Edd Straw

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How Williams resolved its first flashpoint with two top drivers

Williams team principal James Vowles has promised there will be no repeat of the miscommunication that led Carlos Sainz to think either Alex Albon or an engineer had disobeyed a team order in the previous Formula 1 race

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Why F1 teams' 2026 weight panic is wrong

Why should F1's minimum car weight be set low enough for all teams to easily hit?

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Colapinto's turned a career-long disadvantage into a huge F1 strength

Franco Colapinto has been able to transform a long-standing disadvantage into a strength that makes him well-placed to seize a career-making opportunity at Alpine, as Edd Straw explains

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Briatore's return eroded final bit of Renault's F1 credibility

Renault bringing the architect of the 2008 Singapore Grand Prix scandal back to its Formula 1 team erodes the final bit of the outfit's credibility, says Edd Straw

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Eight things we learned from F1's 2025 Miami Grand Prix

Fierce fights at the front, and the potential end of an F1 career further back, made for a dramatic Miami Grand Prix - so here’s everything we learned from a highly unpredictable weekend

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Edd Straw's 2025 F1 Miami Grand Prix driver rankings

Nobody strung together a truly complete Formula 1 weekend in Miami this time - but one driver clearly came closest

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Why Ferrari's convinced it got Miami team orders right

Ferrari team principal Fred Vasseur defended the handling of team orders between Charles Leclerc and Lewis Hamilton during the Miami Grand Prix: “We did a good job”

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'Not again!' The data behind Piastri's painful Miami sprint loss

Lando Norris's triumph in Formula 1's Miami Grand Prix sprint race was undoubtedly helped by the late safety car period – but just how much did it swing things?

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Miami Grand Prix gets huge new F1 deal

The Miami Grand Prix has secured a 10-year extension to its Formula 1 deal, giving it the longest deal of any event on the calendar

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Why Tsunoda's private test didn't deliver what Red Bull hoped for

Red Bull hoped a pre-Miami test would help Yuki Tsunoda's adaptation to Red Bull - but it ended up pretty useless

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Why Sainz expected Hamilton’s Ferrari struggles

Carlos Sainz isn't at all surprised that his Ferrari replacement Lewis Hamilton is struggling to adapt

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Piastri at Alpine - the very different F1 life he could've been stuck in

Oscar Piastri escaped Alpine to launch his F1 career with McLaren. But what if he'd have been stuck at Alpine? And where might he have eventually escaped to instead?

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Ben Sulayem brings ex-Mercedes figure back to FIA as advisor

Shaila-Ann Rao has rejoined the FIA for a third stint with motorsport’s governing body after being appointed as an advisor to president Mohammed Ben Sulayem

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Why McLaren expects Norris and Piastri to clash soon

McLaren Formula 1 boss Zak Brown expects Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri to collide at some point this season and the team has already discussed how it will handle such an eventuality

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Norris exclusive: Why he's 'not as on it' in 2025

Lando Norris admits he is "not as on it" as he was in Formula 1 last year, as he struggles to drive McLaren's 2025 car without thinking too much and costing himself lap time

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F1 butchered its 2026 cars for an ideal it might now discard

F1's 2026 chassis and tyre rules were butchered for a core engine concept that now might not even happen

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Everything we learned at F1's Saudi Arabian Grand Prix

There's a new F1 world championship leader after the Saudi Arabian GP - but we learned a lot more than just that in Jeddah

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Edd Straw's 2025 F1 Saudi Arabian Grand Prix driver rankings

Oscar Piastri might have won the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix - but he isn't the top pick in Edd Straw's driver rankings this week

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Where Hamilton's 'just not gelling' with Ferrari's F1 car

Lewis Hamilton thought he'd made a crucial breakthrough with Ferrari's F1 car last week, but a big Saudi qualifying deficit to Charles Leclerc suggests otherwise

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What we've learned at F1's Saudi Arabian GP already

Though McLaren looks in control like before, there were a lot of interesting developments both in the front pack and in the midfield through Saudi Arabian GP practice

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Our trackside verdict on every 2025 F1 car at the Saudi GP

Watching trackside, Jeddah's mix of slow and fast corners told us plenty about the 2025 F1 cars

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How Newey can help Aston Martin's 2025 car after all

Aston Martin insists that Adrian Newey won't be pulled away from the team's 2026 efforts to improve its 2025 F1 car. But it thinks his work will have an influence on its current machine

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The proper test of Ferrari's critical early 2025 upgrade

Ferrari thinks F1's Saudi Arabian Grand Prix will offer it a key test on just how much progress it has made in solving its early-season wobbles

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Russell's verdict after debuting F1's under-the-radar innovation

George Russell has revealed how he gave one of Formula 1’s latest innovations an under-the-radar race debut, after using a cooling vest en route to his runner-up finish in Bahrain last weekend

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Sainz's Ferrari driving style has exposed a key Williams weakness

Carlos Sainz believes a Williams weakness he has needed to adapt to may have been holding it back in recent years as it is “part of the DNA” of its Formula 1 cars

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The unexpected weakness holding back F1's worst race car

No F1 driver enjoys dirty air - but while it's merely an inconvenience or a singular limitation in most cars, it apperas to be a larger-scale issue for the 2025 Sauber.

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What will F1's next engine look like in 2029 (or later)?

There's now no immediate prospect of a return to V10 or V8 engines in F1 - but alternatives to the new 2026 turbo hybrid are still being eyed

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The latest on F1's planned switch to new Saudi track

The Saudi Arabian Grand Prix’s move to the new track in Qiddiya has been delayed - here's what you need to know

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Edd Straw's 2025 F1 Bahrain Grand Prix driver rankings

Which one of the three Bahrain GP standouts made the biggest impression - and how does the beleaguered, self-deprecating points leader Lando Norris rank?

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Everything we learned at F1's Bahrain Grand Prix

The Bahrain GP exposed some brutal weaknesses in some F1 drivers and teams, while rewarding impressive improvements from others. Here's everything we learned

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What Hamilton learned from most useful Ferrari F1 weekend yet

The Bahrain Grand Prix weekend proved to be the most informative yet for Lewis Hamilton's rollercoaster start to life at Ferrari

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Why Red Bull's troubled F1 car is more exposed in Bahrain

A week after winning from pole in Japan, Max Verstappen was a distant seventh in Bahrain qualifying. What changed?

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How Audi's most important signing has started

New team principal Jonathan Wheatley might just be the most important F1 recruit Sauber's acquired ahead of its transition to Audi. His start since switching from Red Bull might appear to have been quiet, but it's told us plenty about his approach to transforming Sauber

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Who's improved most since F1 testing? Edd Straw's trackside verdict

Six weeks is a long time in F1. Edd Straw gives his verdict on how the teams have progressed (or regressed) at the Bahrain GP compared to how they looked trackside in testing

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The Ferrari upgrade Hamilton hopes will clear up bizarre 'deficit' claims

Lewis Hamilton believes the new floor Ferrari is bringing for its 2025 Formula 1 car at the Bahrain Grand Prix should eradicate the issue that he suggested has created a performance disparity with team-mate Charles Leclerc

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FIA disputes are going in 'unstable direction' - Russell

The latest bombshell news around the FIA leadership prompted dismay but not surprise from GPDA director George Russell

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10 things we learned from F1's 2025 Japanese Grand Prix

The Japanese Grand Prix revealed plenty about 2025 F1 car (and driver) performance

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Edd Straw's 2025 Japanese Grand Prix F1 driver rankings

The winner wasn’t the only star underdog performance that caught Edd Straw’s eye for his Suzuka driver rankings

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Was Tsunoda's disappointing Red Bull debut as bad as it looked?

In terms of results Yuki Tsunoda's Red Bull debut was a nightmare - but was it as bad as it looked?

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The details that made Verstappen's pole so incredible

Max Verstappen isn’t sure if his latest pole position ranks as the best of his 41 in Formula 1 - but a closer look confirms it was a genuine all-timer of a lap.