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F1 results: Max Verstappen fastest in Saudi Arabian GP practice

Verstappen was fastest in both FP1, held in daylight, and FP2, which was held in darkness and was closer to conditions for both qualifying and the race.

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F1 Saudi Arabian GP: Verstappen completes Friday practice clean sweep

Following FP1 before sundown, FP2 was run at nightfall in more representative conditions for qualifying and the race, the temperature floating around 26 degrees C for the start of the session.

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Saudi Arabian GP: Verstappen pips Alonso by 0.2s in second F1 practice

Following FP1 before sundown, FP2 was run at nightfall in more representative conditions for qualifying and the race, the temperature floating around 26 degrees Celsius for the start of the session.

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Wolff: 2022 F1 car gains created "perfect storm" for Mercedes

After George Russell qualified sixth and Lewis Hamilton seventh for the 2023 season-opening Bahrain Grand Prix, Mercedes boss Wolff declared the team had to change its design direction.

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Saudi Arabian GP: Verstappen tops first F1 practice from Perez, Alonso

They were followed by the Mercedes duo and Carlos Sainz as the lead Ferrari driver in seventh, with his penalty-addled team-mate Charles Leclerc down in 11th but with the red car pair running a notably different run plan to the leaders.

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F1 Saudi Arabian GP: Verstappen leads Red Bull 1-2 in opening practice

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Mercedes F1 action plan agreed after crunch factory meeting

After a disappointing performance in the season opener in Bahrain, Mercedes has admitted to not making the progress it anticipated with the new W14 and needs to rethink its plans.

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George Russell offers Mercedes hope for Saudi Arabian GP despite ominous Red Bull belief

George Russell and Lewis Hamilton will be up against it at the Saudi Arabia Grand Prix as Mercedes look to compete at the front of the grid with pace setters Red Bull

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Lewis Hamilton and George Russell have same Red Bull belief ahead of Saudi Arabian GP

Red bull strolled to victory in the Bahrain Grand Prix earlier this month, and Max Verstappen is the strong favourite to make it back-to-back race wins to start the 2023 season

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Hamilton doesn't share other F1 drivers' views on Saudi GP safety

F1 heads back to Jeddah for the second race of the 2023 season this weekend, the first event after the 2022 edition was marred and nearly aborted following the threat of a drivers' strike in the aftermath of a Houthi missile strike on a nearby Aramco oil facility during practice.

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FIA revises F1 penalty points approach for 2023

The issue of points totting up was thrust into the spotlight last year when Pierre Gasly found himself in danger of being forced to sit out a grand prix for a relatively small rules breach.

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FIA revises F1's penalty points approach for 2023

The issue of points totting up was thrust into the spotlight last year when Pierre Gasly found himself in danger of being forced to sit out a grand prix for a relatively small rules breach.

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Lando Norris reveals all about F1 drivers' WhatsApp group and surprising main photo

McLaren stat Lando Norris has lifted the lid on what goes on in the Formula 1 drivers' WhatsApp group after Mercedes' George Russell recently confirmed its existence

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Mercedes plan major overhaul of Lewis Hamilton's 2023 F1 car after just ONE race

Mercedes' drivers Hamilton and George Russell finished fifth and seventh in Bahrain and changes are likely to be made - and could even be visible in Saudi Arabia this weekend

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Red Bull: F1 advantage will "melt away" as wind tunnel penalty bites

The Milton Keynes-based squad was handed a 10% reduction in aero development time for this season, as well as a $7 million fine, after it was found to have breached the cost cap on its way to helping Max Verstappen win the 2021 drivers’ title.

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Jenson Button rubbishes Max Verstappen F1 title theory – "How can you say that?"

George Russell and Toto Wolff have already made big statements about what they expect from Red Bull this year, but former F1 champion Button is not so sure the Mercedes pair are correct

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Mercedes face F1 embarrassment as top bosses consider huge Aston Martin decision

Mercedes endured a difficult opening Grand Prix weekend of the season in Bahrain, while Aston Martin excelled with Fernando Alonso securing a third-placed podium finish

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Max Verstappen makes honest Fernando Alonso admission which would prove Toto Wolff wrong

Alonso was the closest challenger to Verstappen and his Red Bull team-mate Sergio Perez as Aston Martin showed off the impressive pace of their AMR23 car in Bahrain

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Damon Hill hated "claustrophobic" F1 cars before becoming world champion

Damon Hill is one of Britain's greatest ever F1 drivers having won the world title in 1996 - but initially he found it very tough to adapt to the cars at the highest level of motorsport

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Mick Schumacher reveals honest feelings about F1 axe after watching Bahrain GP from pits

Schumacher would have liked to have lined up on the grid to take part in the Bahrain Grand Prix last weekend – but instead he was only there as backup for Lewis Hamilton and George Russell

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Martin Brundle has warning for Max Verstappen as he discusses F1 "playground politics"

The likes of Toto Wolff and George Russell have predicted Red Bull could run away with the F1 championship in 2023, but Brundle feels Verstappen may yet face a title fight

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Christian Horner rubbishes Toto Wolff and George Russell theories about Red Bull F1 car

Mercedes chief Wolff and driver Russell made their feelings about Red Bull very clear after Max Verstappen romped to victory in the season-opening Bahrain Grand Prix

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Russell ready to sacrifice part of F1 2023 for long-term Mercedes progress

Mercedes was looking to make a big step with its new W14, which unlike its predecessor is no longer crippled by porpoising, but Bahrain's season opener soon established that the gap to Red Bull has increased again.

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Lewis Hamilton offers grim Mercedes view as car performance flattered by Bahrain result

Hamilton could manage only fifth place in Bahrain with George Russell two places further back – but the seven-time world champion feels even that made the Mercedes car look more competitive than it was

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Formula 1: Five talking points after the Bahrain GP from Red Bull dominance to a midfield shakeup

"Looking ahead to Jeddah, it's a completely different track with different conditions, there’s a lot of long straights and fast corners, so it will give us a completely different picture of where everyone is on the grid"

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