In a race with three mandatory tyre changes following Pirelli reliability concerns, drivers were able to push hard in each of their four stints rather than having to conserve... read more »
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F1's teams were thrown a curveball with a mandated maximum of 18-lap stints - effectively pushing all drivers into a three-stop strategy - due to safety concerns over tyre... read more »
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Oscar Piastri and Lando Norris finished second and third, with the former Verstappen's closest pursuer for much of the race and the latter charging up from starting... read more »
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Just a few hours ahead of the Qatar Grand Prix, the FIA have announced that drivers will need to adhere to maximum 18-lap stints at the Qatar Grand Prix following the tyre... read more »
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After FP1 on Friday, Pirelli followed standard procedure by analysing the tyres and identified a microscopic separation in the sidewall between the topping compound and the... read more »
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Alonso carries around a reputation for being a tough customer keen on expanding his influence within a team, which was mainly born from his stints at McLaren.The two-time world... read more »
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Having started eighth, the Williams driver was among those who ran long first stints and were able to time their pit stops to coincide with a virtual safety car period after... read more »
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This is a great team result. It comes at the end of a very strong weekend, in which we've been able to compete at the top on both single-lap pace during qualifying, and... read more »
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Leclerc started from the pitlane in Barcelona after he qualified only 19th and the team opted to make changes to his car for the race.However he was only able to rise to 11th... read more »
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Former Formula 1 performance engineer Blake Hinsey has described Max Verstappen as a 'monster' at nursing his tyres, insisting his ability to run longer stints and... read more »
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All the teams stopped at least twice, but we saw a number of different choices for the second and third stints. read more »
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His role with the Spirit team, which brought Honda back into F1 in 1983, and the first of two stints at Bentley as team director of the organisation that triumphed at Le Mans... read more »
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Four-time world champion Vettel retired from F1 at the end of the 2022 season, having announced plans to hang up his helmet back in July.The German driver enjoyed stints with... read more »
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Throughout his F1 career, Perez has carved out a reputation as being one of the strongest drivers when it comes to tyre management, particularly during his stints with Sauber... read more »
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In an unusual day of Friday practice, the Ferrari driver topped FP2 with a 1m36.810s having been granted use of the 2022 tyres during the session devoted to 2023 Pirelli tyre... read more »
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We opted for a one-stop with both cars, which meant we had to be quite careful across both stints on the Medium and Hard tyres to ensure we could reach the chequered flag with... read more »
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After Magnussen left Haas at the end of 2020, the team set up what was dubbed a 'Haas hub' in Maranello at Ferrari's headquarters, with more of the Italian... read more »
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George Russell says Alexander Albon has done an "exceptional job" at Williams across the opening stages of the 2022 season. Albon returned to Formula 1 with Williams... read more »
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Ferrari's Charles Leclerc admits that it "hurt" to finish behind team-mate Carlos Sainz at the end of the 2021 Formula 1 World Championship. Last year was... read more »
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2007 world champion Raikkonen retired at the end of last season more than 20 years after making his debut, racking up a record of 349 grand prix starts across stints with... read more »
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The Italian company has put an extra focus on kerbs since the Qatar GP, where four drivers suffered similar failures in the race.Pirelli later determined that the failures... read more »
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Raikkonen, 42, will make his 349th and final grand prix start in Abu Dhabi after announcing earlier this year that he would be retiring from F1 at the end of the season.It... read more »
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Some drivers encountered tyre problems towards the finish: this was probably due to a combination of very high wear as a result of long stints, and impacts at high speed... read more »
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Pirelli F1 boss Mario Isola has hinted a mix of the ferocity of Losail's kerbs and teams running stints to the limit were behind the quartet of tyre failures at the Qatar... read more »
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The pair went wide at Interlagos' Turn 4 fast left-hander, as Hamilton had moved ahead of Verstappen - attacking on the corner's outside line early in their... read more »