1 week ago Cars and steps do not mix: why The Italian Job has a lot to answer for

A driver who got stuck on the Spanish Steps in Rome is the latest in a series of similar vehicular misadventuresThe 1969 caper The Italian Job spawned a Hollywood remake, helped drive the cool-factor of the Mini and launched decades of dad jokes about bloody doors being blown off. It may also have inspired one driver who got stuck trying to travel down the Spanish Steps in Rome this week.The film ended with Michael Caine teetering on the edge of a cliff in a coach, claiming to have a “great idea”. In Rome, the 80-year-old’s navigational error on his way to work ended with emergency services having to bring in a crane to winch his vehicle off the Italian capital’s landmark. Continue reading...

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1 week ago George Russell blasted for ‘unnecessary’ dig at driver – ‘What the f*** are you doing?’

George Russell has been slammed by Dan Ticktum for his comments about the Formula E driver following their war of words after the Spanish Grand Prix

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1 week ago George Russell criticised for targeting fellow driver – 'It's such an unnecessary comment'

Following his clash with Max Verstappen at the Spanish Grand Prix, Russell suggested there was only one other driver in the world who would make a similar move: Dan Ticktum

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3 w. ago British F1 driver apologises to Max Verstappen over Spanish GP controversy

Oliver Bearman has owned up to potentially impacting Max Verstappen's race in Spain after the Red Bull driver tried to lap the Haas before his George Russell controversy

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4 w. ago George Russell called out by Formula E driver Dan Ticktum in social media video

Russell stated nobody else would perform a move like Max Verstappen’s deliberate collision in the Spanish GP – apart from “one British driver in Formula E”

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4 w. ago Max Verstappen must control his road rage to cement his legacy as a great

There was no justification for the driver’s rash and futile act of retribution at the Spanish Grand PrixThere was no justification for Max Verstappen’s rash and futile act of retribution at the Spanish Grand Prix, when he deliberately drove into the side of George Russell’s car. The world champion knows it and on Monday he admitted as much with something of a mea culpa on social media. Yet it also must be considered that it is part and parcel of what makes Verstappen so competitive, albeit in this case in an entirely unedifying and self‑defeating fashion.Angry and frustrated at a sequence of events in Barcelona, including having to cede a place to Russell, Verstappen surrendered to his baser instincts. Having pulled over to give the place to Russell, he clearly then felt a point had to be made and accelerated back up the inside to collide with the Mercedes. Continue reading...

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4 w. ago Max Verstappen must control his road rage to cement his legacy as a great | Giles Richards

There was no justification for the driver’s rash and futile act of retribution at the Spanish Grand PrixThere was no justification for Max Verstappen’s rash and futile act of retribution at the Spanish Grand Prix, when he deliberately drove into the side of George Russell’s car. The world champion knows it and on Monday he admitted as much with something of a mea culpa on social media. Yet it also must be considered that it is part and parcel of what makes Verstappen so competitive, albeit in this case in an entirely unedifying and self‑defeating fashion.Angry and frustrated at a sequence of events in Barcelona, including having to cede a place to Russell, Verstappen surrendered to his baser instincts. Having pulled over to give the place to Russell, he clearly then felt a point had to be made and accelerated back up the inside to collide with the Mercedes. Continue reading...

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4 w. ago World’s ‘most controversial racing driver’ responds to George Russell’s sly dig

Formula E star Dan Ticktum has sent a message to Mercedes driver George Russell after he appeared to reference him at the Spanish Grand Prix following his clash with Max Verstappen

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4 w. ago Christian Horner puts Nico Rosberg in his place after Max Verstappen disqualification call

Nico Rosberg had suggested Max Verstappen should have been disqualified from the Spanish Grand Prix after the Red Bull Racing driver appeared to deliberately ram George Russell's Mercedes

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4 w. ago Russell believes Verstappen should have been disqualified for Spanish F1 GP crash

World champion given 10sec penalty for collisionRussell: ‘It felt very deliberate it felt strange’George Russell has insisted that Max Verstappen should have faced disqualification after he crashed into the British driver at the Spanish Grand Prix, claiming he felt the world champion had done so deliberately and that he was setting a bad example for young drivers.Verstappen, who was bullish after a race where he received a 10‑second penalty that dropped him from fifth at the flag to 10th, dismissed Russell’s comments, maintaining he had no regrets and mocking the British driver’s reactions with the comment: “Well, I’ll bring some tissues next time.” Continue reading...

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4 w. ago Max Verstappen accused of crashing into George Russell to 'prove a point'

Max Verstappen has been accused of crashing into George Russell on purpose to 'prove a point' as the Dutchman turned into the Mercedes driver in the final laps of the Spanish Grand Prix

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Just 19 drivers were left to start the Spanish Grand Prix after Aston Martin confirmed after qualifying that Lance Stroll had withdrawn with pain in his hand and wrist

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