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McLaren driver Lando Norris edged team-mate Oscar Piastri to lead Friday's first free practice at Formula 1's Dutch Grand Prix.
Following several heatwaves that scorched Europe's summer, the second leg of the season got underway in cool conditions in the Netherlands
There was little time to waste at the start of the one-hour session as all 20 drivers sampled the windy conditions at ...Keep reading

McLaren driver Lando Norris edged team-mate Oscar Piastri to lead Friday's first free practice at Formula 1's Dutch Grand Prix.
Following several heatwaves that scorched Europe's summer, the second leg of the season got underway in cool conditions in the Netherlands
There was little time to waste at the start of the one-hour session as all 20 drivers sampled the windy conditions at ...Keep reading

20 years ago, Fernando Alonso was engaged in a thrilling championship run-in with Kimi Raikkonen, and a young tyre engineer with a bright future was about to join Alonso’s Renault team.
Ayao Komatsu had got his F1 break working for BAR-Honda’s test team in a high-spending era where leading manufacturer-backed organisations had two windtunnels running continuously and fully manned test ...Keep reading

20 years ago, Fernando Alonso was engaged in a thrilling championship run-in with Kimi Raikkonen, and a young tyre engineer with a bright future was about to join Alonso’s Renault team. Ayao Komatsu had got his F1 break working for BAR-Honda’s test team in a high-spending era where leading manufacturer-backed organisations had two windtunnels running continuously and fully manned test squads ...Keep reading

McLaren's Oscar Piastri and Lando Norris have given their blessing for split strategies to continue at the team as they battle for the 2025 Formula 1 title, but both feel Hungary was something of an outlier.
Norris was running third during the Hungarian Grand Prix and took the plunge to switch to a one-stop strategy - which put him out ahead of the two-stopping Piastri and offered him the ...Keep reading

Performance gains have become harder to find as F1’s second ground-effect aerodynamics era matures, but for some the process has been more challenging for others. Aston Martin has noticeably struggled to unlock more relative pace from its cars ever since making a strong start to the 2023 season.
This has not been for want of trying since the Silverstone-based team has been among the most ...Keep reading

Performance gains have become harder to find as F1’s second ground-effect aerodynamics era matures, but for some, the process has been more challenging for others. Aston Martin has noticeably struggled to unlock more relative pace from its cars ever since making a strong start to the 2023 season. This has not been for want of trying since the Silverstone-based team has been among the most ...Keep reading

McLaren's Oscar Piastri and Lando Norris have given their blessing for split strategies to continue at the team as they battle for the 2025 Formula 1 title, but both feel Hungary was something of an outlier.
Norris was running third during the Hungarian Grand Prix and took the plunge to switch to a one-stop strategy - which put him out ahead of the two-stopping Piastri and offered him the ...Keep reading

Suggestions from Toto Wolff that 2026 F1 cars could get near top speeds of 400km/h have caused a stir, but both the real picture and what the Mercedes chief actually meant are more nuanced than that.
As is well documented, F1 is facing a radical regulations shake-up in 2026, driven by a desire to obtain a near 50/50 split between energy derived by the V6 turbo engines and a much expanded ...Keep reading

Suggestions from Toto Wolff that 2026 Formula 1 cars could get near top speeds of 400km/h have caused a stir, but both the real picture and what the Mercedes chief actually meant are more nuanced than that.
As is well documented, F1 is facing a radical regulations shake-up in 2026, driven by a desire to obtain a near 50/50 split between energy derived by the V6 turbo engines and a much expanded ...Keep reading