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Was Russell’s Barca performance one of the great defensive drives? – Up and down in Spain
Exploding Ferrari engines, incredible defensive drives and Sainz in the gravel – there was much to mull on in Barcelona
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Ferrari frazzled in Barcelona heat, as Verstappen takes F1 title lead: 2022 Spanish GP report
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Verstappen comes through to win as Leclerc breaks down: 2022 Spanish GP as it happened
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Leclerc rescues pole after Q3 spin: 2022 Spanish GP qualifying
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Why Aston Martin was cleared over new sidepods — but may have copied Red Bull legally
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Leclerc makes it three in a row ahead of qualifying: Spanish GP practice round-up
Charles Leclerc once more headed practice for Spanish GP FP3, with Verstappen, Russell and Hamilton all close behind
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Alonso slams ‘incompetent’ stewards after Miami penalties
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Why Ferrari risks making its car worse with new upgrade — MPH
Ferrari is gambling with a heavy F1 upgrade package that could see it regain the advantage over Red Bull — or make its car worse. But it has no choice writes Mark Hughes
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Was Russell’s Barca performance one of the great defensive drives? – Up and down in Spain
Exploding Ferrari engines, incredible defensive drives and Sainz in the gravel – there was much to mull on in Barcelona
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Verstappen wins Spanish GP battle, but is Leclerc winning the war?
Charles Leclerc couldn’t believe his beautiful day could be coming to such a brutal conclusion as the Ferrari lost power 27 laps into a race which he’d dominated from pole.…
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Ferrari frazzled in Barcelona heat, as Verstappen takes F1 title lead: 2022 Spanish GP report
If the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya was going to be the ultimate test of the success of the 2022 regulations, then it certainly delivered, but it was perhaps reliability that was…
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Verstappen comes through to win as Leclerc breaks down: 2022 Spanish GP as it happened
Max Verstappen won via a trip through the gravel after Charles Leclerc’s engine failed whilst leading comfortably, as George Russell battled with the Red Bull early on in an exciting race
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Leclerc rescues pole after Q3 spin: 2022 Spanish GP qualifying
Charles Leclerc snatched victory from the jaws of defeat after he compensated for an early Q3 spin by setting a stunning pole lap for the 2022 Spanish GP. Max Verstappen…
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Why Aston Martin was cleared over new sidepods — but may have copied Red Bull legally
In an intriguing development in Spain on Friday the FIA put out a statement confirming that Aston Martin has done nothing illegal in creating an updated version of its AMR22…
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Leclerc makes it three in a row ahead of qualifying: Spanish GP practice round-up
Charles Leclerc once more headed practice for Spanish GP FP3, with Verstappen, Russell and Hamilton all close behind
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Alonso slams ‘incompetent’ stewards after Miami penalties
Fernando Alonso has raged against recent steward decision-making, accusing officials of “incompetence” and lacking “knowledge of racing”
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Why Ferrari risks making its car worse with new upgrade — MPH
Ferrari is gambling with a heavy F1 upgrade package that could see it regain the advantage over Red Bull — or make its car worse. But it has no choice writes Mark Hughes
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MPH: Norris had no sympathy for Russell’s F1 car complaints. Here’s why
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Six months into Formula 1’s biggest regulation reset in a generation, the new rules have delivered genuine wins and real problems in almost equal measure
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