F1 In Five

Oscar Piastri is in pole position for tomorrow's Dutch Grand Prix after breaking the track record at Zandvoort on Saturday. The Aussie will be looking to stop the momentum that McLaren teammate Lando Norris built up before the Summer break.

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The Formula 1 drivers struggled to get to grips with their cars again after 4 weeks away during Free Practice 1 and 2 for the Dutch Grand Prix. All of the highlights are included in our comprehensive review of the Friday F1 sessions from Zandvoort.

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This weekend marked 50 years since Lella Lombardi scored her only Formula 1 points at the 1975 Spanish Grand Prix. Lombardi had a successful career in and out of F1 and remains the only woman to score championship points in the top level of motorsport.

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Friday practice for the 2025 Japanese Grand Prix has concluded with no less than four red flags in FP2 alone! Here's how huge crashes, fires and some surprisingly fast teams made it a very entertaining Friday running at Suzuka.

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What's in a name?

Turns out, a lot in our case!

Here George explains why we have rebranded from F1 Chronicle to Formula Reports...

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Sir Lewis Hamilton has claimed his first pole position in Ferrari colours by sensationally setting the fastest lap in Sprint Qualifying in China! It's Verstappen v Hamilton on the front row, but what happened to the McLarens? We've got all of the highlights from Sprint Quali in Shanghai right here!

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F1 fans were treated to an absolutely incredible race in Melbourne, in what could go down as one of the best Formula 1 season-openers ever! Here's our full review and all the highlights from the 2025 Australian Grand Prix.

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Qualifying for the first round of the 2025 Formula 1 season is in the books and there were some surprise results with some teams performing well above expectations and others flattering to deceive. Here's our full rundown of quali for the 2025 Australian Grand Prix.

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FIA President Mohammed Ben Sulayem has said that he'd welcome a twelfth team onto the Formula 1 grid in the future after the grid is set to grow to 11 outfits in 2026 with the addition of Cadillac.

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The FIA has insisted that their new Deputy Race Director has been appointed to the new role because of her merit and credibility, rather than her gender. Here's the full story.

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