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Sergio Pérez won the Azerbaijan Grand Prix, narrowing the gap to championship leader Max Verstappen and dominating the first sprint weekend of the 2023 season. Verstappen and Pérez quickly passed pole-sitter Charles Leclerc and set about down the field when Nyck De Vries hit the wall, bringing out the safety
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Formula 1 will continue to race in Azerbaijan until 2026 in a new three-year agreement. The Baku City Circuit has been on the F1 calendar since 2016, with 2026 marking ten years of the street race. "The Baku City Circuit has become a hugely popular venue for Formula 1,
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Sergio Pérez dominated on the streets of Baku to win the first F1 sprint race of 2023. The Red Bull driver bested pole-sitter Charles Leclerc to take the lead on lap eight and drive off into the sunset to take victory. "It was key to make sure we had
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Oscar Piastri has revealed he was battling illness during qualifying for the Formula 1 Azerbaijan Grand Prix. The Friday qualifying session was positive for both sides of the McLaren Racing garage, with both Piastri and teammate Lando Norris making it to Q3. Norris qualified seventh, with Piastri to start the
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Oscar Piastri will start the Azerbaijan Grand Prix in tenth on count-back after setting an identical lap time to Lance Stroll but says the upgraded McLaren MCL60 is performing well. The two drivers set the same lap time to the thousandth of a second, with Stroll taking ninth as he
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Charles Leclerc went fastest in Formula 1 grand prix qualifying to take his third pole position in a row in Baku. The Friday session set the grid for Sunday's grand prix in the new sprint weekend format, with Leclerc setting an identical time to championship leader Max Verstappen
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McLaren will release a new range of throwback Formula 1 merchandise throughout the 2023 season in partnership with sponsor Mitchell & Ness. There will be three limited edition releases during the season, launching during the Miami Grand Prix, Monaco Grand Prix, and Las Vegas Grand Prix. The team has previously
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ST. ALi is one of the pioneers of Melbourne coffee culture. Now they're pioneering Formula 1 hospitality. At the start of the year, it quickly became legend how Valtteri Bottas has adopted Australian culture. The Alfa Romeo driver posted a video to social media of his summer in
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Formula 1 could host a joint grand prix with top-level motorcycle championship MotoGP. According to a report from SoyMotor, Carmelo Ezpeleta, the head of MotoGP promoter Dorna, confirmed that he had spoken to F1 boss Stefano Domenicali about the possibility for a crossover event. The conversation between Ezpeleta and F1
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Red Bull team boss Christian Horner has lead criticism of the Azerbaijan Grand Prix format in the era of Formula 1's cost cap. Asked about preparations for the Azerbaijan Grand Prix, Horner said "all you can do is trash your car." The first of six sprint
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Tyre manufacturer Pirelli has revealed the compounds available for the next three races in the 2023 Formula One season. The Azerbaijan and Miami Grands Prix will be unchanged from 2022, with Pirelli nominating the same compounds as used last year. For the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix at Imola, softer tyres
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The 2023 Australian Grand Prix made history and finished under controversy with a record number of red flags and race stoppages. Three red flags were deployed during the race, as well as multiple safety cars, with Max Verstappen taking victory ahead of Lewis Hamilton and Fernando Alonso. The first red