Paul Velasco, Author at GRAND PRIX 247

Piastri: Goal to win F2 title and secure F1 reserve role

Oscar Piastri's rise and rise in Formula 2 this season has been impressive. Problem is, if he wins the title he may be out of a drive next year and may have to opt as a reserve for a Formula 1 team in 2022. ... Read More...

Alonso: Verstappen is the best driver in F1 right now

Fernando Alonso believes that Max Verstappen is the best driver in Formula 1 because Red Bull have built the team around their young star, and thus hard to beat according to the Spaniard. Speaking in an excl... Read More...

Giovinazzi: I know there’s a lot of rumours already

Antonio Giovinazzi's seat in the Alfa Romeo team beyond 2021 is up for grabs, but he is ignoring the rumors, intent on performing in the remaining races to impress his bosses, and while the Monza weekend star... Read More...

Inside Line: Of a World Champion and a Young Gun

The much-deserved signing by Mercedes of George Russell to partner Lewis Hamilton in Formula 1's most dominant team, invariably conjures historical comparisons with similar situations, when a World Champion w... Read More...

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Brown: A big victory for McLaren and our fans

Zak Brown can now count himself among an illustrious group of Grand Prix winning Formula 1 team principals, a just reward for the McLaren boss turning around a sinking ship, turning it from the back of the gr... Read More...

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Ricciardo: After Friday I was a man on a mission

Daniel Ricciardo's eighth Grand Prix victory is arguably his sweetest, his first as a non-Red Bull driver and with it ending a nine-year winless spell for McLaren. The aftermath of Monza 2021 has been all ab... Read More...

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Lawrence Stroll: I’m striving to win the F1 World Championship

Aston Martin big boss Lawrence Stroll is in Formula 1 for one reason: to win World Championships with his team and, in the light of the latest developments, one would be foolish to bet against it happening. ... Read More...

Hakkinen: Zak and Andreas have done a brilliant job

Mika Hakkinen won his two Formula 1 world titles with McLaren, thus when they powered to a sensational one-two at the 2021 Italian Grand Prix, the Flying Finn was overjoyed for his team. Until recently it ha... Read More...

MONZA, ITALY - SEPTEMBER 10: Max Verstappen of Netherlands and Red Bull Racing talks with Red Bull Racing Team Consultant Dr Helmut Marko in the Paddock after qualifying ahead of the F1 Grand Prix of Italy at Autodromo di Monza on September 10, 2021 in Monza, Italy. (Photo by Bryn Lennon/Getty Images)

Marko: The crash was a normal racing incident

In this free-for-all verbal punch-up in the wake of the Hamilton-Verstappen crash, during the 2021 Italian Grand Prix, inevitably Red Bull consultant Dr Helmut Marko - number one Max fan - has slammed Lewis a... Read More...

Hakkinen: Let results decide the title, not the accidents

The collision involving Lewis Hamilton and Max Verstappen during the 2021 Italian Grand Prix has been a big talking point, triggering opinions of a billion Formula 1 fans, Mika Hakkinen being the latest to sh... Read More...

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Villeneuve: It bothers me that driver mistakes are punished

Straight-shooting Jacques Villeneuve has his say in the aftermath of the Hamilton-Verstappen crash during the 2021 Italian Grand Prix, the 1997 Formula 1 World Champion providing his insight into a title batt... Read More...

Sir Jackie: Verstappen taking longer than expected to mature

Sir Jackie Stewart has come out in defence of fellow knight Sir Lewis Hamilton after the Battle at the Temple of Speed resulted in the crash between the Mercedes driver and Red Bull's Max Verstappen during th... Read More...

Inside Line: Hamilton and British cabal are out of line

Max Verstappen is copping far too much flack from British drivers, pundits, and media in the aftermath of the collision with Lewis Hamilton, that ended both their 2021 Italian Grand Prix in the Monza sand. G... Read More...

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Lewis vs Max: Monza tactical foul or racing incident?

Mercedes boss Toto Wolff described the crash between Lewis Hamilton and Max Verstappen during the 2021 Italian Grand Prix as a "tactical foul", while Red Bull boss Christian Horner says it was a "racing incid... Read More...

Ricciardo: When I think of McLaren I think of Senna

Daniel Ricciardo will get to drive the 1984 NASCAR Chevrolet Monte Carlo of his late idol Dale Earnhardt Sr after winning Sunday's Italian Grand Prix driving a McLaren which, to him, conjured up memories of A... Read More...

Brown: One of the best deals I cut!

If anyone deserved to be on the podium after the 2021 Italian Grand Prix; it is Zak Brown, the McLaren team boss celebrating a famous one-two victory for his team at Monza, their first victory in nine years. ... Read More...

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Italian Grand Prix: Ricciardo leads Norris for McLaren 1-2

It was a race of two halves: the first with Lewis Hamilton and Max Verstappen, and the second half without them. Instead it was all about Daniel Ricciardo, Lando Norris, and McLaren. Ricciardo led from the s... Read More...

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Wolff doubts Sprint Races are the way to go for F1

Mercedes team boss Toto Wolff dismissed Formula 1's experimental Sprint Race format as 'not fish, not meat' and said it was not doing much for the sport either, suggesting an alternative format. The 100km qu... Read More...

Author Paul Velasco