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Max Verstappen Wins Again As Fernando Alonso Snatches Third On Line | Formula 1 News
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Max Verstappen Wins Again As Fernando Alonso Snatches Third On Line | Formula 1 News

[ad_1] Max Verstappen secured his 17th win in a record-breaking season on Sunday, resisting early pressure from Lando Norris to triumph in an accident and incident-hit Sao Paulo Grand Prix. Red Bull's three-time world champion came home 8.277 seconds ahead of McLaren's Norris on a sunlit afternoon at a packed Interlagos circuit. Behind them, Fernando Alonso snatched third for Aston Martin by just 0.053 seconds from Sergio Perez in the second Red Bull.Alonso and Perez provided a thrilling finale as they battled through the final laps before the Spaniard regained the podium position and held the Mexican at bay as they roared across the line.Lance Stroll finished fifth in the second Aston Martin ahead of Carlos Sainz of Ferrari, whose team-mate Charles Leclerc crashed out on the formation l...
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Max Verstappen On Pole At Canadian Grand Prix | Formula 1 News
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Max Verstappen On Pole At Canadian Grand Prix | Formula 1 News

[ad_1] Max Verstappen drove with extreme poise and skill on Saturday as he claimed pole position for Red Bull ahead of Haas driver Nico Hulkenberg in a rainswept qualifying session at the Canadian Grand Prix. The defending double world champion and series leader outpaced the German driver by 1.244 seconds in a very wet top-ten shootout to secure his 25th career pole. It also completed a hat-trick for the Dutchman after poles in Monaco and Spain.Two-time champion Fernando Alonso was third-fastest for Aston Martin and will share the second row of the grid with seven-time champion Lewis Hamilton of Mercedes.George Russell was fifth in the second Mercedes ahead of Esteban Ocon of Alpine, Lando Norris of McLaren, Carlos Sainz of Ferrari and Oscar Piastri in the second McLaren.Sainz, however, ...
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Max Verstappen Leads From Start To Finish To Win Monaco GP | Formula 1 News
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Max Verstappen Leads From Start To Finish To Win Monaco GP | Formula 1 News

[ad_1] Max Verstappen led all the way from pole position to the chequered flag in Monaco.© AFPMax Verstappen led all the way from pole position to the chequered flag to win the Monaco Grand Prix on Sunday and increase his lead in the Formula One driver standings. Despite brushes with the track walls, the Dutch Red Bull driver finished comfortably ahead of Spanish veteran Fernando Alonso in an Aston Martin with Frenchman Esteban Ocon third for Alpine. "Clipped the walls a few times," said Verstappen. "It was super-difficult out there, but that's Monaco."Super nice to win it and super nice to win it the way we did today with the weather everything and stay calm and bring it home."Verstappen's closest challenger in the standings, team-mate Sergio Perez started at the back of the grid after ...
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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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Fernando Alonso Fastest In Wet Australian Second practice, Max Verstappen Third | Formula 1 News
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Fernando Alonso Fastest In Wet Australian Second practice, Max Verstappen Third | Formula 1 News

[ad_1] Aston Martin's Fernando Alonso topped the timesheets ahead of Ferrari ace Charles Leclerc in a rain-hit second practice at the Australian Grand Prix on Friday, but world champion Max Verstappen went fastest for the day. The Spanish veteran followed up his podium finishes at the first two races of the season in Bahrain and Saudi Arabia with another eye-opening run. He powered around the bumpy Albert Park circuit under darkening clouds before rain fell in a best time of one minute 18.887 seconds among his 13 laps, bettering his fourth place in the first one-hour session."The afternoon was obviously impacted by the rain, so there is still some work to do tomorrow," said Alonso."We need to learn more about the tyres and the long-run pace of the car because there was not much time for ...
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FIA To Clarify Rules That Led To Alonso Chaos At Saudi Arabia Grand Prix | Formula 1 News
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FIA To Clarify Rules That Led To Alonso Chaos At Saudi Arabia Grand Prix | Formula 1 News

[ad_1] Fernando Alonso was handed a 10-second punishment but was later overturned© AFPThe FIA said on Monday it intends to "address" the problems at last weekend's Saudi Arabia Grand Prix where Fernando Alonso was handed a punishment at the end of the race that was later overturned. The Spaniard crossed the line third in his Aston Martin on Sunday but was then handed a 10-second punishment that dropped him to fourth before a late-night appeal reinstated him. Formula One posted a message from a spokesperson for the FIA, the governing body of world motorsports, who said the stewards had been caught out by "conflicting precedents" on what constituted "working on the car" serving a penalty in the pits.The message said the topic would be addressed at an FIA committee meeting on March 23 and p...
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Max Verstappen Shrugs Off Bug To Top Practice In Saudi Arabia | Formula 1 News
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Max Verstappen Shrugs Off Bug To Top Practice In Saudi Arabia | Formula 1 News

[ad_1] Max Verstappen showed no ill effects from a stomach bug on Friday as he topped the times for Red Bull ahead of Fernando Alonso in Friday's second free practice at this weekend's Saudi Arabian Grand Prix. The defending double world champion, shaking off the stomach upset that had delayed his arrival in Jeddah by 24 hours, clocked a best lap in one minute 29.603 seconds to outpace two-time champion Alonso's Aston Martin by 0.208 seconds. Sergio Perez was third in the second Red Bull ahead of Esteban Ocon of Alpine, George Russell of Mercedes and Pierre Gasly in the second Alpine."I think we had a positive day, but I think there's still quite a few things we can improve," reported Verstappen."It's just fine-tuning, with the downshifts. Things we do all the time," he added.Perez revea...
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Pierre Gasly To Replace Fernando Alonso At Alpine, Nyck de Vries To Join Alpha Tauri | Formula 1 News
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Pierre Gasly To Replace Fernando Alonso At Alpine, Nyck de Vries To Join Alpha Tauri | Formula 1 News

[ad_1] French driver Pierre Gasly will leave Alpha Tauri to replace two-time Formula One world champion Fernando Alonso at Alpine next season, the team announced Saturday. Dutchman Nyck de Vries, who made his Formula One debut standing in for Williams' Alex Albon at last month's Italian Grand Prix, will replace Gasly at Alpha Tauri. Gasly, who has been with the Red Bull stable since making his Formula One debut with Toro Rosso in 2017, will line up with countryman Esteban Ocon at Alpine.Gasly, 26, said it was "emotionally very special" to join the French team, who are locked in a close contest for fourth place with McLaren in this season's constructors' championship."What motivated me was the development of Alpine over the past three years, their performance constantly improving," said G...
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Japanese Grand Prix: Fernando Alonso Fastest In Wet First Practice, Max Verstappen Sixth | Formula 1 News
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Japanese Grand Prix: Fernando Alonso Fastest In Wet First Practice, Max Verstappen Sixth | Formula 1 News

[ad_1] Fernando Alonso went quickest on Friday in first practice for the Japanese Grand Prix© AFPVeteran Fernando Alonso went quickest on Friday in first practice for the Japanese Grand Prix, with Max Verstappen sixth-fastest as he looks to clinch his second straight world title this weekend. Two-time world champion Alonso braved steady rain at the Suzuka circuit to streak round in 1min 42.248sec for Alpine -- 0.315sec quicker than second-placed Carlos Sainz of Ferrari. Verstappen can claim the title on Sunday if he wins the race with the fastest lap, no matter what his rivals do, but he put in only a short stint in first practice.The Red Bull runaway leader did not enter the fray until halfway through and clocked a best time of 1min 43.362sec.Ferrari's Charles Leclerc, Verstappen's near...
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