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Mercedes Formula 1 boss Toto Wolff has officially confirmed youngster Andrea Kimi Antonelli will make his F1 practice debut with the team at next weekend’s Italian Grand Prix but has ruled out any short-term loan to Williams.As first reported by Motorsport.com’s Italian edition, Mercedes junior driver Antonelli has been lined up for a Friday FP1 session with the W15 at his home race.The Italian …Keep reading

Lando Norris secured his second Formula 1 victory with a dominant performance at the Dutch Grand Prix to beat Max Verstappen at his home race.Despite losing the lead into the first corner, Norris recovered from that to pass Verstappen and immediately started to build a break over the Red Bull to ensure he had a considerable cushion in hand over the Dutchman – crossing the line with a 22.9-second …Keep reading

Jack Doohan says he discovered he was being offered an F1 seat with Alpine while he was driving home from an average dinner in Spa.The Aussie, who joined Alpine’s driver development programme in 2022, says he cannot remember who he even spoke to at Alpine, such was his excitement.”I was coming back from a quite mediocre dinner in a small little restaurant in Spa on the Monday night, before my …Keep reading

Haas could face delays in getting to the Italian GP as it is still at odds with Uralkali over whether a payment believed to total around $9 million has been paid to the Russian firm.Cars and equipment were evaluated with bailiffs and police in the pitlane at Zandvoort on Thursday evening after Uralkali claimed last month that Haas had missed a July deadline for the refund of a cancelled …Keep reading

Following the move to ground-effect cars in the major aerodynamic rules reset the championship implemented for 2022, the FIA introduced a new scrutineering process to aid with checking the designs the teams run each weekend with the information they have supplied ahead of each race event.Alex Albon was disqualified from qualifying for the 2024 Dutch Grand Prix after his floor, which Williams’ own …Keep reading

Lando Norris faces a critical test to win Formula 1’s 2024 Dutch Grand Prix – seeing off Max Verstappen at the race start amid heavy scrutiny of his getaways this season.Norris lost possible wins in Spain and Hungary after not converting pole positions into the lead out of the first corner at those events. He currently has a 0-3 record of winning from heading the grid.As he prepares to start …Keep reading

Williams is seeking answers as to why its own pre-event scans of its updated Formula 1 car suggested its revised floor complied with the regulations.Alex Albon was disqualified from his eighth spot on the grid at the Dutch Grand Prix after an area of his floor – believed to be in front of the rear tyres – was deemed to be too wide to comply with the volume rules.Read Also:Formula …Keep reading

McLaren duo Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri insist they are aware of team rules when it comes to fighting one another during the Dutch Grand Prix.Norris put in a stunning lap to take pole position in Zandvoort, while Piastri starts third with reigning world champion and local favourite Max Verstappen separating the pair.Team orders have been a hot topic for the Woking squad recently after Norris …Keep reading

Tadasuke Makino scored his second Super Formula victory of the season after a charging drive at Motegi, but only after team-mate Kakunoshin Ota spun out of the lead.Dandelion Racing looked firmly on course for a one-two finish heading into the closing stages of the 37-lap race, as Ota held a narrow lead over Makino.Ota had run second behind poleman Kenta Yamashita (Kondo Racing) in the early …Keep reading

The fight for pole position in Formula 1 recently has more often than not been a matter of ekeing out the final hundredths of a second.Qualifying battles like Hungary, where Lando Norris edged out McLaren team-mate Oscar Piastri by 0.022 seconds, or Spain, where the Briton pipped Max Verstappen, are typical of the kind of gaps that we have got used to.So as F1 returned from the summer break for …Keep reading