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      ‘It’s constant warfare’ – Lewis Hamilton’s epic F1 title fight with Max Verstappen shown off in Drive to Survive trailer

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      LEWIS HAMILTON and Max Verstappen’s epic Formula One title fight has been captured in Drive to Survive’s season four trailer.The ‘cut-throat’ battle ended in controversial fashion last season with Verstappen clinching the title on the final lap in Abu Dhabi.
      Hamilton and Verstappen’s epic title fight will be front and centre of season fourCredit: NETFLIX
      Hamilton described F1’s last season as ‘constant warfare’Credit: NETFLIX
      Verstappen clinched his first world title on the final lap of the season in Abu DhabiCredit: NETFLIX
      Mercedes and Red Bull were under considerable amounts of pressure
      Race director Michael Masi let a number of lapped cars between Verstappen and seven-time champion Hamilton overtake the safety car following Nicholas Latifi’s crash.
      The decision set up a grand stand finish on the final lap and Verstappen, who had fresh tyres, won the sprint to the title.
      Masi has since been sacked by the FIA following an investigation.
      And after last season’s drama, Drive to Survive is one of the most highly anticipated shows set to drop a new season on Netflix this year.
      The trailer focusses on Hamilton and Verstappen’s epic battle and their clashes at Monza, Silverstone and the season finale.
      Hamilton said: “It’s constant warfare.”
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      The Brit will look to claim a record breaking eighth title this season, but this time he’ll have a new team-mate in the pits.
      George Russell replaced Finn Valtteri Bottas to complete an all-Brit Mercedes line-up.
      And Hamilton is hoping there are some ‘non-biased stewards’ this year.
      He said: “We need to make sure we get non-biased stewards.
      “Race drivers, some are very, very good friends with certain individuals, some travel with certain individuals and tend to take more of a keen liking to some of them.
      “I think people who have no bias and are super central when it comes to making decisions.” More

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      I quit motorsport to become a porn star and I am living my dream life, says driver turned OnlyFans model Renee Gracie

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      RENEE GRACIE was at a crossroads in her life.Struggling with her dream of becoming a success and raising enough money to survive in motorsport, she suffered depression and hated her existence.
      Renee Gracie is now a porn star after making her name in motorsportCredit: Instagram / @therenee_gracie
      Gracie last competed in the V8 Supercars Championship in 2017Credit: Getty
      But in 2019, she made a decision that would change her life forever. She boldly chose to ditch racing cars for raising pulses with a career in porn.
      Aided by a risque OnlyFans site, she now makes a comfortable six-figure salary monthly sharing explicit adult material online.
      It has allowed Gracie to live the dream lifestyle she has always wanted – owning a home with a pool, fast cars, and lavish holidays.
      That all has come at a cost, with motorsport organisations now cutting her off from the sport she loves because of her racy profile online.
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      But, it was the pressures of competing in the V8 Supercars Championship in her native Australia that killed her passion and prompted a job change.
      “Motorsport is tough, I fought for years to raise money, and get results,” Renee told SunSport.
      “It’s hard to perform when you’re not raising enough money for a spot in the top team.
      “On top of all of this – training, eating well, being continuous with how I looked and performed.
      “I constantly had to prove myself being a female. I had to deal with negative comments, a lot more than what the boys got.
      “Being in a male-dominated sport, and a negative environment most of the time, unfortunately I got to the stage where I lost my passion.
      “And I wanted out. My mental state was shot, I was depressed, sad and hated where I was.”
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      Frustrated working in a male environment and hitting a brick wall financially, the Brisbane beauty quit racing, which she calls “the best decision I have made.”
      She set up an OnlyFans account three years ago, and saw her bank account swell. It was justification for her gamble, and improved her own well-being.
      Quitting motorsport for a porn career saved Gracie’s mental healthCredit: Instagram / @therenee_gracie
      Gracie set up an OnlyFans account and shares explicit contentCredit: Instagram / @therenee_gracie
      “I love OnlyFans, the concept and how it changed my life,” she said.
      “Not because of my success on OnlyFans. But I’m happy, healthy and every day I choose to surround myself with people who bring me up and don’t put me down for my weight, looks or results that weekend.
      “The OnlyFans success is just further proof of how much I didn’t like the environment I was in. And now that I’m doing something I love, I’ve tried and become successful.”
      Renee has since launched her own VIP website, complete with pornographic material, including 18+ videos where punters pay a £5 fee to join, then around £3 monthly after the first month.
      While she has also expanded her social media profile, with thriving Instagram, TikTok, and Twitch accounts, as well as a podcast on Spotify where she openly discusses her life as an adult content creator.
      “I’m happy, I love myself and my life. It’s so much more than porn,” she told SunSport.
      “It’s where it put me and changed my life forever. That’s what makes it okay.
      “My life doesn’t revolve around porn and sex. I’m a normal girl, I have dreams, goals and passions.
      “What I do is legal, I pay taxes, I don’t hurt anyone. What I do for work every adult does.
      “I just choose to share it and make money from it. It doesn’t make me overly different to any other girl my age.”
      Gracie charges fans a subscription fee to view her adult-only contentCredit: Instagram / @therenee_gracie
      Almost 500,000 fans have liked Gracie’s OnlyFans pageCredit: Renee Gracie/Instagram
      She’s in the money
      Past reports have suggested Renee is now a millionaire thanks to her sexploits, with some estimating she makes £14,000-per-week.
      “I’ll never give away how much money I’ve earned”, she said.
      “But I’ve sat comfortably making six figures a month since June 2020.”
      Her riches have allowed her to live a glam life many her age would surely envy.
      Not only is she a property owner two times over, she has a garage filled with fancy cars.
      She is currently building a massive swimming pool for her lavish digs too.
      She revealed: “I would say my houses (are my most expensive purchase).
      Gracie has splashed the cash on lavish purchases, paying off her MustangCredit: Instagram / @therenee_gracie
      A £171,000 Mercedes-Benz AMG GT is in Gracie’s garage
      Now, because of her new found fame, Gracie travels around the world living the high-lifeCredit: Instagram / @renee_gracie
      “I have an investment property I bought pretty much straight away within the first six months of leaving motorsport.
      “I paid $333,000 (£178,000) for it. And then my current house I live in cost me around $1.33million (£700,000).
      “My cars, I paid my Mustang off. I financed it when I didn’t have money. So that got paid off with about $40,000 (£21,000).
      “I bought a Mercedes-Benz AMG GT for around $320,000 (£171,000) and my Dodge Ram was about $170,000 (£90,000).
      “My newest investment has been my pool, which is expected to cost around $180,000 (£96,000) once finished. And there’s been lots of lavish holidays.”
      A future in motorsport, though, is unclear.
      “The door has already been closed on this. I’ve been told no from a lot of categories that I can’t join because of who I am and what I do.
      “In Australia racing is extremely tight and runs on very old rules.
      Gracie has been told a career in motorsport could be an impossible dream to reviveCredit: Instagram / @therenee_gracie
      For the moment, high-fligher Gracie is happy in her current guiseCredit: Instagram / @therenee_gracie
      “There are no people of colour, there are no females. I know first hand how they treat women too. There are no openly gay drivers.
      “This is all because of the people and the environment. So to get shut down wasn’t a shock.
      “If anything it raised some questions into how the sport runs and operates which could be beneficial for others moving forward.” More

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      Russell and Norris fear overtaking in F1 could be HARDER this season despite huge rule changes in bid to improve racing

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      BRITISH F1 duo George Russell and Lando Norris have both voiced concerns that overtaking may have become more difficult for the upcoming campaign. F1 chiefs implemented a host of new rules for the 2022 season that were designed to make races more exciting.
      Russell and Norris tried out overtaking in the new F1 cars at testing in BarcelonaCredit: Getty
      Norris (L) and Russell both voiced concerned that overtaking may not be as easy this yearCredit: Alamy
      The shake-up included tweaks to allow cars to follow each other more closely, which would in theory result in more overtakes.
      But while Mercedes new boy Russell and McLaren man Norris reported that following was indeed better, they didn’t have much luck overtaking.
      Russell revealed that he had difficulty trying to get past Norris during pre-season testing in Barcelona.
      He admitted to reporters: “I think following has been improved but the slipstream effect has been reduced quite substantially, so I don’t really know.”
      He continued: “We can follow closer but from what we have seen, the slipstream effect is definitely less effective. We will have to wait and see.
      “I got right up behind Lando, I was a car’s length or two behind him and didn’t catch the straight so that was slightly concerning. Let’s see.”
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      Norris too was quick to back up Russell, as he admitted he purposely held up Lewis Hamilton’s team-mate in order to see if he could pass him.
      He said: “Me and George had a perfect demonstration of it.
      “I didn’t want to let him past while he was on a quick lap, so I screwed him over and held him up a bit. That’s what you do in testing.”
      He added: “We can follow closer but then the slipstream is worse, so a positive and a negative from it. We don’t know which is the bigger effect at the minute, so we will have to see until the first race.”

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      Norris had topped the timesheets after the first of three days testing in Barcelona.
      Meanwhile Russell admitted Mercedes were ‘not fully happy’ with the car in Spain, with plenty of work to do before the start of the campaign.
      More testing will be held in Bahrain from March 10-12, where drivers will have the chance to get to grips with their new vehicles again.
      Both though admitted nobody will know exactly how hard overtaking will be until lights out in the F1 2022 season opener, also in Bahrain, on March 20. More

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      Lewis Hamilton, 37, can’t drive ‘at this level for much longer’ and Verstappen ‘will get stronger’ claims Red Bull chief

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      RED BELL chief Helmut Marko has claimed Max Verstappen ‘will get stronger’, while Lewis Hamilton’s days at the top are numbered. Seven-time World Champion Hamilton, 37, made his F1 debut when Verstappen was just TEN.
      Red Bull advisor Marko has warned that Hamilton could be nearing the end of his careerCredit: PA
      Marko has claimed Verstappen ‘will get stronger’Credit: Getty
      After months of speculation regarding his future, Hamilton confirmed he would be returning to the grid for the 2022 F1 calendar.
      The 24-year-old Verstappen is the reigning world champion though.
      And Marko reckons Hamilton might not have what it takes to maintain his sky-high standards for much longer.
      He told Austrian outlet OE24: “Hamilton delivered an incredible second half of the season.
      “I can hardly imagine he can drive at this level for much longer. He’s at his zenith now, age is slowly coming into play.”
      Then when talking about Verstappen, Marko said: “He’s World Champion now and he will get stronger.”
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      But it was Hamilton who set the fastest lap-time during pre-season testing in Barcelona.
      The Spanish city offered a first chance for the ten F1 teams to try out their cars for the upcoming season.
      Officially billed as a ‘shakedown’, the three days in Barcelona were not labelled as testing.
      Instead that is scheduled for Bahrain next month, before the campaign kicks off on March 20 in the same location.
      Hamilton will be desperate to wrestle the title back off Verstappen after the flying Dutchman snatched it from him in controversial circumstances last year. More

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      George Russell admits Mercedes ‘not happy’ with new car and fears McLaren and Ferrari speed despite Hamilton fastest lap

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      GEORGE RUSSELL is UNHAPPY with Mercedes’ new car and is concerned about the limitations on speed.Lewis Hamilton recorded the fastest lap around Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya during three days of testing with Russell second, but he does not think that is a true reflection of the car’s performance because of the tyres used.
      George Russell has some concerns with Mercedes’ new carCredit: PA
      Mercedes finished first and second on the timesheetCredit: Rex
      Red Bull finished third and fourth on slower tyresCredit: Getty
      Russell was impressed by Ferrari in BarcelonaCredit: EPA
      The Brit, who is embarking on his debut season with Mercedes, also thinks rivals Ferrari and McLaren are looking impressive, despite the latter coming in at 10th and 11th on the timesheet.
      Russell told Sky Sports: “Lap time wise I don’t think is representative at all.
      “We were on the softest compound of tyres, and the C5 is a very strong tyre around this track, so even though we were on the top of the timesheet I wouldn’t read too much into it.
      “I think the McLaren and the Ferrari are looking incredibly strong and I think we’ve got some improvements to be made, as we’re not fully happy with the balance of the car and the limitations we have currently.”
      The Mercedes pair finished top of the standings and the only other driver who used C5 tyres, Aston Martin’s Sebastien Vettel, finished fifth.
      That suggests Mercedes were boosted by their choice of tyre with Red Bull not far behind in third and fourth place.
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      In fact, world champion Max Verstappen finished narrowly behind the Mercedes duo in fourth place yet used medium tyres – a hint that Red Bull’s car may be performing better overall.
      There is also cause for optimism for both McLaren and Ferrari – both teams completed more than 100 laps which suggests there are not any reliability issues with their respective cars.
      The official testing at Bahrain next month will provide a better indication of the shape the new cars are in, with the three days in Barcelona seen as more of a ‘shakedown’.
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      Christian Horner confirms Michael Masi received death threats over Hamilton-Verstappen title chaos as he slams F1 chiefs

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      CHRISTIAN HORNER revealed Michael Masi and his family received death threats after he was accused of robbing Lewis Hamilton of his record-breaking eighth championship. The Red Bull boss slammed Formula One for hanging the former race director out to dry. 
      Michael Masi received death threats after being accused of robbing Lewis Hamilton of a record titleCredit: Getty
      Christian Horner has slammed F1 chiefs for axing Masi after last season’s controversial finaleCredit: Getty
      Horner said: “The lack of support that was shown to Michael was disappointing, especially at a time when mental health is so prevalent. 
      “To hear that his family and he received death threats is not right.
      “An awful lot of pressure was put on the FIA to deal with him. 
      “And I made it clear in last week’s meeting in London that there should have been more support for him. I was disappointed that nobody shared that opinion. 
      “I have had an exchange with Michael to wish him well. But the whole experience was very, very tough for him.”
      Horner’s comments come one day after defending champion Max Verstappen said Masi was thrown under the bus.
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      Masi and his family were targeted after his controversial handling of the season-defining race in Abu Dhabi.  
      Horner believes Verstappen’s first title hasn’t been tarnished by the controversy in Abu Dhabi. 
      He said: “In the UK media a lot has been made of it because Lewis is obviously a British driver, but I really don’t think so.
      “Max was the outstanding driver last year. He had bad luck and things didn’t always go his way, too. 
      “It is too easy to get hung up on one event, and so much has been written about the safety car in Abu Dhabi.
      Hamilton was always going to be exposed at a restartChristian Horner
      “But, again, tactically as a team we made the right choices. Mercedes left Lewis out on a 44-lap old set of tyres and he was always going to be exposed at a restart. 
      “There was no gift for Max either. Lewis didn’t expect him to overtake where he did. 
      “When Max threw it down the inside into the hairpin, you could see it caught Lewis completely unawares. He left the door open.”
      Meanwhile, Formula One chiefs have SCRAPPED the Russian Grand Prix.
      The sport was under immense pressure to strip the race from their calendar after Russia invaded Ukraine. 
      The race was set to take place at the Sochi Autodrom on September 25. More

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      F1 driver Nikita Mazepin fighting for future in sport after Haas team scrap Russian sponsor and colours from car

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      RUSSIAN F1 driver Nikita Mazepin is fighting for his position in the sport. The Haas driver’s future ‘needs to be resolved’, according to team principal Guenther Steiner.
      Mazepin faces an uncertain future in F1Credit: Splash
      Steiner admitted: “It needs to be resolved. Not everything depends on us here, with what is happening, there are governments involved.
      “We need to see how the situation develops in Ukraine.” 
      American team Haas dropped their Russian title-sponsor Uralkali for the final day of testing in Barcelona.
      They tore the company’s logo off their motorhomes and trucks while also ditching their Russian-flag inspired livery for an all-white car.
      Uralkali is a Russian chemical company which is owned by Dmitry Mazepin, the father of Nikita. 
      Dimitry met with Putin last month to discuss matters regarding Uralkali.
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      Haas have stripped their Russian sponsors and colours from their car at F1 testing in BarcelonaCredit: Getty
      F1 today announced the decision to strip Russia from holding the Sochi Grand Prix due to the ongoing invasion in Ukraine.
      Chiefs said it’s ‘impossible’ to race in Russia after the state’s actions in recent days.
      But they did not fully close the door on Russia, hinting the race could go ahead if circumstances change.
      The race was set to take place at the Sochi Autodrom on September 25. 
      An official F1 statement read: The FIA Formula 1 World Championship visits countries all over the world with a positive vision to unite people, bringing nations together. 
      “We are watching the developments in Ukraine with sadness and shock and hope for a swift and peaceful resolution to the present situation. 
      “On Thursday evening Formula 1, the FIA, and the teams discussed the position of our sport, and the conclusion is, including the view of all relevant stakeholders, that it is impossible to hold the Russian Grand Prix in the current circumstances.” More

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      I quit motorsport to become a porn star and I’m living my dream life, says driver turned OnlyFans model Renee Gracie

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      RENEE GRACIE was at a crossroads in her life.Struggling with her dream of becoming a success and raising enough money to survive in motorsport, she suffered depression and hated her existence.
      Renee Gracie is now a porn star after making her name in motorsportCredit: Instagram / @therenee_gracie
      Gracie last competed in the V8 Supercars Championship in 2017Credit: Getty
      But in 2019, she made a decision that would change her life forever. She boldly chose to ditch racing cars for raising pulses with a career in porn.
      Aided by a risque OnlyFans site, she now makes a comfortable six-figure salary monthly sharing explicit adult material online.
      It has allowed Gracie to live the dream lifestyle she has always wanted – owning a home with a pool, fast cars, and lavish holidays.
      That all has come at a cost, with motorsport organisations now cutting her off from the sport she loves because of her racy profile online.
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      But, it was the pressures of competing in the V8 Supercars Championship in her native Australia that killed her passion and prompted a job change.
      “Motorsport is tough, I fought for years to raise money, and get results,” Renee told SunSport.
      “It’s hard to perform when you’re not raising enough money for a spot in the top team.
      “On top of all of this – training, eating well, being continuous with how I looked and performed.
      “I constantly had to prove myself being a female. I had to deal with negative comments, a lot more than what the boys got.
      “Being in a male-dominated sport, and a negative environment most of the time, unfortunately I got to the stage where I lost my passion.
      “And I wanted out. My mental state was shot, I was depressed, sad and hated where I was.”
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      Frustrated working in a male environment and hitting a brick wall financially, the Brisbane beauty quit racing, which she calls “the best decision I have made.”
      She set up an OnlyFans account three years ago, and saw her bank account swell. It was justification for her gamble, and improved her own well-being.
      Quitting motorsport for a porn career saved Gracie’s mental healthCredit: Instagram / @therenee_gracie
      Gracie set up an OnlyFans account and shares explicit contentCredit: Instagram / @therenee_gracie
      “I love OnlyFans, the concept and how it changed my life,” she said.
      “Not because of my success on OnlyFans. But I’m happy, healthy and every day I choose to surround myself with people who bring me up and don’t put me down for my weight, looks or results that weekend.
      “The OnlyFans success is just further proof of how much I didn’t like the environment I was in. And now that I’m doing something I love, I’ve tried and become successful.”
      Renee has since launched her own VIP website, complete with pornographic material, including 18+ videos where punters pay a £5 fee to join, then around £3 monthly after the first month.
      While she has also expanded her social media profile, with thriving Instagram, TikTok, and Twitch accounts, as well as a podcast on Spotify where she openly discusses her life as an adult content creator.
      “I’m happy, I love myself and my life. It’s so much more than porn,” she told SunSport.
      “It’s where it put me and changed my life forever. That’s what makes it okay.
      “My life doesn’t revolve around porn and sex. I’m a normal girl, I have dreams, goals and passions.
      “What I do is legal, I pay taxes, I don’t hurt anyone. What I do for work every adult does.
      “I just choose to share it and make money from it. It doesn’t make me overly different to any other girl my age.”
      Gracie charges fans a subscription fee to view her adult-only contentCredit: Instagram / @therenee_gracie
      Almost 500,000 fans have liked Gracie’s OnlyFans pageCredit: Renee Gracie/Instagram
      She’s in the money
      Past reports have suggested Renee is now a millionaire thanks to her sexploits, with some estimating she makes £14,000-per-week.
      “I’ll never give away how much money I’ve earned”, she said.
      “But I’ve sat comfortably making six figures a month since June 2020.”
      Her riches have allowed her to live a glam life many her age would surely envy.
      Not only is she a property owner two times over, she has a garage filled with fancy cars.
      She is currently building a massive swimming pool for her lavish digs too.
      She revealed: “I would say my houses (are my most expensive purchase).
      Gracie has splashed the cash on lavish purchases, paying off her MustangCredit: Instagram / @therenee_gracie
      A £171,000 Mercedes-Benz AMG GT is in Gracie’s garage
      Now, because of her new found fame, Gracie travels around the world living the high-lifeCredit: Instagram / @renee_gracie
      “I have an investment property I bought pretty much straight away within the first six months of leaving motorsport.
      “I paid $333,000 (£178,000) for it. And then my current house I live in cost me around $1.33million (£700,000).
      “My cars, I paid my Mustang off. I financed it when I didn’t have money. So that got paid off with about $40,000 (£21,000).
      “I bought a Mercedes-Benz AMG GT for around $320,000 (£171,000) and my Dodge Ram was about $170,000 (£90,000).
      “My newest investment has been my pool, which is expected to cost around $180,000 (£96,000) once finished. And there’s been lots of lavish holidays.”
      A future in motorsport, though, is unclear.
      “The door has already been closed on this. I’ve been told no from a lot of categories that I can’t join because of who I am and what I do.
      “In Australia racing is extremely tight and runs on very old rules.
      Gracie has been told a career in motorsport could be an impossible dream to reviveCredit: Instagram / @therenee_gracie
      For the moment, high-fligher Gracie is happy in her current guiseCredit: Instagram / @therenee_gracie
      “There are no people of colour, there are no females. I know first hand how they treat women too. There are no openly gay drivers.
      “This is all because of the people and the environment. So to get shut down wasn’t a shock.
      “If anything it raised some questions into how the sport runs and operates which could be beneficial for others moving forward.” More