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F1 Recaps: Toro Rosso Underwhelm, Renault Surprises

Pierre Gasly Toro Rosso

Pierre Gasly will be a reserve driver next year (credit: FIA images)

Scuderia Toro Rosso – 9th in the Constructors Championship The beginning of the Formula 1 season brought some promise to the Toro Rosso team in preseason testing.  Having switched from a warmed-over Ferrari engine to Honda for the year – the same manufacturer that plagued McLaren for two seasons – Toro Rosso looked like they …

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F1 Recaps: Both Sauber and Haas F1 Overachieve

Charles Leclerc

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Sauber – 8th in the Constructors Standings The Alfa Romeo Sauber F1 team has not been a good organization.  They finished last (10th) in the standings in the previous two years and offered no reason to believe that they might suddenly make a run up the standings in 2018.  This season, however, proved to go …

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