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The new F1 brake duct tweaks that show Red Bull is still pushing

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The new F1 brake duct tweaks that show Red Bull is still pushing
Red Bull’s development of its Formula 1 car has been nothing short of relentless this season, with new parts arriving at almost every race in the opening half of the campaign.

What is behind Red Bull’s rear wing troubles

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What is behind Red Bull’s rear wing troubles

How Mercedes and Red Bull have diverged on F1 brake duct ideas

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How Mercedes and Red Bull have diverged on F1 brake duct ideas

How Mercedes revived an old F1 suspension 'trick' to boost speed

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How Mercedes revived an old F1 suspension 'trick' to boost speed

How F1's development battle has swung between Mercedes and Red Bull

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How F1's development battle has swung between Mercedes and Red Bull

Experimental Mercedes F1 front wing hints at final update push

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Experimental Mercedes F1 front wing hints at final update push

The updates helping McLaren fight for F1 wins

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The updates helping McLaren fight for F1 wins

The S-duct divide between Mercedes and Red Bull

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The S-duct divide between Mercedes and Red Bull

The Mercedes/Red Bull set-up splits as F1 title battle intensifies

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The Mercedes/Red Bull set-up splits as F1 title battle intensifies

The changes that took Williams from the back to the F1 podium

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The changes that took Williams from the back to the F1 podium

The Monza F1 set-up choice that helped deliver McLaren’s win

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The Monza F1 set-up choice that helped deliver McLaren’s win

The unique wing ideas that Monza’s F1 challenge throws up

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The unique wing ideas that Monza’s F1 challenge throws up

What's behind Red Bull's latest F1 floor tweak

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What's behind Red Bull's latest F1 floor tweak

How Ferrari's new F1 gearbox casing helped boost its aero

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How Ferrari's new F1 gearbox casing helped boost its aero

How F1's token spend helped charge Red Bull's title push

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How F1's token spend helped charge Red Bull's title push

Tech analysis: Red Bull’s latest F1 brake duct tweaks

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Tech analysis: Red Bull’s latest F1 brake duct tweaks

The boomerang tweaks behind McLaren's latest F1 upgrade

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The boomerang tweaks behind McLaren's latest F1 upgrade

The images that reveal Verstappen's missing half F1 car

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The images that reveal Verstappen's missing half F1 car

How different will the real 2022 cars be from F1's latest model?

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How different will the real 2022 cars be from F1's latest model?

Why F1's battle of the rear wings is becoming even more intricate

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Why F1's battle of the rear wings is becoming even more intricate

The F1 upgrades that helped Mercedes triumph in the British GP

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The F1 upgrades that helped Mercedes triumph in the British GP

How Williams has tamed its peaky F1 car

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How Williams has tamed its peaky F1 car

How Ferrari's floor experiments have finally paid off

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How Ferrari's floor experiments have finally paid off

The F1 changes that have helped McLaren challenge Mercedes

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The F1 changes that have helped McLaren challenge Mercedes

F1 upgrades that helped Verstappen pull further clear of Mercedes

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F1 upgrades that helped Verstappen pull further clear of Mercedes

Revealed: The Red Bull F1 updates that left Mercedes on the backfoot

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Revealed: The Red Bull F1 updates that left Mercedes on the backfoot

The Mercedes-style F1 tweaks helping McLaren push forward

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The Mercedes-style F1 tweaks helping McLaren push forward

The rear wing rethink defining F1's title battle

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The rear wing rethink defining F1's title battle

The changes that will help Mercedes avoid more 'magic button' trouble

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The changes that will help Mercedes avoid more 'magic button' trouble

The Red Bull design that avoided a flexi-wing protest

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The Red Bull design that avoided a flexi-wing protest

F1 braced for flexi-wing showdown in Baku

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F1 braced for flexi-wing showdown in Baku

Why Red Bull's teams took opposite approach with 2021 designs

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Why Red Bull's teams took opposite approach with 2021 designs

How a mistake helped create a Lotus F1 icon

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How a mistake helped create a Lotus F1 icon

Why McLaren joined F1 2021's Z-shaped floor trend

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Why McLaren joined F1 2021's Z-shaped floor trend

What Spain’s upgrades told us about F1 2021’s development race

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What Spain’s upgrades told us about F1 2021’s development race

What is behind McLaren's latest F1 upgrades

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What is behind McLaren's latest F1 upgrades

How F1 car safety changed forever after Imola 1994 tragedies

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How F1 car safety changed forever after Imola 1994 tragedies

The aero revamp that Red Bull has unleashed in Portugal

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The aero revamp that Red Bull has unleashed in Portugal

How Aston Martin is fighting back from its low-rake deficit

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How Aston Martin is fighting back from its low-rake deficit

The lessons F1 learned from Berger's fiery Imola crash

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The lessons F1 learned from Berger's fiery Imola crash

How Mercedes has turned the corner on its knife-edge W12

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How Mercedes has turned the corner on its knife-edge W12

How Mercedes is trying to claw back its lost downforce

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How Mercedes is trying to claw back its lost downforce

The McLaren that changed Formula 1 history

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The McLaren that changed Formula 1 history

How F1 teams have responded to 2021 floor challenge

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How F1 teams have responded to 2021 floor challenge

The rear end overhaul that has transformed Red Bull

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The rear end overhaul that has transformed Red Bull

What Ferrari did and didn’t tell us about its new SF21 F1 car

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What Ferrari did and didn’t tell us about its new SF21 F1 car

How Aston Martin has moved on from Mercedes clone controversy

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How Aston Martin has moved on from Mercedes clone controversy

The 10 things that set McLaren's new car apart from the old

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The 10 things that set McLaren's new car apart from the old

How Mercedes made its best car better

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How Mercedes made its best car better

Why F1's 2021 floor changes could alter the pecking order

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Why F1's 2021 floor changes could alter the pecking order

The hidden tech fight that will define F1 2021

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The hidden tech fight that will define F1 2021

Did Mercedes sacrifice Abu Dhabi GP pace to exploit test day?

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Did Mercedes sacrifice Abu Dhabi GP pace to exploit test day?

The 2021 design tweaks revealed in Abu Dhabi

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The 2021 design tweaks revealed in Abu Dhabi

The three key front wing tweaks that Red Bull unleashed in Turkey

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The three key front wing tweaks that Red Bull unleashed in Turkey

What's new for Formula 1 2021

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What's new for Formula 1 2021

Why Ferrari has gone back to old ideas to move forward

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Why Ferrari has gone back to old ideas to move forward

How Ferrari's progress was helped by an old idea

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How Ferrari's progress was helped by an old idea

The updates that have helped Red Bull close in on Mercedes

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The updates that have helped Red Bull close in on Mercedes

How Haas inspired the latest rear wing design trend in F1

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How Haas inspired the latest rear wing design trend in F1

Has Red Bull’s front wing trick cured its aero anomalies?

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Has Red Bull’s front wing trick cured its aero anomalies?