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Leclerc admits he didn't defend hard enough against Piastri's Turn 1 move

Ferrari driver Charles Leclerc admitted he didn't defend well enough against Oscar Piastri as he lost an Azerbaijan Grand Prix win to the McLaren driver following a scintillating duel.

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F1 Azerbaijan GP: Piastri beats Leclerc after thrilling Baku battle

McLaren's Oscar Piastri took a superb second career win in Formula 1's Azerbaijan Grand Prix after first passing and then holding off polesitter Charles Leclerc.

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F1 penalty points system set for winter review after Magnussen ban

The future of Formula 1’s penalty points system is set for a winter discussion between the championship’s stakeholders, which could lead to its alteration after Kevin Magnussen’s 2024 Baku ban.

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Mercedes rues Albon’s fan issue, not floor change, for poor Baku F1 qualifying

Toto Wolff claimed his drivers' tyre preparation getting compromised by Alex Albon’s fan-addled Williams explained Mercedes’ poor 2024 Formula 1 Azerbaijan Grand Prix qualifying, with its latest floor changes not blamed.

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Mercedes rues Albon’s fan issue, not floor change, over poor Baku F1 qualifying

Toto Wolff claimed his drivers’ tyre preparation getting compromised by Alex Albon’s fan-addled Williams explained Mercedes’ poor 2024 Formula 1 Azerbaijan Grand Prix qualifying, with its latest floor changes not blamed.

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Second fiddle? Now Piastri carries McLaren Baku hopes

Oscar Piastri will carry McLaren's hopes from the front row of the grid at the Azerbaijan Grand Prix after a nightmare day for his teammate.

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Gasly disqualified from Baku qualifying over fuel flow infringement

Alpine's Pierre Gasly has been disqualified from Formula 1's Azerbaijan Grand Prix qualifying for falling foul of the FIA's fuel flow regulations.

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Leclerc at a loss to explain Azerbaijan GP qualifying record

Charles Leclerc has admitted there is no “magic answer” to his Baku brilliance after he charged to a fourth consecutive Azerbaijan Grand Prix pole position.

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Leclerc at a loss to explain Azerbaijan qualifying record

Charles Leclerc has admitted there is no "magic answer" to his Baku brilliance after he charged to a fourth consecutive Azerbaijan Grand Prix pole position.

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The F1 safety system calls behind Norris’s Azerbaijan qualifying exit

A split-second call to activate yellow flags for Esteban Ocon’s damaged Alpine was behind McLaren driver Lando Norris’s Formula 1 Baku Q1 qualifying exit.

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The F1 safety system calls behind Norris’s “wrong time” Baku qualifying exit

A split-second call to activate yellow flags for Esteban Ocon’s damaged Alpine was behind McLaren driver Lando Norris’s 2024 Formula 1 Baku Q1 qualifying exit.

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F1 Azerbaijan Grand Prix – Start time, starting grid, how to watch & more

Charles Leclerc scored pole position at the Azerbaijan Grand Prix by 0.321s from Oscar Piastri and is the fourth consecutive time the Ferrari driver will have started from the front in Baku.

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F1 Azerbaijan GP – Start time, how to watch, starting grid & TV channel

Charles Leclerc claimed Ferrari's third pole position of the year in Baku on Saturday, with his team-mate Carlos Sainz aso qualifying a strong third behind McLaren's Oscar Piastri.

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Charles Leclerc on pole for Azerbaijan F1 GP as Lando Norris struggles to 17th

Charles Leclerc took pole position for the Azerbaijan Grand Prix but there was a shock for Lando Norris who qualified 17th after a yellow flag forced him to back off

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Red Bull: Perez will support Verstappen if team orders issued in Baku

Red Bull boss Christian Horner insists that team orders between his two drivers are clear and that Sergio Perez "knows 100%" that he will be playing a support role to Max Verstappen this season.

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What we learned from Friday practice at the Azerbaijan GP

Charles Leclerc’s FP1 crash threatened to derail Ferrari’s optimism heading into the Azerbaijan Grand Prix weekend, but his chart-topping time in the second free practice session spared his blushes and put the Prancing Horse’s weekend back on track.

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What we learned from Friday practice at the 2024 Azerbaijan GP

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Britain’s F1 prodigy Oliver Bearman taking it slowly in first full GP weekend

19-year-old Oliver Bearman knows he will be under pressure in Haas car, while Red Bull principal Christian Horner insists title race is on a knife-edge

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Russell: Azerbaijan Friday 'not Mercedes' finest' after engine problems

Mercedes pair George Russell and Lewis Hamilton had contrasting fortunes during Friday’s free practice sessions for the Azerbaijan Grand Prix.

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Russell suffers Mercedes engine problems in Baku F1 practice

Mercedes pair George Russell and Lewis Hamilton had contrasting fortunes during Friday’s free practice sessions for the Azerbaijan Grand Prix.

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F1 Azerbaijan GP qualifying - Start time, how to watch & more

Charles Leclerc topped the Friday practice times for Ferrari ahead of the Formula 1 Azerbaijan Grand Prix. Here’s how and when to watch qualifying.The Italian GP winner bounced back from a crash in FP1 to top second practice by just 0.006s from Red Bull’s Sergio Perez, as F1 sets off…

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Norris says McLaren "quite a long way off" the pace in Baku

Lando Norris believes his McLaren team is a "long way off" the pace of its Formula 1 rivals in Azerbaijan after a muted practice performance.

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France slams Azerbaijan's 'discriminatory' jailing of graffiti sprayer

France has accused Azerbaijan of imposing “arbitrary and discriminatory treatment” on French graffiti artist Théo Clerc, who was sentenced to three years in prison for tagging the Baku metro.

Motorsport

Red Bull explains "subtle" floor upgrade for Baku F1 round

Red Bull has introduced a revised floor for the Azerbaijan Grand Prix as it seeks to arrest its current slide and defend its Formula 1 championships.

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Why McLaren's team orders solution has invited more confusion

Oscar Piastri is willing to give up Formula 1 race victories to Lando Norris. Except, it won't come to that.

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