Why summer refresher was all Ricciardo needed to turn F1 season around

As the Australian ended the first half of the season having faced another pointless afternoon in Hungary, on a day when team-mate Lando Norris could have finished on the podium, you could tell that some self-doubts had started to creep in.
Sure he had made some progress in getting on top of the struggles with his car, but for every two steps forward there had often been one step back.
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Sainz “happy” for McLaren’s Monza F1 win despite points blow

Sainz spent two years at McLaren in 2019 and 2020 before deciding to move to Ferrari, with Daniel Ricciardo leaving Renault to fill the Spaniard’s seat.
Sainz, who scored two podiums for McLaren and came agonisingly close to winning last year’s Monza race behind shock winner Pierre Gasly, said he was happy to see Ricciardo and his former crew win McLaren’s first race in nine years after …Keep reading

Wolff: F1 cannot ‘freestyle’ format changes with ‘confused’ ideas

F1 staged its second sprint race last Saturday at Monza, with the 100km event to set the grid for Sunday’s grand prix offering little on-track action or overtaking.
It came after F1 managing director of motorsports Ross Brawn revealed consideration was being given to changing the sprint race format for next season, while Ferrari expressed its support for a possible introduction of reversed …Keep reading