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Did McLaren's 'mini-DRS' rear wing trick help Piastri keep Leclerc at bay in Baku?

A new technical intrigue has arisen in the aftermath of the Azerbaijan Grand Prix, with McLaren's rear wing under the spotlight.

Motorsport

Seven things we learned at the 2024 Dutch Grand Prix

Put the Piz Buin away, folks - the summer break is officially over and done with. The Formula 1 circus returned from its holidays in typically rambunctious fashion, laying down an assortment of storylines to make up for a fallow period in the annual soap opera.

Autosport

Does Norris have a chance of winning the 2024 F1 title?

Lando Norris' final margin over Max Verstappen stood at a cavernous 22.896 seconds at the point the chequered flag lithely fluttered at the Dutch Grand Prix's close.

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McLaren "paid the price" of set-up trade-off in wet Belgian GP qualifying

McLaren says it was willing the "pay the price" in a wet qualifying session by banking on a set-up optimised for a dry race.

Motorsport

F1 Spanish GP: Sainz fastest from Norris in tight final practice

Carlos Sainz closed out Formula 1 free practice at the Spanish Grand Prix with the best time in FP3, ahead of Lando Norris by 0.03 seconds.

Motorsport

Chris Harris on F1: The Canadian GP reminded us why we love this sport

Montreal was only the second-best racing Chris Harris saw this week—but that still made it one of the best F1 races of the season.

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How McLaren was ready to pit Norris – but Ferrari ruined its Monaco F1 plan

McLaren had hoped to push Ferrari into extending its lead at the front of the 78-lap race, in a bid to build a sufficient buffer between the cars in the top four and Russell to allow McLaren to make a pitstop. Having started on hard tyres, Russell switched to the…

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What F1 GPS data reveals about Piastri's Monaco pole near-miss

Piastri ended up as Leclerc’s closest rival for pole in Monte-Carlo but fell 0.154s short as the home hero secured a third pole in four years at this famous street track.

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Chris Harris on F1: Formula 1 has outgrown Imola

Chris Harris argues that F1's Imola track may have history and the drivers' hearts, but it doesn't have good racing anymore.

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F1 Imola GP: McLaren fastest as Alonso and Perez crash out of FP3

Perez’s late shunt at the Variante Alta led to a last-gasp scramble for drivers to set final qualifying simulation times, where only Lando Norris was able to set a time that put him second, 0.3s slower than his team-mate.

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F1 Imola GP: Piastri leads McLaren 1-2 in FP3 as Perez and Alonso crash out

Perez’s late shunt at the Variante Alta led to a last-gasp scramble for drivers to set final qualifying simulation times, where only Lando Norris was able to set a representative time that put him second 0.3s slower than his team-mate.

Autosport

How an 18-month design reset transformed McLaren into F1 race winners

Although Lando Norris’ triumph was not won entirely on pace, as Max Verstappen’s RB20 was damaged after he ran over that bollard, it was clear that McLaren’s upgraded MCL38 is now a serious challenger.

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McLaren won't get carried away given Red Bull's F1 Miami struggles

Lando Norris took his maiden win in Miami as McLaren rolled out a significant 10-part upgrade package. While Red Bull's polesitter Max Verstappen struggled with floor damage, Norris was handed a free pitstop as he had stayed out until a mid-race safety car was called. But even before his lucky…

Autosport

Chris Harris on F1: All Hail Kevin Magnussen, the Chaos King of Miami

The perennial fascination with Formula One is that even seasoned fans cannot predict the heroes and zeroes of a race weekend. Here we are locked in the doldrums of another Red Bull demonstration season, with news that its genius designer Adrian Newey would rather head to the south of France…

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Sainz penalised for Piastri contact in F1 Miami GP, drops to fifth

The Ferrari driver had finished the race around the Hard Rock Stadium in fourth position, trailing team-mate Charles Leclerc, but falls one place behind Red Bull's Sergio Perez in the revised classification after being hit with a five-second penalty.

Autosport

2024 F1 Chinese GP sprint results: Verstappen wins from fourth on grid

Mercedes’ Lewis Hamilton grabbed the lead at the start, when pole-winner Lando Norris (McLaren) was slow away from the startline. After battling with Hamilton through Turn 1, Norris slid wide and off the track, tumbling a further five places.

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10 things we learned from the 2024 F1 Japanese Grand Prix

Was the final result of the Japanese Grand Prix predictable? Ultimately, yes, but how this year's Formula 1 race at Suzuka unravelled wasn't entirely typical thanks to the variance in strategies across the field. Max Verstappen chalked up a third win as he embarks upon a seemingly inevitable march towards…

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Piastri: F1's "chasing pack is not too far behind" Red Bull

Off the back of a near perfect 2023 season, Max Verstappen and Red Bull also dominated the 2024 season's opening race in Bahrain with a heavily revised RB20.

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Piastri wary of Red Bull "sandbags" coming off in Bahrain F1 qualifying

Piastri finished FP2 in fifth, four tenths behind the leading Mercedes of Lewis Hamilton and narrowly ahead of Red Bull's Verstappen, who appeared to run with a dialled down engine as Red Hull focused on race performance.

Autosport

Piastri: "We'll see how many sandbags come off" the Red Bull in Bahrain F1 qualifying

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Formula 1 Season Preview: The Race for Second

Max Verstappen has won three straight championships, and after an offseason in which very little changed, there’s not much reason to think he won’t coast to a fourth title.

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F1 Bahrain GP: Ricciardo leads first practice session of 2024

RB and McLaren were only joined by Sauber in running the softs in FP1, which ended with Yuki Tsunoda fourth ahead of Fernando Alonso and Max Verstappen in fifth and sixth for Aston Martin and Red Bull respectively.

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McLaren unveils new MCL38 F1 car for 2024

McLaren has stuck to its popular papaya orange and black colour scheme for the new F1 season, reverting to its standard nomenclature for the MCL38 that will get its first mileage on Wednesday during a filming session in Silverstone. The car builds on the much-improved MCL60 which, after a slow…

Autosport

Bearman hopes to follow Piastri F1 testing example

Bearman dovetailed his maiden F2 campaign, which yielded four wins and a sixth place in the standings, with two FP1 sessions for Ferrari customer Haas. He then ran a full day for the American team in F1's post-season Abu Dhabi test, as well as undertaking simulator duties.

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Oscar Piastri named Autosport’s Rookie of the Year Award

The 22-year-old Australian, who finished ninth in the championship after taking a sprint win in Qatar, also took the accolade in 2020 (for his F3 season) and 2021 (F2), making him the first three-time winner of the Award.

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