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McLaren can win as a customer team - Coulthard
Former F1 driver David Coulthard says McLaren would have potential to win if they didn't have the underperforming Honda power unit in the back of the car. Honda has massive...

25 Mar 2017 16:37
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Alonso denies F1 departure suggestions
Fernando Alonso has denied any possibilities that he could be quitting McLaren and Formula 1 due to their recent struggles. McLaren suffered a distasteful winter test, as the MC...

25 Mar 2017 15:32
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I'll be back on the grid in China - Wehrlein
Pascal Wehrlein says that he will definitely return to the grid in China, after deciding to sit out the Australian Grand Prix. The 22-year-old deemed himself unfit to ...

25 Mar 2017 15:25
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Williams have mixed emotions after qualifying
Williams' qualifying was a mix of fortunes, as one driver made it to Q3 while the other failed to progress from Q1. Felipe Massa, who returns from a quick retirement, ...

25 Mar 2017 12:11
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Points are the aim for the race - Ericsson
Marcus Ericsson qualified in fifteenth position for the Australian Grand Prix, a great result considering the struggles that were predicted to come their way. The Swede admitte...

25 Mar 2017 11:20
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Hulkenberg happy with performance, targeting points
Nico Hulkenberg was left relatively happy after the first qualifying session of the season, and his maiden one for new team Renault, as he lines up in twelfth. Hulkenberg admit...

25 Mar 2017 11:09
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Qualifying result better than we expected - Alonso
Fernando Alonso said that he exceeded his own expectations in qualifying in Australia, as the Spaniard lines up in P13 for tomorrow's Grand Prix. The car didn't hit any ...

25 Mar 2017 10:36
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Jolyon Palmer: "Everything has conspired against me"
Jolyon Palmer has been left in a sour mood after qualifying in Melbourne after the Briton qualified last on the grid, feeling as though everything has conspired against him...

25 Mar 2017 10:26
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Red Bull pace not good enough - Verstappen

Max Verstappen has said that Red Bull's pace has not been good enough over the course of the weekend, and lining up in P5 was the best he could do. Red Bull was predi...

25 Mar 2017 10:07
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Being behind front runners "is pretty awesome" - Grosjean
Romain Grosjean came away from qualifying with an outstanding result, as the Frenchman placed his Haas P6, only behind the Mercedes', Ferrari's and one Red Bull. ...

25 Mar 2017 09:59
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Lewis Hamilton: "It’s going to be a tight race this year"
Lewis Hamilton fully believes that the season ahead will be tough for Mercedes, and expects that the elbows will be ou in tomorrow's race. Hamilton claimed yet another pole...

25 Mar 2017 09:54
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Giovinazzi hails "special day" at Melbourne
Antonio Giovinazzi is delighted with his Sauber call up after he was drafted in to replace Pascal Wehrlein for the rest of the weekend due to continuing back problems for t...

25 Mar 2017 09:47
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Vettel doesn't think pole position was in reach
Sebastian Vettel will line up on the front row of the grid for tomorrow's race in Melbourne, splitting the two Mercedes cars. It seems that Ferrari does possess the pac...

25 Mar 2017 09:35
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Antonio Giovinazzi to fill in for Wehrlein
Antonio Giovinazzi will complete the rest of the weekend with Sauber as Pascal Wehrlein has been deemed unwell the start the race following his crash at the Race of Champio...

25 Mar 2017 09:30
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Hamilton on pole for Australian GP
Lewis Hamilton will start tomorrow's Australian Grand Prix from pole position as the Brit set a blistering lap time of 1:22.188. The Merc was almost three tenths faster...

25 Mar 2017 09:14
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Team bosses describe drivers in two words
When you get several team bosses very close together you know that something serious is going down. The bosses were asked to describe their drivers in two words which broug...

24 Mar 2017 15:57
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Palmer says he has "no idea" why his crash happened
Renault driver Jolyon Palmer had a troublesome day in Melbourne, as the Briton only completed ten laps over the two sessions. His car hit problems in the first session, limiting...

24 Mar 2017 14:34
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WEC: Ho-Pin Tung reveals car for upcoming season
Ho-Pin Tung is this year racing for Jackie Chan DC Racing in the World Endurance Championship. The Chinese with Dutch roots will race the #38 car, alongside Oliver Jarvis and&nb...

24 Mar 2017 13:59
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F1 should shed some "exclusivity" - Brawn
Ross Brawn has stated that he believes F1 should look at reducing its "exclusivity" with a view to integrating the fans in the sport as much as possible. The decision...

24 Mar 2017 13:53
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Prost labels Fredric Vasseur's Renault exit "a shame"
Alain Prost says that Fredric Vasseur's exit from Renault is a shame, but there is one upside to the departure. Vasseur left the team ahead of the 2017 season due to some ma...

24 Mar 2017 12:43
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'Red Bull and Force India had to change suspension system'
Red Bull was the team most affected by the clampdown on the active suspension rules ahead of the 2017 season. Media reports suggest that Mercedes and Red Bull were forced ...

24 Mar 2017 12:17
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Massa issue was electrical - Williams
Williams has revealed an electrical problem as the culprit that caused Felipe Massa to stop his FW40 on track during FP2 in Melbourne, curtailing his running. Massa had emerged...

24 Mar 2017 12:04
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Ericsson happy with car, Wehrlein struggling with set-up
Sauber had a productive Friday as they ran plenty of laps without any major issues during the first day of practice. In the first session, their focus was on aerodynamic testing...

24 Mar 2017 11:43
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"Routine" start for Force India in Australia
The Force India VJM10's striking pink livery made its debut in Albert Park on Friday for the first practice sessions of 2017. The team was able to make a "rou...

24 Mar 2017 11:20
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Alonso not denying McLaren-Honda split rumours
Fernando Alonso has not ruled out the possibility of a split with Honda in the near future, as the Japanese power unit supplier looks to endure another tough season. McLaren, w...

24 Mar 2017 10:17
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Mixed fortunes for Haas after Friday practice
Haas have had a mixed sort of day as Kevin Magnussen titled his day as "frustrating" while Romain Grosjean found the pace to place his car in the top ten in both pract...

24 Mar 2017 10:00
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Vettel hoping Ferrari practice times don't reflect true pace
Sebastian Vettel has hushed the suggestions that Ferrari is nowhere near Mercedes after an underwhelming performance from the Maranello team in both Friday practice session...

24 Mar 2017 09:35
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Bottas confident of making up lap time
Valtteri Bottas is adamant that he can produce a more decent lap time and close the gap to team mate Lewis Hamilton for tomorrow. Bottas was left trailing Hamilton, being over h...

24 Mar 2017 09:06
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Williams can win despite being customer team - Lowe
Paddy Lowe thinks that Williams can still win titles despite being a customer team. The team gets their power units from Mercedes, but thinks that despite this, they still posse...

24 Mar 2017 08:51
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Lewis Hamilton: "I'll be pushing as hard as I can to win this race"
Lewis Hamilton is relieved with how smoothly his first day of running in Melbourne has gone after suffering from a couple of woes at pre-season testing in Barcelona. T...

24 Mar 2017 08:46
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Max Verstappen: "I think we are a bit too slow"
Max Verstappen believes that his Red Bull is "a bit too slow" after the first two practice sessions in Melbourne. Red Bull was ahead of Ferrari, but fell behind them a...

24 Mar 2017 08:37
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Vettel focusing on Ferrari future, not Mercedes seat
Sebastian Vettel has played down the rumours that he could be heading to Mercedes for the 2018 season. Despite acquiring a new driver in Valtteri Bottas for this year, the Silve...

24 Mar 2017 08:02
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Hamilton fastest again in FP2
Lewis Hamilton has come out on top in free practice two, making it a clean sweep from Friday as the Brit was also fastest in the morning session. He set a lap time of&...

24 Mar 2017 07:25
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Video: 40 years of Williams history
Williams this year celebrate forty years of racing in Formula 1. In celebration, the 2017 challenger has been named the FW40 and the Grove based team will be hoping to secu...

24 Mar 2017 07:20
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Ricciardo on how his love for F1 began
Daniel Ricciardo will be looking to impress his home crowd this weekend in Melbourne as Formula 1 gets back underway with the dawn of a new era. The cars are wider and faster ma...

24 Mar 2017 03:53
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Hamilton tops FP1 in Melbourne
Lewis Hamilton has emerged from the first free practice fastest, setting a lap time of 1:24.220. He completed the lap on the ultra soft tyre, and was over half a second quicker ...

24 Mar 2017 03:31
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Force India extends technical partnership with Univa until 2020
Automation data management specialists, Univa, will continue their technical partnership with Sahara Force India for the next four years. The successful working relationship beg...

24 Mar 2017 02:11
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'Red Bull without shark fin in Melbourne'
In a few hours time the new season of Formula 1 will officially be underway. After two weeks of winter testing done and filming days completed, 10 teams and 20 drivers are ready...

23 Mar 2017 22:14
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Video: Red Bull chief aero engineer on 2017
F1 2017 brings new rules and regulations with many teams hoping to get a jump on their rivals. One of these teams is undoubtedly Red Bull, who are looking to bounce back and tak...

23 Mar 2017 17:12
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Berger: "The best guys may stand out a bit more"
The beginning of the new era of formula one will not solve all of the sport's problems. That is the view of F1 legend Gerhard Berger, who is just beginning work as the new b...

23 Mar 2017 16:42
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Bottas unlikely to beat Hamilton, says Pat Symonds
It is "a lot to ask" if Valtteri Bottas' fans are expecting the Finn to beat Lewis Hamilton in 2017. That is the news from Pat Symonds, the now-retired technical b...

23 Mar 2017 16:08
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'Ferrari has put pressure on itself with test results'
Toto Wolff has denied claims Mercedes adopted a strategy to "bluff" its way through the recent winter test season. Interest in the 2017 pecking order is almost unprece...

23 Mar 2017 15:30
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Hakkinen: "McLaren will turn around the situation"
McLaren-Honda must be focused in order to emerge from its dire current situation. That is the advice of Mika Hakkinen, the team's 1998 and 1999 world champion who has active...

23 Mar 2017 14:54
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Massa: "Williams can fight for third position"
Felipe Massa has confirmed the paddock perception that Williams looks set to be 'best of the rest' behind F1's top three teams early in 2017. Many observers believe ...

23 Mar 2017 14:25
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FIA planning to get rid of shark fins in 2018
F1 fans will have to get used to the look of the 'shark fins' in 2017. New F1 chief Ross Brawn hinted recently that the unseemly appendages should be banned as soon as p...

23 Mar 2017 13:27
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Liberty Media to sell paddock passes to the public
F1's new owners Liberty Media have followed through on a promise to start opening up the paddock to the public. In the Bernie Ecclestone era, the now ousted 86-year-old fier...

23 Mar 2017 12:46
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Robert Kubica rules out F1 return for now
Robert Kubica said he accepts that returning to F1 will for now remain a closed topic. The Pole's promising F1 career ended abruptly ahead of the 2011 season when he partial...

23 Mar 2017 12:08
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'Mercedes interested in Vettel and Alonso for 2018'
Sebastian Vettel will be on Mercedes' list when the great German team comes to thinking about the 2018 driver lineup. That is the view of Red Bull's Dr Helmut Marko, who...

23 Mar 2017 11:35
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Video: Onboard around Albert Park with Hamilton
The new season starts Sunday in Australia. The track for the first Grand Prix of 2017 is Albert Park in Melbourne. As a preview a video of a lap onboard with Lewis Hamilton arou...

23 Mar 2017 10:43
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Wehrlein gets green light to race in Australia
F1 doctors on Thursday gave Pascal Wehrlein the green light to race in Australia, following a back injury that marred his pre-season. "The back is all good now," the S...

23 Mar 2017 10:20
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'What Williams is doing with Stroll is absolute madness'
Jacques Villeneuve has changed his tune about the F1 debut this weekend of his 18-year-old Canadian countryman Lance Stroll. Earlier, the 1997 world champion defended Stroll'...

23 Mar 2017 09:31
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Hamilton could dominate the 2017 field - Jordan
Former team owner Eddie Jordan has suggested that Lewis Hamilton could dominate the rest of the field this year, after losing out to former team mate Nico Rosberg last season.&n...

22 Mar 2017 17:54
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Sainz eyeing strong result in Melbourne
Carlos Sainz is hoping for a strong start to the season this weekend at the Australian Grand Prix. The Spaniard is targeting a strong haul of points to begin his momentum for th...

22 Mar 2017 15:54
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Video: Daniel Ricciardo's Australian GP preview
Watch Daniel Ricciardo's preview of the upcoming season opener in Australia, which happens to be the Red Bull driver's home event. The 27-year-old is hoping for cro...

22 Mar 2017 15:07
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Gelael to test with Toro Rosso
Toro Rosso has confirmed that Sean Gelael will test for the team at all three in-season tests this year. The 20-year-old was confirmed by the Red Bull junior team this morn...

22 Mar 2017 14:43
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Sauber extends partnership with MODO for 2017
The Sauber F1 Team is pleased to announce the extention of the partnership with MODO as a Premium Partner for the 2017 FIA Formula One World Championship. MODO is an eyewear com...

22 Mar 2017 14:02
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Wolff: "Relationship with Hamilton has grown"
Toto Wolff says his relationship with Lewis Hamilton is "stronger" ahead of the 2017 season. There were obvious tensions in the silver camp after the Abu Dhabi finale ...

22 Mar 2017 13:17
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Renault solves reliability problem with power unit
Local favourite Daniel Ricciardo's Melbourne hopes got a boost on Wednesday. As the Australian met with the local press ahead of the 2017 season opener, it emerged that Rena...

22 Mar 2017 12:26
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Todt agrees return of V10 engines in F1 is 'unthinkable'
Jean Todt has joined fellow F1 boss Ross Brawn in saying a return of loud, normally-aspirated engines in the sport is "unthinkable". The volume, complexity and expense...

22 Mar 2017 11:39
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Michael Schumacher's 'favourite' uncle dies
The Schumacher family is grappling with its latest blow, as the F1 legend's uncle passes away. Bunte, a German weekly newsmagazine, revealed that Karl-Heinz Schumacher - the...

22 Mar 2017 10:43
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Stuck: "Aerodynamics just makes the races boring"
As excitement builds for the new era of F1, German official Hans-Joachim Stuck thinks the sport has taken a wrong turn. Amid criticism of the spectacle in the last few years, th...

22 Mar 2017 09:50
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Sebastian Vettel names 2017 Ferrari 'Gina'
2017 title favourite Sebastian Vettel has continued his tradition of naming his formula one car for the forthcoming season. The German always gives his single seater a female na...

22 Mar 2017 09:15
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Vandoorne eager to get the season underway
Stoffel Vandoorne's preparations for his first full season in Formula One have been difficult to say the least, but he is not letting McLaren-Honda's pre-season woes dam...

22 Mar 2017 07:02
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Character as well as inexperience played against Wehrlein
The intense relationship between Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg had become "negative" for Mercedes. That is the claim of Toto Wolff, as he puts a positive spin on the...

21 Mar 2017 13:32
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Carey speaks Ecclestone 'once or twice a week'
New F1 chief Chase Carey says he is still in contact with his ousted predecessor Bernie Ecclestone. But his comments are at odds with the news from 86-year-old Ecclestone himsel...

21 Mar 2017 12:54
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Ferrari spent '100s of millions' to catch up
Ferrari is on the cusp of a much better season in F1. That is the claim of the Italian marque's former chief engineer Toni Cuquerella, who was at Ferrari as recently as 2016...

21 Mar 2017 12:11
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Honda: "Very strong partnership with McLaren"
Honda has hit back at reports its works McLaren collaboration is on the road to tatters. Recently, McLaren did not categorically deny speculation that, in the wake of a dire win...

21 Mar 2017 11:04
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Toto Wolff carries 'lucky injury' into 2017
Toto Wolff is carrying a 'lucky injury' into the 2017 season. The Mercedes chief revealed to the Stuttgarter Zeitung newspaper that he recently damaged a disc in his bac...

21 Mar 2017 10:16
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'Vettel driving for Mercedes seems like a good fit'
Sebastian Vettel "would fit" into the Mercedes team, according to team boss Toto Wolff. It is the clearest sign yet that the reigning world champions are already looki...

21 Mar 2017 08:56
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Ocon ready for first Albert Park race
This weekend, Force India's Esteban Ocon is not only facing his first Grand Prix with his new team, but also his first ever race around the Albert Park circuit. The young F...

20 Mar 2017 18:52
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