Jad Mallak, Author at GRAND PRIX 247

Max Verstappen says it's looking pretty good for his team in Mexico

Verstappen: It’s looking pretty good for us in Mexico

Max Verstappen might have had to play second fiddle to the Mercedes duo during FP1 in Mexico, but come FP2 the Dutchman sent an ominous message of his intent for the rest of the weekend. Verstappen ended FP1... Read More...

Sergio Perez during on Friday of the 2021 Mexican Grand Prix

Perez: It was a shame we damaged the car

Sergio Perez comes to his home race after securing two back-to-back podium results in the last two races, but started his weekend in Mexico with a shunt, damaging his car which is a shame according to the Mexic... Read More...

Mexico FP1: Mercedes leads, Verstappen ready to pounce

FP1 signalled the start of the 2021 Mexican Grand Prix, the first of the final five races this season and although Mercedes started strong in Mexico, Max Verstappen was not far behind ready to pounce. After ... Read More...

Bottas knows it's important Hamilton wins title this year

Bottas: If I need to help Lewis sensibly, I’ll do it too

Mercedes Team Principal Toto Wolff claims that Valtteri Bottas knows that it's important for Lewis Hamilton to win this year's Formula 1 Drivers' Crown. The Austrian's admission came in an interview with RTL, ... Read More...

Carlos Sainz says Mexico never delivered good results for him

Sainz: Mexico never delivered good results for me

Carlos Sainz is adamant to secure a good result at the 2021 Formula 1 Mexican Grand Prix despite admitting that Mexico never delivered good results for him. One can't blame the Spaniard for feeling that the Au... Read More...

Alpine CEO won’t rush the team’s development plan

Alpine CEO Laurent Rossi has previously announced that he has a 100-race plan to get his team back to its winning ways, and insists that he will not rush the team's development plan. Renault has decided to re-... Read More...

Helmut Marko believes Mexico and Brazil should be a double victory for Red Bull.

Marko: Should be a double victory in Mexico and Brazil

Red Bull consultant Dr. Helmut Marko is feeling confident, claiming that his team should actually achieve a double victory, as Formula 1 heads to Mexico this weekend and Brazil the week after. Marko was talk... Read More...

Verstappen insists it is important to nail the next three races

Verstappen: Important to nail the next three races

Max Verstappen arrives in Mexico on a high, after winning in Austin a fortnight ago, and believes it is important to nail the next three races of the upcoming triple header. Verstappen was speaking in Red Bu... Read More...

Andreas Seidl says McLaren have no time to let down their guard.

Seidl: There’s no time to let down our guard

McLaren's Andreas Seidl admits there's no time to let down their guard, as they head into this week's Mexican Grand Prix looking over their shoulders, with a resurgent Ferrari chasing them hard to third in the ... Read More...

Stewart: Both of them are perhaps overdriving

Triple Formula 1 World Champion, Sir Jackie Stewart, called for the two title contenders this year to be cautious, claiming that both of them are perhaps overdriving. Lewis Hamilton and Max Verstappen are lock... Read More...

Helmut Marko says Max Verstappen needs to win two more races to secure the championship

Marko: We have to win at least two more races

Red Bull consultant Helmut Marko revealed that, with the Formula 1 Championship battle between Max Verstappen and Lewis Hamilton being so close, the Dutchman needs to win at least two more races to stand a ch... Read More...

Christian Horner thinks that confidence is behind Sergio Perez's improved form

Horner: With Perez, I think it’s confidence

Sergio Perez has been on an upward trend in the last couple of races making two podium appearances in a row, and his boss Christian Horner thinks that confidence is the reason. Although 2020 marked one of Pere... Read More...

Carlos Sainz was not happy with how Drive to Survive portrayed Ferrari

Sainz: We were just going through a rough patch

Ferrari's Carlos Sainz admits that Netflix series "Drive to Survive" has played a role in increasing Formula 1's popularity Stateside, although he isn't happy with how his team was portrayed in it when they wer... Read More...

Verstappen win the 2021 United States Grand Prix

Marko: One of the best races I’ve seen from Max

Red Bull consultant Dr. Helmut Marko, is no doubt, Max Verstappen's biggest fan, singing his praises after that amazing Austin win, saying it was one of the best races he's seen from the Dutchman. No one can... Read More...

Hamilton: It was going to be a rollercoaster ride

It is fair to say that Lewis Hamilton hasn't experienced such a stern challenge for the Formula 1 World Championship as this year's, but he admits that he expected it to be a rollercoaster ride with Max Verst... Read More...

Honda Chief Masashi Yamamoto talks Max Verstappen, relations with Red Bull, leaving F1, but feels Honda will be back in F1 in the future.

Yamamoto: I think Honda will return to Formula 1

Honda F1 boss, Masashi Yamamoto, admits it is disappointing to be leaving Formula 1, while fighting for the title with Red Bull, but feels that Honda will return to the sport. After years of struggling with Mc... Read More...

Jenson Button believes Lewis Hamilton is calm despite defeat in Austin

Button: Lewis is calm

The 2021 United States Grand Prix was expected to favor Lewis Hamilton and Mercedes, but it was Max Verstappen who left Austin a victor. However Jenson Button believes Lewis is calm despite the setback. Butt... Read More...

Nico Rosberg describes Max Verstappen as a giant after his win at the 2021 US GP

Rosberg: Max is a giant at the moment

Nico Rosberg is conflicted about who he thinks would be the 2021 Formula 1 World Champion this year, his former teammate Lewis Hamilton whom he knows well? Or Max Verstappen who he feels is a giant at the mom... Read More...

Author Jad Mallak