2021 Portuguese GP qualifying report: Bottas cracks the Portimão code
Valtteri Bottas cracks the code to speed at Portimão, with an approach he opened up on on Friday
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Valtteri Bottas claimed pole in Portugal, beating Lewis Hamilton by 0.007sec
Ferrari are on the fightback, and as Adam Cooper writes, despite a long road ahead both drivers are optimistic after improved initial performances
Max Verstappen looked on the pace as he set a time 0.2sec faster than Lewis Hamilton in FP3 before qualifying
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Villeneuve on Schumacher; Mansell on Berger; Senna on everyone – there’s a been fair few classic Portuguese GP moments through the years. We’ve picked six of the best
How and where to watch the 2021 Formula 1 Portuguese Grand Prix
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Valtteri Bottas cracks the code to speed at Portimão, with an approach he opened up on on Friday
Valtteri Bottas claimed pole in Portugal, beating Lewis Hamilton by 0.007sec
Ferrari are on the fightback, and as Adam Cooper writes, despite a long road ahead both drivers are optimistic after improved initial performances
Max Verstappen looked on the pace as he set a time 0.2sec faster than Lewis Hamilton in FP3 before qualifying
Lewis Hamilton, Lando Norris and George Russell all show solidarity with the English Premier League in its social media blackout in response to online racist abuse
Villeneuve on Schumacher; Mansell on Berger; Senna on everyone – there’s a been fair few classic Portuguese GP moments through the years. We’ve picked six of the best
How and where to watch the 2021 Formula 1 Portuguese Grand Prix
Featured in this month’s edition of Motor Sport, Kimi Räikkönen explains how he came to make an unlikely F1 debut for Sauber, leading him on the path to grand prix greatness
The 2021 Canadian Grand Prix will no longer go ahead as planned and the Turkish Grand Prix will return to the calendar in its place
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