Scott Mitchell-Malm

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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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Why Leclerc's dreading Monaco and what may save Ferrari

Charles Leclerc is not relishing his home grand prix in Monaco, fearing it will expose the worst of his 2025 F1 car's weaknesses. But might the track layout actually help Ferrari?

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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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Newey's role at first F1 race with Aston Martin and why it matters

Adrian Newey is attending his first F1 race with Aston Martin at this weekend's Monaco Grand Prix - here's what you need to know

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Red Bull is heading towards another F1 driver problem

Red Bull may feel its early 2025 F1 driver change has already been justified. And it probably has been. But it's still not solved the problem - and it might have an even bigger one at its second team

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'Everyone thinks I had a s**t race' - The unseen Imola GP rollercoaster

There was a lot more to grand prix drive at Imola than the headline figures of '19th-to-17th' suggest

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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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What Piastri should've done against Verstappen's 'win or bin' move

Max Verstappen's opportunistic around-the-outside overtake that surprised Oscar Piastri was the decisive moment in F1's Imola race - and a move that Verstappen didn't think was on at first

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What's so worrying about Tsunoda's 'unacceptable' crash

Yuki Tsunoda did not hold back on the self-criticism after a first major Red Bull F1 crash

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Colapinto pleads with fans to be respectful after Tsunoda abuse

Franco Colapinto has demanded more respect be shown to rival Formula 1 drivers after Yuki Tsunoda was subjected to a swarm of abusive messages including racist insults after their minor practice altercation at Imola.

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Big Colapinto shunt clashes with a key Briatore demand

Alpine F1 chief Flavio Briatore put an emphasis on new signing Franco Colapinto avoiding crashes - especially, presumably, of the kind Colapinto suffered in Imola qualifying

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Imola F1 qualifying interrupted twice by huge crashes

Yuki Tsunoda avoided major injury in a terrifying crash on his first flying lap in Emilia Romagna GP F1 qualifying

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What prompted Colapinto's practice defences that puzzled Verstappen

Franco Colapinto's first day back in F1 featured a surprising amount of wheel to wheel racing in practice and a radio complaint from Max Verstappen

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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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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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How Colapinto's dealing with five-race chance that's 'not enough'

Franco Colapinto admits his initial five-race run at Alpine is not enough time to get fully on top of its F1 car but he hopes to make quick progress as he replaces Jack Doohan

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'It smelled bad' - Alpine's Doohan axing blasted by F1 rookies

Dropped Alpine Formula 1 driver Jack Doohan was racing with a gun to his head from the start of the season and has been treated unfairly, reckon two of his fellow rookies

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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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Why Williams is sacrificing its best F1 season in a decade

This is Williams's best start to an F1 season for almost a decade. But it's probably right to forfeit that if it really wants to build on the evidence that its revival is real

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Seven things Newey revealed in his first Aston Martin interview

As Aston Martin flounders in the 2025 F1 season, its new tech chief Adrian Newey reveals what he's learned about the team so far

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Haas or HRT? What to expect from Cadillac's F1 debut

Cadillac is aware it will likely be at the back of the grid in 2026 rather than replicate the immediate point-scoring exploits of Formula 1’s last new team

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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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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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What's behind an F1 breakthrough that's impressed Verstappen

Both Max Verstappen and Lando Norris have been quick to praise a big F1 breakthrough from one of their rivals

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Perez/Alpine talks a fresh F1 driver market twist

Initial talks have taken place between Alpine and Sergio Perez's camp about a possible Formula 1 race seat for the Mexican driver next season

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Colapinto replaces Doohan at Alpine - but faces review after five races

Franco Colapinto will replace Jack Doohan at Alpine for at least the next five races of the 2025 Formula 1 season

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What we know about shock Alpine resignation and fresh chaos

Alpine's F1 team has been plunged into fresh chaos - and it's all been sparked by executive advisor Flavio Briatore's controversial driver decisions

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What made Doohan/Alpine unworkable and a change inevitable

Though Franco Colapinto has loomed throughout Jack Doohan's first F1 season, only recent development made the impending swap inevitable

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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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Doohan informed of Alpine change, set to be replaced immediately

Jack Doohan is expected to be replaced for the next Formula 1 race at Imola after Alpine informed the rookie of its intention to make an immediate change

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Alpine evaluating dropping Doohan before next F1 race

Alpine is evaluating Jack Doohan’s position and considering whether a driver change is needed as soon as the next Formula 1 race at Imola

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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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Cadillac's F1 'launch' - Everything you need to know

Cadillac's Formula 1 team held its first ‘launch' at the Miami Grand Prix, where a large contingent from the General Motors-backed entry is in attendance

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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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Red Bull must up its game to match Verstappen

If Max Verstappen wins the Miami Grand Prix, it will complete a grand turnaround that also acts as a warning for how much Red Bull must up its game

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Verstappen's blunt dismissal of 'silly' fatherhood impact talk

Max Verstappen has dismissed “silly” speculation that becoming a father could slow him down as a Formula 1 driver, as his Miami Grand Prix pole means “we can throw that out of the window”

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Leclerc crashes out before Miami F1 sprint race begins

Charles Leclerc crashed before the start of F1's Miami GP sprint race, hitting the wall during reconnaissance laps in extremely wet conditions

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The serious point behind Brown's water bottle mockery of Red Bull

McLaren Racing CEO Zak Brown's use of a water bottle marked "tire water" at the Miami GP was a response to F1 rival Red Bull designed to raise a "serious point" to force teams to raise all allegations formally rather than through "back channels"