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McLaren Formula 1 team boss Andrea Stella says the low drag set-up doesn’t explain why Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri could qualify only fifth and sixth in Saturday’s wet qualifying session at Spa. Having been fastest in the dry on Friday the papaya cars lost out in...

Alpine Formula 1 drivers Esteban Ocon and Pierre Gasly have gone in very different directions on downforce levels for the Belgian GP – and it didn’t work out as expected in Saturday’s wet qualifying. As part of a general package of updates the Enstone team brought a...

Lando Norris says that Max Verstappen is still a threat for victory in the Belgian GP despite starting only 11th after taking a PU grid penalty. He added that Verstappen’s qualifying pace indicated that McLaren still has work to do despite the Woking team’s recent...

Lewis Hamilton says that an overnight change to an older spec floor has improved the Mercedes W15 at Spa – but he admits that it was only wet conditions that allowed him to qualify fourth. Hamilton was unhappy after Friday’s running with the latest update package, and...

Fernando Alonso believes that the Belgian GP will be a step “into the unknown” for all teams and drivers given the limited preparation time. Having qualified ninth the Spaniard is hoping that a higher downforce level than some of Aston Martin’s immediate rivals will...

Alpine Formula 1 team principal Bruno Famin has given the first official details of the team’s plans to use a customer power unit from 2026, while also confirming that he will leave the role on August 31. Renault intends to reallocate F1 resources at Viry-Chatillon to...

Alpine Formula 1 executive technical director David Sanchez says an update package due after the summer break will form the basis of the team’s 2025 machine. The team introduced a new package at Spa on Friday, which includes a revised front wing, beam wing, rear wing,...

Max Verstappen insists that sim racing on Grand Prix weekends does not impact his performance in the real car – and he denies that he has agreed to no longer race late at night. The Dutchman, who is set to land a power unit change grid penalty in Belgium, took part in...

Lando Norris says he was both “stupid” and “silly” not to let his McLaren team mate Oscar Piastri past earlier than he did during the Hungarian GP. Having been given the earlier pit stop to help protect him from rivals Norris got ahead of leader Piastri, who had...

Fernando Alonso says that his Aston Martin Formula 1 team is “a little bit more calm” after the upgrades introduced for the AMR24 worked successfully. This season the Silverstone team has struggled to get performance out of the car, and earlier upgrades haven’t always...

Sergio Perez says he will “not give up” and is determined to bounce back after he endured another disastrous qualifying session in Hungary. The Red Bull driver crashed heavily in Q1 in tricky conditions, bringing out the red flag. At the time of the stoppage, he was...