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What we know about mysterious Stroll injury after 'paddock gossip'
The Aston Martin Formula 1 team's chief trackside officer Mike Krack has dismissed certain speculation around the injury that ruled Lance Stroll out of the Spanish Grand Prix as "paddock gossip".Stroll missed the Barcelona race as Aston Martin said he has been suffering from pain in his hand and wrist that is a legacy of the surgery he had following a cycling accident in early 2023, which forced h...
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Edd Straw's 2025 Spanish Grand Prix F1 driver rankings
Only one Formula 1 driver put together a truly elite weekend during the Spanish Grand Prix in Barcelona this year.Another one very nearly did, but then very much did not, as you already remember but will see again in our regular F1 driver rankings.How do the rankings work? The 20 drivers will be ranked in order of performance from best to worst on each grand prix weekend. This will be based on the...
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11 things we learned from F1's Spanish GP
Formula 1's supposed new era with tighter controls on flexing front wings started, at least on the surface, almost indistinguishable from the first third of the season.But there was a lot more going on at the Spanish Grand Prix than one simple narrative would lead you to believe - so here are 11 things we learned from Barcelona.The 'game-changer'...didn't change muchIt was telling that already bef...
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Why Red Bull made the Spanish GP call that doomed Verstappen
While Max Verstappen's Spanish Grand Prix was overshadowed by his late-race clash with George Russell, this was not necessarily the defining moment in derailing his afternoon.Instead, that controversial incident was ultimately a consequence of events that spiralled out of control from a tyre call that his Red Bull Formula 1 team had made a few laps before.
This was when the late-race safety car...
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Verstappen concedes Russell clash shouldn't have happened
Max Verstappen has now admitted that his crash with George Russell in Formula 1's Spanish Grand Prix was "not right and shouldn't have happened".The reigning world champion was handed a 10-second penalty for his part in a collision with Russell at Turn 5 in the closing stages of Sunday's Barcelona race as they battled for fourth.
Having been told by his Red Bull team to give up a place to Russe...
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F1 podcast: Our take as Verstappen's frustration boils over
McLaren's 1-2 in the first race since Formula 1's flex-wing clampdown should've been the big talking point coming out of the Spanish Grand Prix, but it was completed overshadowed as Max Verstappen's frustrations boiled over late in the race.Edd Straw is joined at Barcelona by Mark Hughes and Jon Noble on The Race F1 Podcast to weigh in on Verstappen's controversial late-race clash with George Russ...
Mark Hughes dissects how Verstappen's win bid imploded
The safety car 12 laps from the end of Formula 1's 2025 Spanish Grand Prix sure mixed things up – but didn't change the McLaren 1-2 as Oscar Piastri converted his pole into a convincing victory ahead of team-mate Lando Norris. So much for the new Barcelona wing flex technical directive making the difference some were expecting. The insertion of an extra stay in the McLaren's front wing to meet th...
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Winners and losers from F1's 2025 Spanish Grand Prix
The 2025 Spanish Grand Prix erupted into a dramatic, controversial race in its closing stages.There were a couple of shock points-scorers, some who couldn't have done much better - and some who should have...Here are our winners and losers from the race in Spain.Winner: McLarenThe team that spent the first half of the year shrugging and smiling when anyone else mentioned a massive pecking order re...
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Leclerc and Verstappen escape penalties for high-speed contact
Charles Leclerc has kept his Spanish Grand Prix podium after the stewards ruled they would take no action on his late-race contact with Formula 1 rival Max Verstappen.Leclerc made minor contact with Verstappen after drawing alongside him on the main straight on the restart, following a major snap for the Red Bull driver coming out of the final corner.It was a coming together that incensed Verstapp...
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Our verdict on Verstappen's hugely controversial Russell clash
Max Verstappen’s bizarre clash with George Russell at the end of the Spanish Grand Prix ignited fresh controversy around the Formula 1 world champion’s driving.Red Bull had just asked Verstappen to hand fourth place to Russell, as he had retained it by going across the Turn 1 run-off in an earlier incident. Verstappen appeared to slow to do so, then attacked the corner and hit the Mercedes, for wh...
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How many penalty points does each 2025 F1 driver have?
If they make a mistake, Formula 1 drivers can be penalised by the stewards and rack up penalty points on their racing licence.A total of 12 points accrued results in a ban, something which happened in 2024 when Kevin Magnussen had to sit out the Azerbaijan race for Haas.Here's a full list of the amount of penalty points each 2025 F1 driver has, and the date of expiry of those points.This list will...
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Verstappen on brink of F1 race ban after Russell clash punishment
Max Verstappen is on the brink of a Formula 1 race ban after his collision with George Russell in the Spanish Grand Prix. Verstappen picked up a 10-second time penalty and a heavy sanction of three licence penalty points for hitting Russell late in the Barcelona race.The Red Bull driver had stayed ahead of Russell at the first corner after a safety car restart by taking to the run-off, and was tol...
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Russell: Verstappen crash ‘felt deliberate’, antics let him down
George Russell accused Formula 1 rival Max Verstappen of letting himself down with “totally unnecessary” driving that he likened to bad online racing, after their controversial clash in the Spanish Grand Prix.Verstappen hit Russell at Turn 5 late in the Barcelona race, attempting to re-pass the Mercedes driver immediately after complying with an instruction from Red Bull to let Russell go by after...
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'I'll bring some tissues' - Verstappen's defiant Russell clash response
Formula 1 world champion Max Verstappen took on a defiant - and dismissive tone - in talking about his late-race Spanish Grand Prix collision with George Russell, but did eventually push back against the suggestion the clash had been deliberate.A late-restart melee, with Verstappen struggling on the less-performant hard tyres against Charles Leclerc and Russell on softs, led to Verstappen cutting ...
Spanish Grand Prix F1 results 2025 after Verstappen penalty
The McLarens of Oscar Piastri and Lando Norris took a 1-2 in Formula 1's 2025 Spanish Grand Prix as Max Verstappen's race fell apart amid late contact with both Charles Leclerc and George Russell.The stewards gave Verstappen a 10-second time penalty for hitting Russell just as Red Bull asked him to let the Mercedes past following a previous incident at Turn 1. That dropped Verstappen from fifth to...
Verstappen's Russell hit was needless act of self-sabotage
Max Verstappen’s frustrated lunge on George Russell was a needless act of self-sabotage in Formula 1’s Spanish Grand Prix. Verstappen was left vulnerable in the final stint of the Barcelona race as during the late safety car period Red Bull opted for a pitstop and a change to hard tyres - a compound universally avoided by the rest of the grid in this race after its poor performance in practice.The...
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McLaren 1-2 in Spain amid Verstappen controversies
McLaren secured a 1-2 in Formula 1’s 2025 Spanish Grand Prix with Oscar Piastri leading Lando Norris, as a late safety car triggered a string of controversies that led to Max Verstappen dropping to 10th with a penalty.Verstappen had split the front-row-sharing McLarens off the line, though Norris passed him before the first pitstops.By the halfway point, it became clear that Verstappen was going f...
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Aston Martin warned over Stroll breach caused by his injury
Aston Martin has been formally warned by the FIA over Lance Stroll’s failure to comply with Formula 1’s driver weighing procedure after Spanish Grand Prix qualifying, despite Stroll subsequently withdrawing from the race altogether.Stroll was eliminated in Q2 at Barcelona and was therefore required to be weighed immediately at the end of that segment of qualifying.F1’s rules demand a driver procee...
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The hidden impact of F1's wing changes
McLaren’s front-row lockout of the Spanish Grand Prix delivered the impression that Formula 1's flexi wing clampdown has had zero impact on the pecking order.Indeed, nobody seems to be dramatically out of position now that everyone is running with stiffer front wings – and Oscar Piastri’s advantage at the front in qualifying was the biggest any polesitter has had all season.It supports the narrati...
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Where Ferrari stands after biggest front wing change
So far at the Spanish Grand Prix, Ferrari hasn’t been able to repeat the excellent performance that allowed it to at least trouble Formula 1 championship leader McLaren in Monaco.The technical directive on the front wings has finally come into force and all wings used up to Monaco are no longer usable as they would not be suitable for passing the FIA's anti-bending controls.Though there hasn’t bee...
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