Nicolas Lopes

2026 Mercedes F1 cars out on track
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The seven F1 teams that have run their 2026 cars so far — and the four that haven’t

The first official pre-season tests for the 2026 F1 season begin tomorrow after some shakedowns earlier this month, as most of the teams and cars head to Barcelona for the first of three testing periods ahead of the start of the championship. Seven 2026 F1 cars have hit the track for shakedowns or filming days…

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Oscar Piastri on track during qualifying fior the 2025 F1 Abu Dhabi GP.
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Piastri “didn’t have an answer” to Verstappen’s pace in F1 Abu Dhabi GP qualifying

Oscar Piastri qualified third for the title-deciding 2025 F1 Abu Dhabi GP, a mere 0.029s behind his McLaren team-mate Lando Norris in P2 – but nearly two-and-a-half tenths back from a dominant Max Verstappen pole position at the all-important final round of the season. The Australian missed the opening practice session at Abu Dhabi, as…

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Max Verstappen celebrates after claiming pole for the 2025 F1 Abu Dhabi GP.
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Verstappen details “all out, nothing to lose” approach to the start in title-deciding F1 Abu Dhabi GP

Max Verstappen will start on pole position for the 2025 F1 Abu Dhabi GP, boosting his chances of claiming a fifth consecutive world title with Red Bull and pulling off F1’s biggest ever comeback in terms of championship points. The four-time world champion set the two fastest times of the qualifying hour, cementing what was…

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Lewis Hamilton out on track in Sprint Qualifying for the 2025 F1 Qatar GP.
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Hamilton: “Nice weather” the only positive from disastrous Sprint Qualifying for F1 Qatar GP

Lewis Hamilton’s difficult end of his first season for Ferrari continues, as he qualified a lowly 18th place for the Sprint at the 2025 F1 Qatar GP, only ahead of the struggling Alpines of Pierre Gasly and Franco Colapinto, and failing to make it out of the first part of qualifying for the second consecutive…

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