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• Team races on with Mateschitz 'spirit' - Marko
• Feb.2 (GMM) Dr Helmut Marko wants Red Bull to defend its Formula 1 titles this year with the "spirit" of the energy drink's late founder Dietrich Mateschitz. It's been an emotional few years for 79-year-old former F1 driver Marko, who lost his long-time friend and confidante Niki Lauda in 2019. Then, 78-year-old Mateschitz died of cancer last October. "It was the second big loss," Marko,...full article
• De Vries 'almost gave up' on F1
• Feb.2 (GMM) Nyck de Vries says he "almost gave up" on his Formula 1 career. Even in his successful karting days, the Dutchman's F1 destiny appeared clear as a prominent member of McLaren's junior program. "Everything looked fine then," said the 27-year-old former Formula 2 and Formula E champion, who will make his full-time F1 debut only this year with Alpha Tauri. "There were phases whe...full article
• 'Stormy' political times in F1 - report
• Feb.2 (GMM) A new front in the latest political battle between the FIA, Formula 1 and the competing teams has opened up. Recently, the trio of parties have seemed at loggerheads over a range of issues - the most pressing being F1's legal warning to the FIA over the issue of a potential $20bn sale of the sport's commercial rights. But now, Auto Motor und Sport claims a new row is brewing ove...full article