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How Racing Bulls let a driver battle decide who got its F1 car cooling upgrade for Belgian GP

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Belgian GP
How Racing Bulls let a driver battle decide who got its F1 car cooling upgrade for Belgian GP

F1 Belgian GP: Antonelli headlines FP2 over Norris, Gasly crash causes red flag

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Belgian GP
F1 Belgian GP: Antonelli headlines FP2 over Norris, Gasly crash causes red flag

Honda selects Marini's crew chief for Quartararo's arrival

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German GP
Honda selects Marini's crew chief for Quartararo's arrival

WRC Estonia: Pajari leads after Friday afternoon clean sweep

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WRC Estonia: Pajari leads after Friday afternoon clean sweep

Hadjar set for Belgian GP grid penalty after F1 engine change

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Belgian GP
Hadjar set for Belgian GP grid penalty after F1 engine change

F1 Belgian GP: Verstappen quickest in FP1 over Hamilton

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Belgian GP
F1 Belgian GP: Verstappen quickest in FP1 over Hamilton

LIVE: F1 Belgian GP commentary and updates - Verstappen tops FP1 from Hamilton

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Belgian GP
LIVE: F1 Belgian GP commentary and updates - Verstappen tops FP1 from Hamilton

LIVE: F1 Belgian GP commentary and updates - Antonelli tops FP2 as Gasly suffers heavy crash

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Belgian GP
LIVE: F1 Belgian GP commentary and updates - Antonelli tops FP2 as Gasly suffers heavy crash

Canada Sunday quotes: Renault

Fernando Alonso - DNF: "It's truly a missed opportunity today. I am extremely disappointed, as is the team, but our strategy was not the best suited for today. We now have to work hard to be in the position to challenge for big points."

Nelson Piquet - DNF: "It's a disappointing end to my weekend, but I still take some positives from the race as the car was good today and our strategy looked really promising. The race was pretty hectic in the early laps, but unfortunately we had a brake problem and so I had to retire the car. It's a shame as we could have challenged for the points today. Now we need to focus on the next race in France."

Flavio Briatore, Managing Director ING Renault F1 Team: "After a good performance in qualifying we had other hopes for the race this afternoon. The arrival of the safety car at the start of the race meant that we had to review our strategy and that penalised us, especially with Fernando. He was then stuck behind the BMW before he retired."

Pat Symonds, Executive Director of Engineering: "Nelson retired due to a problem with the brakes, which caused abnormal wear, but we don't know why yet and we are still investigating exactly what happened. With Fernando we adopted the same strategy as Kubica at the pit stop, but unfortunately we got trapped by Heidfeld, which made our race difficult and ultimately we didn't finish."

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