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New Spa surface will make track 1.5sec per-lap faster*
*But with similar lap times as last year, as Spa’s new faster surface will be counterbalanced by F1’s slower 2022 cars
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F1 Retro: Setting a smoking lap
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Ferrari in the cooler
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F1 Trackside view: October 2022
Race report Twin wins for Max in France and Hungary as Ferrari and Leclerc crumble… again Word on the beat Porsche’s purchase, Palou’s potential practice and can Spa catch a break?…
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Leclerc’s pain boosts Verstappen’s gain: F1 in France & Hungary
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Word on the beat, October 2022
IndyCar champ Alex Palou – in a legal wrangle with Chip Ganassi Racing about his contract – is tipped to run in a late season FP1 session for McLaren once…
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The purpose to prevent the porpoise
Prior to the French Grand Prix the FIA announced it would be making a few changes to the technical regulations for 2023. These were being made with the aim of…
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New Spa surface will make track 1.5sec per-lap faster*
*But with similar lap times as last year, as Spa’s new faster surface will be counterbalanced by F1’s slower 2022 cars
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Crossing the tunnel channels
It is notable how the development of the Red Bull and Ferrari, comfortably the two fastest cars of the season, seems to be influenced by their relative strengths and weaknesses.…
Archive
F1 Retro: Setting a smoking lap
F1 Retro August 2005 I kept my foot down – that’s what racing is all about.” So said Keke Rosberg, the moustachioed, Marlboro-smoking racing hero featured in this month’s F1 Retro,…
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Formula 1: good month, bad month — October 2022
Good month Alonso’s Machiavellian moves If you’re going to waste your talent in the midfield, do it with as many zeros on your contract as possible, and an iconic car…
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Ferrari in the cooler
Red Bull made some great strategy calls in winning Verstappen the Hungarian Grand Prix from 10th on the grid. But underlying it all was Verstappen’s pace advantage. As rival Carlos…
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F1 Trackside view: October 2022
Race report Twin wins for Max in France and Hungary as Ferrari and Leclerc crumble… again Word on the beat Porsche’s purchase, Palou’s potential practice and can Spa catch a break?…
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Leclerc’s pain boosts Verstappen’s gain: F1 in France & Hungary
🇫🇷 2022 French Grand Prix 🇭🇺 2022 Hungarian Grand Prix The brace of races before F1’s summer shutdown both featured the exact same podium: Red Bull’s Max Verstappen on the…
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Word on the beat, October 2022
IndyCar champ Alex Palou – in a legal wrangle with Chip Ganassi Racing about his contract – is tipped to run in a late season FP1 session for McLaren once…
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The purpose to prevent the porpoise
Prior to the French Grand Prix the FIA announced it would be making a few changes to the technical regulations for 2023. These were being made with the aim of…
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MPH: Did Norris find code to crack Vegas at last year’s race?
F1’s 2025 championship leader said he had to go to real set-up extremes to make his car competitive in the final Las Vegas Grand Prix stint last year – could that be key to Lando Norris’s success in the race this season?
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MPH: F1 has its best drivers ever, says McLaren boss. He has a point
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McLaren drivers swapped tips ahead of Chinese GP. Norris also quietly planned attack
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Esteban Ocon’s Alpine stint ended at the 2024 Qatar GP, giving Jack Doohan a make-or-break F1 chance in Abu Dhabi. Elsewhere FIA boss Mohammed Ben Sulayem dismissed driver concerns and mechanics just wanted a kip: Chris Medland‘s paddock diary
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