Anna Duxbury

Anna Duxbury

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Neuville takes Rally Portugal victory and championship lead
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Neuville takes Rally Portugal victory and championship lead

Hyundai’s Thierry Neuville has won his second event of 2018 at Rally Portugal and has taken the World Rally Championship lead with a 19-point advantage ahead of rival Sebastien Ogier. Neuville took the lead in Portugal on Friday afternoon by staying out of trouble when many of the front-runners hit problems and went on to […]

Neuville retains Rally Portugal lead as Meeke crashes out
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Neuville retains Rally Portugal lead as Meeke crashes out

2018 World Rally Championship title contender Thierry Neuville has retained the lead of Rally Portugal with 39.8 seconds in hand ahead of second-placed Elfyn Evans. Neuville began the day 17.7 seconds ahead of Evans and has more than doubled his lead over the Welshman throughout Saturday. Although Evans took two stage wins to Neuville’s one, […]

How well do you know the Spanish Grand Prix?
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How well do you know the Spanish Grand Prix?

After four rounds of fly-away races, Formula 1 is going into the European leg of the 2018 season, beginning with this weekend’s Spanish Grand Prix. Location of Pastor Maldonado’s shock only F1 win and Max Verstappen’s maiden victory in recent years alone, the Circuit de Catalunya has provided drama despite its usual lack of overtaking. […]

Raikkonen lucky to finish second after ‘a lot of close moments’
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Raikkonen lucky to finish second after ‘a lot of close moments’

Kimi Raikkonen has said that he was lucky to finish the 2018 Formula 1 Azerbaijan Grand Prix on the podium after a late clip of the wall, with the Finn expecting to lose a front wheel. Raikkonen hit the inside wall at full speed with three laps to go, but his Ferrari did not sustain […]

Tanak takes blistering Rally Argentina victory
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Tanak takes blistering Rally Argentina victory

Ott Tanak has soared to victory in Rally Argentina, his first win with the Toyota World Rally Championship team. Tanak recovered from minor steering damage that dropped him down to ninth on Friday to win ten stages and take victory by 37.7 seconds in front of a hundred thousand spectators on the popular El Condor […]

Tanak continues to dominate in foggy Rally Argentina Saturday
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Tanak continues to dominate in foggy Rally Argentina Saturday

Ott Tanak has continued his dominance of Rally Argentina, with 46.5 seconds back to Thierry Neuville in second, and six wins out of Saturday’s seven World Rally Championship stages to his name. Tanak has performed faultlessly during the difficult foggy conditions on Saturday and seems set to take his first victory for Toyota. Neuville and […]

Vettel tops third practice ahead of Hamilton
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Vettel tops third practice ahead of Hamilton

Sebastian Vettel topped the third practise session for the Formula 1 Azerbaijan Grand Prix, leading rival Lewis Hamilton by 0.4 of a second. Vettel beat the early fastest times set by Ferrari team-mate Kimi Raikkonen and Red Bull’s Daniel Ricciardo, but his time of 1:43.091 is still below that of last year’s pole time. Mercedes […]

Tanak leads Rally Argentina as Mikkelsen suffers puncture
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Tanak leads Rally Argentina as Mikkelsen suffers puncture

Ott Tanak has taken the lead of Rally Argentina after a dominant performance, while early leader Andreas Mikkelsen drops down to seventh after suffering a puncture. Thierry Neuville headed into Friday as rally leader after winning Thursday’s evening stage, but Mikkelsen moved into the lead during the morning, with Tanak one second behind at the […]

Gasly: Finishing fourth ‘just amazing’
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Gasly: Finishing fourth ‘just amazing’

Pierre Gasly has described his fourth-placed finish at the 2018 Formula 1 Bahrain Grand Prix as ‘just amazing’ and compares the team’s reaction to that for a win. Gasly put his Toro Rosso sixth on the grid in qualifying, before Lewis Hamilton’s gearbox penalty moved him up to fifth. The Frenchman then had the pace […]

Hamilton: Verstappen move didn’t feel respectful
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Hamilton: Verstappen move didn’t feel respectful

Lewis Hamilton has said that his collision with Max Verstappen during the early part of the 2018 Bahrain Grand Prix ‘didn’t feel like a respectful move’. Verstappen ran to the outside of the track in an attempt to squeeze out Hamilton but was forced to retire himself after the contact resulted in a puncture and […]

Ogier takes dominant victory in Corsica
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Ogier takes dominant victory in Corsica

Sebastien Ogier has taken a dominant victory around the twisty stages of the Tour de Course for M-Sport, his third win of the 2018 World Rally Championship so far. Ogier stormed into an early lead of the event and maintained the position while many of his rivals ran into problems, with Sebastien Loeb the first […]

How well do you know the Bahrain Grand Prix?
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How well do you know the Bahrain Grand Prix?

After Sebastian Vettel took victory in the opening round of the 2018 season the motorsport world has been waiting in anticipation to see if Ferrari can match Mercedes pace when Formula 1 rolls up in Bahrain. The German took victory here last year, and has three wins to his name at the circuit to Lewis […]