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How Red Bull creates the perfect strategy for Verstappen and Perez

Devising and implementing the perfect race strategy is a real ‘team effort’ in Formula 1. However, every team has a couple of people who are particularly tasked with determining the right plan of attack. Red Bull Racing has three: Head of race strategy Will Courtenay, principal strategy engineer Hannah Schmitz…

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The "butterflies" that are the saving grace of F1's Monaco GP

Long before the advent of Las Vegas or Miami, Monaco was F1's marquee event that basked in its own glamour. Monaco, which first saw grand prix racing in 1929, and Formula 1 helped put each other on the map in the '50s and '60s. The grand prix built up a…

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Leclerc would have felt "completely stupid" without Monaco F1 pole

Leclerc claimed his third career F1 pole in Monaco after edging out McLaren's Oscar Piastri in Q3 in Monte-Carlo, having topped FP2 and FP3 on his home streets.

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F1 Monaco GP: Tech images from the pitlane explained

Red Bull has a higher downforce rear wing configuration in Monaco, with a flat leading edge on the mainplane that leads into a tightly wound transition with the endplate.

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Why do so many F1 stars live in Monaco?

Sponsored by Monaco is considered home for almost half of the 20 drivers on the current F1 grid as well as Mercedes team boss Toto Wolff but there are more reasons than just the huge tax-free benefits that draw them there. One of the world's smallest nations, Monaco has a…

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The day Button scored his 'best F1 win'... until next time!

Just like Canada 2011, this was a race defined by mixed weather conditions, which played into Button’s super-sensitive hands.

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How Verstappen is keeping the F1 driver market hostage

Power struggles at Red Bull may be opening the door for a shock departure of its prized asset Max Verstappen, which would have been unthinkable just weeks ago. Needless to say the touted possibility of Verstappen activating certain exit clauses to move before the end of his 2028 deal has put rival…

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Shock F1 call-ups: 10 times that reserve drivers started a grand prix

Oliver Bearman received a shock call-up to the 2024 Saudi Arabian Grand Prix when Ferrari’s Carlos Sainz withdrew because of appendicitis.

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10 times an F1 reserve driver competed in a grand prix

Oliver Bearman received a shock call-up to the 2024 Saudi Arabian Grand Prix when Ferrari’s Carlos Sainz withdrew because of appendicitis.

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Norris: Not beating Leclerc to F1 Australian GP undercut cost second place

The Briton had qualified ahead of Leclerc and remained ahead during the opening phase of the race, but fell behind during the opening pit phase as the Monegasque and Norris' McLaren team-mate Oscar Piastri conducted earlier pitstops to claim the undercut. In an effort to chase Leclerc, McLaren conducted a…

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Leclerc frustrated after “very aggressive” Ferrari F1 wing change fails to pay off

Having looked good in Friday’s practice sessions, Leclerc was less happy in Saturday’s FP3 session and in qualifying he struggled with his front tyres.

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Every teenager to have started an F1 grand prix

Oliver Bearman became one of the youngest drivers to start an F1 race when he made his debut at the 2024 Saudi Arabian Grand Prix.

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Every teenager to have started an F1 grand prix

Oliver Bearman became one of the youngest drivers to start an F1 race when he made his debut at the 2024 Saudi Arabian Grand Prix.

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Why Verstappen's Red Bull F1 fate is tied to Marko's

On Friday it emerged that Marko was under investigation by Red Bull's parent company for alleged leaks to the media relating to the investigation into team boss Christian Horner's behaviour. Marko and Red Bull director Oliver Mintzlaff are set for key talks on the matter on Saturday ahead of the…

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Steiner opens up on what really happened at the Haas F1 team

After an on-stage Q&A – and impromptu book signing – with Sky Sports F1 TV commentator David Croft in front of a bumper crowd at the National Exhibition Centre in Birmingham, Steiner gave his first media interviews since leaving the squad he formed on behalf of team owner Gene Haas…

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Exclusive: Steiner opens up on what really happened at the Haas F1 team

After an on-stage QA – and impromptu book signing – with Sky Sports F1 TV commentator David Croft in front of a bumper crowd at the National Exhibition Centre in Birmingham, Steiner gave his first media interviews since leaving the squad he formed on behalf of team owner Gene Haas…

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What to look out for at Autosport International this year

The 2023 show was very much about restarting things after the hiatus brought about by the COVID-19 pandemic. But now it’s about looking ahead. The plan is to improve the show over the next three years, and the 2024 edition is the first with the new concept and floor plan…

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Aston Martin not focused on McLaren in F1 Abu Dhabi finale

Aston was in front of the Woking outfit for most of the season until McLaren moved into fourth place in the constructors' world championship after the United States GP.

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Why Verstappen is both right and wrong about F1’s Las Vegas GP

Formula 1's very own Super Bowl in Vegas, which came with all the pomp befitting of the gambling and entertainment paradise, vindicated its lack of humility with an action-packed grand prix.

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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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Piastri: "Blatant" Russell illegal F1 sprint overtake never a "50:50"

Mercedes racer Russell, who was handed a three-place grid penalty for blocking Charles Leclerc during Saturday qualifying to line up 11th, attempted to pass Piastri for seventh on lap three of 19.He eventually made the move stick with a superior burst of acceleration out of Turn 18 but ran with…

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Sainz: Bumpy COTA gives Ferrari F1 team-mate Leclerc an advantage

Leclerc has clearly been ahead of Sainz in Austin, having taken pole for Sunday’s main race and qualified second in the Saturday shootout, while Sainz was fourth and sixth in the two sessions.

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Leclerc ‘would've done same’ as Verstappen in F1 US GP sprint start squeeze

The pair started from the front row for the sprint race at this weekend’s United States Grand Prix at the Circuit of the Americas, with Leclerc gaining enough as they roared away at the start to edge his front wheels alongside Verstappen’s left-rear. As they headed up the steep hill…

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Leclerc 'would've done same' as Verstappen in F1 US GP sprint start squeeze

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F1 driver contracts: How long are all the drivers' contracts?

Lewis Hamilton’s current contract with Mercedes was announced at the 2021 Austrian Grand Prix when the Briton was mid-way through the single-season deal he had signed in earlier in the same year.

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