F1 Gossip: Marko confirms Red Bull's request to check Mercedes’ front wing

-&n🍎bsp;Helmut Marko has confirmed that Red Bull has asked the FIA to inspect Mercedes’ front wing to assess whether its flexib❀ility complies with F1’s regulations. ()
As a response to Mercedes complaining about Red Bull’s rear wing, the Milton-Ke⛄ynes based outfit iꦫs seeking clarity on the reigning world champions’ flexible front wing.
Marko added that: "Our victory in Fran🍬ce has already proven that we had no competitive advantage [from the flexi-wing]."
- Alexander Alboꦦn has praised Max Verstappen for his 🎉‘no politics’ approach.
Speaking to , Albon said: "He is always very honest and he is also a person who🌠 doesn't need politics because he is such a good driver. That way he can always focus on himself and that's good too, that's how it should be as a driver.
"In the end it's about performing well yourself and 😼that's what Max does."
- Mercedes team boss Toto Wolff is confident Lewis Hamilton will sign a new contract to stay at theꦇ team for 2022.
: "Yes, that is the case. Our relationship between the team and him feels so natural today, through highs and lows."I cannot imagine us and him g😼oing in separate directions next year."
- FIA president Jean Todt says he’d⛦ prefer to see less controversy in Formu♎la 1. ()
Former Red Bull driver David Coulthard has revealed "☂Sebastian [Vettel] hardly speaks to me anymore" afte🌞r the Channel 4 pundit criticised the four-time champion heavily for his abject performance over the last two seasons. ()
Two-time F1 champion🐻 Mika Hakkinen says Max Verstappen’s mentality is a key strength and is a key attribute in the fight agai🐎nst Lewis Hamilton. ()
2016 F1 champion Nico Rosberg says Daniel Ricciardo finds himself in a “very unusual situa🐼tion” at McLaren and one that is ‘mentally difficult’ given the form of Lando Norris in 2021. ()

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