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Wolff: Mercedes podium possible but “atrocious first stint” costly in F1 Japanese GP

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Wolff: Mercedes podium possible without "atrocious" first stint in F1 Japanese GP

At the restart after the first-lap red flag caused by the crash between Alex Albon and Daniel Ricciardo, Mercedes swapped George Russell and Lewis Hamilton from medium tyres to the hard compound in a strategy switch that targeted a one-stop plan. But both drivers struggled for pace on the hards…

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Toto Wolff explains reasons behind Japan F1 U-turn decision

As part of an effort to better manage his time amid F1’s calendar expansion, Wolff had planned to miss some of the flyaways – and Japan was one of those where he had originally intended to remain back at base.

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F1 Japanese GP: Verstappen leads Red Bull 1-2 in FP1, Sargeant crashes

The Red Bull driver followed the red flag-enforced hiatus, produced by Logan Sargeant's crash, with a hot lap on soft tyres that eventually landed on a 1m30.056s to throw down the gauntlet for the rest of the weekend.

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How Verstappen is keeping the F1 driver market hostage

Power struggles at Red Bull may be opening the door for a shock departure of its prized asset Max Verstappen, which would have been unthinkable just weeks ago. Needless to say the touted possibility of Verstappen activating certain exit clauses to move before the end of his 2028 deal has put rival…

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Why Aston Martin's qualifying vs race balance has reversed in F1 2024

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Why Aston Martin's qualifying-vs-race balance has reversed in F1 2024

Aston Martin came out of the gates flying last year, with Fernando Alonso scoring six podiums across the first eight grands prix in a car that raced better than it qualified. The team then found it harder to keep up the development of its 2023 machine compared to the steeper…

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Does F1 have a dirty air problem?

The phenomenon of boiling, twisting vortices being generated by winged F1 machines has been an issue through the generations.But in the championship’s moves to improve its entertainment spectacle, particularly over the last 20 years or so, the desire to clean-up outwash airflow generated by cars to allow following drivers to…

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Vasseur: Ferrari has clawed back 50% of Bahrain 2023 deficit

In the 2023 season-opener, Carlos Sainz finished fourth, 48.0 seconds behind winner Max Verstappen, while this year the Spaniard was 25.1 seconds adrift of the Dutchman, in third.

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Ricciardo: 2025 Red Bull F1 seat a goal, not a focus

With Sergio Perez's Red Bull contract expiring at the end of the year, the Mexican's highly-coveted seat for 2025 remains up for grabs as part of an intriguing driver market. Unless Red Bull decides to poach a driver from a rival outfit, Ricciardo and Tsunoda are set to be Perez's…

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Ocon admits Alpine could be at back of F1 grid

The French manufacturer is coming off the back of a challenging first test in Bahrain last week where the new A524 showed itself to be lacking in both handling and pace terms against the opposition.

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Why RB believes F1 team name debate is a “good problem to have”

We’re supposed to call the outfit that fields the cars the Visa Cash App RB F1 Team, although the company behind it – as seen for example in the email addresses of employees – is officially known as Racing Bulls.

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Why RB believes F1 team name debate is a "good problem to have"

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Bahrain F1 testing: Tech images from the pitlane explained on day two

Ferrari's Carlos Sainz set the fastest time across the day, but only after team-mate Charles Leclerc dislodged a drain cover which took time to fix.

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Bahrain F1 testing: Tech images from the pitlane explained, Day 2

The loss of running while a drain was fixed, after it was dislodged by Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc, gave us even more time to spy on the cars in the pitlane and in their garages...

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2024 Bahrain F1 test: Verstappen heads first day by 1.1s from Norris

On the first of three testing days ahead of next week's season opener at the same venue, Verstappen finished over a second clear of the competition after completing a mammoth 142 laps aboard his new Red Bull RB20. The three-time world champion set the pace in the morning session and…

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Steiner opens up on what really happened at the Haas F1 team

After an on-stage Q&A – and impromptu book signing – with Sky Sports F1 TV commentator David Croft in front of a bumper crowd at the National Exhibition Centre in Birmingham, Steiner gave his first media interviews since leaving the squad he formed on behalf of team owner Gene Haas…

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Exclusive: Steiner opens up on what really happened at the Haas F1 team

After an on-stage QA – and impromptu book signing – with Sky Sports F1 TV commentator David Croft in front of a bumper crowd at the National Exhibition Centre in Birmingham, Steiner gave his first media interviews since leaving the squad he formed on behalf of team owner Gene Haas…

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Stella opens up on 'honest' McLaren F1 approach

Stella took over from the Audi-bound Andreas Seidl at the start of 2023 and was praised for steering the team in a different direction, implementing an overhauled technical structure in Woking while also proving to be a candid figurehead for the team towards the general public and the press. Once…

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F1 United States GP: Verstappen holds off Hamilton to take 50th win

The win gives Verstappen his 50th F1 career victory in a race where he struggled with a brake problems and Ferrari’s challenge disappeared early.

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Why cockpit heat is such a big issue for F1 drivers

The race was a perfect storm of high ambient temperatures, humidity that ramped up on race day, draining heavy g-loadings through the fast corners, and the one-off tyre rules that turned the race into a series of four sprints, with little respite for the drivers.The FIA soon promised an investigation…

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F1 United States GP sprint qualifying and race - Start time, how to watch & more

F1 has turned its sprint race into a standalone Saturday event, with sprint qualifying deciding the starting grid followed by the sprint race later in the day. Here’s how the latest sprint race format changes will work.During qualifying for Sunday’s grand prix, Charles Leclerc grabbed pole position for Ferrari while…

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Why Cassidy Formula E signing means Jaguar must succeed in 2024

It may only be just over a week since the 2022-2023 Formula E season ended in London, but nothing ever stands still in motorsport and the focus of teams has already switched to next year’s opening round in January and Mexico City.

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Bird and Buemi call for Rome circuit changes after Formula E pile-up

Bird was running fourth when he lost control of his Jaguar machine through the high-speed left sweep of Turn 6 and bounced off the barrier.

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F1 Canadian GP: Verstappen takes pole in wet qualifying, Hulkenberg penalised

Although a drying line had emerged by the start of Q2, offering drivers to take a chance on running with soft tyres, the conditions had worsened by the start of the final part of qualifying and the rain picked up in intensity.

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