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Max Verstappen on Canadian GP pole as Lewis Hamilton lucky at Charles Leclerc's expense

Max Verstappen was favourite for pole as usual, but wet weather in Montreal gave the likes of Lewis Hamilton, Charles Leclerc and Fernando Alonso hope of springing a surprise

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How Williams has overhauled its FW45 F1 car

Only Alex Albon has the updates this weekend, with Logan Sargeant having to wait at least until the next race in Austria before getting to run them.

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F1 Canadian GP: Bottas tops shortened first practice

Max Verstappen led the pack out of the pits at the start of the one-hour session and he set the first place benchmark at 1m20.154s in his RB19 which was fitted with an aerodynamic load-measuring device.

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Has F1 become overly reliant on street tracks, and do they hurt the racing?

Of a 17-race calendar, only Melbourne, Monaco and Montreal took the championship away from permanent circuits.

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Russell: Verstappen "less aggressive than ever" in F1 2023

Verstappen is currently marching towards a third successive world title, with his 2023 successes so far featuring little in the way of the wheel-to-wheel scrapping that characterised his 2021 success over Russell’s team-mate Lewis Hamilton and his early 2022 fights against Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc.

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Russell: Verstappen "less aggressive" in F1 2023

Verstappen is currently marching towards a third successive world title, with his 2023 successes so far featuring little in the way of the wheel-to-wheel scrapping that characterised his 2021 success over Lewis Hamilton and his early 2022 fights against Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc.

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Normal Spain F1 round 'exposed' Williams as a "step below" - Albon

Williams has only scored one point so far this season, courtesy of 10th place for Albon in the Bahrain season opener. At this point in 2022, it had three of its eventual eight points.

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F1 qualifying results: Max Verstappen takes Spanish GP pole

Verstappen will start ahead of Sainz and Lando Norris (McLaren) after the one-hour qualifying session, which is split into three segments with five cars each being knocked out in Q1 and Q2 before the top-10 shootout of Q3.

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F1 Spanish GP: Verstappen claims pole over Sainz, Leclerc falls in Q1

Spots of rain falling ahead of Q1 led to that segment featuring many offs and a red flag – with Fernando Alonso picking up damage in an incident that meant he was not a pole threat.

Autosport

F1 Spanish GP: Verstappen heads rain-hit final practice

Teams were braced for inclement weather, with thunderstorms fast approaching Barcelona from the Pyrenees in the north.

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F1 results: Max Verstappen fastest in Spanish GP practice

Verstappen was fastest in both FP1 and FP2, but Aston Martin’s Fernando Alonso got to within 0.17s of the championship leader in the latter.

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F1 race results: Max Verstappen wins wild 2023 Monaco GP

Verstappen led every lap, ahead of Aston Martin’s Fernando Alonso, but had to negotiate his way through a heavy rain shower. He clipped the wall just before pitting for intermediate tyres but benefited when Alonso stopped for slicks just before the rain arrived.

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F1 Monaco GP: Verstappen edges Alonso to thrilling pole after Perez crash

The Dutchman overcame a two-tenth deficit to Alonso in the final sector to make a last-gasp swoop for the fastest time, his resulting 1m11.365s cementing his first pole position in qualifying at the Monte Carlo circuit.

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F1 Monaco Grand Prix qualifying – Start time, how to watch, channel

Red Bull's Max Verstappen set the pace in Friday practice, leading the Ferrari of Charles Leclerc.

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F1 results: Max Verstappen fastest in Monaco GP practice

Ferrari’s Carlos Sainz was fastest in FP1 but he crashed out of FP2, which was topped by Verstappen.

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F1 Monaco GP: Verstappen tops FP2 from Leclerc as Sainz crashes

Almost the entire field opened their lap tallies on the medium tyres, barring the hard-shod Ferrari duo, and ownership over the fastest lap time quickly changed hands as the times tumbled.

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F1 Monaco GP: Sainz tops red-flagged FP1 as Albon crash ends session early

Alfa Romeo driver Valtteri Bottas set the initial pace with a 1m26.993s, but that was rapidly bettered by a series of quicker times from Zhou Guanyu, Fernando Alonso, Hamilton and Lando Norris, as first place benchmark was 10s lower by the end of the opening five minutes of the one-hour…

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F1 Monaco GP: Sainz leads Alonso in truncated first practice

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Montoya: "De Vries needs more time" amid tough F1 start

A champion in F2 and FE, de Vries joined AlphaTauri after excelling last year in a one-off drive for Williams at Monza, where he finished ninth while deputising for Alex Albon.

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Alex Albon disqualified from charity virtual F1 Imola GP featuring Real Madrid star

After the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix which was due to be taking place this weekend was called off due to flooding, the Williams F1 team organised a charity event in support of the relief effort

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Vowles: Sargeant has to get things “controlled” for clean F1 weekends

While Formula 2 graduate Sargent has shown impressive speed, he has also endured a series of mishaps in the early races, his learning curve made harder by a run of tricky street or temporary venues.

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Vowles: F1 rookie Sargeant has to get things “controlled” for clean weekends

While Formula 2 graduate Sargent has shown impressive speed he has also endured a series of mishaps in the early races, his learning curve made harder by a run of tricky street or temporary venues.

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Albon explains angry radio messages during Miami GP

The Thai-British driver was heard on the radio telling the pitwall that he didn't agree with a message to push on the tyres, while at another point in the race, he felt that he should be doing that rather than managing them.

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Albon explains angry F1 radio messages during Miami GP

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How F1 teams are changing cars without new parts

A case in point was spotted in Miami last weekend as both Mercedes and Williams took to free practice with different configurations mounted on their cars.

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