Lando Norris has taken back-to-back wins for the first time in his career in a chaotic, treacherous, accident-packed season-opening Australian Grand Prix. The McLaren driver held off world champion Max Verstappen in the closing stages to take a nine-tenths victory, in one of the most drama-filled season openers defined by making the right calls at
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The latest news and analysis behind the headlines ahead of this weekend’s Australian Grand Prix, looking at the biggest talking points going into this race in Albert Park, Melbourne
George Russell was fastest on the final day of pre-season testing at the Bahrain International Circuit, the Mercedes driver set his fastest time a 29.545 in the final ten minutes of the afternoon to put himself two hundredths ahead of Verstappen. The top two both set their fastest times in the final ten minutes. Russell
Charles Leclerc was fastest during the one-day post-season test at the Yas Marina Circuit, the Ferrari drier was a tenth faster than his teammate Carlos Sainz who Made his debut for Williams. However, both drivers were a second off the pole time on Saturday night during the Pirelli tyre test for experienced drivers and young
Hamilton unlikely to have positive Mercedes send-off Lewis Hamilton says his final race with Mercedes is unlikely to be the positive send-off he and the team would have wanted. The seven-time champion will end his twelve years with the team, which resulted in six championships him becoming the most successful driver of all time in
Max Verstappen has beaten George Russell by just over a half a tenth to take pole for the Qatar Grand Prix, the Red Bull driver set a 20.520 in the closing moments of the session to secure his first pole in five months. Verstappen looked on form throughout qualifying as Red Bull appeared to find
Oscar Piastri has taken back-to-back sprint victories at the Qatar Grand Prix after being handed victory by McLaren teammate Lando Norris at the final corner. The Australian finished just over a tenth ahead of his teammate after Norris yielded position at the final corner repaying the favour from the sprint in Sao Paulo a month
Lando Norris has beaten Carlos Sainz by six hundredths to take sprint pole for the final sprint race of the season at the Qatar Grand Prix. The McLaren driver set a 21.012 on his first attempt in SQ3 before ‘making too many mistakes’ on his second run but was unchallenged by the Ferrari on his
The latest news and analysis behind the headlines ahead of this weekend’s Qatar Grand Prix, looking at the biggest talking points going into this race at Lusail International Circuit, Lusail
George Russell finished a dominant weekend for Mercedes teammate Lewis Hamilton to win the Las Vegas Grand Prix by seven seconds. Russell at the start held off the Ferrari of Charles Leclerc and then Hamilton after the Mercedes charged from tenth to finish behind his teammate. Meanwhile, Max Verstappen finished fifth twenty-six seconds ahead of
