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Antonelli keeps 12 instead of 1: we note a number, not a crown
Kimi Antonelli, world champion, will not run number 1 next season and is keeping his number 12. Number 1 thus disappears from the grid for the first time since 2021.
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Monitor lizards at Marina Bay: Nathan looks for Godzilla in his sim and can’t find him
Monitor lizards turn up regularly on the Marina Bay street circuit, and drivers only just manage to avoid them. According to RacingNews365, Gianpiero Lambiase is warning Max Verstappen about a “monstrous invasion”…
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Hamilton says no to Ferrari on lap five: the binder only offers “received”
At the Bahrain Grand Prix, Lewis Hamilton started on soft tyres with the track still too wet, then refused Ferrari’s call on lap five. He finished on the podium, according to Formule1.nl.
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Mercedes bring engine upgrade forward: Fabienne Racing welcomes grouped penalties
Mercedes HPP wants the ADUO2 upgrade ready for Singapore rather than the United States Grand Prix, so that George Russell, whose engine failed in Malaysia, starts from the back of the grid…
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Verstappen wants a single practice session: Nathan tested it and misses a lap
Max Verstappen wants shorter weekends with a single free practice session before qualifying. In his view, the 2026 engine rules have reduced the challenge of qualifying and the reward for committing in…
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Off and on again: at Bahrain, F1 adopts the method of a Philippeville Dacia
Before the Bahrain Grand Prix, a bug in the software governing electrical energy use in the rain stopped several cars from moving normally, including those of Max Verstappen and Lewis Hamilton on…
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The FIA apologises for the Sepang bug: a definition, at last, instead of “noted”
The FIA has apologised to fans after stoppages on track delayed the start of the Malaysian Grand Prix at Sepang. Nikolas Tombazis admits that a software bug, exposed at very low speed…
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Mercedes upgrades cost tenths at Sepang: Nathan looks for the bug at turn 2
Mercedes brought a major upgrade package for the W17 to Sepang, expected to be worth about three tenths a lap. After qualifying, Toto Wolff believes the team may have gone back by…
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Mercedes drop the cooling vest at Sepang: at post 14, the flask is outside the cost cap
George Russell and Kimi Antonelli will race the Malaysian Grand Prix without a cooling vest: Mercedes chose to invest in the performance of the W17 rather than make the system reliable under…
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Hadjar wants to make every mistake in 2026: Nathan made his before lunch
Isack Hadjar told RacingNews365 he wants Red Bull to make all its mistakes now to be ready for 2027. With Max Verstappen, he considers the 2026 season over for the titles.
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Sepang’s P2 becomes pole: Florian is ready on both sides of the straight
At Sepang, the pole position slot had been painted on the left instead of the right, following poor communication in the documentation. The former P2 slot became pole, the other slots were…
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Alonso questioned just out of the car, when a report is written after the sandwich
Fifteenth in the second free practice session at Sepang, Fernando Alonso regretted having to answer the media with no time to reflect and no data. Lance Stroll, 18th, did not take part…
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Sprint at Monaco: Nathan drove a hundred laps behind his ghost to test Verstappen
Monaco will host a Sprint race from 2027. For Max Verstappen (Red Bull), the number of laps does nothing for the impossibility of overtaking; Oliver Bearman (Haas), who first thought it was…
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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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