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Sunday, June 8, 2025

McLaren has upped its F1 game, but still a long road ahead

The former champions celebrated their best season since the glory days, but team boss Zak Brown isn't expecting any miracles soon.

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Concerns mount as Formula One's calendar swells

F1 could expand to 25 races, but what about the demands being placed on those who keep the travelling circus on the road?

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Will Hamilton move to Ferrari in 2021?

The next deal will probably be Hamilton?s last in Formula One and he has said he is considering options outside of Mercedes.

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Formula One braced for demands of record 22 races

When Formula One returns in 2020, there will be a record 22 races on the schedule ? and renewed concerns about the demands being placed on the drivers.

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Hulkenberg bows out with F1 fans voting him 'Driver of the Day'

F1 fans gave Hulkenberg a 'Driver of the Day' send-off on Sunday as the Renault driver bowed out with a 12th-place finish

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Hamilton ends the F1 season with a dominant victory

Six times world champion Lewis Hamilton ended a triumphant Formula One season in style on Sunday with a dominant victory in the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix.

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Ferrari happy to hear Hamilton could be available in 2021

Knowing that Lewis Hamilton is available in 2021 can make us only happy - Ferrari

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Bottas leads Hamilton in Mercedes practice one-two

Valtteri Bottas improved on his afternoon benchmark under the Yas Marina floodlights

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Bottas sets Abu Dhabi practice pace as Vettel crashes

Bottas lapped fastest for Mercedes in first practice for the season-ending Abu Dhabi Formula One Grand Prix on Friday.

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Hamilton reflects on 'true cost of F1' as Bottas announces divorce

Lewis Hamilton reflected on the cost of chasing Formula One success and the high personal toll exacted by the sport.

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Hamilton reflects on high personal toll exacted by F1

Hamilton's Mercedes team mate Valtteri Bottas announced on Thursday he was getting divorced

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Canadian Latifi replaces Kubica at Williams for 2020

The 24-year-old is already the British team's reserve and has driven for them in six practice sessions this season.

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Another milestone for Hamilton at 2019's last F1 race

Hamilton is expecting a more hard-fought battle next year from a younger generation that's hungry for the limelight.

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Hamilton can sign off in style at Abu Dhabi finale

ABU DHABI – Lewis Hamilton will be making a milestone 250th Formula One start as he seeks to sign off his championship-winning campaign in style in Sunday's Abu Dhabi season-ender. The Briton, who became only the second driver to win a sixth title at the U. S. Grand Prix earlier this month, is already the most successful driver at the floodlit Yas Marina track with four wins.

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Mercedes F1 team jubilant but worried about performance

F1 champions Mercedes are wondering how far they can go after securing an unprecedented sixth successive title.

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F1 teams divided over major rule changes for 2021

Wednesday's meeting represents a last chance to find agreement on a 2021 rules overhaul before an end-October deadline.

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Bottas's title hopes more mathematical than realistic

But Bottas will not make life easy for Hamilton even though the latter is now within touching distance of a sixth F1 title.

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Japanese Grand Prix chequered flag glitch under investigation

F1?s governing body said it suspected a systems glitch was to blame for Sunday's Japanese Grand Prix ending a lap early.

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Bottas wins Japanese GP as Mercedes secures constructors' title

Valtteri Bottas swept to victory in Sunday's Japanese Grand Prix as Mercedes clinched the F1 constructors? championship.

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Leclerc is Ferrari’s new number one, Hamilton reckons

Lewis Hamilton believes Charles Leclerc has usurped four times world champion team-mate Sebastian Vettel as Ferrari's favourite.

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Bottas beats Hamilton in Japanese GP first practice

The opening practice was overshadowed by news that qualifying had been moved to Sunday due to Typhoon Hagibis.

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Japanese Grand Prix organisers monitoring Typhoon Hagibis

Organisers say they're keeping a close eye on the typhoon, and are working to minimise any disruption to this weekend?s schedule.

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Mercedes can secure sixth successive F1 title this weekend

Mercedes have their first chance to seal a record-equalling sixth successive constructors' championship in Japan on Sunday.

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McLaren switching back to Mercedes F1 power

"This agreement is an important step in our long-term plan to return to success in Formula One," says McLaren.

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Leclerc quickest in Russian GP opening practice

Charles Leclerc edged out Red Bull's Max Verstappen to go fastest for Ferrari in Friday's opening practice session.

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