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Sir Lewis Hamilton receives knighthood days after losing F1 title
Lewis Hamilton has finally been knighted, a year after being announced on the New Years Honours List
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‘It’s too soon for Lewis Hamilton to quit F1: he deserves an eighth title’
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Hamilton left off Sports Personality shortlist; Verstappen up for international award
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Michael Masi: F1 Race Disruptor – Goin’ Up, Goin’ Down in Abu Dhabi
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Record UK viewers for Abu Dhabi GP as 7.4m watch final lap live
Formula 1’s Abu Dhabi championship decider was watched live by almost 7.4m people in the UK, as Channel 4 and Sky broadcast full coverage of the final grand prix of…
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Exciting or farcical? Abu Dhabi win was mission impossible for faster Mercedes
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Uproar as Verstappen wins F1 title on final lap: 2021 Abu Dhabi GP report
Max Verstappen was crowned 2021 F1 champion at the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, thanks to a final lap pass on Lewis Hamilton that followed a controversial safety car period
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Sir Lewis Hamilton receives knighthood days after losing F1 title
Lewis Hamilton has finally been knighted, a year after being announced on the New Years Honours List
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‘It’s too soon for Lewis Hamilton to quit F1: he deserves an eighth title’
Could Lewis Hamilton call it quits and retire from Formula 1 in the wake of his devastating defeat – and specifically the artificial way it played out – at the…
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How Sergio Perez won Max Verstappen the world championship
Did Mercedes lose Lewis Hamilton the world title or did Sergio Perez win it for Max Verstappen?
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Hamilton left off Sports Personality shortlist; Verstappen up for international award
Last year’s sports personality of the year, Lewis Hamilton, has been left off the BBC’s shortlist for this year’s award after missing out on winning the F1 championship. The list…
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Michael Masi: F1 Race Disruptor – Goin’ Up, Goin’ Down in Abu Dhabi
We didn’t think it was possible after the ‘Aramco 500’ last week, but F1 outdid itself for contrived controversy in Abu Dhabi
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Record UK viewers for Abu Dhabi GP as 7.4m watch final lap live
Formula 1’s Abu Dhabi championship decider was watched live by almost 7.4m people in the UK, as Channel 4 and Sky broadcast full coverage of the final grand prix of…
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Thrills, spills and Schumacher’s lack of donut skills: Abu Dhabi GP what you missed
It was a weekend of goodbyes and great drives and the drama in Abu Dhabi will live long in the memory
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Exciting or farcical? Abu Dhabi win was mission impossible for faster Mercedes
Yes, the 2008 title finale was dramatic, but this one topped it. Max Verstappen won the race in Abu Dhabi and thereby the world championship by overtaking Lewis Hamilton on…
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Uproar as Verstappen wins F1 title on final lap: 2021 Abu Dhabi GP report
Max Verstappen was crowned 2021 F1 champion at the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, thanks to a final lap pass on Lewis Hamilton that followed a controversial safety car period
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March 21, 2026 Nürburgring, Germany A hero’s welcome for Max Verstappen in the Nürburgring pitlane after what appeared to have been victory in NLS2 as the four-time Formula 1 champion…
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Porsche Penske’s Sebring win marred by team orders dispute in Florida endurance double
March 21, 2026 Sebring, Florida, USA Porsche Penske Motorsport trio Felipe Nasr, Julien Andlauer and Laurin Heinrich completed a double in the ‘36 Hours of Florida’ when they added Sebring…
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Lock in fans, then make everything worse: F1 risks falling into Big Tech trap
There is a word for what happens when platforms stop serving the people who made them great. Should Formula 1 learn it?
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