Carlos Sainz's Ferrari on the grid at Imola
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Vasseur: “We will have to speed up the development” as Ferrari and McLaren closes Red Bull’s F1 advantage

The Italian team brought an upgrade to their home race at Imola but narrowly trailed in Red Bull and McLaren’s wake in qualifying as Charles Leclerc and Carlos Sainz qualified P4 and P5 respectively. The single-lap pace at the sharp end of the field was incredibly competitive, with just two-tenths separating the top four cars….

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Horner expects competition from McLaren F1 “at all circuits” following major update package

Red Bull team principal Christian Horner expects to battle McLaren consistently going forward, while Toto Wolff of Mercedes and Mike Krack of Aston Martin take motivation from McLaren’s leap up the field. Following a push to the line at last weekend’s Emilia Romagna Grand Prix for McLaren’s Lando Norris, off the back of his debut…

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Horner: Red Bull needs to look into “weak” hard tyre stint that left Verstappen vulnerable to Norris in F1 Imola GP

Red Bull team principal and CEO, Christian Horner has said that Red Bull will carry some analysis before the next F1 race in Monaco to understand why their car lost so much performance – especially compared to Lando Norris’ McLaren – in the latter stages of the 2024 Emilia Romagna GP, as the degradation of…

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Stella: Norris’ “patient” approach to the hard tyres key in late charge for the win at F1 Emilia Romagna GP

McLaren team principal Andrea Stella praised Lando Norris’ careful approach towards his tyres in the second stint of the 2024 Emilia Romagna GP, which allowed the now one-time grand prix winner to challenge Max Verstappen in what was a thrilling finish to the race at Imola, with Norris finishing less than a second behind the…

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Horner: “Pocket rocket” Tsunoda put in a “great performance” in F1 Imola GP qualifying

Saturday marked a classification with mixed fortunes in the Red Bull garage. While Max Verstappen took Pole Position and reversed the team’s difficult weekend up to that point, Sergio Perez was left out of the Top 10 on Saturday in Imola, where he will start P11 in the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix on Sunday. The…

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“Front lock” at turn 7 cost me “two and a half tenths” — Sergio Perez opens up on shock Q2 exit at F1 Imola GP

Sergio Perez discussed what happened behind the costly error during the qualifying at the Emilia-Romagna Grand Prix, citing a lock-up that ended his chances of making it into Q3. Red Bull had been struggling on Friday but turn things around on Saturday, at least on Max Verstappen’s side of the garage. A small crash in…

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Horner says it’s “fitting” that “very special driver” Verstappen matched Senna’s record of consecutive F1 poles at Imola

After a race in Miami that saw the third different winner this year, and finally gave Lando Norris his long-awaited first victory, Formula 1 resumed action at the Imola circuit for the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix. It looked like a complicated weekend for Max Verstappen and company, when the World Champion scored P5 in FP1,…

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