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Goin’ up, goin’ down at the 2021 Azerbaijan GP
A few punctures avoided a Baku borefest – here’s who and what’s traversing our sliding scale after Azerbaijan
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Near misses and bad switches: 2021 Azerbaijan Grand Prix what you missed
There was plenty to keep an eye on throughout the Azerbaijan Grand Prix in the latter stages, so here’s a few things you might have missed from a chaotic afternoon
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The Baku mini-Prix: behind the two dramatic laps in Azerbaijan — MPH
In championship terms, the last five laps ensured the two contenders were neutralised. Max Verstappen, on his way to an apparently comfortable Baku victory, suffered a sudden deflation of his…
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‘Pretty crazy’ win for Perez as title contenders fall: 2021 Azerbaijan GP report
The Azerbaijan Grand Prix had a 2-2 record coming into today’s race. Twice we have seen utter drama and chaos, and twice we have endured borefests. The fifth edition did…
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Late tyre blowout denies Verstappen victory: 2021 Azerbaijan Grand Prix lap by lap report
Sergio Perez took a dramatic win in Baku after Max Verstappen suffered a high-speed tyre failure in the final laps and Lewis Hamilton made a crucial error
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Key McLaren F1 team shareholder Mansour Ojjeh dies
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2021 Azerbaijan GP qualifying report: Verstappen set for fightback after red flag frustration
Has Formula 1 ever been better? Consider this: at the end of Q2 on a long, 100sec-plus Baku lap, just three-hundredths of a second covered the top five drivers, in…
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2021 Azerbaijan GP qualifying report: Leclerc takes pole in crash-strewn session
Charles Leclerc takes pole ahead of Lewis Hamilton in an accident-filled qualifying session, with Sainz, Tsunoda, Ricciardo, Stroll and Giovinazzi all crashing out
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Singapore Grand Prix cancelled over Covid fears with second US race under consideration
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Goin’ up, goin’ down at the 2021 Azerbaijan GP
A few punctures avoided a Baku borefest – here’s who and what’s traversing our sliding scale after Azerbaijan
F1
Near misses and bad switches: 2021 Azerbaijan Grand Prix what you missed
There was plenty to keep an eye on throughout the Azerbaijan Grand Prix in the latter stages, so here’s a few things you might have missed from a chaotic afternoon
F1
The Baku mini-Prix: behind the two dramatic laps in Azerbaijan — MPH
In championship terms, the last five laps ensured the two contenders were neutralised. Max Verstappen, on his way to an apparently comfortable Baku victory, suffered a sudden deflation of his…
F1
‘Pretty crazy’ win for Perez as title contenders fall: 2021 Azerbaijan GP report
The Azerbaijan Grand Prix had a 2-2 record coming into today’s race. Twice we have seen utter drama and chaos, and twice we have endured borefests. The fifth edition did…
F1
Late tyre blowout denies Verstappen victory: 2021 Azerbaijan Grand Prix lap by lap report
Sergio Perez took a dramatic win in Baku after Max Verstappen suffered a high-speed tyre failure in the final laps and Lewis Hamilton made a crucial error
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Key McLaren F1 team shareholder Mansour Ojjeh dies
McLaren shareholder Mansour Ojjeh, who was a key figure in the team’s early ’80s revival with TAG-Porsche engines, has passed away at the age of 68
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2021 Azerbaijan GP qualifying report: Verstappen set for fightback after red flag frustration
Has Formula 1 ever been better? Consider this: at the end of Q2 on a long, 100sec-plus Baku lap, just three-hundredths of a second covered the top five drivers, in…
F1
2021 Azerbaijan GP qualifying report: Leclerc takes pole in crash-strewn session
Charles Leclerc takes pole ahead of Lewis Hamilton in an accident-filled qualifying session, with Sainz, Tsunoda, Ricciardo, Stroll and Giovinazzi all crashing out
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Singapore Grand Prix cancelled over Covid fears with second US race under consideration
The 2021 Singapore GP will no longer go ahead as planned though there are three potential races that could replace it
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