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Red Bull’s Max Verstappen drives the RB8 at the newly-renovated Zandvoort Circuit

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In Depth

F1: Max Verstappen drives the first laps at Zandvoort

On 3 May the renovated circuit will host the first Dutch Grand Prix for 35 years

5 Mar 2020

Sebastian Vettel’s Ferrari contract runs out at the end of the 2020 season

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In Depth

F1: Vettel wants to keep racing but it may not be at Ferrari

Lewis Hamilton ignores rivals’s claims and Ross Brawn sends warning over coronavirus restrictions

4 Mar 2020

Red Bull’s Max Verstappen drives the RB16 during testing in Barcelona

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In Depth

F1: Red Bull have high hopes for Max Verstappen’s title bid

Despite coronavirus fears the season-opening grand prix in Melbourne is still going ahead… for now

2 Mar 2020

Mercedes driver Valtteri Bottas and Ferrari’s Sebastian Vettel drive during pre-season testing

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Daily Briefing

Sport shorts: Ferrari to start season ‘behind’ Mercedes

Ten things from the world of sport on Thursday 27 February

27 Feb 2020

Mercedes, Ferrari and Red Bull race during the 2019 F1 Spanish Grand Prix

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In Review

F1 Drive to Survive season two: Mercedes join all-star cast

New season is out on Netflix this Friday - plus we pick out the best sports documentaries to stream right now

27 Feb 2020

Max Verstappen drives the Red Bull RB16 during F1 pre-season testing at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya

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In Review

F1 second pre-season test: driver schedules, times and TV

Three more days of testing take place at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya

26 Feb 2020

Mercedes driver Valtteri Bottas recorded the fastest lap in the first pre-season test in Barcelona

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In Depth

F1: Bottas’s flying lap and Ferrari are not as optimistic

Five things we learned from the first pre-season test in Barcelona

24 Feb 2020

Racing Point drivers Lance Stroll and Sergio Perez stand next to the RP20 F1 2020 car

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In Depth

F1: Racing Point gear up for battle of the midfield rivals

With a new car and title sponsor the Pink Panthers are in an optimistic mood ahead of the 2020 season

19 Feb 2020

The F1 San Marino Grand Prix was last held at Imola in 2006

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In Brief

F1: could Imola take China’s place in the 2020 GP calendar?

Laureus award winner Lewis Hamilton calls for more diversity in F1

18 Feb 2020

George Russell and Nicholas Latifi will drive the Williams Racing FW43 in 2020

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In Depth

F1: Williams are ready to fight in the new FW43 - reactions

George Russell is joined by Nicholas Latifi in the Grove-based team’s 2020 line-up

17 Feb 2020

Lewis Hamilton drives the Mercedes W11 at Silverstone

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In Depth

F1: Hamilton and Bottas shake down the Mercedes W11

The Silver Arrows’s new machine hits the track at Silverstone

14 Feb 2020

In Review

Gallery: Mercedes W11 F1 car

14 Feb 2020

Carlos Sainz and Lando Norris will drive the McLaren MCL35 in the 2020 F1 season

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In Depth

F1: Sainz and Norris aim for momentum in the McLaren MCL35

After a fourth-placed finish last year the Woking-based team are ready to go again

13 Feb 2020

In Brief

F1: ‘first option’ Vettel is keen to stay at Ferrari

Mattia Binotto is only focussed on the Ferrari drivers - not Lewis Hamilton

13 Feb 2020

Max Verstappen drove the Red Bull Racing RB16 at Silverstone

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In Depth

F1: Verstappen drives the new Red Bull RB16 at Silverstone

It’s back to business for the Bulls as they bid to launch a title challenge

12 Feb 2020

The F1 Chinese Grand Prix is held at the Shanghai International Circuit

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In Brief

F1 confirms the Chinese GP is off because of coronavirus

Race was set to take place in Shanghai on 19 April

12 Feb 2020

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In Depth

F1: can the Ferrari SF1000 bring glory back to Maranello?

Scuderia launch their 2020 car at a spectacular event in Italy

11 Feb 2020

Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff and British driver Lewis Hamilton

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In Depth

F1: Mercedes and Hamilton to talk over £46.5m-a-year deal

Toto Wolff says the team and driver are an ‘obvious pairing’

11 Feb 2020

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In Depth

F1: Mercedes W11 livery is unveiled - pictures and reactions

Champions’s W11 car will have a shakedown at Silverstone on Friday

10 Feb 2020

The Haas Formula 1 team have revealed digital renderings of the VF-20 car

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In Depth

F1: Haas VF-20 livery revealed - fan reactions and pictures

American team are the first to unveil the design of their 2020 challenger

7 Feb 2020

Formula 1 world champion Lewis Hamilton and Mercedes team boss Toto Wolff

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Daily Briefing

F1: Hamilton to hold talks with Mercedes this month

Williams fire up the FW43 and Ross Brawn gives an update on the Chinese GP

6 Feb 2020

Officials at the Japan Coast Guard base in Yokohama where a cruise ship is in quarantine following an outbreak of coronavirus

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In Brief

Coronavirus impact on sport: ‘serious concerns’ for Olympics

Formula 1 bosses meet to discuss whether to race the Chinese Grand Prix in April

5 Feb 2020

Ferrari driver Sebastian Vettel and Red Bull’s Max Verstappen

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In Brief

F1: Vettel and Verstappen at Red Bull? It’s not likely...

Lewis Hamilton is ‘not God’ and Antonio Giovinazzi dreams of driving for Ferrari

4 Feb 2020

Ferrari drivers Charles Leclerc and Sebastian Vettel

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In Depth

F1: can Leclerc and Vettel end Ferrari’s title drought?

Scuderia have not won the drivers’ championship for 13 years

28 Jan 2020

Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton celebrates winning the 2019 F1 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix

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In Brief

F1: Hamilton talent ‘even greater’ than Senna and Schumacher

Toto Wolff and Mercedes will not go on ‘fishing mission’ with potential drivers

24 Jan 2020

Red Bull Racing drivers Max Verstappen and Alex Albon

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Daily Briefing

F1: Red Bull title challenge must start at ‘very first race’

Drive to Survive is returning to Netflix and Racing Point reveal car launch date

23 Jan 2020

The Mercedes F1 team have won sixth consecutive championship doubles

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In Depth

F1: Mercedes, Wolff and Hamilton to commit for the long term

There has been doubts over the Silver Arrows’s future in Formula 1

22 Jan 2020

Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton has won six Formula 1 world championships

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In Brief

F1: is Hamilton set to sign a new contract with Mercedes?

Reports in Italy claim the six-time champion will remain with the Silver Arrows

20 Jan 2020

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In Brief

F1: Saudi Arabia to join the circuit, McLaren launch date

Desert kingdom has been accused of using sport to deflect attention from its human rights record

14 Jan 2020

Devastating bushfires are raging across Australia

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In Depth

Australia bushfire appeal: Lewis Hamilton pledges £380,000

Sport stars rally to raise money for Australia’s recovery fund

10 Jan 2020

Australian driver Daniel Ricciardo is going into the final year of his contract with Renault

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In Brief

F1: Ricciardo talks retirement and reveals Bottas rivalry

The Australian could have a key role to play in the 2021 driver merry-go-round

9 Jan 2020

In Brief

F1: Mercedes quitting ‘not unthinkable’, says Dutch GP boss

Red Bull advisor Marko was worried Verstappen would join the Silver Arrows

8 Jan 2020

Red Bull’s Max Verstappen finished third in the 2019 F1 drivers’ championship

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In Depth

F1: Max Verstappen eyes title and says ‘best is yet to come’

New deal will see the driver stay with Red Bull until the end of the 2023 season

7 Jan 2020

Jamie Chadwick is part of the ROKiT Williams Racing driver academy

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In Depth

F1: Williams retain Jamie Chadwick but lose a major sponsor

Grove-based team suffer a financial blow ahead of the 2020 season

7 Jan 2020

Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton and Red Bull’s Max Verstappen

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In Brief

F1: ‘Verstappen may be fastest, but Hamilton is the best’

Red Bull advisor Dr Helmut Marko gives his verdict on the two drivers

6 Jan 2020

Michael Schumacher came out of retirement to race for Mercedes from 2010 to 2012

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In Brief

F1: Schumacher is hailed for his part in Mercedes’s success

Teams and fans pay tribute to the seven-time champion on his 51st birthday

3 Jan 2020

F1

F1: Max Verstappen drives the first laps at Zandvoort

F1: Vettel wants to keep racing but it may not be at Ferrari

F1: Red Bull have high hopes for Max Verstappen’s title bid

Sport shorts: Ferrari to start season ‘behind’ Mercedes

F1 Drive to Survive season two: Mercedes join all-star cast

F1 second pre-season test: driver schedules, times and TV

F1: Bottas’s flying lap and Ferrari are not as optimistic

F1: Racing Point gear up for battle of the midfield rivals

F1: could Imola take China’s place in the 2020 GP calendar?

F1: Williams are ready to fight in the new FW43 - reactions

F1: Hamilton and Bottas shake down the Mercedes W11

Gallery: Mercedes W11 F1 car

F1: Sainz and Norris aim for momentum in the McLaren MCL35

F1: ‘first option’ Vettel is keen to stay at Ferrari

F1: Verstappen drives the new Red Bull RB16 at Silverstone

F1 confirms the Chinese GP is off because of coronavirus

F1: can the Ferrari SF1000 bring glory back to Maranello?

F1: Mercedes and Hamilton to talk over £46.5m-a-year deal

F1: Mercedes W11 livery is unveiled - pictures and reactions

F1: Haas VF-20 livery revealed - fan reactions and pictures

F1: Hamilton to hold talks with Mercedes this month

Coronavirus impact on sport: ‘serious concerns’ for Olympics

F1: Vettel and Verstappen at Red Bull? It’s not likely...

F1: can Leclerc and Vettel end Ferrari’s title drought?

F1: Hamilton talent ‘even greater’ than Senna and Schumacher

F1: Red Bull title challenge must start at ‘very first race’

F1: Mercedes, Wolff and Hamilton to commit for the long term

F1: is Hamilton set to sign a new contract with Mercedes?

F1: Saudi Arabia to join the circuit, McLaren launch date

Australia bushfire appeal: Lewis Hamilton pledges £380,000

F1: Ricciardo talks retirement and reveals Bottas rivalry

F1: Mercedes quitting ‘not unthinkable’, says Dutch GP boss

F1: Max Verstappen eyes title and says ‘best is yet to come’

F1: Williams retain Jamie Chadwick but lose a major sponsor

F1: ‘Verstappen may be fastest, but Hamilton is the best’

F1: Schumacher is hailed for his part in Mercedes’s success

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