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Assured Hamilton win closes title gap: Qatar GP lap by lap
Whilst others squabbled and several suffered punctures, Lewis Hamilton controlled the Qatar GP to reduce Max Verstappen’s championship margin
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Verstappen and Bottas hit with grid penalties for yellow flag rules breach
Max Verstappen has a five-place grid penalty for the Qatar GP
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Hamilton’s ‘beautiful’ lap lands pole but stewards investigate again: 2021 Qatar GP qualifying
Nineteen down, three to go in one of the most absorbing world championship fights in motorsport history. Coming to Qatar we’d gone from a scenario where the leading two were…
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Verstappen at risk of grid drop for not lifting for double yellow flags
Max Verstappen might be in hot water after footage showing him setting his fastest time in qualifying under double yellow flags emerged
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Hamilton takes pole ahead of Verstappen: Qatar GP qualifying as it happened
Lewis Hamilton took his 102nd pole position of his career with title rival Max Verstappen alongside him on the front row
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Christian Horner: ‘You can see Mercedes speed is not normal’
Christian Horner has been explicit in giving his Red Bull team’s view on the legality of Mercedes’ F1 car, accusing the rival outfit of using flexi-wings
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Mercedes denied right to review over Verstappen Brazil GP block
Mercedes have been denied the right to review for the incident between Max Verstappen and Lewis Hamilton at the Brazilian GP
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Bottas tops FP3 from Hamilton: Qatar GP practice round-up
Mercedes ended practice with a 1-2 with Valtteri Bottas leading Lewis Hamilton separated by under a tenth of a second. Red Bull was a distant third with Max Verstappen who…
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Time for F1 referees who can black-flag dirty driving — no appeals: MPH
As we wait for the stewards to decide if there is any basis for Mercedes’ request for a right to review the Brazil Hamilton/Verstappen incident, so F1 finds itself trapped…
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Assured Hamilton win closes title gap: Qatar GP lap by lap
Whilst others squabbled and several suffered punctures, Lewis Hamilton controlled the Qatar GP to reduce Max Verstappen’s championship margin
F1
Verstappen and Bottas hit with grid penalties for yellow flag rules breach
Max Verstappen has a five-place grid penalty for the Qatar GP
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Hamilton’s ‘beautiful’ lap lands pole but stewards investigate again: 2021 Qatar GP qualifying
Nineteen down, three to go in one of the most absorbing world championship fights in motorsport history. Coming to Qatar we’d gone from a scenario where the leading two were…
F1
Verstappen at risk of grid drop for not lifting for double yellow flags
Max Verstappen might be in hot water after footage showing him setting his fastest time in qualifying under double yellow flags emerged
F1
Hamilton takes pole ahead of Verstappen: Qatar GP qualifying as it happened
Lewis Hamilton took his 102nd pole position of his career with title rival Max Verstappen alongside him on the front row
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Christian Horner: ‘You can see Mercedes speed is not normal’
Christian Horner has been explicit in giving his Red Bull team’s view on the legality of Mercedes’ F1 car, accusing the rival outfit of using flexi-wings
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Mercedes denied right to review over Verstappen Brazil GP block
Mercedes have been denied the right to review for the incident between Max Verstappen and Lewis Hamilton at the Brazilian GP
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Bottas tops FP3 from Hamilton: Qatar GP practice round-up
Mercedes ended practice with a 1-2 with Valtteri Bottas leading Lewis Hamilton separated by under a tenth of a second. Red Bull was a distant third with Max Verstappen who…
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Time for F1 referees who can black-flag dirty driving — no appeals: MPH
As we wait for the stewards to decide if there is any basis for Mercedes’ request for a right to review the Brazil Hamilton/Verstappen incident, so F1 finds itself trapped…
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Mercedes seizes early 2026 F1 advantage as Russell and Antonelli dominate opening two races
China March 13–15 Like Round 1, the season’s second race was another Mercedes lockout, but the outcome at Shanghai differed from Albert Park: a 2-1 rather than a 1-2. Make…
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MPH: Antonelli vs Russell – is this F1’s next epic title battle?
He’s only 19, but Kimi Antonelli has shown F1 championship-winning pace and may never get a better title shot. The ingredients are there for another historic battle between one experienced team-mate and a thrusting newcomer, says Mark Hughes
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Flawed F1 exposed again at Suzuka, but searing Antonelli would win in any era
Kimi Antonelli looked like he’d have blasted to victory in the 2026 Japanese Grand Prix, no matter what rules F1 was racing under, says Mark Hughes. However, the result was once again overshadowed by the shortcomings of the series’ new regulations
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Katsuta triumphs in Safari Rally as Toyota driver ends 94-start wait with grit and resilience
He wasn’t the fastest driver in Kenya – he failed to win a single stage – but traditionalists will tell you that speed is not the most important thing on…
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Verstappen’s Nürburgring pole and battle overshadowed by tyre rule exclusion in NLS2
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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Ready for the F1 title fight: How Kimi Antonelli revealed he has what it takes
Motor Sport F1 Show with Mark Hughes
Leading the world championship aged 19, Kimi Antonelli has proved he has the pace to win the title — and this could be his best shot. Plus: how GPs could be shortened over safety fears, and why Max Verstappen is serious in threatening to quit
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July 5, 1970 Clermont-Ferrand, France Smiles here, but the reigning Formula 1 champion Jackie Stewart and Motor Sport’s continental correspondent Denis Jenkinson were embroiled in a bitter war of words…
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