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• Williams F1 to unveil 2025 challenger on Valentine’s Day

Photo by Clive Rose/Getty Images Alexander Albon and Carlos Sainz Jr. will see the FW47 four days before the special F1 launch event in London You know a new Formula 1 season is right around the corner when the teams start teasing launch dates for their new challengers. The latest team to announce a launch date? Williams. The F1 team announced on Thursday that they will unveil the FW47 at ...2025
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• 9 bold predictions for the 2025 F1 season

Photo by Zak Mauger/LAT Images As 2025 begins, let’s make some bold predictions for the upcoming F1 season With a new year come new opportunities. In the Formula 1 world, that means some new faces in new places and hopes for better performance in the season ahead. For those who cover the sport, a new year and a new season mean more chances to get some predictions wrong. But we forge on, a...2025
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• Franco Colapinto’s status for Las Vegas Grand Prix in doubt after massive crash in qualifying

Photo by Mark Thompson/Getty Images Williams F1 driver Franco Colapinto’s hard crash in qualifying has his status for the Las Vegas Grand Prix in doubt The 2024 Formula 1 São Paulo Grand Prix was, in the words of Williams Team Principal James Vowles, one of the “lowest moments” you can feel in the sport. Both Alexander Albon and Franco Colapinto suffered hard crashes in qualifying, which w...2024
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• Williams F1 facing uncertainty ahead of Las Vegas Grand Prix

Photo by Kym Illman/Getty Images After some big crashes in recent weeks, Williams faces a bit of uncertainty ahead of the second F1 Las Vegas Grand Prix A year ago Williams was perhaps the biggest surprise of the Formula 1 season. After finishing at the back of the grid in 2022, the team stormed up the Constructors’ Championship standings to finish seventh, powered by a strong season from ...2024
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• Williams F1 doing some soul-searching after ‘painful’ São Paulo Grand Prix

Photo by Kym Illman/Getty Images James Vowles vowed brighter days are ahead after a dark Sunday for Williams in Brazil Sunday was a day of temporary highs, and bitter lows, for Williams at the Formula 1 São Paulo Grand Prix. With qualifying pushed to Sunday morning due to weather, getting things right was a challenge for all ten teams as wet weather lingered at Interlagos. An early victim ...2024
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• Alexander Albon out of F1 São Paulo Grand Prix after hard crash in qualifying

Photo by Peter Fox - Formula 1/Formula 1 via Getty Images Williams will be without Alexander Albon in the São Paulo Grand Prix after a hard accident in qualifying Sunday morning at the Formula 1 São Paulo Grand Prix, Alexander Albon was in the middle of his best qualifying performance of the entire season. An early run in the wet conditions during Q3 put him into P2 provisionally, giving h...2024
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• Franco Colapinto’s status for Las Vegas Grand Prix in doubt after massive crash in qualifying
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• Lando Norris’ pursuit of Max Verstappen leads F1 United States Grand Prix storylines

Photo by Rudy Carezzevoli/Getty Images F1 is back with this week’s United States Grand Prix. Here are the major storylines Formula 1 is back this week, with the United States Grand Prix. After a three-week break, the grid returns to life with the first of three straight races that will see the grid go from Austin to Mexico City, and finally to São Paulo. As the grid roars back to life, th...2024
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• Sergio Pérez sings Franco Colapinto’s praises during F1 Singapore Grand Prix

Photo by Jayce Illman/Getty Images F1’s newest star may have finished outside the points Sunday but he has a new fan in Sergio Pérez After a stunning finish in the points at last weekend’s Azerbaijan Grand Prix, his first time ever driving the daunting street circuit, Franco Colapinto came up just short of the points in Sunday’s Singapore Grand Prix. Tackling the punishing street circuit a...2024
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• F1 Q&A: Adrian Newey at Aston Martin, Alpine’s future, and the sport’s newest star

Photo by Kym Illman/Getty Images Answering F1 questions on Max Verstappen, the upcoming regulation changes, and more Ahead of this weekend’s Formula 1 Singapore Grand Prix, we thought it would be a good time to open up the old F1 mailbag. Boy, did the readers deliver. Thanks to the growing “F1 Threads” community over a dozen questions were sent over, more if you count subparts. The respon...2024
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• Logan Sargeant benched by Williams for remainder of F1 season

Photo by Clive Rose/Getty Images Williams Team Principal James Vowles has seen enough Logan Sargeant’s time in Formula 1 seems to have come to an end. The American driver scored a single point in his first F1 season and was retained by Williams Team Principal James Vowles for the 2024 season. This decision came as somewhat of a surprise, given Sargeant’s struggles a year ago and Williams’...2024
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• 6 storylines to watch as F1 heads to the ‘Temple of Speed’ for the Italian Grand Prix

Photo by Rudy Carezzevoli/Getty Images Can Mercedes rebound? Can Red Bull hold off McLaren? These questions and more will be answered at Monza Monza. The very name conjures up images of Formula 1 history, and speed. Moments such as Niki Lauda’s stunning return to the track at Monza in 1976, just over a month after his harrowing crash at the Nurburgring. Gerhard Berger and Michele Alboreto ...2024
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• Logan Sargeant on the Miami Grand Prix, the pressure of F1, and ‘Lap of Legends’

Ahead of the Miami Grand Prix SB Nation chatted with Logan Sargeant about the pressure of life in F1 and more Formula 1 is heading back to the United States. And for one of the 20 drivers on the grid, it is a true homecoming. F1 returns to the US for the first of three races stateside this weekend, with the third Miami Grand Prix. But for one driver in particular, this is a true home race. Logan S...2024
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• A Monday in New York City with Williams: How the F1 team views success in 2024

SB Nation caught up with James Vowles, Alex Albon, and Logan Sargeant in Rockefeller Center ahead of the 2024 F1 season We need to make one thing clear at the outset. Your aspiring Formula 1 blogger does not like heights. But when Williams not only decides to launch their challenger for the 2024 F1 season in New York City, but they invite you to meet with the team, you accept the invitation first,...2024
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"That led to Team Principal James Vowles making the difficult decision to bench Sargeant and slide Albon into his teammate’s FW46 for the race."

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"Team Principal James Vowles was forced to make what he called one of the hardest decisions of his career: Determining which of their two drivers would participate in qualifying, and the race itself."

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"” Also on Friday Team Principal James Vowles met with the media."

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"James Vowles is the strategy mastermind behind Mercedes' Formula One team, but in the offseason he swaps headphones and telemetry graphs for racing overalls."

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"Mercedes must juggle performance and reliability for the rest of the season because any retirement would be "catastrophic" for their Formula One title hopes, chief strategist James Vowles said on Thursday."

• 9 bold predictions for the 2025 F1 season
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• Williams F1 facing uncertainty ahead of Las Vegas Grand Prix
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• F1 Q&A: Adrian Newey at Aston Martin, Alpine’s future, and the sport’s newest star
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• 6 storylines to watch as F1 heads to the ‘Temple of Speed’ for the Italian Grand Prix
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• F1 Miami Grand Prix Sprint Saturday: Can anyone catch Max Verstappen?

Photo by Song Haiyuan/MB Media/Getty Images Welcome to Saturday at the Miami Grand Prix, where the first points of the weekend are on the line MIAMI — He described his car as “terrible.” His reaction when told by the team that he had captured pole position was “LOL.” And yet dawn breaks on another day of Formula 1 action here at the Miami Grand Prix with the paddock wondering if anyone can...2024
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• What the Fernando Alonso news means for the rest of the F1 grid

Photo by Qian Jun/MB Media/Getty Images Thursday’s announcement could have a rippling impact on the F1 grid, and one driver in particular One of the biggest dominoes in the upcoming Formula 1 driver transfer market has fallen. Now the rest of the F1 world awaits the fallout. The news that Fernando Alonso is returning to Aston Martin for 2025 and beyond, on a new “multi-year” deal, fits wi...2024
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• Logan Sargeant’s absence from Australian Grand Prix, explained

Photo by Robert Cianflone/Getty Images Why Williams driver Logan Sargeant will be watching the F1 Australian Grand Prix along with the rest of us The social media team for the Formula 1 Australian Grand Prix has captured a number of incredible moments already. But a video they shared on Saturday perhaps framed one of the weekend’s biggest storylines to perfection. Williams driver Logan Sar...2024
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• Daniel Ricciardo’s future, Alpine’s present and more storylines for F1 Australian GP

Photo by Gongora/NurPhoto via Getty Images F1 is back this week with the Australian Grand Prix The 2024 Formula 1 season could potentially reshape the sport. With over half the grid driving on expiring contracts, the driver transfer market could truly shake up the field over the next few months. We have already seen one seismic move — the upcoming switch to Ferrari from Mercedes from seven...2024
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• Logan Sargeant talks F1, the Miami Dolphins, and the one thing he wants fans to know

SB Nation talked with Williams F1 driver Logan Sargeant ahead of Saudi Arabian GP It is Wednesday afternoon in Jeddah, just days before the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix, the second race of the 2024 Formula 1 season. And on this afternoon Logan Sargeant, the second-year driver, has one thing on his mind. His beloved Miami Dolphins. “Well, the 2023-24 season was an exciting season for the most part,” Sa...2024
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• 2024 F1 pre-season testing: Winners or workers?

Photo by Philippe Nanchino/Eurasia Sport Images/Getty Images What teams are going to start the 2024 F1 season on the front foot, and what teams have some work to do before the lights go out next weekend? Before we close the book on pre-season testing and shift our focus to the start of the 2024 Formula 1 season, it is time to take one final look at what we saw over three days at Bahrain In...2024
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• Williams F1 to unveil 2025 challenger on Valentine’s Day
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• Lando Norris’ pursuit of Max Verstappen leads F1 United States Grand Prix storylines
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• Sergio Pérez sings Franco Colapinto’s praises during F1 Singapore Grand Prix
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• F1 Q&A: Adrian Newey at Aston Martin, Alpine’s future, and the sport’s newest star
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• F1 Singapore Grand Prix storylines include Franco Colapinto seizing the moment

Photo by Kym Illman/Getty Images Franco Colapinto’s strong start to his F1 career, the three-way fight between McLaren, Ferrari, and Red Bull, and more storylines for the Singapore Grand Prix During the 2023 Formula 1 season, only one Grand Prix did not see a Red Bull driver on the top step of the podium. The Singapore Grand Prix. That was the only Grand Prix where Red Bull could not even ...2024
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• Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri dominate qualifying at the F1 Italian Grand Prix

Photo by ANDREJ ISAKOVIC/AFP via Getty Images A dream Saturday for McLaren, a nightmare scenario for Red Bull, and more from a thrilling qualifying at Monza For the first time since 2012, the front row at the Italian Grand Prix will be orange. McLaren orange. Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri locked out the front row with a tremendous performance in Saturday’s qualifying session at Monza, and...2024
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• Franco Colapinto’s status for Las Vegas Grand Prix in doubt after massive crash in qualifying
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• Williams F1 doing some soul-searching after ‘painful’ São Paulo Grand Prix
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• Lando Norris’ pursuit of Max Verstappen leads F1 United States Grand Prix storylines
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• F1 Q&A: Adrian Newey at Aston Martin, Alpine’s future, and the sport’s newest star
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• Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri dominate qualifying at the F1 Italian Grand Prix
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• Logan Sargeant thanks Williams after his exit from the 2024 F1 grid

David Kirouac-USA TODAY Sports In a message on his official app, driver Logan Sargeant said goodbye to Williams after being replaced ahead of the Italian Grand Prix Logan Sargeant’s time in Formula 1 appears to be over. While Williams announced earlier this season that Carlos Sainz Jr. would be taking his seat for the 2025 season, the team went a step further on Tuesday, announcing that Fr...2024
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• 6 storylines to watch as F1 heads to the ‘Temple of Speed’ for the Italian Grand Prix
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• Lando Norris storms to the front in qualifying at the F1 Dutch Grand Prix

Photo by Kym Illman/Getty Images Max Verstappen is lurking, but Lando Norris will start up front at the Dutch Grand Prix This week McLaren brought a host of upgrades to the Dutch Grand Prix, their first big set of improvements to the MCL38 since the Miami Grand Prix. Lando Norris captured his maiden Formula 1 Grand Prix victory that week, and if Saturday is any indication, he is on a path ...2024
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• Will Williams be the surprise team at Silverstone?
Photo by Peter Fox/Getty Images There is confidence in the air around Williams after a strong Friday at the British Grand Prix With a number of Formula 1 teams that consider Great Britain home, one of the major storylines heading into the British Grand Prix was whether one of the teams that calls Silverstone their home base would deliver a surprise for the field. Of course, that led many t...2023
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• An ‘outstanding’ drive from Alex Albon pushes Williams up the F1 standings
Photo by Dan Mullan/Getty Images Albon’s seventh-place finish in the Canadian Grand Prix wa a massive result for Williams All season long, and even dating back to pre-season Formula 1 testing, you got the sense a day like this was coming for Alex Albon and Williams. It finally came for Albon and the team on Sunday in the Canadian Grand Prix. After advancing to Q3 on Sunday, Albon started ...2023
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• Time is running out for Logan Sargeant

Photo by Clive Mason - Formula 1/Formula 1 via Getty Images Looking at winners and losers from the F1 Sprint Race at the Qatar Grand Prix The Formula 1 Sprint race at the Qatar Grand Prix is in the books. And it has given us a first-time winner, and a three-time champion. Oscar Piastri took home his first F1 win, remaining patient after George Russell got by him on a set of soft tyres earl...2023
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• Logan Sargeant’s absence from Australian Grand Prix, explained
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• Alex Albon’s crash leads to ‘unacceptable’ decision for Williams at F1 Australian GP

Photo by Kym Illman/Getty Images A hard crash in practice from Alex Albon put Williams in a difficult position As the first practice session at the Formula 1 Australian Grand Prix wound down, Alex Albon found himself in a tricky spot. The wall. As Albon was coming out of the exit to Turn 6 and ran a little wide into Turn 7, which resulted in a massive crash that caused substantial damage t...2024
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• Red Bull makes more history at Las Vegas Grand Prix

Photo by Mark Thompson/Getty Images Recapping the winners and losers from the inaugural Las Vegas Grand Prix In their storied Formula 1 history — six Constructors’ Championships and counting, along with seven Drivers’ Championships — one accomplishment had still eluded Red Bull. That changed under the neon lights in Las Vegas. A third-place finish from Sergio Pérez locked up P2 in the Driv...2023
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• Logan Sargeant gets a vote of confidence from James Vowles and Williams

Photo by Qian Jun/MB Media/Getty Images Under pressure to keep his seat at Williams, F1’s lone American driver gets a vote of confidence With the news that AlphaTauri has settled on Daniel Ricciardo and Yuki Tsunoda as their pairing for the 2024 Formula 1 season, that means just one spot is unsettled for next year. The spot currently occupied by Logan Sargeant at Williams. The lone America...2023
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• Zhou Guanyu keeps his seat as Alfa Romeo F1 confirms their 2024 driver lineup

Photo by Clive Rose/Getty Images Alfa Romeo confirmed their driver lineup for 2024, retaining both Zhou Guanyu and Valtteri Bottas The number of available Formula 1 driver spots for the 2024 lineup is now down to three. Alfa Romeo confirmed on Thursday that they are retaining their current lineup for the 2024 season. While Valtteri Bottas was already under contract through the 2024 campaig...2023
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• Williams F1 to unveil 2025 challenger on Valentine’s Day
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• Franco Colapinto’s status for Las Vegas Grand Prix in doubt after massive crash in qualifying
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• Andrea Kimi Antonelli to make his Mercedes F1 debut at the Italian Grand Prix

Photo by Ivan Romano/Getty Images Mercedes confirmed that Andrea Kimi Antonelli will drive in FP1 at the Italian Grand Prix Andrea Kimi Antonelli is officially headed to Mercedes. While his status for 2025 remains a matter of speculation, with many believing Mercedes will announce at the Italian Grand Prix that the young phenom will be driving alongside George Russell next season, the team...2024
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• F1 Miami Grand Prix Sprint Saturday: Can anyone catch Max Verstappen?
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• Max Verstappen holds off the Carlos Sainz Jr. comeback in F1 Australian GP qualifying

Photo by Mark Thompson/Getty Images Handing out some winners and losers from qualifying at the F1 Australian Grand Prix “Finally that car looks dialed in when it matters most.” Throughout the first two qualifying sessions, and after each of their first laps in Q3, it looked as if it was going to be Ferrari’s day. Carlos Sainz Jr. posted the first lap of Q3 and it was a quick one, a lap nea...2024
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• Daniel Ricciardo’s future, Alpine’s present and more storylines for F1 Australian GP
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• Could Alex Albon be headed back to Red Bull?

Photo by Edmund So/Eurasia Sport Images/Getty Images According to one report Red Bull is looking to Albon, and the future The shocking news that Lewis Hamilton was leaving Mercedes for Ferrari ahead of the 2025 Formula 1 season kickstarted what was already on track to be a whirlwind silly season. With the majority of drivers set to see their contracts expire at the end of the 2024 season i...2024
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