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F1 testing runs analysed: Which team will win the Bahrain GP?
Which team ended winter testing with the best chance of winning the first race of the 2022 F1 season?
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Alpine’s Piastri offered to McLaren as reserve driver after Ricciardo Covid test
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‘I hope we get better tyres’: drivers criticise grip of F1’s new 18in Pirelli rubber
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Hamilton: ‘Mercedes won’t be fighting for wins’
Lewis Hamilton isn’t expecting to fight for the win in Bahrain next weekend and says Mercedes is off the pace
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Verstappen and Red Bull end up fastest – Bahrain F1 Test, Day 3
Red Bull topped both sessions on the final day of F1 pre-season testing in Bahrain
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F1 testing runs analysed: Which team will win the Bahrain GP?
Which team ended winter testing with the best chance of winning the first race of the 2022 F1 season?
Obituaries
Vic Elford obituary: master of all he drove
If you could race it, Vic Elford would race it — fast. One of the most versatile drivers in motor sport history has lost his battle with cancer at the age of 86, after a career racing just about anything
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Lewis Hamilton to change his name, adding mother’s surname Larbalestier
Lewis Hamilton has revealed that he will incorporate his mother’s maiden name into his own, to recognise her role in his success. The seven-time champion told an audience at the…
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The rocket tech behind Mercedes’ cutting-edge F1 coolers
Mercedes certainly caused something of a stir in Bahrain with a radical take on the sidepod design of its W13. Sidepods are one of the most visually differing areas of…
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Christian Horner can’t blame Mercedes for outsmarting Red Bull
Before I start, it’s important to state that I don’t have an angle here. I am neither a Mercedes-AMG nor a Red Bull man. If I have any allegiances within…
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Alpine’s Piastri offered to McLaren as reserve driver after Ricciardo Covid test
Oscar Piastri could be in line for a shock F1 debut with McLaren after being confirmed as a back-up reserve drive
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‘I hope we get better tyres’: drivers criticise grip of F1’s new 18in Pirelli rubber
Pirelli’s new 18in tyres have come in for criticism on the final day of testing in Bahrain, with Lewis Hamilton criticising their grip level. “I hope we can maybe get…
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Hamilton: ‘Mercedes won’t be fighting for wins’
Lewis Hamilton isn’t expecting to fight for the win in Bahrain next weekend and says Mercedes is off the pace
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Verstappen and Red Bull end up fastest – Bahrain F1 Test, Day 3
Red Bull topped both sessions on the final day of F1 pre-season testing in Bahrain
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MPH: How to fix F1 – and why it probably won’t happen
As F1 prepares to vote on a package of 2026 regulation tweaks, Mark Hughes argues the most meaningful fix is the one it’s least likely to try
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MPH: Verstappen’s powers are blunted, now Leclerc is the F1 driver with a magic touch
Charles Leclerc has mastered F1’s new regulations by rooting out the best deployment tricks, while Max Verstappen has been stripped of his advantage, writes Mark Hughes
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2026 F1 mid-season rules changes: what’s been agreed and why
Most changes will be implemented before the next race after several meetings
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The obvious solution that F1 couldn’t adopt to fix its 2026 problems
There is a simple solution to F1’s current issues, but it would also make the best drivers redundant
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ADUO: How F1 will unlock engine upgrades so strugglers can catch up
For Formula 1 teams that are down on power, the new ADUO process could be a lifeline: here’s how the mid-season engine development exemption will work and what it takes for teams to qualify for it
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