Formula 1

• How to follow Chinese Grand Prix on the BBC

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  All the key BBC coverage details for round two of the Formula 1 season at the Chinese Grand Prix in Shanghai, which takes place from 13-15 March.

• Max Verstappen casts Red Bull F1 verdict after Australian GP recovery

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  Max Verstappen believes Red Bull's Formula 1 pace deficit comes half and half from the chassis and power unit.

• Charles Leclerc insists Ferrari ‘couldn’t have won’ F1 Australian GP regardless of strategy

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  Charles Leclerc doubts a win was ever on the cards for Ferrari in Melbourne.

• McLaren has 0.5-1s performance gap to close to Mercedes after F1 Australian GP

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  McLaren boss Andrea Stella admitted that it’ll take time to catch Mercedes in the 2026 Formula 1 campaign with the gap up to one second per lap...

• McLaren ‘need to improve the car quite a lot’ – Norris

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  Lando Norris has suggested that McLaren “need to improve the car quite a lot” following his P5 finish in the season-opening Australian Grand Prix,...

• Mercedes has "a fight on our hands with Ferrari" as true F1 pace order revealed

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  Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff says “we have a fight on our hands with Ferrari” following Formula 1’s season-opening Australian Grand Prix,...

• Verstappen explains if he's concerned by deficit to Mercedes

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  Max Verstappen has admitted that worrying about the competitive gap to Mercedes is “not going to change anything” after he charged to P6 from a P20...

• Hamilton buoyed by ‘really fun’ Australian GP

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  Lewis Hamilton has been left excited for what is to come after enjoying a “really fun” Australian Grand Prix, with the seven-time World Champion...

• Frustrated Lando Norris concedes McLaren F1 “nowhere near where we need to be”

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  Lando Norris finished the Formula 1 season-opening Australian Grand Prix over 50 seconds behind race-winner George Russell.

• Fred Vasseur reveals real Ferrari ‘issue’ amid strategy scrutiny at F1 Australian GP

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  Fred Vasseur insists he has "no regrets" over how Ferrari handled its strategy in Australia.

• Verstappen wants FIA to take action over F1 2026 rules

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  Max Verstappen hopes the collective negative response to the 2026 Formula 1 regulations will cause the FIA to take action after the season-opening...

• F1 drivers slam 2026 racing: ‘We’re waiting for it to go horribly wrong’

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  A number of F1 drivers have expressed frustration after the first race with the new car rules