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NEW: Norris ends Red Bull’s run of 80 consecutive victories with car number one Lando Norris became the first driver to win a race in car number one for a team other than Red Bull in 16 years. Here's all the Hungarian GP stats. More:
Norris ends Red Bull’s run of 80 consecutive victories with car number one
Lando Norris became the first driver to win a race in car number one for a team other than Red Bull in 16 years. Here's all the Hungarian GP stats.
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Revealed: George Cottrell transferred $2m to his mother days before her donations to Reform UK
Revealed: George Cottrell transferred $2m to his mother days before her donations to Reform UK
Exclusive: Sources say Fiona Cottrell told bankers the transfers, received 24-72 hours before her donations to Reform, came from her son The convicted fraudster George Cottrell transferred a total of more than $2m to his mother, Fiona Cottrell, in the days before her 2024 donations to Reform UK, the Guardian understands. Financial industry sources told the Guardian that Fiona received one deposit of $1.4m and two tranches of more than $300,000 each – money she attributed to having come from her son, George, when bankers asked about the deposits. Continue reading...
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NEW: Fans “don’t understand” clipping and think F1’s racing is great – Domenicali Formula 1 CEO Stefano Domenicali claims fans love 2026-style racing and said engine clipping is "too technical" for them to understand. More:
Fans “don’t understand” clipping and think F1’s racing is great – Domenicali
Formula 1 CEO Stefano Domenicali claims fans love 2026-style racing and said engine clipping is "too technical" for them to understand.
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No longer content with pillaging intellectual work and dismembering our environment (already critically weakened), AI companies are now hellbent on destroying books galore including rare editions. Shut down these nefarious enterprises already.
AI labs buy, scan, shred millions of rare books
If you have retreated to physical books because the internet is too full of AI slop, bad news — now they’re shredding the books to feed their AI slop machines.
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NEW: IndyCar reveals its new IR-28 chassis for 2028 season IndyCar has revealed the first images of the new Dallara IR-28 chassis which the series will introduce in 2028. More:
IndyCar reveals its new IR-28 chassis for 2028 season
IndyCar has revealed the first images of the new Dallara IR-28 chassis which the series will introduce in 2028.
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NEW: WEC definitively cancels its 2026 Qatar race due to war in Middle East The World Endurance Championship has confirmed its October race in Qatar will not go ahead. Formula 1 is due to race there in November. More:
WEC definitively cancels its 2026 Qatar race due to war in Middle East
The World Endurance Championship has confirmed its October race in Qatar will not go ahead. Formula 1 is due to race there in November.
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40 years ago today Nelson Piquet won the German Grand Prix at the Hockenheimring. The commentary on the official Formula 1 season review video was troubling to say the least. #F1
NEW: Norris pounces on Piastri’s clash with Sainz to grab first win of 2026 Lando Norris claimed his first victory since winning the world championship in the Hungarian Grand Prix. More:
Norris pounces on Piastri’s clash with Sainz to grab first win of 2026
Lando Norris claimed his first victory since winning the world championship in the Hungarian Grand Prix.
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Brutal race for Piastri after such a promising start. #F1 #HungarianGP #RaceFans
Another 'fight' for the lead in 2026 with zero drama or tension over who might come out ahead. #F1 #HungarianGP #RaceFans
Unfathomable decision by Ferrari to drop Hamilton behind one of Verstappen's team mates. #F1 #HungarianGP #RaceFans
I don't think I've ever seen F1 cars being driven so consistently far from their capability they get overtaken at turn five at the Hungaroring. #F1 #HungarianGP #RaceFans
After the Bahrain Grand Prix at Sepang, a few more #F1 race/venue combinations I'd like to see: Miami Grand Prix: Imola Las Vegas Grand Prix: Nurburgring Abu Dhabi Grand Prix: Anywhere other than Yas Marina
'Well hold a race in Malaysia but call it the Bahrain Grand Prix' speaks for itself as an example of the quality of thinking going on in #F1's leadership these days. www.racefans.net/2026/07/26/f...
Formula 1 confirms it will hold ‘Bahrain Grand Prix’ in Malaysia in October
Formula 1 has rescheduled the Bahrain Grand Prix in October but will hold it 6,000 kilometres away at Malaysia's Sepang circuit.
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NEW: Hamilton demoted to fifth on grid for impeding Piastri Lewis Hamilton has been given a three-place grid drop for impeding Oscar Piastri. More: www.racefans.net/2026/07/25/h... #F1 #HungarianGP #RaceFans
Hamilton demoted to fifth on grid for impeding Piastri
Lewis Hamilton has been given a three-place grid drop for impeding Oscar Piastri.
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NEW: Verstappen blames ‘car degradation’ after latest spin in qualifying Max Verstappen says he feels Red Bull are suffering from "car degradation" after spinning out at the end of qualifying. More:
Verstappen blames ‘car degradation’ after latest spin in qualifying
Max Verstappen says he feels Red Bull are suffering from "car degradation" after spinning out at the end of qualifying.
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Verstappen's spin is a great example of why #F1 should use the kind of rules seen in #F2 and #IndyCar where drivers are penalised for causing incidents which spoil others' laps. No reason to assume it was intentional but the potential for exploitation is obvious. www.racefans.net/2024/02/13/n...
New qualifying red flag rule will stop drivers “ruining the session for everyone else”
A new rule which will see Formula 2 and Formula 3 drivers who cause red flags in qualifying lose their times has been welcomed by team bosses.
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NEW: Norris snatches pole position off Hamilton, Antonelli under investigation Lando Norris beat Lewis Hamilton to pole position but the Ferrari driver is under investigation, as is Andrea Kimi Antonelli. More:
Norris snatches pole position off Hamilton, Antonelli under investigation
Lando Norris beat Lewis Hamilton to pole position but the Ferrari driver is under investigation, as is Andrea Kimi Antonelli.
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45 years ago today, one of the worst refuelling fires in circuit racing - 14 people were injured when Herm Johnson's car caught fire during a pit stop at the CART Michigan 500. #IndyCar
Did Charles Leclerc just happen to be walking past Max Verstappen's garage with his dog... www.facebook.com/motorsportco...
15 years ago today: Lewis Hamilton won a lively German Grand Prix at the Nurburgring for McLaren after a three-way scrap with Ferrari's Fernando Alonso and Red Bull's Mark Webber www.racefans.net/2011/07/24/2... #F1
Hamilton comes out on top in three-way battle with Alonso and Webber
Lewis Hamilton claimed his second win of 2011 in an exhilarating race at the Nurburgring.
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Waving a black-and-white flag at a driver in a practice session after it has finished might be the definition of futility. #F1 #HungarianGP #RaceFans
Unusual qualifying penalties at the #HungarianGP 20 years ago: Alonso had two seconds added to his qualifying time for brake-testing Robert Doornbos and overtaking him under yellow flags. His title rival Michael Schumacher also had a two-second penalty. www.racefans.net/2024/04/17/w... #F1
Why Alonso has a point about his career history of one-off penalties
As Fernando Alonso recently observed, he's been the subject of several unusual penalty decisions in his long career. Why is that?
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Some incidents are tricky to interpret and it's always easy to pick on the stewards. But the rule drivers must leave a car's width when defending on a straight is clear and long established. So it's not good enough for the stewards to belatedly admit getting calls like Leclerc/Piastri wrong. #F1
NEW: Wolff says Russell was not alone in Mercedes power woes, was “team mistake” Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff claims all Mercedes-powered cars were down on power during the Belgian Grand Prix. More:
Wolff says Russell was not alone in Mercedes power woes, was “team mistake”
Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff claims all Mercedes-powered cars were down on power during the Belgian Grand Prix.
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NEW: Russell pins opening lap retirement blame on deployment, not Hamilton George Russell says his retirement from the Belgian Grand Prix "shouldn't have happened." More:
Russell pins opening lap retirement blame on deployment, not Hamilton
George Russell says his retirement from the Belgian Grand Prix "shouldn't have happened."
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Press the magic overtake button, fly past on the straight. That wasn't exactly Hakkinen and Schumacher in 2000, was it? #F1 #BelgianGP
The third-place play-off in the World Cup is like #F1 after the drivers' title is decided: the competitors don't give a damn who occupies any position other than first, those trying to sell the show know it and the promotion reeks of feigned enthusiasm.
