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In the round-up: Red Bull will 'treat every race like a cup final' - Horner • Hamilton 'free to take a knee at every race' • Season-opener drew 4m viewers in Britain

Who was the best F1 driver during the 2020 Austrian Grand Prix weekend? Compare how they did and vote for the best.

Fernando Alonso is expected to make his comeback to Formula 1 in 2021 at Renault, the team with which he won both his world championships.

Two-time Formula 1 world champion Fernando Alonso is set to make a sensational return to Renault, with a two-year deal expected to be announced as early as Wednesday

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Kubica, who left Williams at the end of his comeback campaign in 2019, is Alfa’s reserve driver for the 2020 season. He will drive Antonio Giovinazzi’s C39 in the first practice session at the Red Bull Ring on Friday.
Kubica completed two half-day outings for Alfa during pre-season testing, ending up as the fastest driver on the opening morning of the second test.  
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Robert Kubica will make his Formula 1 race weekend return with an opening practice outing for Alfa Romeo at this weekend's Styrian Grand Prix

Max Verstappen ran with a new concept of nose (inset in the main image) over the Austria weekend while Alex Albon remained with the original version.
The team wants to have both cars running in the same specification for the second race in Austria, but needs to go through the data from the weekend to get a definitive answer on which one it thinks has the best potential.
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Red Bull is undecided on which specification of nose to run with at Formula 1's Styrian Grand Prix, after going different ways with its two drivers last weekend.

Robert Kubica will make his first appearance in a Formula 1 race weekend since last year in this weekend's Styrian Grand Prix.

FIA race director Michael Masi has given insight into the stewards' decision to penalise Lewis Hamilton for his late-race collision with Alexander Albon.

As Autosport launches the latest episode in its Race of My Life podcast series, we revisit the race three-times Formula 1 world champion Jack Brabham picked as his best - the 1960 French Grand Prix

Mercedes CEO Ola Kallenius has quashed talk of an internal feud with team boss Toto Wolff and revealed the key factors that will make his company commit to Formula 1

From 11th on the grid Vettel had a difficult race, spinning after making contact with the McLaren of Carlos Sainz, and eventually finishing 10th.
Meanwhile his teammate Charles Leclerc had a sensational run to second, helped by a time penalty for Lewis Hamilton, who was runner-up on the road.
Speaking on Monday evening Vettel revealed he had spent the day getting his head together in the ...Keep reading

Sebastian Vettel has challenged Mattia Binotto's claim that the Covid-19 pandemic was the trigger for the Ferrari Formula 1 team's decision not to renew his contract

Could Mercedes have used team orders to ensure Lewis Hamilton finished on the podium, or would doing so have presented too great a risk?

With the team still chasing a solution to the difficulties that affected both Valtteri Bottas and Lewis Hamilton at the Red Bull Ring, it has emerged that the matter is not directly related to the mechanical aspects of the gearbox.
Instead, a combination of the layout of the W11 internals, plus the vibrations put through the car by the kerbs in Austria, are causing a perfect storm of trouble ...Keep reading

Mercedes thinks that repeat gearbox problems on its W11 would be inevitable with its current Formula 1 car configuration, after revealing a build-up of electrical noise is triggering its issues