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F1 Belgian GP: Verstappen dominates for pole despite grid penalty

Verstappen had entered the qualifying session at Spa having had a fifth gearbox of the season fitted, which triggers a five-place grid penalty for the GP, but does not impact his starting spot for Saturday’s sprint race.

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F1 Belgian GP: Verstappen beats Leclerc by 0.8s in qualifying

Verstappen had entered the qualifying session at Spa having had a fifth gearbox of the season fitted, which triggers a five-place grid penalty for the GP but does not impact his starting spot for Saturday's sprint race.

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Pat Fry lands top technical role at Williams F1 team

The news of his move was formally confirmed in Spa on Friday, and he will be able to start in his new job at the end of this year.

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Pirelli "where we want to be" ahead of 2024 blanket F1 tyre call

However, the consensus in the paddock is that blankets will ultimately be kept for slicks next season, with only wets and possibly intermediates running without them.

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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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How “refreshing” van ‘t Hoff was on the edge of breaking through

How good was Dilano van ’t Hoff, the 18-year-old Dutch talent who tragically lost his life in a Formula Regional European Championship by Alpine crash at Spa last Saturday?

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How “refreshing” Dilano van ‘t Hoff was on the edge of breaking through

How good was Dilano van ’t Hoff, the 18-year-old Dutch talent who tragically lost his life in a Formula Regional European Championship by Alpine crash at Spa last Saturday?

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The Silverstone F1 test that could save driver lives and tracks from layout changes

The accident that tragically claimed Dilano van 't Hoff's life happened nearly 600 miles from the Red Bull Ring. But the Formula 1 drivers were united in their reaction last weekend.

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The Silverstone test that could save driver lives and tracks from layout changes

The accident that tragically claimed Dilano van 't Hoff's life happened nearly 600 miles from the Red Bull Ring. But the Formula 1 drivers were united in their reaction last weekend.

Autosport

Stroll: F1 "playing with fire" if Spa is not changed after van 't Hoff's death

The Canadian's impassioned call came after Dutch Formula Regional driver Dilano van 't Hoff lost his life on Saturday in an accident on a rain-soaked circuit at the top of Raidillon.

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Stroll: F1 “playing with fire” if Spa is not changed

The Canadian’s impassioned call came after Dutch Formula Regional driver Dilano van ’t Hoff lost his life on Saturday in an accident on a rain-soaked circuit at the top of Raidillon.

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F1 star demands Spa-Francorchamps change with impassioned plea after death of racer, 18

Dilano van't Hoff died at the age of just 18 on Saturday during a racing event at the Spa circuit in Belgium, prompting a demand for changes to the track from one F1 star

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Magazine: F1 Spanish GP review

On the one hand, we got exactly the winner we expected in Barcelona but, on the other, the track changes at the end of the lap made for more action and the revised Mercedes W14 suddenly came alive last Sunday.

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Peugeot keeping focus on reliability above performance for Le Mans return

Olivier Jansonnie, technical director of the 9X8 project at Peugeot Sport, insisted that there is no change in direction at the team despite clean races for its pair of entries in the Hypercar class in each of the past two rounds of the World Endurance Championship at Portimao and then…

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PGA Championship 2023: UK tee times and groups in full including Rory McIlroy and Jon Rahm for first round

Rory McIlroy will play his opening two rounds of the PGA Championship alongside defending champion Justin Thomas and two-time major winner Collin Morikawa.

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Peugeot keeping focus on reliability above performance for Le Mans return

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Calado: Ferrari "could have fought Toyota for victory" at WEC Spa

The Briton, who sealed third place on the final lap of the Spa 6 Hours with Antonio Giovinazzi and Alessandro Pier Guidi, told Autosport that “maybe we could have given them a fight” but for the three extra pitstops the #51 Ferrari 499P made in comparison with the winning Toyota.

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Conway: Early WEC laps on slicks at wet Spa about "trying to survive"

The Briton, who secured a second WEC win of the season with Kamui Kobayashi and Jose Maria Lopez, explained that he knew the call to start their Toyota GR010 HYBRID on dry-weather Michelins was “the correct one even if we knew it was going to be a bit tricky”.

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WEC Spa: Toyota takes pole after Ferrari gets track limits penalty

Giovinazzi found two tenths on a second quick lap aboard his Ferrari 499P Le Mans Hypercar to leapfrog AF Corse team-mate Miguel Molina and Kobayashi right at the end of the 15-minute Hypercar session.

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WEC Spa: Toyota takes pole after Ferrari gets track-limits penalty

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JOTA will treat Porsche 963 debut at Spa as test weekend

The British squad is due to shakedown its new LMDh machine at Weissach this week ahead of the third round of the 2023 WEC at Spa on 29 April.

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Da Costa: "Humble" Jota will treat 963 debut at Spa as test weekend

The British squad is due to shakedown its new LMDh machine at Weissach this week ahead of the third round of the 2023 WEC at Spa on 29 April.

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Why the WEC's eagerly-anticipated new era is unmissable

This is it! The start! It wasn’t the Daytona 24 Hours in January any more than it was the Spa 6 Hours nearly two years ago. The much-heralded golden era of sportscar racing finally begins with this week’s opening round of the World Endurance Championship at Sebring.

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Friday favourite: The forgotten 1990s F1 car adored by a Spa legend

Compared to his successes in touring cars and sportscars, Eric van de Poele’s Formula 1 career was thoroughly unfulfilling. But the five-time Spa 24 Hours winner rates a little-remembered grand prix car he only raced three times as his all-time favourite

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