Charles Leclerc has thrown down the gauntlet to Max Verstappen ahead of Sunday’s main race after the Monegasque secured pole position at the Azerbaijan Grand Prix, putting Ferrari on course to end Red Bull’s dominance. However, Leclerc isn’t celebrating too early, as he only secured P1 by 0.19 seconds, leaving the door open for Red
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Formula 1 teams have blocked a last-minute attempt by the FIA to close a tyre loophole ahead of tomorrow’s sprint shootout; a shortened qualifying session to determine the grid for Saturday afternoon’s sprint race. The format for this weekend’s Azerbaijan Grand Prix sprint is drastically different to any previous sprint race, given that Saturday is
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With Red Bull dominating the Formula 1 season, having scooped three victories out of three races, teams have come to Baku with upgrade packages in a bid to get back in the title fight. Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff delivered on his promise to introduce updates to the W14, implementing a new rear wing endplate,
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Sergio Perez has revealed that the “horrible” outing in Australia remains fresh in his mind after the Mexican failed to get on the podium for a third race in a row. Perez didn’t even manage to set a qualifying time before he spun out of the race and into the gravel trap on the circuit.
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George Russell has backed the team’s decision to make changes at its home base, bringing James Allison back to the team as technical director and moving Mike Elliott to chief technical officer. Mercedes have announced the reshuffle after a disappointing start to the 2023 season saw them, once again, struggle to keep up with their
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Max Verstappen has blamed Red Bull for his failure to secure pole in Azerbaijan after the Dutchman was beaten into P2 by just 0.188 seconds. Charles Leclerc secured Ferrari’s first pole position of the 2023 season, showing signs of a comeback for the Italian team that has struggled to find its form this year. After
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Seven-time World Champion Lewis Hamilton channelled his inner Sebastian Vettel once again after qualifying on Friday in Azerbaijan, after being spotted looking intently at Charles Leclerc’s Ferrari. Prior to his retirement, Vettel was often dubbed as ‘Inspector Seb’, with the four-time World Champion having more often than not been seen after a session checking out
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After recently stating that he’d love to be team-mates with Lewis Hamilton once again, Fernando Alonso might be reconsidering his comment, with the duo having almost come together in qualifying on Friday at the Azerbaijan Grand Prix. The former McLaren team-mates locked-out the third row of the grid on Friday, with Hamilton set to start
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Mercedes suffered an incredibly mixed qualifying on Friday at the Azerbaijan Grand Prix, after Lewis Hamilton accidently cost team-mate George Russell a spot in Q3. Q1 and Q2 were extremely disappointing for the Silver Arrows, with both Hamilton and Russell having looked off the pace. As a result, they were both at risk of being
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Max Verstappen enjoyed a solid qualifying session on Friday at the Azerbaijan Grand Prix, with the Dutchman having secured a strong front row start. Despite being blisteringly quick in the last sector throughout qualifying, Verstappen couldn’t beat Charles Leclerc to pole at the Baku City Circuit, with the Monegasque having claimed his third consecutive pole
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