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Carlos Sainz: Ferrari driver’s move down the grid in 2025 ‘baffling’ after Mexico win, says Karun Chandhok | F1 News
Carlos Sainz’s superb weekend at the Mexico City Grand Prix offered a reminder of his supreme talent, but also the “baffling” reality that the Spaniard is almost certain to be missing from the battle for victories next season. Sainz delivered a near-faultless showing in Mexico to ease to pole position on Saturday, before calmly overcoming…
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Lewis Hamilton: Mercedes driver’s F1 qualifying struggles analysed ahead of key Azerbaijan and Singapore challenges | F1 News
Despite having 36 more pole positions than any other driver in the history of Formula 1, qualifying has undoubtedly been Lewis Hamilton’s Achilles heel this season. The seven-time world champion is down 12-4 to team-mate George Russell in Qualifying, while the younger Mercedes driver also holds a 2-1 edge in Sprint Qualifying. Russell is a…
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Max Verstappen: Helmut Marko says Red Bull driver’s dad Jos Verstappen prefers Toto Wolff to Christian Horner | F1 News
Jos Verstappen “is a bigger fan” of Mercedes boss Toto Wolff than Red Bull chief Christian Horner, according to the latter’s colleague, Dr Helmut Marko. The father of Red Bull’s star driver Max Verstappen publicly called for Horner to leave the team earlier this year after the team principal had been accused of inappropriate behaviour…
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Dutch GP: Logan Sargeant suffers big crash in wet Practice Three as drivers denied key track time | F1 News
Williams driver Logan Sargeant’s big crash during a wet Practice Three ahead of the Dutch Grand Prix led to his car catching fire and a long delay as teams missed out on valuable intel ahead of Qualifying in Zandvoort. Sargeant – who has lost his seat for 2025 with Williams signing Carlos Sainz to partner…
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Lando Norris retains hopes of catching Max Verstappen in Drivers’ Championship as McLaren bring upgrades to Dutch GP | F1 News
Lando Norris says he still has “chances” to chase down world championship leader Max Verstappen during the remaining 10 races of the 2024 Formula 1 season. The drivers will return to the track for practice on Friday at the Dutch Grand Prix following the sport’s summer break, with Red Bull’s Verstappen holding a 78-point advantage…
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Lewis Hamilton: Mercedes F1 driver’s engineer Peter ‘Bono’ Bonnington to stay at Mercedes after Ferrari links | F1 News
Lewis Hamilton’s race engineer Peter Bonnington has been given a promotion at Mercedes and will not join the seven-time world champion at Ferrari. Sky Sports News understands Bonnington, also known as ‘Bono’ has moved up to head of race engineering but will remain as Hamilton’s race engineer for the remainder of the season. When Hamilton…
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Mercedes explain George Russell’s disqualification at Belgian Grand Prix with driver’s own weight loss partly to blame | F1 News
Mercedes have explained their initial findings for the reasons behind George Russell’s disqualification from the Belgian GP. Russell appeared to have pulled off a glorious victory when he held off Mercedes team-mate Lewis Hamilton in the closing stages to take the chequered flag at Spa. However, the remarkable one-stop strategy that the Brit pulled off…
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Sergio Perez: Christian Horner confirms Red Bull talks over driver’s future as Helmut Marko criticises Belgian GP ‘collapse’ | F1 News
Christian Horner has confirmed Red Bull will hold talks over Sergio Perez’s future on Monday after the team’s motorsport advisor Helmut Marko said the Mexican driver “completely collapsed” in Sunday’s Belgian Grand Prix. Perez came into the final race before Formula 1’s summer break under heavy pressure to deliver a strong result having scored just…
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Lewis Hamilton: Where does record British GP triumph rank among Mercedes driver’s best wins? | F1 News
After Lewis Hamilton claimed what he described as the “most emotional” win of his career at Sunday’s British Grand Prix, Sky Sports F1 take a look back at his greatest victories. Canada 2007: Hamilton explodes into F1 After an impressively fast start to his rookie season – with five straight podiums and plenty of pressure…
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A rabona, a miss… and Crofty in goal!? F1 drivers take on penalty shootout
Ahead of this weekend’s British Grand Prix, Lando Norris, George Russell and more take part in a penalty shootout against professional goalkeeper David Stockdale and Crofty?!
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