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Max Verstappen Beats Lewis Hamilton To Win Chaotic Australian Grand Prix | Formula 1 News
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Max Verstappen Beats Lewis Hamilton To Win Chaotic Australian Grand Prix | Formula 1 News

[ad_1] Max Verstappen held off a revived Lewis Hamilton to steer his Red Bull to a chaotic win at the Australian Grand Prix on Sunday and tighten his grip on the world championship. The world champion began from pole and despite being passed by Mercedes pair George Russell and Hamilton at the start, he kept his cool to win a race red flagged three times, with multiple crashes. Hamilton came home second ahead of Aston Martin's Fernando Alonso, who made it three podiums from three this year."We had a very poor start, lap one I was careful as I had a lot to lose," said Dutchman Verstappen, who won the season-opening race in Bahrain and came second in Jeddah a fortnight ago."After that, the pace of the car was quick. With these red flags, I don't know, I don't really understand. It was a bit...
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Mexican Grand Prix: Carlos Sainz Beats Charles LecLerc As Ferrari Duo Top Practice | Formula 1 News
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Mexican Grand Prix: Carlos Sainz Beats Charles LecLerc As Ferrari Duo Top Practice | Formula 1 News

[ad_1] George Russell topped the times for Mercedes after Charles Leclerc crashed his Ferrari during Friday's second practice at the Mexico Formula One Grand Prix. Russell offered a hint of Mercedes' potential with a strong performance in a session devoted to tyre testing, in changeable conditions, while Leclerc, unhurt, was left to watch from the Ferrari garage. The 24-year-old Briton took advantage of a chance to shine as one of only a few drivers permitted to run on 2022 tyres and clocked a best lap in one minute and 19.970 seconds on softs.This lifted him eight-tenths of a second clear of Yuki Tsunoda in his Alpha Tauri and Esteban Ocon of Alpine, both also allowed to use half the session to work on set-up with regular tyres after handing their cars to guest rookies for the opening p...
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Ferrari’s Carlos Sainz Clinches Pole For USA Grand Prix In Austin | Formula 1 News
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Ferrari’s Carlos Sainz Clinches Pole For USA Grand Prix In Austin | Formula 1 News

[ad_1] Carlos Sainz outpaced team-mate Charles Leclerc to take pole position as Ferrari dominated Saturday's tense qualifying for Sunday's United States Grand Prix. The Spaniard delivered a final flying lap in one minute and 34.356 seconds to beat his Monegasque partner by 0.065 seconds, leaving world champion Max Verstappen of Red Bull third, on the day his team's founder and co-owner Dietrich Mateschitz died aged 78.With Leclerc taking a grid penalty, Dutchman Verstappen will start second on Sunday alongside Sainz on the front row as he bids for a record-equalling 13th win of the season to help Red Bull clinch their fifth constructors' title.His Red Bull team-mate Sergio Perez, who also faces a grid penalty, was fourth ahead of seven-time champion Lewis Hamilton and his Mercedes team-m...
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Carlos Sainz Leads Ferrari One-Two As Max Verstappen Struggles In Singapore | Formula 1 News
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Carlos Sainz Leads Ferrari One-Two As Max Verstappen Struggles In Singapore | Formula 1 News

[ad_1] Carlos Sainz and Charles Leclerc powered their Ferraris to a one-two in second practice Friday for the Singapore Grand Prix, while runaway championship leader Max Verstappen and Red Bull struggled on Formula One's return to Asia. The Dutchman celebrated his 25th birthday Friday with a cake in the Red Bull team hospitality before the first session, then spent most of the second in the garage with mechanics working on his front suspension set-up. Verstappen, who can retain his Formula One world championship with a race win on Sunday if other results go his way, did emerge late in the hour-long session for one qualifying simulation lap.His time of 1min 42.926sec was good enough only for fourth, 0.339sec behind Sainz who clocked 1:42.587 around the Marina Bay street circuit."I think i...
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Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc Claims Pole For Italian Grand Prix | Formula 1 News
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Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc Claims Pole For Italian Grand Prix | Formula 1 News

[ad_1] Ferrari's Charles Leclerc took pole for the Italian Grand Prix after topping the times in qualifying at Monza on Saturday. Leclerc finished 0.145 seconds ahead of championship leader Max Verstappen after posting his fastest lap on his final shot around the Temple of Speed to claim his eighth pole of the season. "Very happy with the lap, very happy with the performance, it's been great weekend... I really hope we can finish just like in 2019," said Leclerc, who won here three years ago.The man from Monaco is in prime position to record his first win since Austria in early July.This was Ferrari's 22nd pole at Monza on the famous Italian constructor's 75th anniversary, marked by a dash of yellow on the team's livery this weekend.Reigning champion Verstappen had already been handed a ...
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Charles Leclerc Fastest In Ferrari One-Two At Opening Monza Practice | Formula 1 News
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Charles Leclerc Fastest In Ferrari One-Two At Opening Monza Practice | Formula 1 News

[ad_1] Charles Leclerc finished 0.077sec ahead of his Ferrari teammate Carlos Sainz.© AFPCharles Leclerc was fastest in the first practice session at the Italian Grand Prix on Friday, posting a time of one minute and 22.140 seconds. Leclerc finished 0.077sec ahead of his Ferrari teammate Carlos Sainz in a positive start for the 'Scuderia' in front cheering home supporters at Monza. The Monegasque chances of claiming his second win at the Italian track have been improved because several of his key rivals, including championship leader Max Verstappen, face grid penalties for Sunday's race.Leclerc is second in the drivers' standings, but trails Red Bull's Verstappen by 109 points.Verstappen has won the last four GPs but has never triumphed at Monza and was 0.430sec off the pace in fifth, al...
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Max Verstappen Fastest But Carlos Sainz Claims Pole In Belgian GP | Formula 1 News
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Max Verstappen Fastest But Carlos Sainz Claims Pole In Belgian GP | Formula 1 News

[ad_1] Ferrari's Carlos Sainz claimed pole for the Belgian Grand Prix despite finishing behind Red Bull's world champion Max Verstappen in qualifying at Spa-Francorchamps on Saturday. Verstappen stamped his authority on the session with a scintillating lap, but due to penalties for taking new power-unit components he and six other drivers will start from back of the grid positions. Verstappen will start in 15th with another of the 'sanctioned-seven' Charles Leclerc a place behind.The 24-year-old Dutchman, whose Belgian mother was watching from the pits, was quickest ahead of Sainz, Sergio Perez and title rival Leclerc in the second Ferrari.Esteban Ocon and his Alpine team-mate Fernando Alonso were fifth and sixth.The two Mercedes men seven-time champion Lewis Hamilton and George Russell ...
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Ferrari Duo Carlos Sainz And Charles Leclerc Dominate Belgian Grand Prix First Practice | Formula 1 News
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Ferrari Duo Carlos Sainz And Charles Leclerc Dominate Belgian Grand Prix First Practice | Formula 1 News

[ad_1] Carlos Sainz topped the times ahead of team-mate Charles Leclerc as Ferrari delivered a resounding one-two ahead of Red Bull's world champion and series leader Max Verstappen in Friday's opening practice at the Belgian Grand Prix. The Spaniard clocked a best lap in one minute and 46.538 seconds to outpace his Monegasque partner by nearly a tenth of a second. Verstappen, who leads the title race by 80 points, was adrift by 1.2 seconds in an intriguing session run in dry conditions until a late downpour.George Russell was fourth for Mercedes in 1:47.396 ahead of Aston Martin's Lance Stroll, Alex Albon of Williams and a revived Daniel Ricciardo who was seventh for McLaren, two days after announcing his early exit from the team later this year.Yuki Tsunoda was eighth for Alpha Tauri a...
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