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As the field got ready to restart the race on Lap 27, a lock-up from Aston Martin's Fernando Alonso into the hairpin caused a concertina effect for cars having to brake behind him.Several places behind the Spaniard, his team-mate Stroll crashed into the back of RB's Ricciardo, lifting the Australian's car up and causing damage that would end up terminal for both cars.Stroll initially blamed the ...

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The American ran wide at the high-speed Dunlop Curve left-hander and having put his right-hand side wheels on the grass, he lost control and spun into the barrier.He hit with both the front and rear, damaging the suspension and cracking the gearbox of the FW46.Fortunately the chassis, which was shipped back to the UK and repaired after team-mate Alex Albon’s FP1 crash in Australia, escaped ...

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The upgrades brought during 2023 carried a similar aim but after the summer break, in Zandvoort, Sainz and Leclerc still needed to split their car set-ups to refine the tricky handling.A shift towards understeer thereafter favoured Sainz before late-season tweaks enabled Leclerc to score four pole positions and three podiums from the final six grands prix.Ferrari wants to pick up immediately from ...

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Amid the eight-time constructors' champion's ongoing ground-effect struggles, technical director Mike Elliott and chief technical officer James Allison swapped roles back in April.Allison has alluded to this change leading to a shift in how Hamilton, who has cited a 'constantly improving process', and Russell are involved in the work back at the Brackley factory.He reckons that while the team has ...

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McLaren started the season off the pace but following a change of concept and personnel reshuffle it has produced an impressive B-spec that turned the MCL60 into a reliable podium contender.Norris and team-mate Oscar Piastri became the closest challengers of Red Bull's dominant Max Verstappen in Japan and Qatar, taking a double podium for the Woking team while Piastri also snatched a sprint race ...

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Norris went second in Q3 in Losail for McLaren, which proved to be the second-fastest car through the high-speed corners behind Red Bull's dominant polesitter Max Verstappen.But the Briton immediately realised he wouldn't start there as he had caught a slide into the Turn 10 left-hander that spat him out wide past the white line, which saw his lap time deleted.Norris also lost his first, almost ...

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For the Dutch Grand Prix last weekend, Mercedes equipped its W14 machine with a revised floor edge, sidepod inlet and beam wing - all devised to chiefly improve performance at the rear of the car.In part, the arrival of these new components is to help sustain the team for the eight non-European races at the end of the season, for which the costs of freighting upgrades are considerably ...

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The Finn has an option to stay at the current Alfa Romeo titled team in to 2024 as part of an original two plus-one year contract that he signed with the squad ahead of the 2022 campaign.But despite some early promise after his switch from Mercedes, Alfa Romeo has slipped down the midfield order and currently lies ninth in the constructors’ championship.This also comes at a time when it is ...

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Pitt also admitted that he felt “a little giddy” as shooting for the film got underway over the British GP weekend, including sequences involving him driving the production’s F2-based car in between real sessions.The Hollywood star gave his first extensive insight into the movie and its plot in an interview conducted in the film’s Silverstone garage by Martin Brundle for Sky Sports F1."I'm ...

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However, the Frenchman concedes that any team would one day like to hire the seven-time world champion.
This week, it was suggested that Ferrari was considering a bid offer for Hamilton, on the back of stories that Charles Leclerc might move to Mercedes.
Vasseur has a good relationship with Hamilton, having run him in F3 and GP2, and they have remained in contact over the years.
"As a ...

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However, he insisted that the Enstone outfit has no regrets about its decision to bring a significant upgrade for the A523 to a sprint weekend, despite knowing that there would be limited time to hone it.
All teams had just the single FP1 session in which to prepare for Friday afternoon’s qualifying.
Pierre Gasly missed much of the session after a hydraulic leak caused a fire, while his ...

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However, some prefer to do things that take them out of their comfort zone and that provide not only a useful distraction from the pressures associated with their profession, but that can also lay the foundations of the life that will follow their retirement.
The classic example is Lewis Hamilton, who has a wide range of interests in clothing, music, food and now movie production. The ...

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The race was halted for the first time on lap nine of 58 owing to a shunt for Alex Albon, who lost the rear of his Williams FW45 through Turn 7 to nose into the wall and bounce back over the kerbs.
While a safety car was deployed initially, the race was then red-flagged. The FIA justified this due to the amount of gravel and debris that needed clearing.
The grand prix was red-flagged twice ...

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Piastri had a frustrating time in the opener in Bahrain, admitting to mistakes in qualifying that cost him a shot at Q2, and then suffering an electrical issue early in the race.
But in Jeddah he made Q3 and qualified ninth on a day when team-mate Lando Norris damaged his car early in Q1.
In the race both drivers were compromised by early stops for front wing damage. Piastri eventually ...

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It is not lost on him that for four of the last five years, Williams has found itself pegged to the bottom of the constructors’ championship.
Plus, more recently, it has faced fresh uncertainty following the departure of team principal Jost Capito and its technical director FX Demaison.
Turning the squad’s fortunes around quickly is not going to be an easy task for Vowles, as he is comes ...

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The two-time world champion returned to grand prix racing at the start of 2021, having spent two seasons away from F1 following his departure from McLaren at the end of 2018.
While the initial races after his return were difficult for him, as he admitted to playing catch-up in getting used to the cars, tyres and controls, he made rapid progress over the second half of that ...

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Russell featured in both days of the post-season running at the Yas Marina Circuit this week, driving a modified Mercedes W10 from 2019 to sample Pirelli?s 18-inch tyres for 2022.
It marked Russell?s first outing for Mercedes since his stand-in appearance for Lewis Hamilton at the 2020 Sakhir Grand Prix, when he came close to winning on debut for the team.
Mercedes announced in September ...

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Later today, the FIA stewards will hear new evidence over the incident between Verstappen and Hamilton on lap 48 and Turn 4 to judge if it needs to be investigated after the controversial clash wasn?t referred for an stewards? investigation during the Brazilian Grand Prix.
Mercedes requested a right to review the incident after new evidence came to light, primarily the forward-facing camera ...

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The McLaren driver appeared to have the Sochi race under control late on, having held off a charging Lewis Hamilton for the lead as the race drew to its conclusion.
But a rain shower that hit the track a few laps from the end threw the event on its head, and opened the door for Norris to see victory hopes slip from his grasp.
While Mercedes pitted Hamilton to take inters, Norris elected to ...

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Mazepin and Schumacher were involved in another incident that nearly led to a major collision between the two Haas cars in last weekend?s Dutch Grand Prix as they ran down the main straight on the second lap.
The Russian driver moved across his teammate?s line when Schumacher looked to pass and they clashed when the chasing Haas?s front wing touched the leading car?s right-rear.
The ...

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Hulkenberg last raced full time in F1 back in 2019, but made three appearances last season with Racing Point, stepping in for Sergio Perez and Lance Stroll after they were ruled out by COVID-19.
The German driver failed to land a drive for this season, but linked up with Aston Martin as its official reserve for 2021, supporting Stroll and Sebastian Vettel.
After previously telling Bild am ...

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While teammate Lando Norris secured a career-best front row start at the Red Bull Ring, Ricciardo endured a more difficult time as he failed to make it out of Q2 and ended up 13th on the grid.
Although baffled about the lap time deficit to Norris, Ricciardo reckons that his performance is not a real indicator of the progress he is making with the MCL35M
?I wouldn't say it's like a ...

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F1 is set to return to Austin in October after the COVID-19 pandemic forced last year?s race to be cancelled. The track is planning to stage its usual concert events, announcing performances from Billy Joel and Twenty One Pilots, and is braced for a bumper crowd amid F1?s surging interest levels in the United States.
COTA chairman Bobby Epstein believes this year?s United States Grand ...

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Red Bull has been left annoyed that penalties have cost Verstappen a race win, a pole position and a fastest lap point so far this season.
Its motorsport advisor Helmut Marko suggested after the Portuguese Grand Prix, when a wide moment for Verstappen saw his fastest lap time deleted, that F1 needs to change its approach to dealing with track limits.
Seven-time F1 winner Montoya says he ...

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The Briton, who finished on the podium at Imola a fortnight ago, was eighth in the morning session and 12th in the afternoon on a day when the wind and low grip track surface caused some headaches.
But judging by the balance struggles he faced over the course of his running, Norris said that the team would need to make a big step forward overnight if it was going to get into the top ten on ...

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