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How Mercedes can stop Verstappen domination in the Qatar GP

Formula 1 heads into the unknown in the 2023 Qatar Grand Prix.

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How Mercedes can stop Verstappen domination in F1's Qatar GP

Formula 1 heads into the unknown in the 2023 Qatar Grand Prix.

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The key questions surrounding F1's Qatar GP tyre drama

Small separations in its construction, caused by damage sustained from running across the Losail circuit's high kerbs, had triggered concerns about potential failures in the race.

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How Qatar is winning F1's airline race

The company has already made an impact during its first year in the sport as F1's official airline partner, and that will only become more apparent if Max Verstappen clinches the World Championship at Lusail this weekend, drawing further attention to the race title sponsor.

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How Qatar is winning F1’s airline war

The company has already made an impact during its first year in the sport as F1’s official airline partner, and that will only become more apparent if Max Verstappen clinches the World Championship at Lusail this weekend, drawing further attention to the race title sponsor.

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Are Red Bull and Ferrari on back foot for potential F1 Japanese GP tyre wrecker?

The iconic figure-of-eight track has always been punishing on its rubber, but things could well be a bit more extreme this time around.

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Are Red Bull and Ferrari on back foot for potential Japanese GP tyre wrecker?

The iconic figure-of-eight track has always been punishing on its rubber, but things could well be a bit more extreme this time around.

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What we learned from Friday practice at the F1 Japanese GP

Max Verstappen's headline times in both of Friday's Formula 1 practice sessions at the Japanese Grand Prix proved that Red Bull's misfortune in Singapore was a mere blip.

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Vettel: No regrets on retiring after realising how small F1 world is

The four-time world champion is attending this weekend’s Japanese Grand Prix to help launch his ‘Buzzin’ Corner’ project to raise awareness for biodiversity.

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Steiner: Haas wouldn't have been able to join F1 today amid 11th team talk

Several parties, including American powerhouse Andretti, have lodged their interest in joining the F1 grid as an 11th team, with FIA president Mohammed Ben Sulayem keen on expanding the current grid of 10 teams.

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What happens next in the Alex Palou IndyCar contract saga

You couldn’t make this up, because if you did you’d simply get laughed at. Just over 12 months after his contractual future between Chip Ganassi Racing and McLaren blew up, a second explosion has been detonated by the likely two-time IndyCar champion.

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F1 Form Guide: Belgian Grand Prix

Red Bull is starting to feel a little more pressure from its rivals after a season that has so far seen the team build on its winning form from the end of last year and stretch out a 12-race unbeaten run.

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The computing powerhouse that gives F1 faith over its 2026 car plan

The planned increase in electrification, with a 50/50 power split from the battery and combustion engine, has prompted concerns about drivers running out of energy on the straights and needing to change down gears to recharge.

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Why Red Bull's patience wore even thinner with de Vries amid Ricciardo's rebuild

Any other team ejecting its rookie driver after less than half a season would have caused a serious stir in Formula 1.

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F1 British Grand Prix – Start time, starting grid, how to watch, & more

The Red Bull driver saw off a McLaren attack to take pole, beating Lando Norris by 0.241s, who led an impressive qualifying display for the Woking-based squad with Oscar Piastri completing a 2-3.

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F1 British GP: Verstappen denies Norris in wild qualifying session

Verstappen drew first blood in Q3, the only driver among the 10 contenders to set their first lap on fresh soft tyres having saved a set earlier on in qualifying, and logged a 1m27.084s.

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F1 chiefs say 2026 rules fears prompted by old data

Concerns have emerged in recent weeks about the risks of a wrong step with the new cars in 2026 ruining the spectacle.

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F1 drivers welcome FIA’s wet weather wheel arch test

Mercedes and McLaren will take part in a test on the national circuit on 13 July with the Wellington Straight to be artificially soaked to allow the FIA to gather data on the arches or “mudguards”.

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Did Austria sprint shootout expose need for F1 tyre rule rethink?

That’s certainly how it looked after rainy weather voided the strict tyre usage rules in the Saturday shootout and allowed everyone to use whatever slick compound they wanted to over the three sessions.

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Norris: Rain visibility now one of F1's biggest safety topics

Formula Regional driver van 't Hoff was killed on Saturday on the final lap of the race after spinning on the Kemmel straight in heavy rain and being hit by a following car as he was unsighted due to severe spray.

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Why Ferrari has glimmers of hope to be racing Red Bull in the Austrian GP

The sun finally burst through the clouds overlooking the Red Bull Ring on Saturday evening – three hours after the Austrian Grand Prix sprint race had concluded. Rain and low-hanging, misty cloud had otherwise prevailed on a day of glory, reflected tragedy and controversy in the Styrian mountains.

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Piastri: "Sharp" Webber helping probe McLaren F1 engineers

The Australian stepped up to a McLaren race seat for 2023 after spending last year as Alpine reserve and test driver.

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Piastri: “Sharp” Webber helping probe McLaren F1 engineers

The Australian stepped up to a McLaren race seat for 2023 after spending last year as Alpine reserve and test driver.

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Ten things we learned at the 2023 F1 Spanish Grand Prix

After what seemed like an endless string of street circuits and semi-permanent venues monopolising the opening part of the 2023 calendar, Formula 1 went back to basics in Barcelona.

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10 things we learned at the 2023 F1 Spanish Grand Prix

After what seemed like an endless string of street circuits and semi-permanent venues monopolising the opening part of the 2023 calendar, Formula 1 went back to basics at Barcelona.

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