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Formula 1 world champion Max Verstappen has stoutly rejected the idea of a salary cap for drivers.The Red Bull star is believed to earn $25million (around £21million) per year. That makes him the second-best paid driver on the grid behind seven-time champion Lewis Hamilton, who is reportedly paid around £32million per annum.F1 recently installed a cost cap, although it does not cover drivers’ salaries, meaning there is no limit to what they can be paid at present.

Lewis Hamilton aimed a subtle dig at Max Verstappen as he praised Charles Leclerc’s racing etiquette after a dramatic British Grand Prix. Hamilton excelled at the home race and was in the fight for victory until the closing stages before eventually having to settle for third behind the Ferrari of Carlos Sainz and Red Bull’s Sergio Perez.It had already been a thrilling affair at the home of British motorsport but there was one final twist when Esteban Ocon’s broken down Alpine triggered a late safety car. READ MORE: Ferrari boss "wags his finger" at Charles Leclerc after British Grand Prix Sainz, Hamilton and Sergio Perez dived into the pits while Leclerc stayed out on his hard tyres.

Ferrari following a thrilling British Grand Prix as Carlos Sainz took his maiden F1 win.As the Spaniard celebrated a landmark moment in his career, his teammate, Charles Leclerc was downbeat after feeling a potential had got away from him. Leclerc found himself stuck behind Sainz at various points of the race and demanded to be let through.At one point he was, but the race changed following a late safety car which bunched the pack up.

Max Verstappen was left fuming with his Red Bull team as he endured a nightmare British Grand Prix The championship leader was favourite for victory at Silverstone after showing strong pace all weekend, despite being pipped to pole position by the Ferrari of Carlos Sainz. Verstappen led off the line, but the race was immediately red-flagged following Zhou Guanyu’s horrifying crash which him flip upside down and career into the catch fencing.

Formula One stars whizz around the Silverstone circuit at break-neck speed on Sunday fail to set your pulse racing, casting an eye of their stunning WAGs should certainly do the trick.The British Grand Prix is without doubt one of the most exhilarating events on the Formula One calendar and while there will be plenty of attention on the 20 drivers lining up for this year's Silverstone spectacle, the spotlight will also be shone on their other halves. Up and down the pit-lane, the sport's speed-obsessed stars will be cheered on by their loved ones, who offer up glamour and beauty in abundance.Here, Daily Star Sport takes a closer look at some of the sensational WAGs you should keep an eye out for in the F1 paddock at Silverstone.READ MORE: Lewis Hamilton appeals to fans as Max Verstappen is given hostile reception at British GPDespite having been pipped to the post for pole position by Ferrari's Carlos Sainz, few can deny reigning F1 champion's Max Verstappen top bragging rights on the WAG front.

Christian Horner felt a spin by Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc cost Max Verstappen pole position at the British Grand Prix.Verstappen dominated FP3 earlier in the day and looked set to take pole at a saturated Silverstone. However, the Dutchman looked ragged in Q3, having a spin exiting Stowe and going off at the circuit at Vale on another fast lap.The world champion still had the chance to take pole, but his final push lap was ruined when he had to slow slightly for yellow flags, triggered by a spin from Leclerc, who ended up third on the grid, with the other Red Bull of Sergio Perez fourth.

READ MORE: W series champion Jamie Chadwick expresses doubts over female drivers in "physical" F1 Reeves has visited a number of F1 teams and started qualifying watching from the Aston Martin garage. Sadly for the team, which is based just over the road from the Silverstone circuit, it was a short session with drivers Sebastian Vettel and Lance Stroll both going out in Q1.

Christian Horner live in a sprawling Oxfordshire mansion with a boating lake and a tennis court, which F1 Red Bull principal Christian has admitted is idyllic.

Formula One three-time world champion Nelson Piquet has been condemned for using racially abusive language towards Lewis Hamilton, with the majority of the current grid speaking out in his defence. Whilst referring to the seven-time world champion, Piquet used a racially abusive term in a derogatory way when analysing the crash between him and Max Verstappen at the British Grand Prix last year. The fact that this interview is only just being picked up in the main stream media and being acted on highlights a major problem in itself.

Call Of Duty: Warzone stream.Vips said the slur whilst playing Warzone on Twitch with fellow Red Bull driver Liam Lawson, (via PC Gamer), which followed a previous incident where Vips turned down a pink Red Bull cap and called it “gay”. Lawson said at the time “Juri, you can’t say that.”Red Bull issued a statement on June 21 that read:“Red Bull Racing has suspended junior driver Juri Vips from all team duties with immediate effect, pending a full investigation into the incident.“As an organisation we condemn abuse of any kind and have a zero-tolerance policy to racist language or behaviour within our organisation.”pic.twitter.com/DGC49HvSqt— Oracle Red Bull Racing (@redbullracing) June 21, 2022This was followed by a statement on Instagram from Vips yesterday (June 22), where he offered an unreserved apology for the incident:“This language is entirely unacceptable and does not portray the values and principles that I hold.

Formula 1 ringmaster Bernie Ecclestone has delivered a stinging verdict on Ferrari’s hopes of glory this season.The Scuderia made a stunning start to the season with a one-two in Bahrain and Charles Leclerc scored his second win of the campaign in race three in Australia. But since then the Italian squad’s season has unravelled alarmingly, with poor reliability and a number of crashes, with Carlos Sainz the main culprit.That has allowed Max Verstappen to open up a 46-point lead in the championship standings, and that is over his Red Bull teammate Sergio Perez, who is unlikely to mount a genuine title challenge.

READ MORE: Martin Brundle apologises after suffering grid walk mishap at Canadian Grand Prix The pair finished in the same positions, albeit the other way round, in Baku, but the difference in body language after both races could not have been starker, with Mercedes even talking up their chances of taking the fight to Red Bull and Ferrari at British Grand Prix later this month.With that in mind, Brundle is struggling to assess the stage of Mercedes as we approach the midway point of the season. “The Mercedes team are so confusing for everyone at the moment, including themselves,” said Brundle in his post-race column for Sky Sports F1.“On Friday Lewis declared the car was undriveable, which is indeed exactly how it looked, and in a Sky F1 interview he strongly intimated that it was now about making the best of a bad job for the rest of the long season.

Formula 1 fans have been left ‘scarred’ by a picture of Red Bull boss Christian Horner, after he posed next to one of his adoring fans with a raunchy t-shirt. Horner was at the Canadian Grand Prix looking to continue Red Bull’s recent hot run in the 2022 campaign.And, on the track everything near enough went to plan as Max Verstappen made up for the withdrawal of teammate Sergio Perez by winning his fifth Grand Prix in six races.

Will Sergio Perez have to play a supporting role to Max Verstappen now? Have your say in the comments section below. Meanwhile, fans fearing an easy Verstappen victory made their feelings clear on social media.“Unfortunately it's not the other red bull,” said one on Twitter, while another added: “Wrong Red Bull.” A third tweeted: “Such a shame.

Is Alonso the coolest F1 driver? Tell us in the comments section below. Alonso had promised to take the fight to Verstappen off the line, but he failed to get the jump on the Dutchman, although he did retain second place under pressure from the Ferrari of Carlos Sainz.The 40-year-old is targeting a one-stop strategy after declining the chance to pit after two early virtual safety cars, triggered by the retirements of Red Bull’s Sergio Perez and then Haas’s Mick Schumacher.

Can Alonso win the Canadian Grand Prix? Tell us in the comments section below. Asked about his hopes for the race, he added with a wink: “Let’s see, I think we’ll attack Max on the first corner.”Sainz had to settle for third with Hamilton fourth. It was a great day for the Haas team with Kevin Magnussen and Mick Schumacher completing the top six.

Red Bull have suffered a major blow ahead of the Canadian Grand Prix after Sergio Perez crashed out of qualifying at a rain-lashed Montreal. Having made it into the second part of qualifying, he was looking to seal a place in Q3 and fight for pole.

F1 Canadian Grand Prix.Towards the end of the session, Carlos Sainz was hurtling along a straight at the Montreal circuit in his Ferrari, only to have to slow sharply to avoid hitting the creature which had scampered onto the track. It’s not the first time a groundhog has found its way onto the Île Notre-Dame track during an F1 week, with Sky Sports commentator David Croft fondly christening this invader ‘Gary the Groundhog’.“It’s not time to come out of your little burrow,” said Croft.

F1 champion Max Verstappen as Aston Martin getting rid of Lance Stroll.Despite a poor season so far, littered with crashes and underwhelming pace compared to teammate Sebastian Vettel, Stroll’s place in the Silverstone-based team has long been thought to be as safe as houses, given the fact the team is owned by his billionaire father, Lawrence. However, Stroll senior may soon to have a tough decision to make over his son, who is in his sixth season in F1 and can no longer be excused for a lack of experience.

Lewis Hamilton has opened up on the terrifying nature of his Azerbaijan Grand Prix, which was plagued by porpoising on Baku's rough street circuit. The Briton struggled with back pain throughout, and had to cope with fears that the car would veer into the wall at high speed, which he described as a 'very strange experience'. Even before Sunday's race, Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff was outspoken about the fact that Baku's bumpy circuit was not well suited to the cars driven by Hamilton and George Russell.

Max Verstappen suggested he was unhappy with Red Bull’s choice of strategy as he was again outplaced by teammate Sergio Perez in qualifying for the Azerbaijan Grand Prix.Fresh from his father Jos’s dig at the team for their tactics during the Monaco Grand Prix, which Perez won with the world champion finishing third, Verstappen questioned over the radio why he had sent out first at the end of Q3. A driver is sometimes sent out just behind their teammate so they can benefit from a tow, something particularly important in Baku due to the street track’s very long start-finish straight.