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Winners and Losers from the 2023 Azerbaijan Grand Prix sprint

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Nothing quite gets the juices flowing like a little bit of controversy in Formula 1 - and when it comes in a sprint as the latest helping did ahead of the Azerbaijan Grand Prix, even better. After all, the warm-up to the main event on Sunday means even more discussion and eyeballs on what happened (on this occasion) between Max Verstappen and George Russell, and as Oscar Wilde wrote in The Picture of Dorian Gray: "There is only one thing in the world worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about." In the end, the collision between Verstappen and Russell was deemed just a racing incident by those in the Mercedes camp, and a case of wrongdoing against Verstappen - although this was given the short shrift it deserved by 1996 champion Damon Hill. Verstappen is a loser from the sprint, but we start with the guy who won the 17-lap affair, Sergio Perez. Viewed by others: ...

Magazine editor fired over fake Schumacher interview

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The editor of a German magazine that purported to publish an interview with Michael Schumacher has been fired . Die Aktuelle published an edition earlier this week bearing the words " Michael Schumacher , The First Interview, World Sensation", along with a picture of the seven-time World Champion. In much smaller type, the magazine also printed the words "It sounds deceptively real", indicating that the so-called interview was actually created by an AI chatbot. Die Aktuelle 's publishers on Friday apologised to the Schumacher family and announced the dismissal of editor-in-chief Anne Hoffmann. "This tasteless and misleading article should never have appeared. It in no way corresponds to the standards of journalism that we - and our readers - expect from a publisher like Funke," said Bianca Pohlmann, Managing Director of Funke Magazines . Viewed by others: ...

Alpine confident of fight with Mercedes amid upgrades

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Alpine boss Otmar Szafnauer is confident that the team can fight Mercedes as the development battle looks set to ramp up. It was a difficult end to the Australian Grand Prix weekend for the French manufacturer, with Pierre Gasly and Esteban Ocon making contact on the penultimate race restart and both retiring from the running due to the damage sustained. However, speaking before the race, Szafnauer voiced his belief that forthcoming upgrades will help Alpine to challenge their rivals, who will also be bringing new parts in the races ahead. Alpine ready to fight Mercedes When asked if Mercedes will be too far ahead for Alpine to battle with them, Szafnauer told media, including TheFOXposts.Com : "No, we think we can fight with them. "We too have a decent-size upgrade coming for Baku and then a little bit more only a week later in Miami, so we continue to push the upgrades out. "The important thing is that they all work when we put them on the ca...