Formula 1

• Alpine: Underweight A523 F1 car will offer ballast benefit

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  Teams have long used ballast to optimise weight distribution from track to track, although in recent years with the hybrid cars it has proved...

• Christian Horner insists Formula 1 needs an ‘American Max Verstappen’ as he snubs rookie

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  Since Liberty Media took over Formula 1 in 2017, the growth of the sport in the USA has been phenomenal. Helped by the popularity of...

• How ‘demanding’ Alonso has started life with Aston Martin

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  “I'm very demanding in everything that I do,” he said at the launch of Aston Martin’s new car, the AMR23, earlier this week. “I give my 100%, and...

• "No negotiations" to replace Lewis Hamilton at Mercedes - Charles Leclerc

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  Charles Leclerc says “no negotiations” have taken place with Mercedes over replacing Lewis Hamilton .

• ANALYSIS: Every new F1 car for the 2023 season

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  Here is what we know about every new F1 car for the 2023 season - pictured, discussed and analysed.

• How Alpine has improved Formula 1’s most updated car

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  But despite not holding back in bringing as many developments as it could, the French team has found room to make some pretty big changes for this...

• Zak Brown reacts to Lando Norris ‘noise’ amid Red Bull links

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  McLaren Racing CEO Zak Brown has quietened any suggestions that Lando Norris could leave the Woking-based team at the end of 2025, with the...

• F1 2023 launches: Mercedes, Red Bull and every new car

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  Here are the new Mercedes, Red Bull and every other F1 cars for the 2023 season.

• Norris wants better behaved McLaren F1 car, not ultimate performance

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  Norris told Autosport that former team-mate Daniel Ricciardo enjoyed a much smoother acclimatisation to the new breed of ground-effects machinery...

• ‘You guys like the headlines’: Esteban Ocon admits he won’t be ‘best friends’ with Pierre Gasly

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  When the Contract Recognition Board ruled that Alpine Academy driver Oscar Piastri was free to join McLaren for 2023, many wondered who Alpine...

• Hamilton and Russell on the W14: “But if Red Bull have found the same lap time…”

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  Lewis Hamilton and George Russell remain coy about Mercedes’ chances  of returning to title contention after trying out their 2023 F1...

• Alpine boss responds to Alonso: ‘If you look back, he was happy to finish P4'

  17-2-2023 Formula 1 Crash.net 104

  Alpine F1 team principal Otmar Szafnauer has responded to former driver Fernando Alonso ’s dig that the team were in an “comfortable position”...