Formula 1
Bottas pips Hamilton to pole for Italian GP Sprint
That means 32-year-old Bottas will lead the field in Saturday's 100km Sprint, which will decide the grid for the GP on Sunday and give championship points to...
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Raikkonen to miss Italian GP after positive COVID test
Poland's Robert Kubica will again fill in for Finnish veteran Raikkonen.
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Bottas to join Alfa Romeo in 2022 as Russell set for Mercedes
Bottas, 32, has spent the past five seasons alongside seven-time world champion Hamilton at Mercedes, having replaced Nico Rosberg, who retired after winning the 2016 title.
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Verstappen declared winner of rain-ruined Belgian GP, shortest race in history
Pole-sitter Verstappen was awarded half points, which moved him to within three points of Lewis Hamilton in the drivers' championship.
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Verstappen tops final practice at Spa as Red Bulls dominate
The Dutch driver was 0.947sec quicker than Perez, the Red Bulls followed by Mercedes world champion Lewis Hamilton who was over a second adrift.
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Verstappen aims to revive title bid as Hamilton eyes 100th win
Verstappen will need a change of luck, too, as he has not won at the sweeping and majestic circuit set in the Ardennes forests and has never finished higher than third. Seven-time world champion Hamilton has triumphed four times including last year.
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Japanese Grand Prix cancelled for second year over virus
Japan is currently battling record coronavirus infections, with Tokyo and other regions under a state of emergency.
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Frustrated Verstappen 'will never give up' in title race
The Dutchman was sideswiped on the opening turn of the race in a series of collisions prompted by Mercedes' Valtteri Bottas and which wiped out his Red Bull teammate Sergio Perez and three others.
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Hamilton, Verstappen resume title fight in Hungary's heat and dust
Lewis Hamilton arrives in Budapest this weekend facing another high-pressure challenge on and off the track at the Hungarian Grand Prix where he hopes to clinch a 100th career victory.
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Hamilton, Mercedes F1 team announce diversity initiative for motorsport
The initiative follows findings and recommendations made by the Hamilton Commission at the start of the month. The Hamilton Commission was set up to investigate the underrepresentation of black people in UK motorsport.
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Hamilton racially abused on social media over British GP win
The seven-time world champion was involved early on in an incident that saw championship leader Max Verstappen plough his Red Bull into a wall and out of the race. Hamilton was hit by a 10 second penalty but went on to win the race and close the gap in the title race to just eight points.
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'Dangerous' Hamilton wins 'hollow' British Grand Prix after Verstappen collision
Lewis Hamilton was accused of being 'dangerous and disrespectful' in reviving his Formula One title defence by winning the British Grand Prix on Sunday after a first lap crash that left championship leader Max Verstappen complaining he had been 'taken out'.
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Verstappen wins in Austria to pull clear of Hamilton in title race
Max Verstappen's latest step towards ending Lewis Hamilton's hold on the drivers' title triggered a carnival atmosphere in Formula One's first capacity crowd since the coronavirus pandemic struck with most of the 100,000 in attendance decked out in his Dutch orange colours.
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F1 champion Hamilton extends contract with 'incredible' Mercedes to 2023
Lewis Hamilton, 36, has won six of his seven F1 titles with the outfit since joining the Mercedes team in 2013.
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Hamilton and Mercedes hoping for return to form at French GP
The seven-time champion and the defending champion team were well beaten in both Monte Carlo and Baku, losing their long consecutive points-scoring records of 54 and 55 races respectively as Red Bull took command with Max Verstappen and Sergio Perez claiming victories.
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Perez wins as Verstappen, Hamilton KO'd by Baku
Verstappen crashed with five laps to go and the sixth race of the season at his mercy. Hamilton then locked up at the restart when on target for second.
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Red Bull braced for Mercedes backlash
Baku's street circuit is the medieval backdrop for Formula One's latest round of jousting between resurgent Red Bull and a Mercedes team anxious to move on from their Monaco misery.
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Former FIA president Max Mosley dies aged 81
The former racing driver, who had been suffering from cancer, served three terms as president before standing down in 2009.
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Hamilton turns up heat on Verstappen ahead of Monaco street fight
The Mercedes seven-time champion leads Verstappen by 14 points after four races in what is emerging as a gripping two-horse race for the 2021 drivers crown.
