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The data behind Lewis Hamilton's sprint pole-winning lap in China

The seven-time F1 world champion recently said he wasn't comfortable in the Ferrari, but performance data gathered from sprint qualifying tell another story

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Liam Lawson "would love to do a race in America" after laps in Ford NASCAR sim

Red Bull F1 driver Liam Lawson got another little taste of American racing when he recently paced some laps in a NASCAR stock car at the Ford Performance Technical Center in Concord, North Carolina. There, he met up with NASCAR Cup Series driver Noah Gragson to run some laps in the Ford…

Motorsport

Michael Matthews returns to Milan-San Remo with determination a year on from 'difficult to swallow' near-miss

Australian reveals he reconned final '20 or 30 times' after finishing a close second last year

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Rivals in dark as Lando Norris strikes gold with McLaren’s tyre alchemy

Muttering in pit lane over how F1 team have found such a sweet spot between aerodynamics and tyre wear

The Guardian - UK

Turkington in surprise BTCC test return

Four-time British Touring Car Championship title winner Colin Turkington has made an unexpected return to the West Surrey Racing BMW team for a Brands Hatch test.

Autosport

How Tsunoda has already put Lawson and Red Bull under pressure

It’s very early days. F1’s 2025 season has only just started. But making an impression in a Formula 1 paddock is somewhat similar to a date: the initial impact really matters. You screw the first few lines during a dinner at a restaurant, and it’s almost impossible to recover. You…

Autosport

McLaren F1 car "may well" be slower if adapted to Norris's driving style

Lando Norris seemed to roll a grenade under the door during a press conference ahead of the 2025 Chinese Grand Prix when he said he had effectively given up persuading his McLaren team to design a car which flatters his preferred attacking style.

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McLaren car "may well" be slower if adapted to Norris's driving style

Lando Norris seemed to roll a grenade under the door during a press conference ahead of the Chinese Grand Prix when he said he had effectively given up persuading his McLaren team to design a car which suits his preferred attacking style.

Autosport

Explained: The safety system behind the Australian GP on-track recovery vehicle scenes

A little-known FIA system was behind the decision to send recovery vehicles on-track during Formula 1’s Australian Grand Prix, according to information gathered by Autosport.

Autosport

Can F1 rivals hold off McLaren in China's sprint race?

Having dominated Formula 1 in Australia, the expectation was McLaren would at least be as quick on the resurfaced Shanghai International Circuit for round two. With China being a sprint weekend, Friday's sole practice pace was particularly difficult to read much into, with almost no meaningful long-run comparisons across teams.

Autosport

Williams referred to F1 Chinese GP stewards for wing footage breach

Aero-elasticity continues to be a hot topic in Formula 1 in the wake of the FIA announcing more stringent tests on rear wings to detect if they are flexing under load. So naturally there has been an immediate presumption of guilt when the governing body circulated a report from technical…

Motorsport

Why Williams wing-footage breach exposes a fundamental problem

Autosport

MotoGP's Championship Could Come Down to a Race Between Brothers

We've had many brothers compete in MotoGP and Grand Prix racing, but we've never had any finish first and second consecutively in the first four races. At least, not to my knowledge. Although the possibility that almost anything can happen in MotoGP racing is one of its biggest draws, fans…

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Sainz "still not feeling at home" in Williams F1 car

Carlos Sainz admits he still does not feel at home in the cockpit of his Williams Formula 1 car after a disappointing showing in Chinese Grand Prix sprint qualifying.

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Sainz admits he's "still not feeling at home" in Williams

Carlos Sainz admits he still does not feel at home in the cockpit of his Williams Formula 1 car after a disappointing showing in Chinese Grand Prix sprint qualifying.

Motorsport

Red Bull feared Verstappen wouldn't even make top six

Red Bull was worried it wouldn't make the front two rows for the Chinese Grand Prix sprint after woeful tyre wear in practice, says advisor Helmut Marko.

Autosport

Trackside view: Hamilton has China sprint pole, but Ferrari still struggling most of leading teams

The rolling cheers were the first clue. Reverberating as if sprint qualifying for Formula 1’s Chinese Grand Prix was taking place within a leisure centre swimming pool – such is the way the Shanghai track’s giant main grandstand traps noise - was the noise that greeted Lewis Hamilton’s first Ferrari pole.

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Trackside view: Ferrari still struggling despite Hamilton's China sprint pole

The rolling cheers were the first clue. Reverberating as if sprint qualifying for Formula 1’s Chinese Grand Prix was taking place within a leisure-centre swimming pool – such is the way the Shanghai track’s giant main grandstand traps noise - was the noise that greeted Lewis Hamilton’s first Ferrari pole.

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Lawson puts F1 Chinese GP SQ1 elimination down to inability to cool tyres

Liam Lawson put his Chinese Grand Prix sprint qualifying woes down to an inability to cool his tyres enough for his final flying lap, leading to him propping up the rest of the Formula 1 field.

Motorsport

Lawson explains F1 Chinese GP SQ1 elimination

Liam Lawson put his Chinese Grand Prix sprint qualifying woes down to an inability to cool his tyres enough for his final flying lap, leading to him propping up the rest of the Formula 1 field.

Autosport

Norris admits "trying to push too much" after "struggling" with McLaren car in China

Lando Norris admitted his own mistakes left the early Formula 1 championship leader qualifying down in sixth for the sprint race at the Chinese Grand Prix.

Motorsport

Norris: "I made a mistake", and McLaren is "just not quick enough"

Lando Norris held his hands up as his own mistakes left the early championship leader qualifying down in sixth for the sprint race at the Chinese Grand Prix.

The Guardian - UK

Lewis Hamilton ‘in shock’ at his first Ferrari F1 pole for Chinese GP sprint race

Lewis Hamilton landed his first pole position as a Ferrari driver by taking top spot for the sprint race at the Chinese Grand Prix

Autosport

Hamilton "gobsmacked" as he gets first Ferrari sprint pole

Seven-time Formula 1 world champion Lewis Hamilton says he is "a bit gobsmacked" after taking his first sprint pole of his nascent Ferrari era.

Autosport

F1 Chinese GP: Hamilton takes stunning first Ferrari pole for sprint race, Norris sixth

Lewis Hamilton announced his arrival at Ferrari by taking pole position for the Formula 1 sprint race at the Chinese Grand Prix and is joined on the front row by old foe Max Verstappen.

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