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3 days ago | 
grandprix247.com | Paul Velasco
Former FIA Formula 1 Steward Johnny Herbert would’ve called for stronger penalties after Max Verstappen’s controversial collision with George Russell during the 2025 Spanish Grand Prix, arguing the reigning World Champion should have been disqualified for deliberate contact. The clash occurred on Lap 42 at Turn 1, when Verstappen, recovering on hard tyres, nudged Russell’s Mercedes while retaking the position he had earlier relinquished.
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4 days ago | 
grandprix247.com | Paul Velasco
I don’t like kicking someone when they’re down, especially when they’re injured, but Lance Stroll should stay down. Because if he comes up again, we’re going to have to kick him. There is no place in Formula 1 for him anymore. He’s not a nice guy. He’s not a good driver. He brings nothing to Formula 1. All he’s doing is tarnishing his billionaire dad’s mega project. Think about what Lawrence Stroll built for his son.
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6 days ago | 
grandprix247.com | Paul Velasco
Starting from pole position, McLaren driver Oscar Piastri was unstoppable this weekend, emphatically winning the 2025 Spanish Grand Prix, Round 9 of this year’s 24-race World Championship, at Circuit de Catalunya-Barcelona. From the moment the lights went off, Piastri was lightning quick off the line, easing into the lead from Turn 1 onwards and thereafter proceeded to control the race in Barcelona to claim his fifth win of the season.
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6 days ago | 
grandprix247.com | Paul Velasco
With no Lance Stroll on the grid today in Barcelona, Formula 1 is a safer place, for him and his rivals. The out-of-sorts Aston Martin driver delivered a sick note to his team that will see him sit out today’s Spanish Grand Prix. With Stroll’s absence, there is less chance of a crash in Barcelona today, a Safety Car, a Virtual Safety Car, and so on, incidents he tends to attract, cause, or trigger.
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6 days ago | 
grandprix247.com | Paul Velasco
With no challenger in sight, Mohammed Ben Sulayem has received strong backing from FIA member clubs in the Middle East and North Africa to stand for re-election as President of the Fédération Internationale de l’Automobile (FIA).
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6 days ago | 
grandprix247.com | Paul Velasco
Nico Rosberg warns McLaren that leaving their drivers to set their own rules of engagement is a recipe for “disaster” and could jeopardise a one-two finish for the team today at the Spanish Grand Prix. As the balance of power shifts like a pendulum in the McLaren garage, Lando Norris’ win in Monaco gave him momentum heading to Barcelona. However, Oscar Piastri, perhaps wounded by his P3 result last Sunday, bounced back to take pole position for today’s race in Spain.
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1 week ago | 
grandprix247.com | Paul Velasco
Poorly performing Aston Martin driver Lance Stroll has withdrawn from Sunday’s 2025 Spanish Grand Prix, a painful wrist cited as the reason for pulling out of the race. Aston Martin released a brief late-night statement on Stroll’s condition: “Over the course of the past six weeks Lance has been experiencing pain in his hand and wrist, which his medical consultant believes is in relation to the procedure he underwent in 2023.
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1 week ago | 
grandprix247.com | Paul Velasco
Pirelli is pressing ahead with a more aggressive tyre selection strategy for upcoming Formula 1 races, aiming to incentivise teams to adopt two-stop strategies under normal Grand Prix conditions. The move comes despite Monaco’s mandatory two-stop experiment failing to enhance the race spectacle. While acknowledging that the Monte Carlo street race is a unique case on the calendar, Pirelli is using fast, permanent circuits to create greater strategic variation through tyre compound selection.
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1 week ago | 
grandprix247.com | Paul Velasco
Flavio Briatore says Franco Colapinto’s Formula 1 future with Alpine will be judged from this weekend’s Spanish Grand Prix onwards, as the team continues to evaluate its 2026 driver options. Colapinto, who made his FP1 debut with Alpine in Imola before returning in Monaco, has so far had limited running. But Briatore said Barcelona marks the first serious opportunity to assess the Argentine prospect in a representative session. “Monaco was a special case for everyone.
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1 week ago | 
grandprix247.com | Paul Velasco
If anyone knows what it is like to fight a teammate for the Formula 1 world title, it is Nico Rosberg. The 2016 World Champion did not just go toe to toe with Lewis Hamilton, he lived through the fire of that intra-Mercedes war and walked away with the crown before promptly retiring. Rosberg finished runner-up to Hamilton twice before finally toppling him in 2016, sealing the title and stepping out of the most dominant seat in the sport, the all-conquering Silver Arrow, while on top.
