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⚪🔴 Bahrain GP 2026 | Race Week

F1 heads to Sepang, Malaysia, for a very unusual Bahrain GP.

🏆 Bahrain: Piastri (2025), Verstappen (2024 & 2023)
🏆 Malaysia: Verstappen (2017), Ricciardo (2016), Vettel (2015)

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⚪🔴 #BahrainGP #MalasyianGP #Malaysia #Sepang
September 28, 2026 at 10:34 AM
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Azerbaijan GP 2026
🏁 Race Pace
📉 Stint Pace Progression

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September 26, 2026 at 9:15 PM
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🏁 Azerbaijan GP 2026 | Weekend Progression

🟦 Russell — fast and consistent all weekend.

🔵 Hadjar — remarkable return after his fractured wrist.

🟣 Gasly — strong pace before being taken out by his teammate.

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September 27, 2026 at 5:14 PM
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🆚 Azerbaijan GP 2026 | Race | Team Mate Comparison (Part 2)

How did each driver compare to their team-mate on average race pace around Baku?

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September 26, 2026 at 9:25 PM
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⚡ Azerbaijan GP 2026 | FP3 | Fastest Sectors

🔴 Sector 1 — Leclerc: 36.483s
🟣 Sector 2 — Verstappen & Russell: 42.053s
🔵 Sector 3 — Gasly: 24.654s

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September 25, 2026 at 10:35 AM
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⚡ Azerbaijan GP 2026 | Qualifying | Fastest Sectors

🔵 Sector 1 — Russell: 36.009s
🔵 Sector 2 — Russell: 41.659s
🔵 Sector 3 — Russell: 24.858s

#GeorgeRussell topped all three sectors in qualifying.

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🟦🟥🟩 #AzerbaijanGP #BakuCityCircuit #Baku #Azerbaijan
September 25, 2026 at 2:21 PM
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🎯 Azerbaijan GP 2026 | Qualifying | Optimal Lap

🔵 #GeorgeRussell matched his fastest lap at 1:42.526.

🔴 #LewisHamilton left +0.319s on the table.
🟣 #MaxVerstappen left +0.166s.
⚪ #EstebanOcon could have jumped 5 places to P9.

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🟦🟥🟩 #AzerbaijanGP #BakuCityCircuit #Baku
September 25, 2026 at 2:23 PM
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⚡ Azerbaijan GP 2026 | FP1 | Fastest Sectors

🔴 Sector 1 — Leclerc: 37.151s
🟣 Sector 2 — Verstappen: 42.988s
🔵 Sector 3 — Russell: 24.732s

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🟦🟥🟩 #AzerbaijanGP #BakuCityCircuit #Baku #Azerbaijan
September 24, 2026 at 10:16 AM
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🎯 Azerbaijan GP 2026 | FP1 | Optimal Lap

🔴 Leclerc — P3 → potential P2
🔵 Lawson — P7 → potential P5
🔴 Hülkenberg — P11 → potential P8

Russell also hit his optimal lap to top the session.

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September 24, 2026 at 11:08 AM
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🎯 Azerbaijan GP | Qualifying | Team Optimal Lap

Only #GeorgeRussell hit his team’s optimal lap.

🔵 1:42.526 — all three fastest sectors.

Antonelli’s Q1 exit may have helped, but it was still an impressive lap — with a sizeable gap to the other teams.

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🟦🟥🟩 #AzerbaijanGP
September 25, 2026 at 2:49 PM
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🎯 Azerbaijan GP 2026 | FP2 | Optimal Lap

#McLaren and #Williams had some of the biggest gains in FP2.

🟠 #LandoNorris — +0.558s → * P5
🟠 #OscarPiastri — +0.291s → * P7
🔵 #AlexanderAlbon — +0.459s → * P14
* potential
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🟦🟥🟩 #AzerbaijanGP #BakuCityCircuit
September 24, 2026 at 6:27 PM
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🎯 Azerbaijan GP 2026 | FP3 | Optimal Lap

🔴 Hamilton put all his best sectors together, matching his fastest and optimal lap at 1:44.033.

🟠 Norris still had +0.313s available from his optimal lap — enough to move from P8 to a potential P7.

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🟦🟥🟩 #AzerbaijanGP #Baku
September 25, 2026 at 10:42 AM
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🏎️ Azerbaijan GP 2026 | FP2 | Long Run Pace

🔵 #GeorgeRussell led the race simulations with a 1:47.960 average.
🟣 #MaxVerstappen was next quickest at 1:48.119, with
🔵 #KimiAntonelli third at 1:48.519.

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🟦🟥🟩 #AzerbaijanGP #BakuCityCircuit #Baku #Azerbaijan
September 24, 2026 at 6:24 PM
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Competition Notes - Pirelli Preview
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🟦🟥🟩 #AzerbaijanGP #Baku #BakuCityCircuit #Azerbaijan
September 22, 2026 at 9:45 AM
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⚡ Spanish GP 2026 | FP3 | Fastest Sectors

🔴 Sector 1 — Hülkenberg: 28.637s
🔴 Sector 2 — Hamilton: 33.051s
🟠 Sector 3 — Norris: 30.765s

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September 12, 2026 at 12:35 PM
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🎯 Spanish GP 2026 | FP3 | Optimal Lap

🩵 Antonelli put it all together, matching his optimal 1:32.797 to top the session.

🔴 Hamilton had the most time left after his crash, with +0.853s available — enough to move from P9 to P7.

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September 12, 2026 at 12:35 PM
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🎯 Spanish GP 2026 | FP2 | Optimal Lap

🔴 Leclerc could have gone fastest: 1:33.478 optimal, +0.297s on his actual lap.

🩵 Russell moves to P3 on optimal pace with 1:33.679.

Several drivers had 0.2–0.5s of potential gains. #LapDelta

🚥 #F1 #Formula1 ❤️💛❤️ #SpanishGP #Madring ❤️💛❤️ #Madrid
September 11, 2026 at 4:51 PM
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Azerbaijan GP 2026 | It’s Race Week

#MaxVerstappen won here last year, while #OscarPiastri took victory in 2024 and #SergioPerez in 2023.

Who will add their name to the Baku winners’ list this weekend?

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🟦🟥🟩 #AzerbaijanGP #Baku #BakuCityCircuit #Azerbaijan
September 21, 2026 at 10:53 AM
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🆚 2026 Season | Team Mate Head-to-Head | Qualifying & Race

Who has had the edge over their team-mate so far this season?

Qualifying uses optimal lap pace; Race uses average representative lap pace.

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September 20, 2026 at 10:09 AM
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🆚 Spanish GP 2026 | Team Mate Gap | Session by Session
part 2
Who had the edge against their team-mate across the entire weekend?

#F1 #SpanishGP #Formula1 #Madring #LapDelta
September 16, 2026 at 12:23 PM
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🆚 Spanish GP 2026 | Team Mate Gap | Session by Session
part 1
Who had the edge against their team-mate across the entire weekend?

#F1 #SpanishGP #Formula1 #Madring #LapDelta
September 16, 2026 at 12:16 PM
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🏁 Spanish GP 2026 | Weekend Progression

🟣 Antonelli — never outside the top 2 all weekend.

🔵 Verstappen & 🟠 Norris — delivered when it mattered, finishing P2 and P3.

🔴 Ferrari — another disappointing weekend after strong practice pace.

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September 14, 2026 at 12:16 PM
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🆚 Spanish GP 2026 | Qualifying | Team Mate Comparison

🔴 Hamilton was just 0.054s ahead of Leclerc, while 🟢 Albon was only 0.056s ahead of Sainz.

🟩 Aston Martin, not so much.

#F1 #SpanishGP #F1Qualifying #Madring Via #LapDelta
September 12, 2026 at 4:35 PM
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🟣 Spanish GP 2026 | Qualifying

🟠 Norris delivered a phenomenal 1:31.824 to take pole at Madring by just 0.011s.

And even that wasn’t his limit — his optimal was 1:31.724, meaning there was another 0.100s left on the table.

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September 12, 2026 at 7:02 PM
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🎯 Spanish GP 2026 | #FP2 | Who Left Time on the Table?

13 drivers failed to put all their best sectors together.

🟢 Alonso — +0.559s
🟣 Colapinto — +0.368s
🔵 Lawson — +0.351s

#F1 #SpanishGP #Madring #LapDelta
September 12, 2026 at 9:16 AM