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Mercedes switching F1 car development focus to pure performance

A key part its strategy with next year’s W15 is to design a car that has plenty of scope for development and allows the team to make the in-season leap that McLaren has made this year.

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Is the IndyCar title fight really just an illusion?

Last weekend, Josef Newgarden made the IndyCar Series title fight interesting. Well, a bit. The Team Penske driver’s double victories at Iowa Speedway, a track he truly excels at, puts him 80 points off dominator Alex Palou. So, should Chip Ganassi Racing’s Spanish ace be worried?

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What’s happened to Aston Martin’s Red Bull-worrying F1 form?

For an outfit that finished seventh in the standings last term, it emerged as the surprise package, the team closest to troubling Red Bull.

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Why it's time to accept Silverstone as MotoGP’s true UK home

Standing on the balcony of the recently constructed Hilton hotel overlooking the Wing pit complex, as a bike trackday thunders beneath us, brings into focus just how impressive a facility Silverstone has become.

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F1 young driver programmes: Which drivers are signed to which teams?

There are 20 drivers on the current Formula 1 grid, and some of them have been at the top of the sport for a very long time.

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What’s happened to Aston Martin’s Red Bull-worrying form in F1?

For an outfit that finished seventh in the standings last term, it emerged as the surprise package, the team closest to troubling Red Bull.

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F1 vs F2: Top speed, car sizes, race weekends and more compared

Formula 1 has always relied on junior categories to feed it with the next generation of drivers, and its teams are eager to snap up the brightest talents within them.

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F1 driver contracts: How long are all the drivers' contracts?

Over half of the F1 grid have their contracts expiring at the end of 2024 with some teams already making moves on the 2025 driver line-up. The 2024 pre-season saw both Ferrari and McLaren lock down their drivers by extending their contracts with Charles Leclerc and Lando Norris respectively, while…

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Ten things we learned from the 2023 F1 Hungarian Grand Prix

For the first time since 2016 and not counting the pandemic-disrupted 2020 season, Budapest is not Formula 1's last venue before the summer break, with the upcoming trip to Spa set to do that shortly this year.

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10 things we learned from the 2023 F1 Hungarian Grand Prix

For the first time since 2016 and not counting the pandemic-disrupted 2020 season, Budapest is not Formula 1’s last venue before the summer break, with the upcoming trip to Spa set to do that shortly this year.

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IndyCar Iowa: Newgarden survives late restart for fifth straight oval win

Newgarden charged to the front in the early stages of the 250-lap race on the short oval, passing his team-mates Will Power and Scott McLaughlin in one fell swoop on lap 32 as they got balked in traffic.

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F1 Hungarian GP: Verstappen streaks to victory, Red Bull claims 12th successive win

Verstappen crossed the line with a whopping 33.7s lead over Lando Norris, who had to deal with a late fright from Sergio Perez for second before the Mexican was challenged by Hamilton for third at the end.

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What GPS data reveals about the way Hamilton beat Verstappen to Hungary F1 pole

As a result, the Red Bull F1 driver crossed the timing line in Q3 with seven seconds left to run but having circulated 0.02s slower than his previous effort.

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F1 Hungarian Grand Prix – Start time, starting grid, how to watch, & more

Max Verstappen had been unbeaten in qualifying since the Monaco Grand Prix in May, but Hamilton ended that run to secure the first pole of the year for Mercedes by the slender margin of 0.003s.

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F1 Hungarian GP: Hamilton snatches pole from Verstappen

The Mercedes driver was the last driver to cross the line in Q3 at the Hungaroring, and overturned Max Verstappen's benchmark lap to claim his first pole position of the season.

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Why F1's quest for rain 'spray guards' is so complex

Unfortunately, the first track running of the prototype wheel arches or 'spray guards', as some are informally calling them, was not an instant success.

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What we learned from Friday F1 practice at the Hungarian GP

Ferrari's Charles Leclerc closed out a frantic FP2 session in preparation for Sunday's Hungarian Grand Prix, as neither Red Bull nor Mercedes set the Formula 1 timing screens alight.

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F1 Hungarian GP qualifying - Start time, how to watch & more

In a mixed up opening day at the Hungaroring, first practice was disrupted by two red flags, the first for a heavy crash for Sergio Perez, and rain which limited the running.

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Friday favourite: The “old-school” Canadian track that commands respect

There’s a level of familiarity that Guy Smith experiences whenever he visits the former Mosport track, since 2012 known as Canadian Tire Motorsport Park. And that’s not just down to the many times he’s driven the FIA Grade 2 circuit’s 2.459-miles of challenging asphalt winding through the Ontario countryside. Scarborough…

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F1 young driver programmes: Which drivers are signed to which teams?

F1 young driver programmes take drivers in lower tiers and trains them to be F1 drivers, but which drivers are in them and which teams do they belong to?

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Bobby Rahal admits Indy 500 stress “took a real toll on me”

The 70-year-old, who won the 1986 Indy 500 as a driver and the 2004 and 2020 races as a team owner, underwent triple bypass heart surgery last June after being told by doctors that he’d suffered a heart attack in May.

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F1 Form Guide: Hungarian Grand Prix

Max Verstappen's dominance this year is down to four key elements – his phenomenal driving skill and a car that has exceptional straight-line speed, an extremely effective DRS system and excellent balance through the corners.

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Power reveals 2% fuel error cost Toronto IndyCar podium shot

Power was running fourth, and closing on Alex Palou and Colton Herta, when he was forced into a splash-and-go stop as the white flag flew after his team miscalculated how much fuel he had used on his final stint.

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A simple solution to the IndyCar quandary of two ex-F1 racers

Romain Grosjean – a 10-time podium finisher in Formula 1 – was expected to excel when he switched to Andretti Autosport last year. He had shown great promise with minnow team Dale Coyne Racing after crossing the Atlantic in 2021. But he lies 13th in points right now, exactly where…

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The safety considerations prompted by Formula E's Rome pile-up

The temperature went up drastically last weekend in Rome, both on and off the track. The Formula E title battle reached fever pitch when championship rivals and childhood friends Mitch Evans and Nick Cassidy collided, paving the way for Jake Dennis to put one hand on the title. A 24-point…

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