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Verstappen confirms Aston Martin tie-up as Horner discusses shock incident - RacingNews365 Review

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Max Verstappen has run his own racing programme for a number of years, called Verstappen.com Racing. This season, for the first time, the team will partner with Aston Martin.

Competing in the GT World Challenge Endurance championship, the Dutchman will field a line up of Harry King, Thierry Vermeulen and Chris Lulham, in which the trio will race an Aston Martin Vantage GT3.

READ MORE: Verstappen finally joins forces with Aston Martin

Horner reveals shock moment: 'Obvious the end goal was for me to leave Red Bull'

The moment Red Bull boss Christian Horner learns of a leak of alleged WhatsApp messages is captured during the latest season of Drive to Survive on Netflix.

Heading into the 2024 season-opener in Bahrain, Horner was under investigation by Red Bull GmbH after allegations of inappropriate behaviour from a Red Bull employee, although he denied the claims against him. 

READ MORE: Horner reveals shock moment: 'Obvious the end goal was for me to leave Red Bull'

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'We always have the joker' - Max Verstappen edge highlighted over Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri

Helmut Marko has labelled Max Verstappen as Red Bull's "joker" on whom the team can always rely to conjure a result when the chips are down.

Marko has no doubt Red Bull will again be leaning heavily on Verstappen this year, particularly with a new team-mate Liam Lawson, in its battle with McLaren pair Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri.

READ MORE: 'We always have the joker' - Max Verstappen edge highlighted over Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri

Mercedes announces 'revolutionary' first with 2025 F1 car

Mercedes has announced it is aiming to build parts of its 2025 W16 F1 car from sustainable carbon fibre composite materials - a first for grand prix racing. 

The first F1 car to use carbon fibre for the chassis was the 1981 McLaren MP4-1, with the material being used ever since to create the cars, with its strength and light-weight design proving ideal. 

READ MORE: Mercedes announces 'revolutionary' first with 2025 F1 car

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'There will be internal politics' - Lewis Hamilton warned over Charles Leclerc 'slap in the face' at Ferrari

Lewis Hamilton will be "aware" of how Charles Leclerc wrestled the Ferrari team away from Sebastian Vettel when he joined the Scuderia in 2019, according to Johnny Herbert.

The three-time grand prix winner expects there to be some "internal politics" within the Italian team over the season ahead, Hamilton's first since moving from Mercedes, where he won six of his seven F1 drivers' championships.

READ MORE: 'There will be internal politics' - Lewis Hamilton warned over Charles Leclerc 'slap in the face' at Ferrari

Revealed: How new Red Bull differs from troublesome RB20

Red Bull technical director Pierre Waché has explained what areas of the team's car have been changed ahead of the 2025 F1 season getting underway.

Visually, the RB20 that ended last term and the new RB21 are very similar, with the latter having a more refined bodywork being the only stand-out difference.

READ MORE: Revealed: How new Red Bull differs from troublesome RB20

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Join RacingNews365's Ian Parkes, Sam Coop and Nick Golding, as the trio discuss Red Bull's concerning performance in testing and a big call it will soon have to make. Lewis Hamilton's response to critics regarding his age and moving to Ferrari is also discussed!

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