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Sergio Perez failed to secure second in the Drivers' Championship and the first Red Bull 1-2, after finishing behind Charles Leclerc at the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. Red Bull elected to put Perez on a two-stop strategy, which meant he had to pass several cars at the end of the race, while Leclerc had to manage his pace in P2. It looked like the Mexican could catch up but Leclerc held on to outscore him by three points, with 308 points to Perez's 305 at the chequered flag. "That's how it is sometimes, everything can be really close. But at the end of the day, I'm happy," Perez said after the race. "I gave it all, the team gave it all through the season and I'm sure we will come back stronger for next year." Viewed by others: Abu Dhabi ...

Valtteri Bottas has praised Alfa Romeo after the team sacrifice d their own results in Abu Dhabi to focus on preventing Aston Martin from beating them in the Constructors' Championship. With Alfa only four points ahead of Aston going into the weekend, the squad opted to try to make life difficult for their rivals at the Yas Marina Circuit in the hope of stopping them from scoring enough points to take P6 in the Constructors'. During the race, the team ensured that Zhou Guanyu undercut Sebastian Vettel at the pit-stops, while Bottas extended his stint on the Hard tyre to stay out on track before Lance Stroll made his second visit to the pits. While Zhou and Bottas ultimately finished outside of the points in P12 and P15 respectively, Stroll and Vettel's P8 and P10 result was not enough for Aston to overtake Alfa on points. The two teams tied on 55 points each, but Alfa secure P6 thanks to Bottas' fifth place at the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix beating any resul...

Christian Horner admits that there is a " conflict " facing Red Bull between fighting for the Drivers' and the Constructors' Championships. With the squad having clinched 1-2 finishes at the season-opening races in Bahrain and Saudi Arabia, they already hold 87 points in the 2023 Constructors' table, putting them 49 points clear of second-placed Aston Martin. On the Drivers' side, Max Verstappen has a one-point advantage over Sergio Perez after claiming an additional point for setting the fastest lap in Jeddah, a topic that has come in for much scrutiny since. When asked during an interview on Sky News about how the team would manage the two drivers going forwards, Horner acknowledged that there is a balancing act involved between the team's interests and the drivers' interests. Horner on 'conflict' of championships "There's always a conflict between the two championships," the Red Bull boss explained. ...

McLaren CEO Zak Brown believes there is no reason why the squad cannot fight for the Formula 1 World Championship in 2026. Much time has passed since the Woking-based team were last in an F1 title battle, with their most recent Constructors' Championship victory happening in 1998. Their last win came via Daniel Ricciardo's P1 at the 2021 Italian Grand Prix, which marked their first victory since 2012. The team have faced some difficult times in the past decade, but Brown feels that McLaren are putting the right components in place for a return to success. McLaren putting team in place "If I look at the things that we need to get back to the front, you need two great drivers – I think we have those," Brown told the F1 Nation podcast. "You need your Technology , infrastructure, being state of the art and on par with the com Pet ition – we'll have that done by the end of the year. "We've talked a lot about the wind tunn...

David Coulthard is confident that Ferrari are in the right position to bid for the F1 World Championship in 2023. The 2022 campaign got off to a strong start for the Scuderia, with Charles Leclerc taking the lead in the Drivers' standings after winning two of the opening three races. However, a series of issues including strategic mishaps, driver errors and reliability concerns led to Ferrari 's challenge falling away, while Red Bull and Max Verstappen took the momentum en route to claiming both the Constructors' and Drivers' Championships. In terms of why Ferrari 's season went off course, Coulthard believes that this may be down to the team not having being used to regularly fighting at the front for some time. "There might be an element of just not being match fit, having not operated at that level [for a while]," Coulthard told the Mirror Sport . " Ferrari are the most famous name in Formula 1 , and have been the longest running...

Max Verstappen has given his verdict on which Drivers' Championship success he enjoyed more, following his dominant 2022 season. The Dutchman has been involved in two very different champion ship years, with his 2021 crown being decided on the last lap of the final race, and his 2022 title being achieved with several rounds to spare. At the FIA's prize giving ceremony in Bologna, Verstappen was asked if he could compare the emotions of his first and second Drivers' Championships. "The emotions are very different, but I think they should be different, because your whole life you aim for one particular goal, and that's to become a world champion ," Verstappen told media, including TheFOXposts.Com . "The first one is always very emotional once you achieve it, but this year's been very different. "I do think we were more competitive this year, and also I think more enjoyable with the way we were performing as a whole team. "You ...