In the round-up: Leclerc dismisses rumour of Ferrari drive at Belgian GP • Moto GP riders against F1 race at Assen • Renault engine ‘gets party mode for Austria’
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Paul Ricard to address pit lane safety concerns for 2019
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Posted onIn the round-up: Paul Ricard to address pit lane safety concerns for 2019 • Kubica to drive in practice for Williams again tomorrow • McLaren now tipped to be courting Raikkonen
Hartley “should have cut the chicane like the others” at the start
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Posted onIn the round-up: Hartley “should have cut the chicane like the others” at the start • Angry French GP fans plan ‘class action’ • IndyCar linked to 2019 Miami race
Mercedes hint Hamilton announcement is close
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Posted onIn the round-up: Mercedes hints Hamilton contract announcement coming soon • French GP traffic problems “unacceptable” – Fernley • Some Renault teams won’t run new MGU-K
Wolff credits “marginal gains” for Mercedes’ French GP win
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Posted onIn the round-up: Wolff credits “marginal gains” for Mercedes’ French GP win • F2 driver explains bizarre radio rant • Saudi woman drives F1 car at grand prix
Grosjean can’t explain qualifying crash
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Posted onIn the round-up: Grosjean can’t explain qualifying crash • More traffic problems at Paul Ricard • Toro Rosso losing time on straight – Gasly
Ericsson suspects wind caused high-speed French GP crash
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Posted onIn the round-up: Ericsson suspects wind caused high-speed French GP crash • Dixon linked to McLaren IndyCar team • French GP car parks to open early on Saturday
Verstappen: Family’s absence made no difference to Canadian GP performance
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Posted onIn the round-up: Family’s absence made no difference in Canada – Verstappen • New threat to Miami Grand Prix • Anonymous McLaren employee reveals “toxic atmosphere”
Hulkenberg: Renault’s weak point “stops us from going faster”
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Posted onIn the round-up: Hulkenberg reveals Renault’s weakness – how to build a circuit out of pastis – Wolff on teenagers with ‘pushy parents’
Raikkonen: French GP won’t ‘change the world’
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Posted onIn the round-up: Raikkonen doesn’t expect world to change at French GP – where does Ricciardo live in the new Honda/Red Bull shack-up – Aitken’s tart addiction
Steiner: “this year we are very good at losing opportunities”
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Posted onIn the round-up: Haas ‘good at losing opportunities’ – Vergne stripped of Le Mans win – Sirotkin playing a part at Williams
Paul Ricard an unfamiliar ‘home’ track for Leclerc
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Posted onIn the round-up: Leclerc collects home races – Alonso’s extraordinary night stint brings Le Mans victory – Di Resta apologises for team’s ass-busting
Hard to spot trends in 2018 F1 form – Wolff
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Posted onIn the round-up: F1 Fridays ‘bite’ Wolff – Button’s ‘soul-destroying’ Le Mans – McLaren factory disquiet summons Whitmarsh
F1 to correct VSC loophole ‘worth 0.15 seconds’
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Posted onIn the round-up: closing the VSC loophole – McLaren considering Le Mans entry – Button’s ‘500km/h’ shock
F1 “would always welcome a legend” like Marquez – Hamilton
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Posted onIn the round-up: Hamilton welcomes Marquez – Alonso’s political career – Renault appoint Mercedes engineer as Red Bull complain
Carey: F1 shares World Cup’s global appeal
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Posted onIn the round-up: Carey says F1 “like World Cup” – Verstappen’s bad luck – Toyota deny plan for Alonso Le Mans win
Alonso expects “tough race” at Le Mans
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Posted onIn the round-up: Toyota is a Le Mans ‘contender’ – Alonso • Guy Martin to race Jenson Button at Silverstone • Kimi Raikkonen has ‘reached the end of the road’
Perez suggests heavy Halo may make overtaking harder
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Posted onIn the round-up: Perez suggests heavy Halo may make overtaking harder • Honda see “noticeable increase” in performance • Renault urge Red Bull to decide on power unit
Canadian GP was “pretty boring” – Raikkonen
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Posted onIn the round-up: Raikkonen says Canadian GP was “pretty boring” • Ocon: Sainz cut track to stay ahead • Hartley: Stroll “put us both in the wall”
Alonso says his last potential title-winning car was in 2007
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Posted onIn the round-up: Alonso says his last potential title-winning car was in 2007 • F1 not a ‘world’ championship without Germany – Rosberg • Hulkenberg didn’t reach Renault’s limit in Q3