- Ex-Red Bull Formula 1 driver David Coulthard believes only the “racing Gods” can prev🐽ent Max Verstappen from beating Lewis Hamilton to this year’s title.

Verstappen trails Hamilton by a sing꧅le point going into this weekend’s Portuguese Grand Prix.

In an interview with the , Coulthard said: “So the only thing that I think can stand in the way of Max and Red Bull Racing really t𒁃aking this championship is the racing Gods maybe getting involved in a few things with reliability because he is definitely experienced enough, he is definitely mature enough, which at 23 seems incredible but he is ready. He is more than ready.”

Coulthard also thinks George Russel𒐪l’s actions towards Valtteri Bottas a🅷t Imola are a clear indication the British driver is desperate to take his seat for 2022.

“I think George is the r♏eal deal. He’s great on track, great off track. What he experienced in Imola was the growing pains of 𝕴going from being a young man into a more experienced man.

- After signing Ben Hodgkinson fro🧔m the reigning world champions, Red Bull team boss Christian Horner has ruled out&nbs💝p;signing ex-Mercedes engine guru in Andy Cowell. ()

- Marko also suspects the mistakes Lewis Hamilton made at the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix were a result of the pressure♕ he was put under by Verstappen. ().

- Daniel Ri♔cciardo is confident he can win his maiden F1 titl💧e with McLaren.

“Yeah… I mean, if it’s a yes or no, then it’s yes. Is it this year? No,” R𓆉icciardo told Au🎃stralian publication EFTM, as .

“But already seeing the first couple of rac🤡es and I look at even my lap at the weekend [at Imola] and I’m still pretty confident I’m not getting everything out of it, and I was four-tenths off pole or something. So even with that, the 🅠team’s closed the gap a bunch.”

- Paddy Lowe has revealed Mercedes deliberately ran its power unit in 2014 in “idle mode” to ensure it didn’t dominate races and thus avoid being𝓡 pegged back by the FIA in terms of regulation changes. ()