TalkTV host David Bull has been named as Reform UK’s new chairman, replacing Zia Yusuf who quit last week after clashing with colleagues over calls for a burka ban. A long-time ally of party leader Nigel Farage, 56-year-old Bull has held several roles in Reform and its predecessor the Brexit Party, but is best known...
Verstappen moved to within one point of Norris in the standings with a brilliant win at the Japanese Grand Prix from pole position two weeks ago. His weekend in Sakhir was a stark contrast to the highs of Suzuka as he qualified in seventh and finished the race three places lower than Briton Norris, who...
Verstappen had a difficult race in Bahrain including delays at both pit stops, one with the pit-lane traffic light system and one with fitting a front wheel. At one stage he was running last, and he managed to snatch sixth place from Alpine’s Pierre Gasly only on the last lap. Verstappen said that the hot...
A 24-year-old bull rider has died after sustaining injuries while competing in a rodeo event in Texas, the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association said. Dylan Grant was injured after being bucked off by a bull in the arena during the second round of the Wharton County Youth Fair Xtreme Bulls event on Thursday evening local time....
Was the lap that put Max Verstappen on pole position for the Japanese Grand Prix the best of his career? The Red Bull driver himself certainly thought it was up there. “It’s difficult,” Verstappen said. “I mean, I’ve had some really nice ones also in other places. But I think if you look at how...
Liam Lawson says his demotion by Red Bull after just two races came as a total surprise. The New Zealander was sent to Red Bull’s second team, Racing Bulls, after the Chinese Grand Prix, with Japanese driver Yuki Tsunoda moving in the other direction in time for this weekend’s race in Japan. “It was definitely...
“He has proven himself to have good potential to be a world champion – even though Red Bull seems to be struggling a little now. “Performance-wise he (Horner) wants me to be as close to Max as possible. “In some races I can help with the strategy but he also promised me in some situations...
If Max Verstappen leaves Red Bull are they in even greater trouble than just losing their star driver? It seems like they’d be losing the only person who can drive their car, a situation that’s seemingly self-inflicted. Are they likely to be making their 2026 car more driveable to mitigate this risk? – Tom One...
Lawson qualified 18th at the season-opening Australian Grand Prix and crashed out of the race. In China last weekend, he qualified last for both the sprint and the grand prix, and finished 14th and 12th. World champion Verstappen was second in Melbourne and fourth in Shanghai. The next race is the Japanese Grand Prix, from...
Red Bull are third in the constructors’ championship after two races, behind McLaren and Mercedes, and Verstappen has expressed his belief that their car may be only the fourth fastest in the field. The Dutchman was a close second behind race-winner Lando Norris’ McLaren in the wet season-opening Australian Grand Prix, and fourth at the...
His average qualifying deficit to team-mate Max Verstappen has been 0.88 seconds. Verstappen finished second in Australia, third in the sprint in Shanghai and fourth in the Chinese Grand Prix. Lawson will return to Red Bull’s second team, Racing Bulls, alongside French rookie Isack Hadjar. Japanese driver Tsunoda was asked at the Chinese Grand Prix...