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The Japanese manufacturer scored its first podium of the V6 turbo-hybrid era in the 2019 season-opening Australian Grand Prix, its first start with Red Bull.<br>That was the first top-three result since Honda rejoined the F1 grid in 2015, and it last celebrated a win in 2006.<br>Speaking to Motorsport.com during the Australian GP weekend, Honda F1 managing director Masashi Yamamoto said: "This is ...

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Max Verstappen was able to split the Ferraris in qualifying and then took Honda to its first podium in 11 years after a pre-season in which Red Bull regularly sung the praises of its new engine partner.<br>Edd Straw and Scott Mitchell join Glenn Freeman to discuss Red Bull-Honda's Melbourne performance and the prospects for the team in 2019.<br><br>More F1 insights:<br><br>The factors that hurt ...

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Max Verstappen split the Ferrari drivers in the first qualifying session for Red Bull-Honda's new partnership, and will start the season-opening Australian Grand Prix from fourth place.<br>Verstappen was 0.834s slower than Mercedes' poleman Lewis Hamilton in Melbourne, having lapped only seven tenths off the pace in qualifying for this race a year ago with Renault power.<br>However, when asked by ...

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Red Bull chose to only make one run in the first segment of Melbourne qualifying.<br>Going into the final minutes, it sat third with Max Verstappen and eighth with Gasly.<br>But improvements from most of the rest of the field pushed them down the order.<br>Though Verstappen still made it through to Q2 in 10th, Gasly - just 0.144 seconds slower - was 17th and eliminated.<br>"We've been a bit ...

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Verstappen ended Friday eight tenths off the pace in his Honda-powered RB15 but was still Mercedes’ nearest challenger despite his performance run not being completed on as low fuel level as usual.<br>On Saturday morning, ahead of final practice, the FIA revealed that Red Bull had completed a survival cell change.<br>The team has submitted its scrutineering declaration form, as the rules have ...

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Following Pierre Gasly's call-up to Red Bull's main F1 team in the aftermath of Daniel Ricciardo's shock exit, Toro Rosso turned to Daniil Kvyat and Alex Albon - two drivers who had been previously let go by Red Bull – to drive its 2019 F1 cars.<br>European Formula 3 runner-up Dan Ticktum was closest to being F1-ready within the Red Bull Junior Team roster, but did not gather the required ...

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Ricciardo, just days out from his competitive debut for Renault, hit out at his former employer in an interview with Melbourne daily newspaper The Age.<br>He says negotiations with Red Bull Racing mid-way through last year left him with a sense that Verstappen was the clear favourite, thanks to having already inked a long-term deal.<br>That, combined with the fall-out from the pair's Baku clash ...

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With the Milton Keynes-based operation bullish about its prospects for 2019 on the back of a switch to Honda engines, the team has worked flatout since testing to get the updates ready early.<br>Red Bull’s motorsport advisor Helmut Marko told the company’s TV channel ServusTV that a "fully motivated" Adrian Newey had pulled out all the stops to get the new parts ready early.<br>"Parts that ...

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Teams are not committed yet as no new Concorde Agreement has been signed, and F1's new management has made it clear that those who had preferential deals under Bernie Ecclestone – including Red Bull – will have to accept a level playing field, with payments based on performance.<br>Red Bull is also concerned about budget caps, as it is the only one of the top three teams not linked to a car ...

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Ticktum was in line to take part in the in-season test in Hungary last year, only to be denied the chance as he didn't have the required superlicense points to obtain an International A license.<br>He has since finished second in the European Formula 3 championship and bagged another victory in the Macau Grand Prix, taking his superlicense points total to 35 - enough to both test the car and take ...

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On Thursday the team trialled a new bargeboard around the sidepod, as illustrated in Giorgio Piola's picture above.<br>Breaking the lower piece into two, the new lowest section featured two slots to create a more concerted effort in driving airflow around the lower reaches of the car, while the piece that used to form the top half is also mounted to the floor.<br>This twists inwards to let the ...

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In a stark contrast to their mysterious session-ending crash on Wednesday, the anticipated championship challengers powered through the current test record to fire warning shots to their rivals with a time of 1m16.231s, over half-a-second faster than the nearest competitor.<br>On a day where the majority of teams attempted higher-pace laps on the C5 tyres in the morning session, Ferrari's effort ...

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After his squadmate Lando Norris set the pace on the first day of the second week of testing, Sainz took over in the MCL34 to post the fastest lap of the F1 pre-season so far, a 1m17.144s.<br>The lap, set on the C4 tyre compound, is a quarter of a second quicker than Nico Hulkenberg's opening-week benchmark for Renault, and is within a second of Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton's Spanish Grand Prix ...

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After banking as many laps as possible in week one to prove Honda's reliability, Red Bull gave us a first look at some of the performance it has been hiding under its tightly packaged bodywork.<br>That allowed for some comparisons with Ferrari, while Mercedes caught the eye with a major update package that could be an ominous sign for its competition.<br>Following the conclusion of the day's ...

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Verstappen was involved in various incidents in a scrappy start to last season but a change in approach after his crash in Monaco set him on a run of 10 podiums from 15 races.<br>The 21-year-old still made headlines for other reasons as he regularly hit out at engine supplier Renault, but Marko believes Red Bull's switch to Honda and Verstappen's added maturity has made him happier.<br>"We had ...

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Although the team is aware that rival Ferrari appears to have the edge at the moment, Red Bull's motorsport advisor Helmut Marko said that it had never been more encouraged about progress than right now.<br>"So far if I talk about Red Bull and Toro Rosso, we had a very good time," Marko told Sky.<br>"I would say we never had such good preparation for the season. For both teams."<br><br>Read ...

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Verstappen has not troubled the top of the times in his RB15, ending his second day of testing fifth-fastest and one second slower than pacesetter Daniil Kvyat in the Toro Rosso, which is also powered by Honda. <br>He lost time in the morning due to “small things” but racked up more than 100 laps to take his tally for the week to 237. <br>“I’m just very happy with the way we’re working ...

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Formula 1 teams have had to work on all-new front wings this year thanks to an overhaul of the aero rules aimed at trying to help overtaking.<br>The simplified and wider front wings have led to a split among the teams about how best to recover lost downforce.<br><br>Read Also:<br><br>Tech verdict: Alfa Romeo's 'extreme' 2019 F1 front wing explained<br><br><br>While teams like Red Bull and Mercedes ...

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While the Milton Keynes-based outfit has viewed its switch to Honda as a long-term project to deliver the world championship, it is already full of praise about its first tie-up.<br>Red Bull had an encouraging opening day of pre-season testing at Barcelona in Spain, with Max Verstappen completing 128 laps to set the fourth quickest time.<br>"Power is a dominating factor, but I have to say that the ...

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Tost, whose team used Honda engines in 2018, has been a huge supporter of Honda since the start of last season, and his views played a part in convincing Red Bull to switch from Renault power for this season.<br>He is now confident that the senior outfit will be very competitive with its new partner.<br>"I am very happy about this," said Tost when asked about Honda's progress. "All the ...

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Lawson, who recently won the Toyota Racing Series in his home country, will line up with fellow Red Bull protege Yuki Tsunoda at Motopark in the DTM-supporting series.<br>The 17-year old won the NZ Formula Ford title before finishing runner-up in the Australian and German Formula 4 championships, and then sprang to prominence in the early weeks of 2019 with his TRS performances.<br>Up against ...

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The team had unveiled its first Honda-powered F1 car in a new colour scheme with a lot of red and a different pattern.<br>However, the four-time constructors' championship-winning team was always expected to return to its usual matte blue, red and yellow livery.<br>Unveiling the RB15 in its official 2019 livery, Red Bull said the colours are “part of our identity and our heritage”.<br>Its ...

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Ricciardo’s shock Red Bull departure was the one of the biggest stories of last season as he opted to join the Renault works team despite enduring reliability problems with the French manufacturer. <br>Renault has swiftly improved since returning to F1 as a team in 2016, finishing fourth in the constructors’ championship last year, but Ricciardo is still unlikely to challenge his former team ...

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The Australian and his then teammate caused controversy in Azerbaijan when an intense on-track battle culminated in a spectacular crash.<br>The incident left Red Bull chiefs furious, and both drivers were told to apologise to staff at the factory.<br>Reflecting now on the circumstances that led to him choosing Renault over Red Bull for 2019, Ricciardo says that he felt it was unfair of his former ...

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A no-compromise effort from design genius Adrian Newey includes some very tight packaging – is that a sign of confidence in Honda's reliability or a hint that Red Bull is putting its new engine partner under big pressure?<br>Autosport technical editor Jake Boxall-Legge and technical illustrator legend Giorgio Piola give the full lowdown on the Red Bull-Honda RB15.<br><br>More Red Bull ...

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