Motorsports

Botas enjoys winning Mercedes with his Alfa Romeo

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4 years ago

March 31, 2022

Sophia

Botas enjoys winning Mercedes with his Alfa Romeo

Valteri Botas admits his move to Alfa Romeo is the best scenario for the 2022 season.

Just two months ago, Valteri Botas looked like the ‘lost’ driver of the season in Formula 1, having been forced to cede his place in the protagonist Mercedes F1 team to George Russell and switched to the clearly inferior – until last year – Alfa Romeo .

Then the championship started and everything changed! Mercedes is struggling to set the car up, unlike Alfa Romeo, who are much faster than last year.

So Botas qualified in Bahrain and was 6th and last weekend in Saudi Arabia he qualified 8th and finished 6th before leaving with an engine temperature issue.

The best for the Finn? In the first race he started alongside former Mercedes teammate Lewis Hamilton, while in Jeddah he had 8 cars ahead of him on the starting line! No, tell me how would you feel if you were him?

“Well yeah I’m definitely happy with the decision I made and I’m happy in general so yeah I’m enjoying it.‘ were his words when asked if his decision to choose Alfa Romeo as his next team was the right one.

““I think that was the best scenario for our first season that I could ever imagine based on the information I had.”he had previously explained on Motorsport.com.

And he added: “If we can keep improving the car then we can undoubtedly keep fighting for Q3 and the top 10 places and that’s a good thing“.

In fact, Botas doesn’t hesitate to say his team can aim to beat Mercedes and become the third best team on the grid after Ferrari and Red Bull: “I think that should be the goal now‘ said the Finn emphatically.

We would like to know how Hamilton reacts to his former teammate’s statements. The Brit wanted as much as he could this year to get revenge but in the end he’s found himself in a very difficult position to contend with a car that’s uncompetitive – at least for now – and as a sensitive character he is also will certainly not be in the best possible psychology.

Source: sport 24

Sophia

Sophia Jhon is a sports journalist and author. He has worked as a news editor for Sportish and is now a sport columnist for the same publication. Alberta’s professional interests lie largely in sports news, with an emphasis on English football. He has also written articles on other sporting topics.

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“We will be left behind.” Verstappen won’t like Red Bull’s situation

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1 hour ago

January 19, 2026

Ruth

“We will be left behind.” Verstappen won’t like Red Bull’s situation

Red Bull Formula 1 team president Laurent Mekies believes the Bulls will be behind their rivals at the start of the 2026 season, given the production of their engines and new aerodynamic rules.

“We know it will be difficult for us, especially at the beginning of the season. I think we will fall behind our rivals, but we need to hold on for a few more months.”

“I hope we come back to the top, but it would be naive to think that Red Bull will be ahead right away. We will be behind at the start,” said Mekis.

Bulls will produce its engines in collaboration with Ford from 2026.

Source: Sport UA

Ruth

Ruth Waterhouse is an author and sports journalist who writes for Sportish. She is known for her coverage of various sports events and her insightful analysis of sports-related news. With a passion for sports and a keen eye for detail, she has become a respected voice in the sports community.

Motorsports

Red Bull finally decides on Verstappen’s team

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12 hours ago

January 19, 2026

Ruth

Red Bull finally decides on Verstappen’s team

After several significant personnel changes in the team, Max Verstappen has finally learned who he will be working with in the Red Bull pits for the new season.

At the end of last year, it became known that three key members of the four-time world champion’s headquarters had left. According to De Telegraaf, Jeff Ayton replaced Verstappen’s vehicle control engineer Michael Manning, who left the team after the 2025 season. He has previously worked with other Red Bull drivers and worked temporarily with Verstappen in Manning’s absence last year.

Verstappen’s former engine mechanic David Mart has moved to Audi and his replacement at Red Bull has not yet been determined. Performance engineer Tom Hart is also leaving the team; He will join Williams but will continue to work with the Milton Keynes-based team for a while.

Changes also occurred among mechanics. After Matt Culler moved to the position of Audi’s chief mechanic, Verstappen was replaced as his first mechanic by his twin brother John Culler. He is well known to Max, who has previously held a similar position on the other side of the Red Bull pits, working alongside Sergio Perez, Liam Lawson and Yuki Tsunoda.

Despite rumors about the winter break, Gianpiero Lambiase will remain Verstappen’s race engineer for another season.

Source: Sport UA

Ruth

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Ferrari will have a red-white livery. Images of the Scuderia jersey have been revealed

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13 hours ago

January 19, 2026

Ruth

Ferrari will have a red-white livery. Images of the Scuderia jersey have been revealed

Photos of the allegedly leaked Ferrari F1 team jerseys for the 2026 season have appeared on the internet.

The published photos show a red T-shirt with white inserts.

Ferrari will officially announce its color on January 23. At the same time, some sources reported that the design of the 2026 car should be “pleasantly surprising”.

Given that Ferrari and other teams have used darker shades of their primary colors (red in the Scuderia’s case) in recent years, the introduction of red and white team uniforms could signal a move towards a lighter color scheme.

The same idea is put forward in a video published on the Scuderia’s official account.