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Max Verstappen: Formula 1 world champion agrees new long-term deal with Red Bull

March 12, 2022 Bella

Max Verstappen’s new deal, which is expected to be announced by the end of the week, will take him close to his 30th birthday and net him around £40m a year, putting him on par with Mercedes’ Lewis Hamilton; world champion begins title defence in Bahrain on March 20

Last Updated: 03/03/22 6:17am

Formula 1 world champion Max Verstappen has agreed a new multi-year contract with Red Bull

Formula 1 world champion Max Verstappen has agreed a new multi-year contract with Red Bull with a signing announcement expected before the end of the week, Sky Sports News understands.

The new agreement will take the 24-year-old close to his 30th birthday and earn him just over £40m a year, putting him on par with Mercedes’ Lewis Hamilton.

Verstappen claimed his first world championship title in 2021 after edging out seven-time champion Hamilton in a controversial finish at the season-ending Abu Dhabi Grand Prix in December.

The Dutchman, whose current deal with Red Bull expires in 2023, will begin his title defence on March 20 when the 2022 season gets under way in Bahrain.

Verstappen’s new contract will prevent Mercedes from targeting him as a replacement for Lewis Hamilton should the Briton retire at the end of his current deal in 2023.

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Red Bull in the World of FGC

December 29, 2021 Bella

DashFight’s Elizbar Ramazashvili writes for Esports Insider to overview the background of Crimson Bull in esports and spotlight the vital position the brand name occupies in the Combating Match Group (FGC).

Impression credit history: DashFight

Red Bull is 1 of the most significant model names on this world. It is the energy consume equivalent of Coca-Cola, Apple, or Mercedes-Benz. In a lot of components of the earth, the Pink Bull title is synonymous with energy drinks.

In 1984, Thai trader Chaleo Yoovidhya and Austrian businessman Dietrich Mateschitz started Crimson Bull GmbH, and 3 a long time later, they released the company globally in Austria. Quickly immediately after, in 1989, it sponsored the Formulation One driver Gerhard Berger. Decades afterwards, Pink Bull set up its individual F1 staff – Pink Bull Racing.

It was a substantial threat and a important investment, but it compensated off – the crew received several world championship titles in the early 2010s. Even now, it is among the finest teams on the grid, with Max Verstappen, one of the most gifted motorists of this generation, profitable the World Championship for the group.

When Formula A single has generally been an integral component of the Red Bull manufacturer, the corporation developed its legacy in many different endeavors, 1 of the most significant getting extraordinary athletics. Purple Bull sponsored athletes in motocross, BMX, rallycross, windsurfing, and other folks, and even began hosting its have activities. Now, Pink Bull is tightly involved with extreme youth sports tradition, possessing introduced a lot more spotlight to these far more area of interest and obscure sports disciplines.