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2024 F1 Bahrain Testing Day 1: Verstappen continues to impress in RB20 with fastest lap and most laps completed

At 15:00 sharp the lights at the end of the pitlane turned green, but the action remained confined to the pitboxes for the first few minutes. Carlos Sainz had a little look, but quickly pitted again. Pierre Gasly followed as one of the afternoon drivers, while Lando Norris had to wait for his McLaren to…

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2024 F1 Bahrain Testing Day 1: Verstappen starts off strong to lead morning session as Williams hits reliability troubles

Reigning three-time world champion Max Verstappen has started his 2024 campaign from where he left off in 2023, at the top of the timesheets for the first official session of pre-season testing in Bahrain.  Williams was the only team to suffer from reliability issues, with Alex Albon’s running being cut short by over 20 minutes…

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Norris’ quest to improve F1 qualifying performance in 2024 starts from “mental things”

It was quite an astonishing season for Lando Norris in 2023, arguably his best one so far in Formula 1. Things hadn’t started out well for McLaren with both drivers suffering technical issues as soon as the first race in Bahrain, but they got down to work in Woking and turned a struggling MCL60 around…

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“Patience is a virtue,” Pato O’Ward says, as he looks to improve from last year’s IndyCar campaign

Pato O’Ward is the third and last driver of Arrow McLaren to have his livery revealed, and for the driver of the #5 machine it is a continuation of the classic Arrow McLaren colour scheme of papaya and black. The Mexican is entering the fifth full-time season in the IndyCar series, during which he scored a total of four wins.

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Zak Brown on benefits of ‘outstanding’ F1 cost cap: “I think the budget cap has had the intended consequences of making the field much more competitive”

When Formula One introduced the cost cap at the start of the 2021 F1 season, one of its aims was to see it bring the field closer together. According to McLaren CEO Zak Brown, this is exactly what is happening – in qualifying at least. So much so that according to Brown, when he is…

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