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Hamilton heads to Austrian GP facing uphill battle to revive F1 title defence
Mercedes team chief Toto Wolff made clear no major upgrades were planned this year following last Sunday's race in which Hamilton and teammate Valtteri Bottas...
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Turkish Grand Prix added to calendar on October 3: Formula One
The Turkish GP was first added to the calendar for June 13, replacing Canada, but was cancelled in the face of coronavirus travel restrictions. The Singapore race was then cancelled for the same reasons at the start of June.
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British Grand Prix allowed to have crowd of 140,000
Following talks between the government and Silverstone chiefs, the race will be watched by the biggest sporting crowd in Britain since the start of the coronavirus pandemic last year.
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'It's like my first' - history-maker Hamilton celebrates century of poles
The Mercedes driver's latest milestone puts him 32 clear of Michael Schumacher in the all-time pole chart and leaves him in prime position to secure a record-extending 98th win in Sunday's race.
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Former F1 champion Alonso undergoes jaw surgery: team
According to the Italian daily Gazzetta dello Sport and the BBC, veteran racer Fernando Alonso was hit by a car near his home in Lugano in Switzerland, near the Italian border.
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'Failure' Sebastian Vettel bids Ferrari farewell
The 33-year-old German, who joined Ferrari in 2015, offered a searingly-honest and realistic appraisal of his time in Italy, despite winning 14 races, when he admitted his goal had been to claim a fifth title.
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Lewis Hamilton fired up to resist 'new generation' again in 2021
Mercedes will also have one eye on the future when the racing restarts in Melbourne in March and they may be vulnerable, but in Hamilton, as the Turkish Grand Prix proved again, they have the ace in the F1 pack, regardless of age.
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Hamilton vs Schumacher: Who is the greatest?
Lewis Hamilton secured a record-equalling seventh Formula One world title on Sunday after winning the Turkish Grand Prix.
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Lewis Hamilton wins record-equalling seventh F1 world title
'That's for all the kids out there that believe in the impossible,' said an emotional Hamilton on Mercedes' team radio. 'You can do it.'
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Hamilton legacy under threat due to 'lack of challengers'
Hamilton last Sunday became the sport's most successful driver when he claimed a record 92nd win, moving one clear of seven-time champion Michael Schumacher's 14-year record of 91 wins.
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Bottas on top, Hamilton second, sick Stroll absent
The Finn maintained the momentum from his victory in Russia two weeks ago as he clocked a best lap in one minute and 26.225 seconds to outpace the six-time champion by a tenth of a second.
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'Just another race' - Raikkonen relaxed over F1 milestone
The taciturn Finn, dubbed 'the iceman', will start his 322nd race in Sunday's Russian Grand Prix when Lewis Hamilton could equal Michael Schumacher’s record of 91 wins.
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F1 can welcome up to 20,000 at Germany's Nurburgring
Spectators have been conspicuously absent from motorsport's top competition this year due to restrictions to combat the coronavirus pandemic, but races later in the calendar have started to open up.
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Lewis Hamilton wins chaotic Tuscan Grand Prix
Reigning champion Hamilton finished ahead of his Mercedes team-mate Valtteri Bottas to claim his 90th F1 victory in a race which only 12 drivers finished, moving the Briton to within one win of equalling Michael Schumacher's all-time record.
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Majestic Hamilton wins in Belgium to close in on Schumacher record
It was Hamilton's fifth win in seven races this year and extended his record run of points-scoring races to 40.
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Formula One adds four races to 2020 calendar, but China cut
The addition of the four races and cutting of the Chinese Grand Prix brings the race total to 17 for the season.
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Ferrari, Renault to appeal in Racing Point 'copying' row
The Racing Point car has been dubbed the 'pink Mercedes' because the team is accused of copying the part from Mercedes.
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Williams follow McLaren in dropping Racing Point appeal
The matter will still go to the governing FIA’s International Court of Appeal after Ferrari and Renault confirmed their intention to take the matter forward.
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Vettel offered Aston Martin contract: report
The four-time world champion has been told his services will not be required by Ferrari after this year and has admitted he is in talks with other teams.
