Jon Noble

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Nine things we learned on Monaco GP's surprising Friday

A great day for Ferrari and Liam Lawson, frustration for Red Bull and a big escape for Oscar Piastri plus lots of strategy headaches on Friday in Monaco

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Monaco reveals McLaren's other 2025 F1 cooling trick

McLaren has highlighted how an all-new engine cooling system for its 2025 Formula 1 car is playing an important part in its hot weather advantage

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The price Tsunoda is still paying for his Imola F1 qualifying crash

Yuki Tsunoda will carry a disadvantage in car specification into the Monaco Grand Prix weekend, but Red Bull is being coy about the extent

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Five curveballs F1 teams could face in overhauled Monaco GP

Formula 1's new tyre rule will make the 2025 Monaco GP unique - and throw plenty of curveballs at the drivers and teams

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F1 drivers' verdict after watching new F1 movie

The Formula 1 grid was invited to a private screening of the new F1 film - here's what they made of it

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Revealed: Five wild Red Bull theories for McLaren's tyre tricks

Thought it was 'case closed' over McLaren's ingenious but legal brake system? Think again. Red Bull's sent design ideas to the FIA that it thinks could help manage tyre temperatures, which The Race can reveal for the first time

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'Zero pace' - Mercedes needs answers after its 2025 low

Mercedes is seeking to understand why it suffered its first "disastrous" weekend of the 2025 Formula 1 season at Imola and to find a fix to a recurring limitation that just won't go away

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Leclerc echoes Verstappen over 'f**king joke' F1 racing rules

Charles Leclerc has backed Max Verstappen’s view that Formula 1’s new driving guidelines are stopping natural racing – after labelling the rules a “f*****g” joke in the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix

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FIA intervention prompts fresh intrigue in Red Bull vs McLaren battle

Two technical directives issued ahead of Imola have prompted new intrigue in Red Bull and McLaren's F1 title fight and form swings

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The answers McLaren needs after shock Imola defeat

These are the factors McLaren needs to consider as it tries to figure out why it couldn't match Max Verstappen at Imola

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10 things we learned from F1's Imola race weekend

Our top takeaways from a weekend of surprises at Imola

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Why two Imola GP car stoppages were handled differently

Esteban Ocon and Kimi Antonelli both stopped in roughly the same place in Formula 1’s Emilia Romagna Grand Prix - so why was one a virtual safety car and the other a full safety car?

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Tsunoda consigned to pitlane start after qualifying shunt

Yuki Tsunoda will start from the pitlane for Formula 1's Emilia Romagna Grand Prix because Red Bull has changed his chassis following his qualifying crash

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Unravelling the mystery that shook up the Imola F1 grid

Aston Martin flying, Ferrari embarrassed - The Imola qualifying surprises came from a totally unexpected tyre curveball that Aston spotted coming

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F1's bold action to shake up Imola looks set to fail

F1 and Pirelli tried a bold move to ensure a more exciting and varied Imola race, but the evidence suggests it won't work. So what should they try next?

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Why McLaren thinks its F1 rivals are looking in the wrong places

McLaren boss Andrea Stella says rivals are looking at the wrong things when it comes to their suspicions about why his team is so successful in Formula 1 this year

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Why Ferrari's committing to a '25 revamp despite looming reset

F1 teams may be winding down development of their current cars ahead of the 2026 rules reset, but Ferrari is pushing on with a significant revamp

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Mercedes' first big update of 2025 revealed

Mercedes has a raft of car changes at Imola after going without "particularly enormous or sexy" upgrades for the first quarter of the 2025 F1 season

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What leading F1 drivers make of potential Sainz FIA presidency bid

Carlos Sainz's declaration he could run for the FIA presidency left one of F1's most prominent drivers "quite surprised" - but there seems to be plenty of support for his potential bid

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Why Alpine has clarified Briatore really is 'fully in charge'

The Alpine Formula 1 team has sought to clarify Flavio Briatore is "fully in charge of the team" despite not officially being registered as its team representative in the wake of Oliver Oakes' exit

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Verstappen explains 'Franz Hermann' and Nordschleife race plans

Max Verstappen captivated both Formula 1 and the wider motorsport community by using time between F1 races to go 'undercover' for a Nurburgring Nordschleife test run

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What FIA was checking in detailed McLaren inspection

The FIA has revealed the scale of its detailed inspection of McLaren's entire F1 wheel assembly and brake system after the Miami GP, which cleared the team of doing anything outside of F1 regulations

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The first test of whether Aston Martin's escaped upgrade 'chaos'

Aston Martin's F1 upgrade package at Imola is the first big test of its reshaped technical team and working processes that are crucial to the project's long-term success

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The bold move F1's trying at Imola to spice up 2025 races

Imola is the worst track to go to if you're trying to avoid one-stop F1 races. Pirelli has an idea to combat that, but will it work? And if it doesn't, what else can F1 try?

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What F1 rules really say about wildest McLaren brake theories

Fresh theories - fascinating ones at that - have emerged recently about tricks McLaren could be using on its brakes. But they fall down in reality because, according to the FIA, F1 regulations outlaw such a practice

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The clues emerging from McLaren's 'clever' brake design

The biggest question McLaren’s Formula 1 rivals have is why its MCL39 is so good at managing its rear tyre temperatures. Is it because of a brake trick?

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Ferrari's F1 season hanging on rule change triggering a 'reset'

The early-season narrative said Ferrari just needed to unlock the potential from its 2025 F1 car to be a title contender. That was a bit too simplistic in any case - but now it looks like that potential's a long way short of what's needed

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'This is serious' - What's going on with Sainz's FIA president bid

Carlos Sainz Sr's declaration he's considering standing against Mohammed Ben Sulayem in this year's FIA presidential election caused a stir - but there are hurdles to clear just to get any bid off the ground

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'Not natural anymore' - The flaw exposed in F1's new racing rules

Recent on track battles in F1 have highlighted how new combat rules have impacted the racing in 2025 - and the "unnatural" flaws of those new rules has been uncovered

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The lesser-known reasons for McLaren's field-crushing edge

McLaren surprised itself with what its 2025 car unleashed in Miami. But it's not just the much-talked-about tyre magic behind its advantage

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FIA clears McLaren brake design after intensive inspection

Amid suspicions from McLaren's rivals, the FIA conducted a detailed inspection of the F1 championship leader's brake design on Sunday night in Miami

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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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'You look stupid' - Miami GP's other team order drama

While Ferrari's particular team order situation hogged the limelight at the Miami Grand Prix, Williams navigated an arguably bigger controversy - as one of its drivers felt short-changed by the execution of team strategy

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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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'He ruined his own race' - Norris's ire with Verstappen

Lando Norris feels Formula 1 title rival Max Verstappen wasn't "racing very smart" in the Miami Grand Prix.

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Lightning threat could disrupt F1's Miami Grand Prix

Formula 1’s Miami Grand Prix is at risk of immediate stoppage – and potentially even being unable to run – if forecast lightning and thunderstorms hit the race

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The mechanical 'numbness' behind McLaren's problems

The reasons for McLaren's Miami Grand Prix qualifying underperformance offer more evidence of exactly what's hampering its drivers

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Has Ferrari-beater Williams put its 'eggs in the 2026 basket' too soon?

With a Williams car three tenths off pole position in Miami, Carlos Sainz has confessed to wondering just what could be possible this season if his team put more effort into developing the FW47

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Beaten by Williams on 'pure pace' - Ferrari's F1 season hits new low

Defeated by Williams, unable to unlock more speed whatever the drivers try, and a major strength now appears to be the car's main weakness - Ferrari is in trouble in Miami

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'Just not the level of execution I needed' - Piastri on his poor qualifying

Formula 1 world championship leader Oscar Piastri blamed a pure lack of execution on his part for a disappointing fourth on the Miami Grand Prix grid