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Senna vs Alesi: the exhilarating F1 rivalry we only glimpsed
Ayrton Senna and Jean Alesi didn’t fight often on-track. But when they did, their wheel-to-wheel F1 clashes showed how electrifying a rivalry would be
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Verstappen in prime position but title battle is far from over: Abu Dhabi GP qualifying report
Max Verstappen has pole but with Lewis Hamilton right alongside him and on potentially better tyres for the title-deciding race
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Verstappen takes critical pole: 2021 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix qualifying as it happened
Max Verstappen starts ahead of Lewis Hamilton for the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix after taking pole
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Hamilton leads Verstappen into qualifying: Abu Dhabi practice round-up
Lewis Hamilton laid down his marker against title rival Max Verstappen, fastest in FP3 by two-tenths of a second
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Yamaha’s MotoGP plans: ‘With an inline-four you need to make aero compromises’
Part two of our chat with Yamaha’s ex-Ducati, ex-Ferrari F1 tech boss Max Bartolini, who tells why MotoGP’s current tyres and new rules made a V4 inevitable and why it’s so difficult to catch Ducati
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Why Red Bull gave ‘broken’ Perez a new F1 deal — and didn’t swoop for Sainz
Max Verstappen and Carlos Sainz would have made for a stellar Red Bull driver line-up in 2025. Adam Cooper reveals why it extended Sergio Perez’s contract early in the year — but has now apparently changed its mind
F1
Late-’90s F1 cars rock: look at the last McLaren constructors’ champion
In Abu Dhabi, McLaren was crowned F1 constructors’ champion for the first time since its MP4-13 delivered the title 26 years ago. Matt Bishop recalls what made Adrian Newey’s first McLaren masterpiece ‘seriously rock’
