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Kimi Antonelli starts Sunday's Belgian Grand Prix from pole, but Spa-Francorchamps has a habit of punishing the driver at the front before the race has properly begun. This piece explains why the run to Turn…
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This article is built entirely from BBC Sport's reporting from Spa-Francorchamps ahead of the Belgian Grand Prix. All quotes from George Russell, Andrew Shovlin, Andrea Stella, Max Verstappen and other drivers…
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Kimi Antonelli has spent three race weekends watching a 68-point championship lead shrink to 25. On Friday at Spa-Francorchamps he did something about it, while Pierre Gasly handed Alpine's mechanics a night…
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Red Bull arrived at Spa having spent two race weekends crashing an experimental rear wing, anda Silverstone weekend listening to Max Verstappen question the point of turning up. So naturally they bolted the…
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McLaren head into the last race weekend before Formula 1's summer break still defending a title they are struggling to hold onto. This covers the new rear wing arriving at Spa, the bigger package promised for…
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A week is a long time in Formula 1. Seven days on from his best result of the season in Austria, Max Verstappen qualified seventh at Silverstone, was beaten by his own team-mate, and delivered the kind of…
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Lewis Hamilton led the Silverstone sprint, and then the race did exactly what he had warned it would. This covers Kimi Antonelli's win in the British Grand Prix sprint: how the 19-year-old saved his battery,…
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Silverstone has survived wars, weather and several generations of regulation, but this weekend it meets the 2026 power units. This covers the BBC's reporting from the British Grand Prix paddock: Lewis…
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A few months ago, the idea of Max Verstappen driving a McLaren belonged in the realm of fantasy. It is not there any more. This piece assesses the rumour seriously, weighing his Red Bull exit clause, a season…
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This piece examines why Mercedes ultimately had no viable legal path to recover George Russell's Monaco result, and what the chain of penalties and procedural rules actually meant in practice. We also look at…
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After two demoralising weekends in Monaco and Canada, McLaren arrived in Barcelona needing answers. Friday practice offered some. This piece examines what the timesheets actually tell us about the weekend…
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This piece examines how a flawed distance calculation in Monaco's uniquely configured pit lane cost Pierre Gasly a podium finish - and how Alpine's meticulous post-race work won it back. We also look at what…
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Kimi Antonelli's final lap in Monaco qualifying was one of those moments that reminds you why street circuits produce the sport's most gripping sessions. This piece examines how the teenager delivered under…
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Ferrari arrived in Monaco carrying genuine expectations of reversing the early-season pattern set by a dominant Mercedes, and first practice has done nothing to dampen that belief. This piece examines what the…
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George Russell's retirement from the Canadian Grand Prix felt like a turning point - but history suggests 43 points is nowhere near a fatal deficit at this stage of an F1 season. This piece makes the…
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Lewis Hamilton's second place at the 2026 Canadian Grand Prix was more than a result - it was a statement. This piece digs into what made Montreal different, what the weekend revealed about Hamilton's…
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The 2026 Canadian Grand Prix has all the ingredients of a genuinely unpredictable afternoon: an all-Mercedes front row that nearly fell apart in the Sprint, a field of drivers confronting rain in cars with…
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George Russell arrived in Montreal needing a statement weekend and delivered one immediately, topping both runs in sprint qualifying to edge team-mate Kimi Antonelli. This piece looks at what the session…
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A groundhog, three red flags and a spin into the barriers made for one of the more eventful Friday practices of the season in Montreal. But beneath the chaos, one story dominated: a freshly upgraded Mercedes…
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George Russell finds himself chasing his own team-mate for the first time in a genuine championship fight, and the dynamics inside Mercedes have shifted noticeably after Miami. This piece examines what the…
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Lewis Hamilton's first season at Ferrari was always going to contain bumps, but Miami represented something more troubling than a single bad weekend: a sustained pace deficit to his team-mate across an entire…
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McLaren arrived in Miami under pressure after a difficult start to the 2026 season, and left the sprint race with a resounding statement. This piece examines what Lando Norris's dominant pole-to-flag win…
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Hamilton 'Fired Up' for Miami Return as Ferrari Face Daunting Development Mountain to Catch Mercedes
Lewis Hamilton arrives at the Miami Grand Prix in bullish mood, but he is also refreshingly candid about the scale of the challenge facing Ferrari in 2026. With Mercedes setting the pace at the front and a…
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Istanbul Park is coming back to Formula 1, and it is bringing with it one of the sport's most technically demanding circuits. This article looks at what the new five-year deal means for the shape of the F1…
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Formula 1's 2026 season has come to an unplanned standstill following the cancellation of the Bahrain and Saudi Arabian Grands Prix, leaving teams with a five-week gap before the Miami Grand Prix on 1-3 May.…