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

F1 has altered its sprint race schedule once again, with sprint race qualifying shifting to Friday and the sprint race moving to Saturday. The race weekend format then reverts back to a traditional schedule for grand prix qualifying on Saturday afternoon with the grand prix on Sunday. Here’s how the…

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WRC Croatia: Neuville sets the pace to lead title rival Evans

The Hyundai driver set the pace winning three of the four stages to open up an 8.6s lead over nearest title rival Evans.

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Sainz will have to "survive with what we have" in China F1 sprint

Sainz qualified fifth and team-mate Charles Leclerc seventh as the Ferraris struggled to get their tyres warmed up in a rainy end to Friday's sprint qualifying.

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FIA still chasing answers over bizarre Shanghai F1 grass fires

First practice on Friday morning had to be red-flagged after a fire erupted on the grass on the inside of Turn 7 at the Shanghai International Circuit.

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Hamilton expects to lose positions if F1 China sprint is dry

Hamilton was one of the standout performers of a wet final qualifying segment on Friday afternoon, taking second behind McLaren's Lando Norris.

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Verstappen 'deserves' fourth in China F1 sprint qualifying with wet struggles

Having claimed every pole position so far in the 2024 F1 season, Verstappen looked strong favourite again after topping Q2 of sprint qualifying in the dry.

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Why Norris's China F1 sprint pole lap was deleted and reinstated

Rain made the already slippery Shanghai surface even more treacherous and Friday afternoon's final segment of sprint qualifying was peppered with incidents, with world champion Max Verstappen going off twice and Charles Leclerc tapping the wall with his front wing.

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Why Norris' China F1 sprint pole lap was deleted and reinstated

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Norris' China F1 sprint pole lap down to "all-or-nothing" approach

Norris had his penultimate timed lap deleted for track limits at Turn 16, but his 1m57.940s follow-up ultimately proved unbeatable during a wet and slippery final part of sprint qualifying - which yielded multiple mistakes across the field.

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Norris' F1 China sprint pole lap down to "all or nothing" approach

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F1 team-mates' qualifying battles: Chinese GP

After every F1 qualifying session, Motorsport.com publishes each team's qualifying record in terms of team-mate duels.

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2024 F1 Chinese GP sprint qualifying results: Lando Norris takes pole

Norris will start ahead of Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes) and Fernando Alonso (Aston Martin) after the one-hour qualifying session, which is split into three quickfire segments with five cars each being knocked out in Q1 and Q2 before the top-10 shootout of Q3.

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F1 Chinese GP: Norris takes sprint pole in chaotic dry-to-wet qualifying

Rain emerged at the end of the SQ2 session and continued to pepper the Shanghai circuit during the intermission, necessitating the use of intermediate tyres for the final stage of qualifying to decide pole.

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F1 Chinese GP: Norris time reinstated for sprint pole, Hamilton second

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Audi a player, not a spectator, in F1 driver market - Sauber

Ahead of what is expected to be a pretty intense silly season as drivers vie for the best cockpits, Audi has found itself at the centre of the market talk as it looks for the stars that it wants to carry into its debut campaign in 2026.

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Mercedes joins Williams and RB with 'quick and cheap' F1 cockpit airflow upgrades

While teams are often reluctant to introduce major development packages for sprint race weekends, because of limited track running, it does not prevent them seeking gains in other ways.

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Supercars Taupo: Mostert leads Ford 1-2-3 in opening practice

The Walkinshaw Andretti United driver lapped the Taupo International Motorsport Park track in 1:26.4937s to be just 0.03s clear of Matt Payne (Grove Racing) and Will Davison (Dick Johnson Racing).

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F1 Chinese GP: Stroll leads FP1 as small fire causes early red flag

The Canadian intervened in the end-of-session series of soft tyre laps to leapfrog Oscar Piastri's effort moments before the chequered flag, which nobody else had enough time to beat.

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The day Button scored his 'best F1 win'... until next time!

Just like Canada 2011, this was a race defined by mixed weather conditions, which played into Button’s super-sensitive hands.

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New compound to thwart Porsche’s inspired Long Beach ‘no tires’ call

Porsche Penske Motorsport claimed its first IMSA GTP victory with its 963 with Nick Tandy and Mathieu Jaminet, after a lack of pace in practice and qualifying led it to running the same set of tires for the entire 100-minute, sprint-format race.

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Surging Chase Briscoe says a win "is right around the corner"

Briscoe is heading into this weekend’s race at Talladega (Ala.) Superspeedway on the heels of consecutive top-10 finishes, including a season’s-best sixth last weekend at Texas.

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How MotoGP brakes work: Secrets of stopping a 220mph bike

The bikes’ 1000cc engines produce 270hp but their tiny contact patches and lack of downforce relative to cars costs them dearly in lap time when compared to a Formula 1 machine.

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2024 NASCAR Talladega schedule, entry list, and how to watch

Hendrick Motorsports continued its winning ways at Texas Motor Speedway. Chase Elliott snapped a 42-race winless streak, fending off Denny Hamlin and later Ross Chastain in overtime.

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Russell: Mercedes locked in F1 "battle of fine margins"

The German manufacturer has endured a bruising start to the 2024 season, with it yet to finish on the podium and currently lying in fourth in the constructors’ championship – just one point ahead of Aston Martin.

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Acosta: MotoGP paddock 'needs more people like Kevin Schwantz'

MotoGP is going through a transitionary phase, as it looks to re-establish its global mainstream standing following recent years of declining interest in the wake of the retirement of Valentino Rossi.

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