Formula 1

• Ted Kravitz exposes Mercedes’ Achilles’ heel in Bahrain

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  Pre-season testing in Bahrain was filled with both positives and negatives for Mercedes, with the team clearly delighted that their porpoising...

• Bahrain Grand Prix: Fernando Alonso edges out Red Bulls in second practice

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  Fernando Alonso pips pre-season favourites Red Bull to set the pace in Friday practice at the season-opening Bahrain Grand Prix.

• F1 results: Fernando Alonso fastest in Bahrain GP practice

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  Red Bull’s Sergio Perez beat Alonso to set the quickest time in FP1, held in full daylight conditions, before double world champion Alonso topped...

• F1 Bahrain GP: Alonso tops FP2 from Red Bull pair

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  Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc finished fourth in a session where the top 13 drivers finished within one-second of each other, the Mercedes drivers were...

• Fernando Alonso makes shocking revelation about his 2022 season

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  Following the return of Lance Stroll at the season-opening Bahrain Grand Prix, Fernando Alonso has revealed that he raced with broken bones “until...

• Mercedes provide update on 'different' sidepod and explain tech decisions

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  Mercedes technical director Mike Elliott has explained the team’s thinking behind their key development for the 2023 F1 season. 

• Ecclestone blasts Hamilton: “Older generation not interested what he has to say”

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  Bernie Ecclestone has criticised Lewis Hamilton for his vocal support of social causes during F1 weekends, claiming fans don’t want “a lecture”.

• Mercedes: New W14 sidepod design won’t copy F1 rivals

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  His comments suggest that while the team is planning to move away from the “size-zero” design introduced in Bahrain a year ago on the W13, it won’t...

• Esteban Ocon drops Alpine sandbagging hint

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  While pre-season testing results should be taken with a pinch of salt due to the fact that teams run different plans, fuel loads and tyres, it is...

• Horner confirms McLaren engine meeting: “A potential customer”

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  Red Bull boss Christian Horner has confirmed that McLaren CEO Zak Brown visited him to discuss a potential engine partnership.

• Red Bull holds exploratory talks with McLaren over F1 engine supply deal

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  Initially signed on a three-year deal, McLaren has been a Mercedes engine customer since 2021. This followed its turbulent divorce from Honda and...

• Mercedes hires former senior Red Bull figure as new F1 special advisor

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  Team principal Toto Wolff was spotted walking arriving in the Bahrain paddock with Red Bull’s former HR director Jayne Poole on Friday morning, and...