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Lewis Hamilton causes a stir off track at F1 testing – but are Ferrari in title contention for 2025 season?

NEW F1 SEASON: The official three-day F1 pre-season test has concluded – and it looks very tight at the top ahead of Australia. Kieran Jackson explains what we learned in Bahrain

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Chris Harris on F1: The Canadian GP reminded us why we love this sport

Montreal was only the second-best racing Chris Harris saw this week—but that still made it one of the best F1 races of the season.

Motorsport

Overweight Williams F1 car costing it 0.45 seconds per lap

The Grove-based outfit is pushing to get itself much closer to F1’s 798kg minimum weight limit, with a host of new lighter parts to be fitted to Alex Albon’s car at Imola.

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A vote of confidence or biding his time? What Albon's new Williams F1 deal means

Albon was hailed as one of the stand-out performers of last season, scoring all but one of Williams' 28 points to drag it up to seventh in the constructors' standings.

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Albon signs new multi-year F1 contract with Williams

Albon's previous Williams contract was due to end in 2025, but his excellent 2023 form for the Grove team made him a left-field player in next year's driver market.

Autosport

Alex Albon signs new multi-year F1 contract with Williams

Albon's previous Williams contract was due to end in 2025, but his excellent 2023 form for the Grove team made him a left-field player in next year's driver market.

Motorsport

Williams to send Albon's F1 chassis back to UK for repairs before China

The chassis suffered damage to the front-right when Albon speared under the tyre wall after making contact with the RB of Daniel Ricciardo.

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Ricciardo: Albon clash a “singular moment”, not part of tough start to F1 2024

The eight-time grand prix winner had been expected to lead the RB charge having returned to F1 midway through last season, but instead, he has endured a difficult season and been outperformed by team-mate Yuki Tsunoda.

Autosport

Williams will have two F1 cars "without too many issues" in Japan

Williams faced a spate of production delays over the past winter, which led to it gambling on prioritising other items over producing a spare car in time for the start of the season.

Motorsport

Albon: Melbourne F1 points would be "payback" to Sargeant

Albon's own car was badly damaged in a crash in opening practice on Friday, and he didn't take part in FP2.

Motorsport

Times F1 team-mates were not equal – car changes and team orders

Williams has made the decision to put Albon into Sargeant’s car for the remainder of the weekend after the British-Thai driver suffered a big crash at Turn 6 in Melbourne.

Autosport

Albon tied to Williams until the end of F1 2025, clarifies Vowles

Following his impressive performances with Williams, Albon had been linked to a Red Bull return in 2025, which still has a vacancy for Sergio Perez's current seat alongside world champion Max Verstappen.

Autosport

Albon fulfilled “scary” expectations of Las Vegas F1 form

Ahead of the event Albon was hopeful that the long straights and low ambient temperatures would favour the FW45 relative to Williams' rivals.

Motorsport

F1 Mexico GP: Leclerc heads Sainz in Ferrari 1-2, Norris out in Q1

Verstappen ended up third after the Ferrari pair had nipped ahead on the first Q3 runs, then could not beat them even though neither Leclerc or Sainz improved on their second efforts.

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Albon: Collision penalty “not teaching” F1 drivers after Perez shunts

The Williams driver’s comments came in the wake of an incident late in the Singapore GP when he was knocked into a spin by Sergio Perez, costing him a points finish.

Motorsport

Albon: Five-second penalties "not teaching" F1 drivers anything

The Williams driver's comments came in the wake of an incident late in the Singapore GP when he was knocked into a spin by Sergio Perez, costing him a points finish.

Motorsport

Vowles: Perez "lunge" on Albon could prove costly for Williams F1 team

The Marina Bay track wasn't expected to suit Williams but Albon had a solid race, and a stop for new tyres under the Virtual Safety Car, mirroring the strategy used by Mercedes, gave him extra pace in the latter stages of the race.

The Guardian - UK

Max Verstappen cruises to Belgian GP win despite grid penalty – as it happened

Max Verstappen overcomes a five-place grid penalty to win from sixth, his eighth straight triumph and Red Bull’s 13th

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What we learned from Friday F1 practice at the Hungarian GP

Ferrari's Charles Leclerc closed out a frantic FP2 session in preparation for Sunday's Hungarian Grand Prix, as neither Red Bull nor Mercedes set the Formula 1 timing screens alight.

Motorsport

Ferrari dismisses Albon F1 link as it holds fire on driver contract talks

Speculation in the Italian press last week suggested that Ferrari had set its sights on luring Albon onboard after Sainz's current contract runs out at the end of next year.

Motorsport

Williams F1: Albon's calmness and confidence "spreading around the garage"

After playing a starring role in Canada, sealing six points for seventh place, Albon just missed out on the top 10 in Austria. But the Anglo-Thai driver took another haul of points with eighth at Silverstone to lift Williams above Alfa Romeo in the constructors' standings, delivering all of the…

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Albon's calmness and confidence "spreading around the garage" of Williams F1 team

After playing a starring role in Canada, sealing six points for seventh place, Albon just missed out on the top 10 in Austria.

Motorsport

Albon: Losing chicane that "ruined" Barcelona F1 track will improve racing

A return to the previous high-speed final sector, last used by the championship in 2006, has shortened the lap by 18 metres. The change was conceived to boost overtaking possibilities.

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Albon: losing chicane that “ruined” Spain will improve racing

A return to the previous high-speed final sector, last used by the championship in 2006, has shortened the lap by 18 metres. The change was conceived to boost overtaking possibilities.

Autosport

Vowles: Williams encourages Albon to speak his mind on F1 radio

During the Miami GP Albon was heard to question the team’s requests to push harder, and on a different occasion, to manage his tyres.

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