{"id":91011,"date":"2025-05-10T21:10:10","date_gmt":"2025-05-10T21:10:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/91011\/"},"modified":"2025-05-10T21:10:10","modified_gmt":"2025-05-10T21:10:10","slug":"russell-wades-into-controversial-f1-debate-as-doohan-gets-tough-truth-racingnews365-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/91011\/","title":{"rendered":"Russell wades into controversial F1 debate as Doohan gets &#8216;tough&#8217; truth &#8211; RacingNews365 Review"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>George Russell has asserted he has no concerns regarding the legality of McLaren&#8217;s F1 car following its strong start to the season.<\/p>\n<p>The Woking-based outfit has taken five grand prix victories at the opening six events, emerging as the clear favourite for title success this year.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/racingnews365.com\/george-russell-issues-mclaren-verdict-after-red-bull-accusations\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">READ MORE: George Russell issues McLaren verdict after Red Bull accusations<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\tJack Doohan handed immediate F1 return blow<\/p>\n<p>Former F1 driver Karun Chandhok has dealt Jack Doohan&#8217;s chances of returning to the <a href=\"https:\/\/racingnews365.com\/f1-2025-confirmed-driver-line-ups\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">grid<\/a> an immediate blow, by noting that he has not been on the radar of any team.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Doohan was promoted at Alpine to a full-time seat for 2025 following the exit of <a href=\"https:\/\/racingnews365.com\/esteban-ocon\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Esteban Ocon<\/a>; however, he has already been replaced after just six races.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/racingnews365.com\/jack-doohan-handed-immediate-f1-return-blow\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">READ MORE: Jack Doohan handed immediate F1 return blow<\/a><\/p>\n<p>    <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"content-field__images__image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Doohan-Jeddah.jpg\" width=\"650\" alt=\"&#9;&#9;&#9;\u00a9 XPBimages&#10;&#9;\" loading=\"lazy\" onerror=\"window.utilitiesPictureTagFallbackHandler(this)\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\t\u00a9 XPBimages<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\tF1 warned over &#8216;major&#8217; pecking order change at Spanish GP<\/p>\n<p>Stake F1 team <a href=\"https:\/\/racingnews365.com\/f1-team-principals\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">principal<\/a> Jonathan Wheatley has suggested the F1 pecking order could undergo a big change at the Spanish Grand Prix.<\/p>\n<p>The Barcelona round will be the first to feature the FIA&#8217;s stricter flexi-wing tests, with added scrutiny placed on how much the elements can bend at high speed.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/racingnews365.com\/f1-warned-over-major-pecking-order-change-at-spanish-gp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">READ MORE: F1 warned over &#8216;major&#8217; pecking order change at Spanish GP<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\tMax Verstappen in the dark over new Red Bull floor after &#8216;weird&#8217; experience<\/p>\n<p>Max Verstappen still does not know what to make of the new floor on his RB21, contending how the &#8220;weird&#8221; Miami International Autodrome prevented him getting an accurate read.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/racingnews365.com\/red-bull-racing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Red Bull<\/a> driver took pole position for the Miami Grand Prix, but was powerless to prevent the McLarens of Oscar Piastri and <a href=\"https:\/\/racingnews365.com\/lando-norris\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Lando Norris<\/a> surging past him on race day. He eventually finished fourth, behind George Russell, as well.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/racingnews365.com\/max-verstappen-in-the-dark-over-new-red-bull-floor-after-weird-experience\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">READ MORE: Max Verstappen in the dark over new Red Bull floor after &#8216;weird&#8217; experience<\/a><\/p>\n<p>    <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"content-field__images__image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Verstappen-GP-Miami.jpg\" width=\"650\" alt=\"&#9;&#9;&#9;\u00a9 Red Bull Content Pool&#10;&#9;\" loading=\"lazy\" onerror=\"window.utilitiesPictureTagFallbackHandler(this)\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\t\u00a9 Red Bull Content Pool<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\tFormer F1 team principal signals &#8216;Max factor&#8217; in Red Bull headache<\/p>\n<p>Former F1 team principal Otmar Szafnauer has suggested there is a \u201cMax factor\u201d at <a href=\"https:\/\/racingnews365.com\/red-bull-racing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Red Bull<\/a> separating Verstappen from his team-mates.<\/p>\n<p>Verstappen has easily had the upper hand on his F1 team-mates across the last handful of seasons with <a href=\"https:\/\/racingnews365.com\/yuki-tsunoda\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Yuki Tsunoda<\/a> the latest to be paired alongside the Dutchman.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/racingnews365.com\/former-f1-team-principal-signals-max-factor-in-red-bull-headache\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">READ MORE: Former F1 team principal signals &#8216;Max factor&#8217; in Red Bull headache<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\tHelmut Marko hands Yuki Tsunoda crucial Max Verstappen boost<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/racingnews365.com\/red-bull-racing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Red Bull<\/a> motorsport advisor Helmut Marko has defended Yuki Tsunoda and the team&#8217;s decision to promote him, by acknowledging he is &#8220;much closer&#8221; to <a href=\"https:\/\/racingnews365.com\/max-verstappen\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Max Verstappen<\/a> than Liam Lawson was.<\/p>\n<p>Tsunoda was promoted to the Milton Keynes-based outfit to replace Lawson after just two races, following a turbulent start to the season for the New Zealander.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/racingnews365.com\/helmut-marko-hands-yuki-tsunoda-crucial-max-verstappen-boost\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">READ MORE: Helmut Marko hands Yuki Tsunoda crucial Max Verstappen boost<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"George Russell has asserted he has no concerns regarding the legality of McLaren&#8217;s F1 car following its strong&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":91012,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4103],"tags":[859,4199,1076,1074,1077,1075,997,707,4200,998,1073,1072,1071,79,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-91011","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-f1","8":"tag-daniel-ricciardo","9":"tag-f1","10":"tag-f1-calendar","11":"tag-f1-live","12":"tag-f1-results","13":"tag-f1-standings","14":"tag-ferrari","15":"tag-formula-1","16":"tag-formula1","17":"tag-lewis-hamilton","18":"tag-max-verstappen","19":"tag-motorsport","20":"tag-racing","21":"tag-sports","22":"tag-uk","23":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114485593668494775","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91011","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=91011"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91011\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/91012"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=91011"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=91011"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=91011"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}