It is the McLaren driver’s home race and that is why the talent wanted to do something special. In Melbourne, Piastri will ride with a new helmet design, which includes several references to his native country.
Verstappen cracks computer game during sim race with Team Redline
We all know by now that Max Verstappen also likes to race behind the computer, and shortly after the Grand Prix of Saudi Arabia, the Dutchman was busy with his sim racing team, Team Redline. However, the virtual race had not yet started when Verstappen discovered a very strange mistake: ‘I am still on normal tires!’ During the game it was raining cats and dogs, but without rain tires Verstappen would not have gotten far. One of his teammates joked that he had cracked the game single-handedly, although they wouldn’t mind letting the Dutch Formula 1 champion start behind.
