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Hannah Schmitz and Laura Mueller honoured at Albert Park as Australian GP renames Turn 6

The Australian Grand Prix has renamed Turn 6 at Albert Park in honour of F1 engineers Laura Mueller and Hannah Schmitz as part of its In Her Corner initiative

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Isack Hadjar crash triggers early red flag in US GP qualifying in Austin

Q1 at the United States GP was red-flagged after Isack Hadjar crashed at Turn 6

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NASCAR suspends two crew members for Cody Ware loose wheel

Cody Ware was hoping for a calm day at Sonoma Raceway after a terrifying crash at the end of the Chicago Street Course race, one week prior. A brake rotor exploded at one of the fastest parts of the circuit and Ware's car buried itself into the tire barriers at Turn…

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MotoGP Aragon GP: Marc Marquez beats Aprilias to top FP2 times

Marc Marquez took the first step towards ending a 1000-day MotoGP dry spell by rushing to first place in Practice for the Gran Premio GoPro de Aragon and shaved over two tenths of a second from the all-time lap record at MotorLand Aragon. The slick condition of the new asphalt improved…

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Norris: FIA risks “boring” F1 races if track limits stance isn’t changed

Lando Norris has warned Formula 1 chiefs that they risk making racing “boring” if drivers continue to be punished for running wide after making mistakes in the fight for position. Almost lost amid the frenzy surrounding Norris’s collision with Max Verstappen in Austria last weekend was the fact that the…

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Norris: FIA risk “boring” F1 races if track limits stance isn’t changed

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Supercars Darwin: Feeney beats Winterbottom in Saturday race

From second on the grid Feeney (Triple Eight Chevrolet Camaro) had to follow polesitter James Golding (PremiAir Racing Chevrolet) for the opening three laps before finding a gap at Turn 6, and building a lead of up to three seconds.

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Ferrari won't overreact to Canada F1 disaster where "everything went wrong"

The Scuderia was tipped as the favourite to win by several of its rivals going into the Montreal weekend but in low-grip conditions, both Charles Leclerc and Carlos Sainz failed to advance to the top-10 shootout in qualifying. From there, a wet-to-dry race still provided both drivers plenty of opportunities…

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Vasseur: Ferrari won't overreact to F1 Canada disaster where "everything went wrong"

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Haas F1 boss says Magnussen's Chinese GP penalty not "justifiable"

Magnussen was handed a 10-second time penalty for hitting RB rival Yuki Tsunoda during the restart of the race following the first safety car period. As they exited Turn 6, Magnussen appeared to suffer a snap of oversteer and hit the right rear tyre of Tsunoda's car, sending the Japanese…

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F1 evaluating changes to Melbourne Turn 6 amid driver concerns

The FIA is currently undertaking a review into the first incident, which occurred after Russell was caught out by Fernando Alonso deliberately braking earlier for Albert Park's Turn 6 as part of an attempt by the Aston Martin driver to disrupt the chasing Mercedes racer.

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Alonso penalised for driving action in Russell incident in F1 Australian GP

Mercedes racer Russell wiped out from seventh place two laps from the chequered flag in Melbourne while chasing after the Aston Martin driver. He lost the rear axle through Turn 6 to skate over the gravel, hit the Turn 7 wall before bouncing back into the middle of the circuit.

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Alonso penalised for "potentially dangerous" driving in F1 Australian GP

Mercedes racer Russell wiped out from seventh place two laps from the chequered flag in Melbourne while chasing after the Aston Martin driver. He lost the rear axle through Turn 6 to skate over the gravel, and hit the Turn 7 wall before bouncing back into the middle of the…

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F1 Australian GP: Sainz leads Ferrari 1-2 after Verstappen retirement

After he took the lead from Verstappen on the second lap with a pass around the outside at Turn 10, Sainz maintained the lead throughout the entirety of the race - and his victory in the 58-lap race was enshrined a lap early when George Russell crashed out at Turn…

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Times F1 team-mates were not equal – car changes and team orders

Williams has made the decision to put Albon into Sargeant’s car for the remainder of the weekend after the British-Thai driver suffered a big crash at Turn 6 in Melbourne.

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Daytona 24h, H6: Porsche surges past Cadillac to lead

Hour four began with an almost-immediate caution, as serial LMP2 spinner Lance Willsey lost control again in the sole #33 Ligier approaching Turn 6 and almost took out Colton Herta’s then second-placed #10 WTRA Acura.

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Morbidelli “has no respect for anybody” in MotoGP – Espargaro

On Saturday afternoon in the weekend’s third practice session, Espargaro slapped Morbidelli on his crash helmet after the pair came together at Turn 6 while the former was attempting an overtake.

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Morbidelli "has no respect for anybody" in MotoGP - Espargaro

On Saturday afternoon in the weekend's third practice session, Espargaro slapped Morbidelli on his crash helmet after the pair came together at Turn 6 while the former was attempting an overtake.

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Oliveira likely handed first penalty of 2024 MotoGP season

The Portuguese rider ran into the back on fellow Aprilia rider Aleix Espargaro at Turn 6 on the opening lap of the sprint in Qatar on Saturday.

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Morbidelli: Espargaro 'has more to be ashamed of than proud' after Qatar MotoGP slap

The pair came together on track at Turn 6 in the early stages of the Qatar weekend’s third practice session on Saturday morning, as Espargaro tried to overtake.

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Full FIA verdict on Haas' request for review of F1 US GP track limit breaches

Haas launched a formal ‘right to review’ that, if successful, stood to elevate its driver Nico Hulkenberg into the points at Austin after identifying cases of cars exceeding track limits that were not identified by the stewards at the time.

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FIA rejects Haas' request for review of US GP track limits breaches

Last week it emerged that Haas had lodged a petition with the FIA to review various track limit breaches in Austin, asserting that several drivers had benefited from abusing track limits at COTA's Turn 6, that were not properly policed by race control.

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FIA rejects Haas F1's request for review of US GP track limits breaches

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Haas has "clear evidence" of F1 US GP track limits breaches

Haas studied onboard videos, including shots from following cars, and the team believes that Sergio Perez, Lance Stroll, Alex Albon and Logan Sargeant all committed multiple offences at Turn 6 that went unpunished.

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Haas has "clear evidence" of US GP F1 track limits breaches

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