Nicolas Lopes

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Stella: Piastri’s F1 Chinese GP win shows he “improved his racecraft, speed” over the winter

McLaren team principal Andrea Stella believes Oscar Piastri’s calm and collected win from pole position at the 2025 F1 Chinese GP showed just much the Australian improved his racecraft and general speed over the off-season. Piastri’s commanding victory on Sunday in Shanghai was the perfect way to bounce back after a disappointing home race last…

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Antonelli: Tyre warm-up issues “killed” my confidence in F1 Chinese GP qualifying

Kimi Antonelli admitted he lost confidence in his Mercedes car throughout qualifying for the 2025 F1 Chinese GP, after he could only manage eighth on the grid as he struggled with tyre warm-up issues which meant he was four tenths back from his team-mate George Russell, who qualified on the front row, less than a…

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Norris: McLaren is “definitely quickest” but “tricky” to drive in F1 Chinese GP qualifying

Lando Norris qualified third for tomorrow’s F1 Chinese GP, one-and-a-half tenths adrift of team-mate Oscar Piastri on pole position, who he claims just did a better job in handling a McLaren that is “definitely” the quickest car, but “tricky” to handle over the course of a full lap around Shanghai. Norris bounced back in qualifying…

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McLaren team principal Andrea Stella discussed Max Verstappen’s blistering pace in the final stages of the 2025 Australian GP, which put Lando Norris under pressure with just two laps remaining of the race.
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Stella: Norris floor damage allowed Verstappen to get close in F1 Australian GP

McLaren team principal Andrea Stella discussed Max Verstappen’s blistering pace in the final stages of the 2025 Australian GP, which put Lando Norris under pressure with just two laps remaining of the race. After a strong start of the race, Verstappen found himself in second place after overtaking Oscar Piastri and pressurising Norris for the…

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Stella: 2024 strategy “learnings” helped McLaren win F1 Australian GP

McLaren team principal Andrea Stella believes his team did a good job in its decision-making process at the ever-changing conditions of the 2025 F1 Australian GP, and believes the learning from past mistakes has made the difference in allowing Lando Norris to weather the storm and come out on top in the season opener. Norris…

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Ferrari wins legal case against Aston Martin over Cardile’s start date

Ferrari has won a legal case in Italy, blocking their former technical director, Enrico Cardile, from starting work at Aston Martin until July 18. Cardile, who signed with Aston Martin as chief technical officer in July, has been at the center of a dispute over his start date. Cardile’s career and the legal dispute Cardile…

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Yuki Tsunoda Isack Hadjar, drivers for Racing Bulls assess F1 Bahrain testing of 2025
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F1 Testing | Racing Bulls labels Bahrain as a “successful” test after “very high mileage”

Racing Bulls left pre-season testing for the 2025 Formula 1 season with the third-highest lap count of the 10 teams, as Yuki Tsunoda and debutant Isack Hadjar logged 454 laps between them over the three days of running, just four shy of Mercedes’ chart-topping 458. And that, along with the fact that there weren’t any…

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Briatore and Alpine F1 should not wait to replace Doohan if it has no faith in him

Jack Doohan is set to compete in his first full-season in F1 in 2025, after signing a contract with Alpine in August last year, but the Australian, who got a promotion earlier than expected at the 2024 season finale in Abu Dhabi after Esteban Ocon was released early, is already under enormous pressure from Flavio…

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Briatore has “no doubt” that Alpine will be F1 title contenders by 2027

Flavio Briatore believes Alpine will be challenging for the F1 constructors’ title by 2027 under his leadership. The Italian detailed how his controversial return to the sport took shape 15 years after the ‘Crashgate’ race manipulation scandal was discovered, and how he shrugs off criticism by delivering on-track results based on his team management skills….

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