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F1 Miami GP | Qualifying | Verstappen beats the Ferraris to pole in close session

Q1 Kevin Magnussen posted the first time of the session with a 1:29.015. The Ferraris came out of the traps well, with Carlos Sainz’s 1:28.159 putting him 0.024s ahead of teammate Charles Leclerc. Perez, Russell, Piastri, Alonso, Ricciardo, Norris, Hamilton and Tsunoda completed the top 10 after 7 minutes. World Championship leader Max Verstappen came…

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Verstappen says there is “a few more things to improve” ahead of the Grand Prix following F1 Sprint win in Miami

Max Verstappen continued his excellent start to the 2024 F1 season as he took victory to make it 2/2 in Sprints this year. The Dutchman had to get his elbows out at the start as Charles Leclerc got away slightly better on his new mediums versus Verstappen’s used ones. As it is a Sprint, it…

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Verstappen surprised to be on pole for Miami F1 Sprint after his RB20 “didn’t really feel enjoyable out there” in qualifying

Championship leader Max Verstappen will start tomorrow’s F1 Sprint in Miami from pole position after getting the job done in SQ3 on Friday afternoon in Florida. The Dutchman looked to be on the back foot during SQ2 as he could only manage P4 on the mediums with Norris comfortably topping the times in his updated…

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A “reasonable” step — Lando Norris on McLaren’s “obvious” F1 Miami GP update

McLaren head into the Miami Grand Prix on a wave of optimism. Lando Norris finished a strong P2 in the Chinese Grand Prix last time out. The team is also bringing updates to Miami. Heading into Shanghai, Andrea Stella expected the Woking-based squad to struggle due to the track characteristics with the MCL38’s difficulties in…

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Albon hopes Williams can now start “to focus on upgrades and general development” as spare chassis arrives for F1 Miami GP

Williams heads into this weekend’s Miami Grand Prix with a spare chassis for the first time in the 2024 season. Logan Sargeant missed the Australian Grand Prix in late March as Alex Albon crashed his car in FP1 and was given the Floridian’s FW46 for the remainder of the weekend once FP2 had been completed…

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“The team is in danger of falling apart” — Jos Verstappen voices concerns about the future of Red Bull Racing following Newey’s F1 exit

Following confirmation on Wednesday morning that Adrian Newey is no longer part of the Red Bull F1 Team and will leave the whole organisation next year following the conclusion of his work on the RB17 hypercar, Jos Verstappen has spoken up again on his concerns about the future of the Milton Keynes-based squad and the…

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Albon: FW46 “more raceable” compared to its predecessor, but the pace of Haas F1 a “surprise”

It’s been a tough start to the 2024 F1 season for Williams Racing. As well as not scoring a point yet, the team has failed a lot of scrutiny as not having a spare chassis meant they could only race one car in Melbourne following Alex Albon’s massive FP1 shunt. Sargeant and Albon’s crashes at…

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David Malukas leaves Arrow McLaren after not starting a single race IndyCar race for them

22-year-old David Malukas has departed the Arrow McLaren IndyCar squad following an injury sustained in pre-season. The Chicago native had joined McLaren over the winter following success at Dale Coyne Racing where he scored 2 podiums — he got both of them at Gateway in successive seasons. However, his spell at Arrow McLaren was short-lived…

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Children’s of Alabama Indy Grand Prix | IndyCar Race | McLaughlin beats Power and Lundqvist to win in thrilling race at Barber

McLaughlin got away superbly to hold a comfortable lead on the opening lap. Power had to fend off Christian Lundgaard into turn 5. At the back, Rinus VeeKay rammed into the back of Robb and spun him around. Harvey and Simpson also were involved as innocent parties. The Dutch driver was handed a drive-through. On…

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