Scott Mitchell-Malm

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The trap McLaren's set itself for the rest of its title fight

McLaren's handling of the Italian Grand Prix means it has set itself up for some much more awkward decisions in the remainder of the Oscar Piastri-Lando Norris title fight this year

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Nine things we learned from F1's Italian Grand Prix

Everything we learned from an Italian GP weekend where there was as much to keep up with off-track in F1 as there was on it

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'Very difficult to undo' - Mercedes warning after McLaren order

Mercedes F1 boss Toto Wolff has warned that McLaren has "set a precedent that is very difficult to undo" after ordering Oscar Piastri to let team-mate Lando Norris by in the Italian GP

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The glaring hole that's been exposed in F1's racing rules

Ollie Bearman being penalised for his collision with Carlos Sainz at Monza exposes a glaring hole in the logic of F1's racing rules

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Angry Hadjar's Sainz incident and Q1 exit - what really happened

A week after his Zandvoort heroics, Isack Hadjar suffered his first F1 Q1 exit at Monza - for which he mainly blamed Carlos Sainz. But it wasn't quite what it seemed

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Winners and losers from F1's 2025 Italian GP qualifying

Here's our pick of the standout performances and major flops from 2025 Italian GP qualifying

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The routes Norris has to an unlikely 2025 F1 title comeback

Here's how Lando Norris can pull off a rare, long-shot turnaround - and why you can argue there's only a 15% chance of him succeeding

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How an Alpine F1 2026 seat audition went

Alpine is undecided on who should partner Pierre Gasly in 2026 - so Paul Aron's Monza FP1 outing was a timely F1 audition. Judging that appearance in isolation, you can at least see why he's in contention for now

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Everything we've learned from first day at F1's Italian GP

Formula 1’s first day at the Italian Grand Prix has answered some of the dangling questions produced by a chaotic and controversial race at Zandvoort

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Hamilton on shocking penalty, 'volatile' year and crash findings

Lewis Hamilton was “shocked” to discover he had a “pretty hardcore” F1 penalty for his first Italian Grand Prix at Monza with Ferrari, as his first year with the team continues to be emotionally “volatile”

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Hadjar's theory for 2026 making Red Bull move 'way easier'

Isack Hadjar reckons F1’s massive rule changes for 2026 will eliminate talk about Red Bull’s second car problem as it will be “way easier” to step into its main team then compared to now

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Big McLaren ownership change completes recovery from dire position

A significant change in ownership of McLaren’s racing division, and therefore its Formula 1 team, has completed the recovery from its quietly dire position just a little under five years ago

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Tsunoda out of time? What we know about Red Bull's F1 driver plan

Red Bull expects to make a decision on its 2026 Formula 1 driver line-up before the end of the season, giving Yuki Tsunoda just a handful of races to keep his seat

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10 things we learned from F1's Dutch Grand Prix

A dramatic Dutch Grand Prix led to a big swing in the title fight and several breakthrough results elsewhere - so here’s everything we learned from Zandvoort

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'Complete joke' - Sainz’s penalty rage and our verdict

Carlos Sainz labelled the decision to penalise him for a clash with Liam Lawson in the Dutch Grand Prix a “complete joke” and not at the right standard for Formula 1

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F1's most curious driver - who may be Verstappen's next team-mate

This last-gasp addition to the 2025 Formula 1 grid has been a fascinating bright spot amid the Red Bull driver pool's woes

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Haas referred to stewards for unusual F1 rule breach

The Haas Formula 1 team has been referred to the stewards for an unusual alleged rule breach after Dutch Grand Prix qualifying

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Tsunoda's 'very strange' setback as his big Red Bull threat stars

Yuki Tsunoda was confused by a disappointing Dutch Grand Prix qualifying result that came at the same time the biggest threat to his Red Bull Formula 1 seat put in a statement performance

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Winners and losers from F1's 2025 Dutch Grand Prix qualifying

As the all-McLaren Formula 1 title fight continued on the Dutch Grand Prix’s front row, there were plenty of surprises and disappointments further back on the Zandvoort grid

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What was behind the many crashes on dramatic Dutch GP Friday

The unforgiving Dutch GP venue Zandvoort bit many a driver during Friday practice of the 2025 edition

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The 2025 Alpine mistakes in big Briatore admission

Alpine Formula 1 boss Flavio Briatore has admitted to making mistakes with the rapid promotion of Franco Colapinto to a race seat and also the development of its 2025 car

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Red Bull didn't realise 'huge difference' old spec had on Tsunoda

Yuki Tsunoda believes Red Bull has now recognised a car specification discrepancy made a "huge difference" to his performances before the F1 summer break, and says he now has a clearer idea of how much time he has to save his seat

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'I'm not surprised' - Perez on Tsunoda/Lawson's Red Bull struggles

Sergio Perez claims he'd predicted his Red Bull replacements, Liam Lawson and Yuki Tsunoda would struggle as badly as they have

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Piastri's race engineer on his 2025 transformation

Oscar Piastri had some catching up to do against Lando Norris to make the most of a championship-level McLaren in 2025. Here's how he caught up

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What we've learned about Cadillac F1 signing Perez and Bottas

This is what we’ve learned speaking to the Cadillac F1 team’s owners, its team principal, and Sergio Perez and Valtteri Bottas themselves

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Why Cadillac will use rival's car for F1 testing debut

The Cadillac team will conduct on-track Formula 1 testing this year using a car supplied by another team as it ramps up preparations for its debut in 2026

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Will F1 2026 repeat 2014's biggest flaw?

Will F1 2026 be dominated by one team with a big engine advantage and a huge spread from first to last in the pecking order? Opinion is split

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Cadillac poised to sign both Perez and Bottas for 2026

Cadillac is closing on securing both Valtteri Bottas and Sergio Perez for its first Formula 1 driver line-up next season

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McLaren reckons Red Bull actually hurt itself with allegations

The scrutiny that McLaren found itself under earlier in the 2025 F1 season ended up being reassuring once it realised how much time Red Bull was devoting to its most wild theories

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McLaren will ask drivers how to react when one loses the F1 title

McLaren will ask Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri how they want the team to celebrate when one of them wins the Formula 1 drivers' title this season, so the losing competitor is factored into how it is handled

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F1's easily forgotten driver mess needs resolving

A testing crash that signed off the first half of the 2025 season brought an easily forgotten driver saga back into focus

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McLaren admits risk of 2007 repeat in letting Norris/Piastri fight

McLaren is wary it's risking a repeat of its infamous 2007 Alonso/Hamilton fallout by treating its two drivers equally

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Colapinto crash disrupts Alpine's 2026 F1 tyre test

A large Franco Colapinto crash has disrupted Alpine’s Pirelli 2026 Formula 1 tyre testing programme at the Hungaroring

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Red Bull's exposed where McLaren is 'killing' it in F1 2025

"No one expected" Red Bull's Hungarian GP to be as bad as it was - but its struggles there exposed the reality it has to come to terms with about the remainder of its 2025 F1 campaign

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Everything we learned from F1's Hungarian Grand Prix

Here's 10 things we learned from a Hungarian GP weekend featuring another twist in the F1 2025 title fight and big performance swings further back

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McLaren didn't intend strategy switch that denied Piastri

McLaren did not intend for Lando Norris to switch to a winning one-stop strategy in Formula 1's Hungarian Grand Prix as it did not think it was possible pre-race and felt Oscar Piastri's two-stop was going to be the "dominant" tactic

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Aston Martin's shock worst-to-best turnaround in a week explained

Aston Martin followed up its worst performance of the F1 season with its best qualifying result in nearly two years just a week later. What transformed it into an outside pole threat in Hungary?

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Red Bull's usual 2025 trick failed in Hungary

"Nothing seems to work" for Red Bull in Hungary, and the result is Max Verstappen's worst grid slot of 2025

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Ferrari 'probably need to change driver' - Hamilton at alarming low

Lewis Hamilton looked and sounded the lowest he has been as he suggested his early qualifying exit compared to Charles Leclerc's Hungarian GP means Ferrari probably needs to "change the driver"

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Verstappen's first practice defeat and Red Bull Friday woes explained

Max Verstappen was the slower Red Bull driver in a practice session for the first time in 2025 as he lamented an “undriveable” car on Friday at the Hungarian Grand Prix - where Red Bull seems in worse shape than any point this year.