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Nico Hülkenberg reflects on Sauber's first half of the 2025 F1 season, and how their fortunes turned after a key upgrade at the Spanish GP.
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Hülkenberg believes “the trend is right” for Sauber F1 after positive recent months

Sauber’s 2025 F1 season so far can be divided into two very different halves: a first half that comprised just a single points finish (Nico Hülkenberg’s excellent P7 in the rain-affected Australian GP), with a car that struggled in dirty air and lacked overall performance, to a second half that has finally given its drivers…

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Ralf Schumacher explains Horner’s “mistakes” in F1 prior to exit from Red Bull

Former Formula 1 driver Ralf Schumacher explains how a series of “mistakes” by ex-Red Bull Racing F1 team principal and CEO Christian Horner all led to his demise in the team, and discussed the impact of the internal scandal involving inappropriate behaviour towards a female employee in early 2024, and the shift in power caused…

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Norris: Benefitting from Piastri’s penalty “not the best way” to win F1 British GP

McLaren’s Lando Norris believes his first ever home F1 victory at the 2025 British GP is his “best win” in terms of feeling and emotions – but admitted that benefitting from a 10-second penalty for his team-mate Oscar Piastri “maybe wasn’t the best way” to win the race. Norris had trailed behind Piastri in the…

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Hülkenberg reflects on “surreal” first F1 podium at the British GP

Sauber’s Nico Hülkenberg secured his maiden F1 podium at the British GP after an “intense” race under ever-changing weather conditions, and described it as a “surreal” feeling following many near-misses in his 15-year tenure at the sport so far. The German started the race down in 19th place following a low-key qualifying performance, but started…

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Leclerc: Ferrari’s F1 upgrades worked “enough” to secure P2 on Austrian GP grid

Charles Leclerc believes Ferrari’s upgraded underfloor for the 2025 F1 Austrian GP has delivered the expected amount of performance, and just about enough to propel him to a front row start for Sunday’s race, only his second of the season and a first since the Monaco “one-off”, in his own words. The Monegasque secured a…

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Red Bull's Max Verstappen believes the impact of a late yellow flag caused by Pierre Gasly’s spin at the final corner at the end of qualifying for the 2025 F1 Austrian GP was “not really that painful”, as his aborted lap would still have put him “miles off pole”.
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Verstappen dismisses impact of late yellow flag after F1 Austrian GP qualifying struggles

Red Bull’s Max Verstappen believes the impact of a late yellow flag caused by Pierre Gasly’s spin at the final corner at the end of qualifying for the 2025 F1 Austrian GP was “not really that painful”, as his aborted lap would still have put him “miles off pole”. Verstappen was on a flying lap,…

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Vasseur praises “extra-terrestrial” Kubica after Le Mans 24h win

Ferrari F1 team principal Frederic Vasseur has praised Robert Kubica’s “extra-terrestrial” abilities behind the wheel of a race car following the Pole’s fantastic win at the Le Mans 24 hours last week, and reminisced of the times they worked together at the Alfa Romeo-Sauber squad back in 2021. Kubica led the #83 AF Corse Ferrari…

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