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Mark Hughes: The hints about Mercedes’ upgrade and 2024 F1 car
Returning Mercedes technical director James Allison’s comments about the team’s priorities for its troubled Formula 1 car hint at what its Imola upgrade will look like and what it wants to emulate from the Red Bull – plus a decision it has to make very soon about its 2024 design
New F1 format quirk means Baku sprint Q3 could lose two cars
A wording quirk in Formula 1’s new sprint format regulations means two drivers will be barred from running in Q3 if they reach it in the sprint shootout qualifying session
Why Sainz ‘just struggled’ in the car that took Baku pole
Fourth on the grid actually flattered Carlos Sainz’s Azerbaijan Grand Prix qualifying performance given his messy session and huge gap to polesitting Ferrari team-mate Charles Leclerc. What happened?
Corner-by-corner: How Leclerc defied the Red Bull juggernaut
It took a typically-enthralling lap from Charles Leclerc to end Red Bull’s early-2023 pole run. Mark Hughes takes a closer look at how Leclerc and Max Verstappen compared – and the implications for the races
‘F**king fast’ Pedrosa lauded for rapid MotoGP comeback pace
Many suspected Dani Pedrosa would do pretty well on his MotoGP return as a KTM wildcard at Jerez. But fastest of all in first practice was something else
Jerez ace Quartararo’s dire form lays Yamaha misery bare
Lacking single-lap performance and “not good” on pace, Fabio Quartararo sounds resigned to a tough weekend at a track he clearly loves
Nightmare start is wasting major Alpine upgrade in Baku
Alpine is very excited about its Baku upgrades – but an exceptionally untidy Friday means it’s not seeing the fruits of its labour
Leclerc defeats Verstappen to claim memorable Baku F1 pole
Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc secured a third consecutive Formula 1 pole position in Baku, outpacing Red Bull drivers Max Verstappen and Sergio Perez
Verstappen just 0.037s ahead of Leclerc in only Baku F1 practice
Max Verstappen denied Charles Leclerc at the last second in the only Azerbaijan GP practice session, as Alpine suffered with reliability
Gary Anderson on McLaren’s pivotal Baku F1 upgrade
Our F1 tech expert Gary Anderson analyses the big changes debuting on the McLaren MCL60 in the Azerbaijan GP weekend