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F1 Panel: Is Yuki Tsunoda doing enough to prove Red Bull right?

Yuki Tsunoda finally got his chance at the Red Bull main team after four full seasons and two races with the junior squad. But the challenge is proving to be difficult, with stand-out performances still missing. A mere 12th place in Japan, two points in Bahrain and a first-lap crash…

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How Alpine has gone from P20 to P4 on Bahrain GP grid in 12 months

“I knew after my last corner [in Q3] this lap would put me in a very good place,” Pierre Gasly told media after qualifying for Formula 1's 2025 Bahrain Grand Prix. “But nowhere near close thinking it would put us like four hundredths off the top three and only three…

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Alpine’s 12-month F1 turnaround: P20 to P4 on Bahrain GP grid

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How does the current F1 2025 pecking order compare to pre-season?

Straight after pre-season testing for the 2025 Formula 1 season, Motorsport.com predicted the team pecking order for the forthcoming campaign - naturally accounting for the usual obfuscations that the annual pre-season running often provides.

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Comparing F1's pre-season pecking order to the first three races of 2025

Straight after pre-season testing for the 2025 Formula 1 season, Autosport predicted the team pecking order for the forthcoming campaign - naturally accounting for the usual obfuscations that the annual pre-season running often provides.

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Will Red Bull regret taking Lawson instead of Tsunoda for F1 2025?

Red Bull ‘rookie’ Liam Lawson will begin the 2025 Australian Grand Prix from 18th on the grid after being eliminated in the first segment of qualifying. Yuki Tsunoda – the man now parked in the Racing Bulls sister squad after being passed over for promotion in favour of Lawson –…

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Bottas: It’s “ironic” that Sauber F1 improvement has come so late

Valtteri Bottas has hailed the effect of his Sauber team’s latest upgrades on car performance after qualifying 13th for the Qatar Grand Prix and finishing 12th in the sprint event – but acknowledged the improvement has come rather late for him.Bottas is out of an F1 race drive next year…

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F1 Hungarian GP: Norris leads all-McLaren front row after late Q3 red flag

Lando Norris took pole for the Hungarian Grand Prix as McLaren locked out the front row in Formula 1 qualifying, the Briton setting a time just 0.022s clear of team-mate Oscar Piastri.

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RB targets F1 start improvements to issues that are "hurting" results

The team’s VCARB 01 F1 car is showing impressive speed in qualifying – with its two cars having got into Q3 at Imola last weekend – but its race chances are being hurt by poor getaways.

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RB targets improvements to F1 starts that are "hurting" says Ricciardo

The team’s VCARB 01 is showing some impressive speed in qualifying – with its two cars having got into Q3 at Imola last weekend – but its race chances are being hurt by poor getaways.

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Hamilton: F1 debut at 18 would have hurt my career

Bearman impressed the whole F1 paddock by jumping into Carlos Sainz’s Ferrari in Jeddah on Friday and qualifying 11th, having come close to bumping Hamilton out of Q3.

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Alonso: Aston Martin's F1 qualifying pace a "massive surprise"

In an extremely tight Q3 field, Alonso's 1m29.542s yielded him sixth on Saturday's grid.

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Perez feels better prepared to get on top of Red Bull’s new RB20

Although he finished the 2023 season as runner-up in the F1 championship, Perez had a campaign to forget in many regards, 290 points off team-mate Max Verstappen and bereft of any victories in the last 18 rounds after missing out on Q3 no fewer than nine times.

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Perez feels better prepared to get on top of Red Bull’s 2024 F1 car

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Wolff: Mercedes F1 blew Brazil pole chance by not being “adaptive” enough

With a storm blowing across the Interlagos circuit for the Q3 segment of qualifying, teams knew that getting out on track early enough before the rain started was critical to secure a good grid slot.

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Wolff: Mercedes not “adaptive” enough as it blew Brazil F1 pole chance

With a storm blowing across the Interlagos circuit for the Q3 segment of qualifying, teams knew that getting out on track early enough before the rain started was critical to secure a good grid slot.

Autosport

F1 Brazilian GP sprint qualifying and race - Start time, how to watch & more

F1 has turned its sprint race into a standalone Saturday event, with sprint qualifying deciding the starting grid followed by the sprint race later in the day. Here’s how the latest sprint race format changes will work.During qualifying for Sunday’s grand prix, Max Verstappen grabbed pole position ahead of Charles…

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Leclerc nearly abandoned Q3 F1 lap due to unprecedented Brazil conditions

A 15-minute delay to the start of qualifying, owed to clearing the track of debris, meant Q3 ran late. That allowed for a storm to arrive in the closing stages of the shootout.

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Carlos Sainz claims Singapore F1 GP pole but furious Verstappen struggles

The Red Bull drivers failed to make Q3 while an immense performance from Ferrari’s Sainz helped him pip George Russell at the front of the grid

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F1 Dutch GP: Verstappen beats Norris to pole by 0.5s in disrupted session

The Dutchman punched in a 1m10.567s lap, which remained untouchable in the final moments of Q3 to ensure a third consecutive pole at his local race to the delight of his fans.

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Norris: "Pretty insane" to be two tenths off F1 British GP pole

Norris finished Q3 just 0.241 seconds off Max Verstappen’s pole time, with team-mate Oscar Piastri a further tenth behind him.

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Norris: "Pretty insane" to be two-tenths off F1 British GP pole

Norris finished Q3 just 0.241 seconds off Max Verstappen’s pole time, with team-mate Oscar Piastri a further tenth behind him.

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Alonso "four seconds" away from front row in F1 Canadian GP qualifying

On his second flying lap in a wet Q3, Alonso set the fastest middle sector and was set to overhaul Nico Hulkenberg's surprise effort for second place, but was denied the chance to complete his lap when Oscar Piastri hit the wall at Turn 7.

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Alonso: High-adrenaline qualifying shows why Monaco must stay on F1 calendar

In a frantic end to the Q3 shootout, Alonso, Alpine's Esteban Ocon and Ferrari driver Charles Leclerc all traded provisional pole until Red Bull world champion Max Verstappen clinched his first Monaco pole with a hair-raising final sector.

Autosport

F1 qualifying results: Max Verstappen takes Monaco GP pole

Verstappen will start ahead of Fernando Alonso (Aston Martin) and Charles Leclerc (Ferrari) after the one-hour qualifying session, which is split into three segments with five cars each being knocked out in Q1 and Q2 before the top-10 shootout of Q3.

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