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Horner: Verstappen a "racing machine" after unique F1 and sim race double

Verstappen's busy driving, PR and engineering schedule at Imola did not stop him from competing in the most competitive field of iRacing's Nurburgring enduro with his Team Redline sim squad.

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Verstappen "almost ended in the grandstands" amid Imola F1 hard tyre struggles

Red Bull driver Verstappen narrowly edged McLaren's Lando Norris after he gapped the Briton in the first stint on mediums, but struggled much more on the hard Pirelli rubber for the majority of Imola's 63-lap race.

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Aston Martin F1 upgrades "not good enough" to keep up with rivals - Stroll

Following McLaren's update package that was brought forward to Miami, several other teams have stuck to this weekend's Imola Grand Prix to deploy their first major upgrade push of 2024, including Aston and Ferrari.

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Alonso hit with F1 Imola GP pitlane start

Alonso only qualified 19th after being called to the pits due to a problem with his car at the end of the session, when the track was at its fastest and Alonso's Aston Martin was down to the optimal amount of fuel.

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Alonso hit with F1 Imola GP pitlane start after Aston Martin changes

Alonso only qualified 19th after being called to the pits with a problem with his car at the end of the session, when the track was at its fastest and Alonso's Aston Martin was down to the optimal amount of fuel.

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Aston Martin F1 upgrades "not good enough" to keep up with rivals

Following McLaren's update package that was brought forward to Miami, several other teams including Aston and Ferrari have stuck to this weekend's Imola race to deploy their first major upgrade push of 2024.

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F2 Imola: Hadjar resists Bortoleto to win after Bearman pit nightmare

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Aston Martin's major F1 Imola upgrade a clue of "aggressive" development

Aston consolidated its spot at the top of the midfield but has so far generally been fifth fastest, some way behind fourth-placed team Mercedes.

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Mercedes delivers fresh batch of F1 car upgrades at Imola

The rear wing’s tip section has been completely overhauled as part of the redesign, with the team having already switched to a semi-detached layout for 2024.

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How Verstappen plans to fit Nurburgring 24 sim race into Imola F1 weekend

While participating on a Team Redline - the sim racing team he drives for - stream, Verstappen announced a few days ago that he was keen to join the team for the 24-hour race despite the Imola race taking place on the same weekend.

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How a determined Brazilian traded Uber for racing in the WEC

Autosport has occasionally ridden in an Uber with a driver who believed they had missed their calling as a racing driver. But it’s not often that the individuals in question had a valid case. Rewind back to 2015 however, and that was the scenario facing Nicolas Costa, now racing for…

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Autosport Podcast: F1 Imola preview

Joining Bryn Lucas on the Podcast is Alex Kalinauckas and together they discuss the big speculation around Williams and the future of American driver Logan Sargeant.

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The eight key changes Ferrari has made to its F1 car for Imola

The team did so to ensure it had enough time if there were teething problems for what is quite a substantial change, not only to the aerodynamic performance of the car but also to how the power unit and ancillaries are cooled.

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BMW hails WEC progress but "too many mistakes" remain

Andreas Roos, boss of BMW M Motorsport, believes the German manufacturer again “did some steps on pure pace”, even though a series of penalties for its two Hypercar entries prevented it from following up on the points-paying finishes of Qatar and Imola.

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BMW hail WEC progress but "too many mistakes" remain

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WEC Spa: Ferrari leads the way in FP1 as new manufacturers impress

Antonio Fuoco led the way in the 90-minute session with a time that gave him a margin of more than a second over team-mate Antonio Giovinazzi.

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Mercedes playing catch-up with F1 Miami floor upgrade

The Brackley team has struggled for consistency with its often ill-handling W15, finding it hard to produce a car that works across all corner types and speeds, with its limitations seemingly shifting from circuit to circuit.

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Mercedes playing catch-up with Miami F1 floor upgrade

The Brackley team has struggled for consistency with its often ill-handling W154, finding it hard to produce a car that works across all corner types and speeds, with its limitations seemingly shifting from circuit to circuit.

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Lamborghini not concerned over Le Mans reliability despite rain-interrupted test

The track was wet for the majority of the three days of testing at Portimao for the single long-distance test scheduled by Lamborghini and its Iron Lynx factory squad ahead of the double-points round of the World Endurance Championship on 15-16 June, team principal Andrea Piccini has revealed.

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Gounon replaces Habsburg for Alpine Hypercar debut at Imola's WEC round

The two-time GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup title winner with Mercedes takes the Habsburg’s seat in the French manufacturer’s #35 A424 LMDh alongside Charles Milesi and Paul-Loup in his role as official reserve for the Signatech-run Alpine Endurance Team.

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The extra complications behind F1's Alonso 'brake-test' penalty debate

There was a touch of inevitability. Red Bull’s significant Suzuka upgrade has not slimmed the RB20 as predicted, with rumours Ferrari was rushing its important Imola updates scotched too on what was overall something of a slow news day on Thursday.

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Cadillac confirms two-driver Hypercar line-up as Imola WEC entry list announced

Earl Bamber and Alex Lynn will drive the Ganassi-run #2 Cadillac V-Series.R LMDh as a duo in this month’s Imola 6 Hours, round two of the 2024 WEC.

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The 1,826-HP Bugatti Bolide Will Use Brembo's Biggest-Ever Carbon Brakes

The carbon discs are 15.3 inches in diameter both front and rear, and they glow like hellfire at Imola.

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Top 10: F1 feeder series kings who were overlooked the following year

Theo Pourchaire has become the third driver in succession miss out on a graduation to Formula 1 in the year after winning the Formula 2 title. As with Oscar Piastri (2021) and Felipe Drugovich (2022) before him, the Sauber junior will watch from the sidelines this year, though he will…

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Top 10: The F1 feeder series kings who were overlooked the following year

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