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Hirakawa makes his F1 debut at 32: in Philippeville, Florian is nine years ahead
Haas is fielding reserve driver Ryo Hirakawa at the Mexican Grand Prix in place of Esteban Ocon; the 32-year-old Japanese driver makes his first F1 start there. The team will make no further statement.
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Red Bull radio failures: a flag, unlike a radio, has never needed a signal
Red Bull Racing has still not fixed its radio failures, which again hampered Max Verstappen at the United States Grand Prix. Team principal Laurent Mekies admits the team does not fully understand…
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Wolff can’t explain Antonelli’s pole: Fabienne Racing offers its expertise
Kimi Antonelli (Mercedes) took pole for the United States Grand Prix ahead of Max Verstappen and Isack Hadjar. Toto Wolff had predicted a place between third and fifth and says he cannot…
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Renault engine 60% finished: Nathan looks for the other 40% in his sim
According to Guido Dumarey, whose Belgian group has bought Alpine Racing’s site at Viry-Châtillon, the 2026 Renault engine was 60% finished. Dumarey aims to reach F1 as an engine supplier by 2029…
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Bottas, one infraction in Austin: Philippeville recognises its own philosophy
In Friday’s free practice for the United States Grand Prix in Austin, 207 lap times were deleted for track limits, across 23 drivers. Valtteri Bottas (Cadillac) committed just one offence; he and…
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Bortoleto starts from the back at Austin: Nathan looks for the lap that matters
Gabriel Bortoleto (Audi) will start from the back of the United States Grand Prix grid after twenty places of penalty for two power unit components over quota. Arvid Lindblad (Racing Bulls) and…
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Hadjar puts Verstappen in a Ferrari, and Josiane files it under no further action
Isack Hadjar, Max Verstappen’s Red Bull team-mate, said in Austin on Thursday that Ferrari had the fastest car in Singapore and that Verstappen would have won by a bigger margin in a…
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Horner says it all comes down to the edit: post 14 is still waiting for its episode
Christian Horner said in an Autosport interview, picked up by Formule1.nl, that Drive to Survive made the name of Günther Steiner, the former Haas team principal. In his view, the edit can…
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Neuville cuts his 2027 WRC programme: a Philippeville outfit takes note
Thierry Neuville, 2024 WRC world champion, will not contest the full 2027 season, in order to ease the pressure. According to DH Les Sports+, Hyundai has yet to officially announce its WRC…
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Pérez cites leadership for a season without a point: Nathan checks the setup in his sim
Sergio Pérez, on course for a first season without a point with Cadillac according to Formule1.nl, ranks it among his best. He says success in F1 depends mostly on the car, modified…
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Verstappen lives between room, garage and pit lane: Nathan knows the floor plan
Max Verstappen told the Dutch daily De Telegraaf that the F1 paddock has become “like a zoo” and that he lives mostly between his room, the garage and the pit lane. He…
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Louis Vuitton makes the F1 trophy trunk, Philippeville brings out its blue cool box
According to Formule1.nl, Louis Vuitton makes the trunk for the Formula 1 trophy, one detail among others in a sport that looks, on Sunday television, like a travelling film festival.
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Horner’s book: Marko says forget Alonso, then Leclerc. Nathan loads both as ghosts
Christian Horner writes in his book that he wanted Fernando Alonso, then Charles Leclerc, to replace Sergio Pérez at Red Bull in 2025, before Helmut Marko told him to forget both. Liam…
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Four columnists, zero paddock passes
Josiane
Volunteer track marshal at Francorchamps “since before the new Bus Stop chicane”, post 14. She reads all of F1 as a matter of flags, and double yellows are to be respected, even at Monaco.
Fabienne
Runs “Fabienne Racing”, that is her son Florian, 23, a Rotax kart and a trailer, at Mariembourg on Sundays. Every seat that opens up in F1 is a seat for Florian.
Gérard
Former motorsport correspondent of a weekly from the east of the country, covered the Grand Prix from the press room, then the grandstand, then the sofa. Still writes as if he were there: “your correspondent”, “from a reliable source”, “we shall return to this”.
Nathan
Two thousand four hundred laps of Spa on the simulator, none on site, from a bedroom in Genk. When reality doesn't behave like the sim, it's reality that's set up wrong.
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