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Ex-F1 race director Masi breaks post-Abu Dhabi silence

Michael Masi has spoken publicly for the first time since he was removed from his position as Formula 1’s race director

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F1 Tech Podcast: Design pioneer John Barnard and DRS ire

On the latest episode of The Race F1 Tech Show podcast, we speak to legendary designer John Barnard – the man who introduced the carbon fibre monocoque

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Ex-F1 race director Masi leaves FIA role

Ex-Formula 1 race director Michael Masi has left the FIA and has decided to relocate to Australia to be with his family

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Ecclestone to be charged with fraud

Ex-Formula 1 CEO Bernie Ecclestone will be charged with fraud for his alleged failure to declare the existence of overseas assets estimated to be worth over £400million

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McLaren to give Andretti IndyCar driver Herta first F1 test

Colton Herta will make his Formula 1 test debut with McLaren at Portimao next week as part of a shootout to see who the team will field in grand prix practice sessions this year

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‘F*** off, stay home’ – Wolff’s message to abusive fans

Toto Wolff says fans who are racist, sexist or homophobic should “f*** off” and “stay at home” after reports female fans were subjected to sexual harassment during the Austrian Grand Prix weekend

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Alonso says he’s lost 60-70 points to poor 2022 reliability

Fernando Alonso believes his 2022 Formula 1 season is as good as his heroic 2012 title near-miss and that he has lost 60-70 points through reliability problems this year

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Verstappen dominates Austria sprint as Ferraris squabble

Max Verstappen dominated the second Formula 1 sprint race of the season of the 2022 season beating the Ferrari duo of Charles Leclerc and Carlos Sainz, who squabbled with each other early in the Austria race

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Ecclestone apologises for comments in support of Putin

Former Formula 1 CEO Bernie Ecclestone has apologised for comments supporting Russian president Vladimir Putin in the wake of the Ukraine invasion

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Video: The suspected Red Bull/Ferrari trick F1 is outlawing

The designs of the title-challenging Red Bull and Ferrari Formula 1 cars have been thrown under the spotlight by a planned clampdown from the FIA as our video explains

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Perez loses all Q3 times and Q2 best after track limits probe

Red Bull F1 driver Sergio Perez has been stripped of all the laps he completed in Q3 at the Austrian Grand Prix and his best time in Q2 due to a track limits abuse in the second part of qualifying

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Wolff: F1 needs to ‘educate’ fans after Hamilton crash cheers

Toto Wolff says Formula 1 has a responsibility to “educate people” after audible cheers were heard from the Austrian Grand Prix crowd in response to Lewis Hamilton’s crash in the final part of qualifying

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Perez feels Red Bull F1 development is ‘going away from me’

Sergio Perez believes Red Bull’s development is “going away from” how comfortable he was with the RB18 in the early part of the 2022 Formula 1 season

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Leclerc explains Binotto visit after needing to ‘disconnect’

Charles Leclerc says he needed to “disconnect” after a recent tricky run of races and has explained why his Ferrari Formula 1 team boss Mattia Binotto came to visit him in Monaco

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‘I don’t know how I survived’ – Zhou’s account of horror crash

Alfa Romeo Formula 1 driver Zhou Guanyu has spoken at length for the first time since his monster crash on the opening lap of the British Grand Prix

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Vips still part of Red Bull’s junior scheme

Juri Vips will remain in Red Bull’s junior roster despite being axed from his role as its Formula 1 team’s test and reserve driver over his use of a racial slur

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Albon: Silverstone shunt ‘felt bigger than it actually was’

Williams Formula 1 driver Alex Albon has provided the first substantial update on his condition following his part in the monster multi-car collision that red-flagged the British Grand Prix

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IndyCar Podcast: Our take on Andretti and McLaren’s dire weekend

Andretti’s on-track team-mate collisions, Scott McLaughlin’s brilliant victory and another masterclass drive in 2022 from Will Power make up the key topics of this week’s The Race IndyCar Podcast

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F1 has the best ‘testament’ to its new era yet

F1’s new generation of cars has had its detractors – but the blockbuster British GP ending was the best evidence yet that the changes have worked

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Albon’s shunt will further delay Latifi’s Williams upgrade

Williams said if it got through the British Grand Prix without damage, Nicholas Latifi’s wait for the upgrades Alex Albon has would be shorter. Then came Albon’s massive crash

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‘Leave it with me’ – Why Sainz overruled Ferrari’s instructions

Carlos Sainz believes the Ferrari Formula 1 team executed the British Grand Prix “perfectly” and defended his decision to overrule his employer at the final safety car restart

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F1 CEO slams ‘stupid’ protesters – but Hamilton/Vettel sympathise

Stefano Domenicali has slammed British GP protesters as “totally stupid”, but Lewis Hamilton and Sebastian Vettel made their sympathies clear

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Sainz wins extraordinary and controversial British Grand Prix

Carlos Sainz won an incredible British Grand Prix that began with a violent crash that sent Guanyu Zhou over the tyre barrier and ended with both Charles Leclerc and Max Verstappen off the podium

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British Grand Prix red-flagged after large start crash

The British Grand Prix has been halted after a large multi-car accident at the start in which Guanyu Zhou’s Alfa Romeo was sent upside down

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Monster F2 crash yields penalty – but is it way too lenient?

The halo device protected Roy Nissany’s head after his defense – deemed “unpredictable and unsafe” – caused Dennis Hauger to get airborne

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Lawson takes Vips’ Red Bull F1 role but needs a big year

Liam Lawson is now Red Bull’s Formula 1 reserve after Juri Vips’ sacking, but Lawson needs to impress or his place at the top of the firm’s F1 queue will be shortlived

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‘My idea, my car’ – Vettel’s Williams run no average F1 demo

Sebastian Vettel sees his British GP demo run in the title-winning 1992 Williams he owns as part of his effort to “keep the history alive”, but “responsibly”

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Verstappen to return to Netflix F1 doc – but demands ‘control’

Max Verstappen intends to again be part of Netflix’s Drive to Survive F1 docuseries – but insists it will have to be “on my terms”

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Verstappen: Piquet ban sought by F1 ‘not helping situation’

Max Verstappen has hinted he believes Nelson Piquet’s mooted ban from the Formula 1 paddock is wrong, saying “it’s not helping the situation”

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Hamilton: ‘Archaic’ views shouldn’t be given a platform

Lewis Hamilton believes Formula 1 and the media need to stop giving older figures with outdated views a platform following controversial comments from Nelson Piquet and Bernie Ecclestone

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F1 Podcast: How Verstappen’s approach has evolved in 2022

We delve into Max Verstappen’s performances as he defends his Formula 1 world championship title in 2022 in the latest edition of The Race F1 Podcast

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Video: Schumacher’s battle to ensure his F1 future

Mick Schumacher is facing increasing pressure as his second F1 season with Haas continues to fail to yield a point. Our latest video looks at his plight, what his Haas team think of his form and how the 23-year-old is dealing with having his F1 future beyond 2022 at risk

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F1 22 game unveils driver ratings, debuts ‘panel of experts’

Max Verstappen and Lewis Hamilton will be the joint-highest rated drivers in the latest official Formula 1 game F1 22

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Revised Aston Martin getting ‘another substantial update’

Aston Martin will bring another “substantial upgrade” to its 2022 Formula 1 car at the British Grand Prix next weekend

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The shine is coming off Magnussen’s feel-good F1 return

A spate of on-track incidents have plagued Haas driver Kevin Magnussen and threatend to taint his fairytale F1 comeback

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Red Bull suspends F1 junior Vips for using racial slur

Formula 2 race winner Juri Vips has been suspended from Red Bull’s junior programme and will face a “full investigation” after a video emerged of him using a racial slur on a Twitch stream

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McLaren hands maiden F1 test to Red Bull junior

Red Bull junior Jehan Daruvala will make his Formula 1 test debut at Silverstone this week in last year’s McLaren

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F1 Podcast: The positives for Ferrari among Canadian GP defeat

Ferrari failed to prevent Red Bull’s Formula 1 win streak from stretching to six races as Max Verstappen picked up his maiden Montreal win. But there were some positives for Ferrari as discussed on the latest episode of The Race F1 Podcast

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The issue that left Alonso ‘driving kamikaze’ to save his GP

Fernando Alonso says he was left “driving kamikaze” to get the assistance of DRS in the Canadian Grand Prix, as an engine issue that developed on lap 20 cost him a second on the straights every lap

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Canadian GP penalty for weaving costs Alonso two places

A five-second penalty for changing direction too many times while defending against Valtteri Bottas dropped Fernando Alonso from seventh to ninth in the final Canadian Grand Prix classification