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Aston Martin overweegt Nico Hülkenberg & mogelijk F1-debuut Audi zette Honda Red Bull deal op scherp
Audi zou mogelijk interesse hebben om in 2025 de Formule 1 te betreden, waarmee het direct een logische partner lijkt voor Red Bull Racing. Dit zou de onderhandelingen tussen de formatie en motorleverancier Honda destijds op scherp hebben gezet. Nico Hülkenberg maakt aankomend seizoen mogelijk toch onderdeel uit van het Formule 1-circus. Aston Martin-teambaas Otmar Szafnauer speelt namelijk met de gedachte om de Duitser vast te leggen als vaste invalkracht Download ook de GPFans App! Google Play | https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.fanreach.gpfans&gl=NL AppStore | https://apps.apple.com/nl/app/gpfans/id1457679900 Bekijk ook onze social media kanalen: Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/GPFansNL Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/GPFansNL Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/GPfanscom TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@gpfansnl TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@gpfansnl
Wolff Explains Reason Behind Hamilton Contract Delays
With the new season of Formula 1 less than two months away, many expected Mercedes and 7-time world champion Lewis Hamilton to have finalized a new deal by now. However, nothing has been announced yet and there have even been suggestions that Mercedes may not want to meet Hamilton’s new demands. Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff who also happens to partly own the team has now revealed the latest developments in this regard Link to poll: https://www.youtube.com/post/Ugyvy214LAD8NbYoSAd4AaABCQ 0:00 - Wolff Explains Legal Curveballs behind Hamilton’s Contract Delay 1:42 - Fast Feed I'm your host Dillon Shelley and first up on Formula World: Wolff Explains Legal Curveballs behind Hamilton’s Contract Delay Wolff started off by reiterating that they will finalize the new deal “At some point we will finalize it. It's how it is with negotiations. You always come from different corners, but that's quite normal” He then explained why it is taking so much time “We have a really solid basis in our relationship. We have celebrated great successes together and want to continue doing so in the future. But sometimes you have to talk things out in detail, and that took, or still takes us some time” Wolff then explained how the lawyers are having a difficult time with the negotiations taking place over Zoom “The lawyers are working hard. We don't make life easy for them, of course, when we both argue over Zoom and keep sending curveballs to the lawyers. [Hamilton is] in America now and I'm here [in Austria]” Wolff then confirmed a timeline by which the new deal will be signed “[It should be sorted] before Bahrain at the latest – you have to sign something at some point!” He summed up his words by elaborating on why they don’t need any threatening gestures “We never played the George Russell card. He did incredibly well and will one day be in a top car, but our longstanding partnership is not at all about making any threatening gestures. We know we want to race together. And now we have to negotiate the contract” Fast Feed Former F1 team owner Eddie Jordan thinks that Aston Martin’s Lance Stroll “has the speed to be a world champion, he really, really does” Aston Martin team principal Otmar Szafnauer, meanwhile, added that their other driver Sebastian Vettel “will bring out the best in Lance, with Lance pushing Sebastian hard in return” He further feels that “it’s the ideal blend of experience, race-winning knowhow, and raw talent” McLaren's production director, Piers Thynne feels that their “switch to the Mercedes power unit” has “driven a huge amount of change and, essentially”, they’ve “been building a new car” He further revealed that “the number of new parts on the” 2021 “MCL35M is about the same as when” they “built the” 2020 MCL35 He also confirmed that “there are some challenges in certain areas at the moment – but that’s F1. If you’re not encountering any problems, then you’re probably not being aggressive enough” Toto Wolff definitely thinks that “Red Bull, with [Sergio] Perez, will be a much stronger opponent in terms of the constructors' championship” He also expects “Sergio to be very strong. It will also be interesting how he faces Verstappen. It's a new opponent” He further thinks that “Honda will really step on the gas to compete for the championship in their last year as a manufacturer. That's why it will be quite interesting” Head of engineering at AlphaTauri Jody Egginton, feels that they “should have been sixth in the championship” as “the car was good enough for it” He also accepts that they “didn't live up to it. There are many things” they “improved with, but unfortunately” they “didn't deliver the performance” Red Bull team principal Christian Horner thinks that the “Hydrogen Class at Le Mans offers an exciting glimpse into the future of sustainable motorsport” This is because it “promises both to advance the use of hydrogen in transportation, and also deliver exciting racing” McLaren’s technical director James Key thinks that their “strengths have been typically the high-speed corners” and “in terms of weaknesses”, they “still need to improve” “a bit in low speed” FIA president Jean Todt confirmed that they “are facing a difficult start to the season, because it is a difficult time for the whole planet” He added that “creativity is the key word when organizing major sporting events at this time”. They “need to have a different vision, and above all solidarity” Were Alpha Tauri good enough to have finished P6 in the constructors championship last year?
Jos Verstappen Confirms Max's Future Teammate Options
Red Bull at one point were in a position to win the race at Imola after their driver Max Verstappen overtook Mercedes’ Valtteri Bottas. However, Mercedes’ other driver Lewis Hamilton was able to stay out much longer and take advantage of a virtual safety car and Red Bull could not cover for that with their second driver. Max’s father and former F1 driver Jos Verstappen has now stressed on a need for a strong second driver at Red Bull to Ziggo Sport Link to poll: https://www.youtube.com/post/Ugz-jWZoH5eXrMkov0F4AaABCQ 0:00 - Verstappen Alone In Fight Against Lewis 1:03 - Fast Feed I'm your host Dillon Shelley and first up on Formula World: Verstappen Alone In Fight Against Lewis Jos started off by reiterating why Max needs a strong teammate “At the moment I don't think it is going well enough. Max needs a strong second team mate, then the race [at Imola] would have been different as well” “If it was the start of the race and the teammate was behind Hamilton, that teammate could have come in earlier and Hamilton should have come in as well. The cards would have been shuffled very differently” He signed off by looking at the possible options Red Bull have in this regard “So, it's very important to have a very good teammate next to Max. We all know: it's either Albon, or Perez, or Hulkenberg. It will have to be one of those three” Fast Feed AlphaTauri team principal Franz Tost has explained if F2 driver Yuki Tsunoda “finishes in the top four” in F2 “he gets his super license. If he finishes fifth, he'll need two training sessions in Formula 1 to get to the last point” The president of the Emilia-Romagna region, Stefano Bonaccini thinks that Imola is ready for “a stable inclusion in the calendar of the World Championship” Jos Verstappen has suggested that the Honda engine for next year is “already better than what” Red Bull are “driving now” F1’s managing director Ross Brawn feels that Renault’s “Daniel Ricciardo is a brilliant driver, and one of the very best in Formula 1” He further thinks that “he’s doing a fantastic job right now and Renault will be sad to lose him, even if Fernando Alonso is the man who’ll be stepping in” He also hopes “McLaren can give Daniel a car he deserves next season. He’s a great member of the F1 fraternity” Former F1 driver Ralf Schumacher feels that Red Bull’s Alex Albon “is the biggest problem within the team” Red Bull advisor Helmut Marko has confirmed that despite Verstappen being “an exceptional talent” they “need to get a driver who can come close to him, to at least two or three tenths of a second” Racing Point team principal Otmar Szafnauer feels that both Nico Hulkenberg and Sergio Perez “have the mental strength to drive alongside Verstappen” McLaren’s Lando Norris has suggested that “not being able to overtake always put” them “in a compromising position to cars behind who could do different strategies” at Imola Alfa Romeo’s Antonio Giovinazzi thinks that “points with two cars is something great for Alfa Romeo… and also a good thing to celebrate the renewal of the contract” Alpha Tauri’s Pierre Gasly is of the opinion that “there was clearly a top five to fight for” at Imola and that “it feels quite hard. But that’s motorsport unfortunately” Haas’ Kevin Magnussen revealed that “from the race start”, he “was having slow upshifts, and not only are they slow, it’s also like a big bang every time you upshift” He added that it seemed “okay for a couple of laps but then it starts shaking your head crazily. And by the end” he “just got a massive headache” leading to his retirement Do Hulkenberg and Perez the mental strength to be Verstappen’s teammate?