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How this troubled car drove F1’s greatest qualifying lap

There have been some stupendous performances over the years and, in this episode of Autosport’s “Short View Back to the Past” series, Chief Editor Kevin Turner picks out F1’s greatest qualifying laps.Please let us know in the comments about any laps we’ve missed and any other topics you’d like us Read more

By sbutler, 4 years ago
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Why Red Bull and Porsche’s F1 green light has been delayed again

The two parties are set to enter a partnership under the next generation of power unit rules after the Volkswagen Group advisory board gave the nod for Porsche and its sister brand, Audi, to explore entering F1 earlier this year.The deal will see Porsche take a 50% stake in Red Read more

By sbutler, 4 years ago
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“Mad” Gasly had FIA discussion on better F1 track limits monitoring

The AlphaTauri driver was left stranded in 19th on the grid after losing a lap that would have got him through to Q2.The offence took place at Turn 5, where officials were using CCTV for monitoring purposes.Sergio Perez also lost a lap time at the same corner in Q2, but Read more

By sbutler, 4 years ago
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Alpine stands firm over Piastri race contract for F1 2023

In the wake of Fernando Alonso’s shock decision to sign for Aston Martin for next year, the Alpine squad moved quickly to take up a contract that it believes it has with its reserve driver Piastri.It announced the deal on Tuesday afternoon, the day after it discovered that Alonso would Read more

By sbutler, 4 years ago
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Hamilton: “Huge” for Mercedes to beat both Ferraris in Hungary

Mercedes showed signs of its pace in Hungary on Saturday as George Russell scored his maiden F1 pole, while Hamilton was left ruing a DRS issue that he felt denied the team a possible front-row lockout.Ferrari proved quicker through the first half of the race, allowing Charles Leclerc to leapfrog Read more

By sbutler, 4 years ago
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Logan Sargeant to make Williams FP1 debut at F1 US GP

The FIA Formula 2 driver, who currently sits third in the standings with Carlin after feature race wins at Silverstone and the Red Bull Ring, will take part in the Friday practice session at Austin’s Circuit of the Americas on 21 October.Sargeant joined the Williams Academy last October and got Read more

By sbutler, 4 years ago
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10 things we learned at the 2022 Hungarian Grand Prix

The Austrian Grand Prix represented the halfway point of the 2022 Formula 1 season. But the Hungarian GP retaining its pre-summer break spot and the mental reset it offers was why Max Verstappen’s engineer, Gianpiero Lambiase, told him as he crossed the finish line last Sunday: “what a drive – Read more

By sbutler, 4 years ago
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The missed clues that could have saved Ferrari’s Hungarian GP

Despite sitting first and third with Charles Leclerc and Carlos Sainz halfway through the race, Ferrari failed to get either of its cars onto the podium.Leclerc dropped all the way back to sixth after an ill-fated call to run hard tyres for the third stint backfired in spectacular fashion, allowing Read more

By sbutler, 4 years ago
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Leclerc baffled by Hungarian GP “turning point” of early stop for hards

Leclerc pitted from the lead at the end of lap 39 after completing just 17 laps on his medium compound, with Ferrari then hoping to get him to the end of lap 70 on Pirelli’s hardest tyre, despite seeing how Alpine duo Esteban Ocon and Fernando Alonso were struggling on Read more

By sbutler, 4 years ago
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Hamilton: Mercedes 1-2 in Hungary F1 qualifying was on before DRS failure

The seven-time F1 world champion believed he could match team-mate George Russell’s surprise pole laptime in Q3, but suffered a broken DRS on his final lap, leaving him unable to improve late on.Having to rely on his laptime from the first run in the top-10 qualifying shootout, Hamilton dropped to Read more

By sbutler, 4 years ago

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