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Latest: May 2, 5:16 PM from The Guardian
Miami Grand Prix: Norris wins F1 sprint race before qualifying – live
️ F1 qualifying updates from 9pm BST ️ McLaren one-two in sprint race | Mail Philip Button, who has a world title, confident that George Russell will be competitive come main qualifying as the Mercedes driver pursues a championship of his own. The heat is on in Miami. Drivers kept as cool as they can be by umbrellas as the cars receive their last touches. Jenson Button probably quite happy to not be wearing a race suit. Continue reading...
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Lando Norris wins sprint race at F1 Miami Grand Prix as McLaren roar back
Briton beats teammate Oscar Piastri into second Mercedes fourth and sixth with Leclerc third Lando Norris won the sprint race at the Miami Grand Prix with a dominant drive for McLaren, beating his teammate, Oscar Piastri, to secure a one-two for the team and deny Mercedes a win for the first time this season. Charles Leclerc took a strong third for Ferrari, but Mercedes, dominant for the opening three meetings, could manage only fourth and sixth for George Russell and Kimi Antonelli respectivel…
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Alex Zanardi, former F1 driver and Paralympic champion, dies at 59
Italian driver lost both legs in high-speed cart race crash He went on to win four Paralympic golds as a para-cyclist Alex Zanardi, the former Formula One driver who lost both legs in a racing crash and went on to win Paralympic gold medals, has died at the age of 59, his family said on Saturday. Zanardi, from Bologna, made his F1 debut in 1991 and later achieved success in the Cart series in the United States, winning back-to-back championships in 1997 and 1998. His life took a dramatic turn i…
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Lando Norris takes Miami GP sprint pole as lightning fears loom over F1 return
Sunday storms could affect first F1 race in five weeks McLaren edges Mercedes’ Antonelli in sprint qualifying With Formula One returning after its early season enforced break, the Miami Grand Prix is proving an enticing prospect given most of the teams used the time to work furiously on upgrades to their cars. Many of which are being deployed here. Intriguing enough were it not also for the updated regulations being given their debut outing and the threat of lightning storms on Sunday potential…
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Haas team principal Ayao Komatsu: ‘We shouldn’t be fourth. We’re the smallest F1 team’
Coventry-supporting Japanese has used his rebel streak and risk-taking instincts to spur on Oliver Bearman this season There is no one quite like Ayao Komatsu in Formula One. Haas’s Japanese team principal, a rugby-playing Coventry City fan who left his home country to escape the constraints of conformity, is F1’s rebel without a pause. As Haas enter their first home race of the season in Miami this weekend, they are on no little roll. Fourth place in the championship is the highest position he…
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‘Come and speak to us’: Hamilton calls for more driver involvement in F1 rules
‘It needs to change,’ insists seven-time champion Lance Stroll labels rules ‘fundamentally flawed’ Lewis Hamilton believes Formula One drivers should have a “seat at the table” in discussion on directions the sport should take in future, to have an input alongside key stakeholders such as the teams and the FIA. Hamilton’s view was largely echoed across the paddock including by the current world champion, Lando Norris. Hamilton was speaking before this weekend’s Miami Grand Prix where the rule c…
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‘I really was one of those bandwagon fans’: meet Katharina Nowak, F1’s youngest race president
Before her first Miami Grand Prix in charge, Nowak opens up on F1’s boom time in the US and flying the flag for women in the sport There is an air of buoyant confidence about Katharina Nowak that is striking but also understandable given the robust state of Formula One in the United States and at the Miami Grand Prix, where the 29-year-old who is at the helm of the race believes the sport only has more to come. “F1 is at its strongest right now that we’ve seen, the interest in F1 is still going…
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Grosjean draws ire for complaint about ‘stink’ of bird he killed in Indy 500 testing
French driver struck animal while driving at 230 mph Peta says 40-year-old failed to show compassion for death French racing driver Romain Grosjean has angered animal rights group Peta for “flippant” comments after hitting a bird while testing for next month’s Indianapolis 500. The driver, who survived a fireball crash during the 2020 Formula One Bahrain GP, described the bird strike at around 230 mph in graphic terms this week. Continue reading...
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‘It’s a gamechanger’: Lewis Hamilton’s groundbreaking Mission 44 recruits working in F1
Foundation set up by F1 great is beginning to address the lack of representation of black people and those from disadvantaged backgrounds in motorsport Sports people can be more than the sum of their athletic achievements. Lewis Hamilton stands unquestionably as one of the greatest drivers in the history of Formula One having delivered both records and outstanding performances that will be hard to surpass. Yet it is indicative of his character that the seven-time world champion rates them all a…
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‘It has clearly exceeded expectations’: inside Red Bull’s F1 engine factory
As team look to salvage season, ‘crazy decision’ to take engine building in-house looks set to pay off and steer them back to the front of the grid Driven hard, driven fast is very much the norm in Formula One, on and off track, but even by the sport’s own standards the development of Red Bull’s in-house engine project has been exceptional. As is what it has delivered. Walking through the gleaming corridors of the team’s bespoke engine manufacturing department at their Milton Keynes headquarter…
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Lando Norris backs Max Verstappen to stay in F1 after drivers win rule changes
World champion expects Dutch rival to fight for fifth crown ‘It would be a miss for the sport’ if he acts on dissatisfaction Lando Norris has said he believes Max Verstappen will continue to race in Formula One but that it would be “a miss” for the sport if the four-time world champion did decide to leave owing to his dissatisfaction with the way this season’s new regulations have affected how drivers race. Verstappen has been outspoken in his dislike of the new regulations and their focus on e…
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‘I’m not the boss’: Lando Norris is articulate, open and intelligent – when he’s allowed to be
F1’s latest world champion speaks with deep candour about overcoming his insecurities but questions about Max Verstappen and regulations? Off limits There are always complications and difficulties in Formula One, as there are in life and even in this interview. On a beautiful evening at a lavish golf club in Surrey, Lando Norris and I are tucked away in an anonymous yet brightly lit room crammed with a television crew and representatives from his management team and Laureus, the global organisa…
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FIA confirms F1 rule changes in reaction to driver unhappiness and safety fears
Tweaks to rules address energy management issues ‘Safety and fairness remain the FIA’s highest priorities’ The FIA has confirmed rule changes for the current Formula One season as the sport reacts to driver dissatisfaction and safety concerns with the new regulations. The adapted rules address the energy management issues that have proved controversial across the opening three meetings this year. Technical and sporting considerations had been discussed twice since the last round in Japan and on…
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Russell says he would understand if Verstappen quit but ‘F1 is bigger than any driver’
Mercedes driver doesn’t want to lose four-time champion ‘Natural’ for lack of competitiveness to start taking its toll George Russell has said he would understand if Max Verstappen chose to leave Formula One after the four-time champion recently cast doubt on his future in the sport because of his dissatisfaction with current regulations. Russell, who is second behind his Mercedes teammate Kimi Antonelli in the world championship, insisted Verstappen had nothing left to prove. Continue reading.…
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Unhappy Verstappen ‘has to be listened to’ over new rules, says F1 chief Domenicali
Red Bull driver outspoken about regulation changes ‘In a meeting he was very keen to give suggestions’ Formula One must listen to Max Verstappen’s grievances about the sport’s new regulations and their effects on racing, according to F1’s CEO, Stefano Domenicali. His intervention comes as key players hold meetings to consider adjusting the rules for the remainder of the season. Verstappen has been outspoken in his dissatisfaction with the new formula and the part energy management now plays in…
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Max Verstappen’s F1 future in further doubt with race engineer to leave Red Bull
Gianpiero Lambiase set to join McLaren after 2027 season Verstappen has worked with Lambiase since 2016 Max Verstappen’s engineer Gianpiero Lambiase is to leave Red Bull to join McLaren in a shock move that throws further doubt on the four-time world champion’s future in Formula One. Lambiase has worked with Verstappen since the Dutchman joined Red Bull in 2016 and has been at his side through the driver’s four titles, the pair forging a close bond. Their radio interactions during races have be…
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‘Every accident at high speed is a shock’: F1 rules guru on response to Bearman crash
As talks begin over fixing the controversial regulations, the FIA’s Nikolas Tombazis says changes to ‘specific aspects’ are needed, not a total overhaul Formula One has endured a somewhat turbulent opening this season under the sport’s new regulations. Amid the sound and fury of some driver dissatisfaction with the new formula and safety concerns brought sharply into focus by a huge accident at the Japanese Grand Prix, three races in there is now an opportunity to propose changes, with the man…
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‘This is what you don’t see in F1’: the university where future race engineers are made
With alumni in every F1 team, Oxford Brookes University’s Formula Student team is the most prestigious in the country At the Oxford Brookes Headington campus, more than 100 students are busy building the fastest, best designed race car possible for this year’s Formula Student competition. Oxford Brookes Racing (OBR) is the UK’s most prestigious Formula Student team. They’ve won more design awards than any UK university, and frequently occupy the international race’s top spots. Continue reading.…
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