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  • FILE: Toto Wolff, team principal and CEO of Mercedes-AMG. Picture: AFP

    Not a given that Mercedes will stay in F1, says Wolff

    The German carmaker’s factory team have won both the constructors’ and drivers’ championships for an unprecedented six years in a row, and next season is the last before a financial, technical and sporting shakeup.

    920 days ago
  • FILE: Red Bull Racing's Dutch driver Max Verstappen celebrates on the podium after the Austrian Formula One Grand Prix in Spielberg on 30 June 2019. Picture: AFP

    Hamilton's success 'getting a bit boring' for Verstappen

    The Dutch driver hopes he and Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc, also 22-years-old, will be fighting for the Mercedes driver’s throne next year.

    921 days ago
  • Lewis Hamilton celebrates his 6th driver's championship after finishing second in the US Formula One Grand Prix in Austin, Texas on 3 November 2019. Picture: AFP

    'Overwhelmed' Hamilton wins sixth world title, closes in on Schumacher record

    The 34-year-old Briton fought with ferocious determination to win from fifth on the grid, but was unable to resist the Finn, who started from pole and, with a two-stop strategy, had fresher tyres in the critical final laps.

    929 days ago
  • Mercedes' world champion Lewis Hamilton. Picture: Twitter @LewisHamilton.

    Hamilton wins in Mexico but must wait for sixth title

    Hamilton’s 10th win of the season, and 83rd of his career, was also a 100th for Mercedes as a constructor.

    936 days ago
  • FILE: Formula One managing director Ross Brawn. Picture: AFP

    No reverse grid F1 qualifying races in 2020, says Brawn

    The experiment would have seen regular Saturday qualifying replaced with a short race, with drivers lining up in reverse championship order with the overall points leader last. The results would then set the grid for Sunday’s race.

    937 days ago
  • FILE: Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton celebrates his pole position for the 2019 Monaco Grand Prix on 25 May 2019. Picture: @MercedesAMGF1/Twitter

    Cut! Busy Hamilton turns down 'Top Gun' movie cameo

    The five-time world champion, who could claim his sixth title at this weekend's Mexican Grand Prix, said he had to turn down a possible role in the soon-to-be-released 'Top Gun: Maverick' due to lack of time.

    940 days ago
  • Lewis Hamilton extended his lead at the top of the Formula One championship in July 2019 after winning the British Grand Prix for a record sixth time. Picture: AFP.

    Hamilton zooming in on sixth title in the Americas

    Sole rival and Mercedes teammate Valtteri Bottas is 64 points behind and Lewis Hamilton needs to score 14 points more than the Finn.

    941 days ago
  • A woman walks past empty shelves in a store in Tokyo on 11 October 2019, as Typhoon Hagibis heads towards the city. Japan is bracing for a powerful typhoon barrelling towards Tokyo that has already forced the cancellation of two Rugby World Cup matches, disrupted the Suzuka Grand Prix and grounded flights. Picture: AFP

    Japan braces for powerful Typhoon Hagibis

    Japan's Meteorological Agency (JMA) warned that areas from the west to the northeast of the country would experience 'brutal winds and violent seas'.

    953 days ago
  • FILE: Fans looks over the circuit above a board reading Formula 1 during the second practice session at the Formula One Japanese Grand Prix in Suzuka. Picture: AFP

    F1 cancels all Saturday running due to Typhoon Hagibis

    Originally scheduled to take place at 3pm on Saturday, the hour-long qualifying session that decides the grid order for the race will now be held at 10am on Sunday, a revised schedule issued by organisers showed.

    953 days ago
  • Typhoon danger hits Rugby World Cup, Grand Prix

    The threat of extreme weather ahead of Typhoon Hagibis has led to the cancellation of two weekend games at the Rugby World Cup.

    954 days ago
  • FILE: Lewis Hamilton rests ahead of his Spanish Grand Prix race. Picture: @MercedesAMGF1/Twitter.

    Mercedes underdogs for rest of year, says Hamilton

    Ferrari have won the last three races, however, and also racked up three pole positions in a row. Hamilton and Bottas failed to finish on the podium at the previous round in Singapore.

    967 days ago
  • FILE: Lewis Hamilton rests ahead of his Spanish Grand Prix race. Picture: @MercedesAMGF1/Twitter.

    Hamilton feels Ferrari are hungrier than Mercedes

    “It feels like they are hungrier at the moment,” the five-time world champion told Sky Sports television after finishing fourth in Sunday’s Singapore Grand Prix.

    971 days ago
  • FILE: Winner Charles Leclerc of Ferrari arrives on the podium after the Italian Formula One Grand Prix at the Autodromo Nazionale circuit in Monza on 8 September 2019. Picture: AFP

    Winning in Italy for Ferrari exceeds all dreams, says Leclerc

    Taking the chequered flag at Monza, Ferrari’s home circuit, in front of tens of thousands of wildly celebrating fans and for his second Formula One victory in eight days, Leclerc was overwhelmed.

    985 days ago
  • FILE: Lewis Hamilton rests ahead of his Spanish Grand Prix race. Picture: @MercedesAMGF1/Twitter.

    Hamilton says Ferrari could be an option but loyalty is key

    The five-times world champion has a contract with the Silver Arrows until the end of next season, when the sport is due for a rules revolution.

    988 days ago
  • This picture taken on 1 September 2019 shows the portrait of BWT Arden's French driver Anthoine Hubert covered with condolence messages at the entrance of the Spa-Francorchamps circuit in Spa, Belgium. Picture: AFP

    F1 to hold a minute's silence for Hubert ahead of Belgium GP

    The minute of silence will be observed at 14:53pm local time on the grid before the race gets underway at 15:10pm, according to an official schedule.

    993 days ago
  • Red Bull driver Alexander Albon. Picture: @redbullracing/Twitter

    Albon feeling nerves and excitement ahead of Red Bull F1 debut

    The 23-year-old has been promoted from Toro Rosso into the seat alongside Max Verstappen starting this weekend in a straight swap with underperforming Frenchman Pierre Gasly who has been sent back to Red Bull’s sister team.

    995 days ago
  • Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton pits during the German Grand Prix on 28 July 2019. Picture: @MercedesAMGF1/Twitter

    Spanish Grand Prix to stay on F1 calendar in 2020

    The contract for the Spanish race ran out after this year’s event in May won by world champion Lewis Hamilton for Mercedes.

    997 days ago
  • Picture: @ScuderiaFerrari/Twitter

    Ferrari struggling on high down-force tracks, says team boss

    Sebastian Vettel came home third ahead of team-mate Charles Leclerc, but both conceded that they could not generate the pace to compete with Hamilton's Mercedes or the Red Bull of second-placed Max Verstappen at the Hungaroring.

    1019 days ago
  • FILE: Red Bull Racing's Dutch driver Max Verstappen celebrates on the podium after the Austrian Formula One Grand Prix in Spielberg on 30 June 2019. Picture: AFP

    Verstappen ends Mercedes run but stewards investigate

    Max Verstappen's victory brought Red Bull’s engine supplier Honda their first win since the 2006 Hungarian Grand Prix after returning to Formula One.

    1056 days ago
  • Mercedes' world champion Lewis Hamilton. Picture: Twitter @LewisHamilton.

    Motor racing: Hamilton on pole in France, Vettel only seventh

    Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc qualified third with team mate Sebastian Vettel a distant seventh on a distinctly off day for the German.

    1063 days ago
  • Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton celebrates his pole position for the 2019 Monaco Grand Prix on 25 May 2019. Picture: @MercedesAMGF1/Twitter

    'I owe it all to Niki' says Hamilton of F1 success

    Lewis Hamilton said he owed his status as a five-time world champion to Niki Lauda after dedicating his 85th pole position to him on Saturday at the Monaco Grand Prix.

    1091 days ago
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