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Verstappen rallies against plan to revamp F1 sprint format

Sprints have been a fixture in F1 since 2021, with the 2023 season featuring six such events.

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Verstappen gets “no satisfaction” from F1 sprint wins

Sprints have been a fixture in F1 since 2021, with the 2023 season featuring six sprint events.

Autosport

Hamilton: F1 cars without plank checks “got away with it” in US GP

The FIA only measured the planks of four cars after the race, and found that those of Hamilton and Charles Leclerc were illegal, leading to the disqualifications of the two drivers.

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Leclerc: Austin F1 DSQ a "complete surprise" for Ferrari

Leclerc's SF23 was one of the four cars checked for plank wear after the finish and was found to be in breach of the regulations, alongside the Mercedes of Lewis Hamilton, meaning the Monegasque driver lost his sixth place.

Autosport

Leclerc: Austin F1 disqualification a "complete surprise" for Ferrari

Motorsport

How Ferrari's F1 upgrades have boosted Leclerc's confidence

Last weekend Leclerc took pole for Austin's United States Grand Prix, but was unable to convert that into a podium after losing the lead at the start and going the wrong way on strategy.

Autosport

Sainz pulled “Monaco Loews” move on Hamilton at F1 US GP start

The Spaniard admits he risked locking up and hitting team-mate Charles Leclerc when he dived down the inside and took a very tight line into Turn 1.

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Sainz pulled “Monaco Loews” F1 move on Hamilton at US GP start

The Spaniard admits that he risked locking up and hitting team-mate Charles Leclerc when he dived down the inside and took a very tight line into the left-hander at Turn 1.

Motorsport

McLaren: No more “magic” developments in the pipeline for rest of F1 2023

Lando Norris jumped polesitter Charles Leclerc into Turn 1 of the United States Grand Prix last weekend before race winner Max Verstappen and Lewis Hamilton demoted the Briton down to third - although the lead Mercedes was then disqualified for running with an excessively worn rear plank.

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Five Takeaways From the 2023 F1 U.S. Grand Prix

From an American’s first points finish to dramatic disqualifications, here are the biggest story lines from F1’s weekend in Austin.

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McLaren: No more "magic" developments in the pipeline for rest of F1 2023

Motorsport

Verstappen’s top 10 F1 wins ranked: 2022 Belgian GP, 2017 Malaysian GP and more

In claiming F1 win number 50 at the 2023 United States Grand Prix, Verstappen does so as the driver to hit that figure the second quickest in 181 races compared to Hamilton’s 50 in 185. Michael Schumacher holds the record in taking 50 wins from just 153 races.

Autosport

Ricciardo: Hand “no excuse” for “miserable” Austin F1 comeback

Ricciardo was last on the road at Austin, crossing the line 17th before gaining two places after Lewis Hamilton and Charles Leclerc were disqualified for running with overly worn floors.

Motorsport

How did Mercedes and Ferrari fall foul of F1’s plank rules?

In fact, there have been remarkably few times in F1’s history that planks have been found to have worn down too much – with the most famous still being Michael Schumacher’s disqualification from the 1994 Belgian Grand Prix.

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Norris: McLaren's best chances of 2023 F1 win "have gone"

Norris jumped Ferrari's Charles Leclerc at the start to lead the first half of Sunday's United States Grand Prix. But he was powerless to keep Red Bull's Max Verstappen from a 15th season win and also had to let Lewis Hamilton's Mercedes past in the closing stages.

Motorsport

How Mercedes and Ferrari fell foul of F1’s plank rules

In fact, there have been remarkably few times in F1's history that planks have been found to have worn down too much – with the most famous still being Michael Schumacher's disqualification from the 1994 Belgian Grand Prix.

Autosport

10 things we learned from the 2023 F1 United States Grand Prix

Everything's bigger in Texas, according to popular belief and brass-plated belt buckles. While the on-track spectacle across Formula 1's sprint and grand prix races at the Circuit of the Americas largely did not deliver on such hyperbole, the post-race ramifications certainly did as the theatre ensued in the stewards' room.

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Ferrari admits Leclerc's F1 US GP strategy was a mistake

The Monegasque driver started from pole and, having lost out early on to both Lando Norris and Lewis Hamilton, was the only driver in the field to run a one-stop strategy.

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Ferrari admits Leclerc's US GP strategy was a mistake

The Monegasque driver started from pole and, having lost out early on to both Lando Norris and Lewis Hamilton, was the only driver in the field to run a one-stop strategy.

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Video: Post-race double disqualification at the F1 United States GP

Max Verstappen continued his United States GP dominance but the real talking point was the post-race disqualification for Lewis Hamilton and Charles Leclerc.

Evening Standard

Lewis Hamilton and Charles Leclerc DISQUALIFIED from United States Grand Prix

Lando Norris promoted to second place behind Max Verstappen after stewards rule on technical infringements

Autosport

The can of worms opened by Hamilton and Leclerc’s F1 US GP disqualifications

Having fallen just 2.2 seconds behind Austin race winner Max Verstappen, Mercedes racer Hamilton plus sixth-placed Leclerc were then thrown out for running with excessively worn floor planks.

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Lewis Hamilton disqualified after finishing second in US Grand Prix

Lewis Hamilton has been disqualified from second place in Sunday’s United States Grand Prix.

Autosport

Leclerc: Ferrari had "something wrong in our numbers" in F1 US GP

Polesitter Leclerc was jumped by the faster-starting Lando Norris, who dived up the inside into Turn 1. He then lost out to Lewis Hamilton and Max Verstappen during the opening stint.

Motorsport

Norris "just couldn't hold on" through tyre deg in F1 US GP

The McLaren driver took the lead from Ferrari poleman Charles Leclerc off the line and controlled the first half of the race.

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