F1 Today | Marko talks about Verstappen's future, Lawrence Stroll on Newey

While Helmut Marko has talked about how things stand with Max Verstappan's title chances, the Dutchman's future and Red Bull Racing current situation, Lawrence Stroll opened up about talking to top designer Adrian Newey. In an exclusive interview, Franco Colapinto's former team principal, Sander Dorsman talked to us about the Argentian youngster. GPblog brings you the best news of the day in the world of Formula One.

According to top advisor Helmut Marko, Max Verstappen winning the World Drivers' Championship is the most important goal of the team. While Max Verstappen wants a 'new car' built by Red Bull according to Dutch pundit and former driver Robert Doornbos, the Austrian advisor also remained mysterious about the Dutchman's future following the 2026 season. "That's so far away. Now our full focus is on the 2024 World Championship," he said talking to OE24.

Moreover, Marko has declared that his team's problems are also due to other teams signing key staff members from the Austrians.

According to F1TV analyst and former driver, Jolyon Palmer, Norris made a mistake into Turn 4 on Lap 1 of the Italian Grand Prix. According to the Briton, the McLaren driver should have matched his teammate's braking, while he also called Oscar Piastri's maneouvre a "lovely, clean, beautiful move". McLaren's former mechanic, Marc Priestley also talked about "poor decision making" by the Woking-based racing stable on his YouTube channel.

Team principal Andrea Stella however also talked about the dangers of having a clear number one driver, based on his experiences at Ferrari. Stella was, among other roles at the Italian team, Kimi Räikkönen's and Fernando Alonso's race engineer in Maranello.

Yesterday, GPblog could confirm that Adrian Newey will sign with Aston Martin, and the master designer will join the British team next year, with the deal to be announced ahead of the Azerbaijan GP in Baku. Talking to Bloomberg, the team's owner, Lawrence Stroll gave an insight on the process of signing the Briton. "Adrian and I have been talking not only for months but actually for years. Adrian is clearly the most talented and gifted individual in F1 based on his track record and history. So I'd be very excited for Adrian to join our team, as I think every other F1 team on the grid would feel exactly the same," the Canadian said.

Newey's manager, Eddie Jordan also talked about the engineers next step. Meanwhile, Fernando Alonso has already got an Adrian Newey-designed car himself in Monaco. The Spaniard now has an Aston Martin Valkyrie in his garage. Additionally, rumours suggest that Ferrari themselves decided to leave signing Newey, as the Italian team did not want to enter a bidding war.

The Argentinian youngster, Franco Colapinto made his F1 debut last weekend at the Autodromo Nazionale Monza. The Williams driver was proud of his first Grand Prix.

Talking exclusively to GPblog, Colapinto's former team principal at MP Motorsport, Sander Dorsman, talked about the latest F1 driver to make his debut.

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