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• Atlanta United names Ronny Deila as new head coach
Ronny Deila is heading back in MLS, returning to the Eastern Conference. Atlanta United named Deila as its new head coach, the club announced Friday. The former NYCFC boss makes the return to the United States after most recently spending time in Abu Dhabi with Al Wahda FC. Deila’s most prominent achievement in MLS was ... Read more...2024
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• Isack Hadjar secures final spot on 2025 F1 grid with VCARB

Photo by Mark Thompson/Getty Images VCARB returns to its roots with the announcement of Isack Hadjar The 2025 Formula 1 grid is finally complete. This week saw the final two seats fall into place, first with the long-rumored news that Red Bull and Sergio Pérez were parting ways after four seasons together. Then on Thursday Red Bull announced that Liam Lawson was being promoted from a spot ...2024
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• World Tennis League 2024: Start time today, schedule, format, teams and TV channel for event in Abu Dhabi

All you need to know for third instalment of tournament...2024
• World Tennis League 2024: Dates, schedule, format, teams and TV channel for exhibition event in Abu Dhabi

All you need to know for third instalment of tournament...2024
• Teams confirmed for World Tennis League 2024: Badosa teams up with Tsitsipas, Halep joins Kyrgios

The 2024 World Tennis League will take place in Abu Dhabi on hard courts from December 19 to 22. This mixed-team tournament features some intriguing partnerships, with each team comprising two men and two women competing in a round-robin phase....2024
• Badosa teams up with Tsitsipas, Halep joins Kyrgios: Who are the star teams for the World Tennis League?

The 2024 World Tennis League will take place in Abu Dhabi on hard courts from December 19 to 22. This mixed-team tournament features some intriguing partnerships, with each team comprising two men and two women competing in a round-robin phase....2024

• Juan Soto’s contract surpasses LeBron and Tom Brady’s combined career earnings, and 6 other wild facts

Photo by Alex Slitz/Getty Images Juan Soto’s massive new contract with the Mets, in perspective. Sunday night the news the baseball world was waiting for finally broke. Juan Soto had agreed to a market-shattering ten-year deal with the New York Mets, for $765 million. While the top-line number exceeds what the Los Angeles Dodgers signed Shohei Ohtani for last year (Ohtani’s contract hit t...2024
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• Lando Norris’ growth came through just when McLaren F1 needed it most

Photo by Bryn Lennon - Formula 1/Formula 1 via Getty Images McLaren secured the Constructors’ title on Sunday in Abu Dhabi, and Lando Norris delivered when his team needed him most McLaren began the day Sunday at the season-ending Abu Dhabi Grand Prix on the verge of a Formula 1 Constructors’ title. With a 21-point lead in hand over Ferrari, and both Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri starting...2024
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• McLaren completes stunning turnaround to capture 2024 F1 Constructors’ Championship

Photo by GIUSEPPE CACACE/AFP via Getty Images Lando Norris’ win at the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix clinches McLaren’s first Constructors’ Championship since 1998 In the days before the 2023 Azerbaijan Grand Prix, Lando Norris looked me in the eyes and conceded that at that point in the season, he and McLaren were simply “fighting for points.” The 2023 Formula 1 campaign saw McLaren limp out of th...2024
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• Ferrari nearly pulls off ‘mission impossible’ at F1 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix

Photo by ANDREJ ISAKOVIC/AFP via Getty Images McLaren clinched the F1 Constructors’ Championship at Abu Dhabi, but Ferrari made them earn it When the final race week of the 2024 Formula 1 season began, Ferrari faced what Carlos Sainz Jr. called “mission impossible” in their chase of McLaren, and the Constructors’ Championship. With McLaren holding a 21-point lead in that fight — and Lando ...2024
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• Carlos Sainz Jr. admits Ferrari face ‘mission impossible’ at Abu Dhabi Grand Prix

Photo by Beata Zawrzel/NurPhoto via Getty Images Ferrari still has a chance to win the Constructors’ Championship, but it will take something special at the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix The curtain will fall on the 2024 Formula 1 season on Sunday when the checkered flag flies at the end of the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, and for the first time since Brawn won the title in 2009 a team other than Mercedes...2024
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• Abu Dhabi Grand Prix: Nico Hülkenberg handed a three-place grid penalty

Haas driver Nico Hülkenberg qualified fourth for the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix but will not start there Nico Hülkenberg saved his best qualifying session of the 2024 campaign for the season finale, putting his VF-24 onto the second row alongside Carlos Sainz Jr. with a P4 performance at the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. But the Haas driver will not start there. After qualifying fourth, Hülkenberg was given a t...2024
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• Abu Dhabi Grand Prix: Live F1 coverage of the season’s final qualifying session

Photo by Peter Fox - Formula 1/Formula 1 via Getty Images Qualifying in Abu Dhabi begins as McLaren and Ferrari remain standing in the fight for the 2024 F1 Constructors’ Championship Just one qualifying session remains in the 2024 Formula 1 season. But everything is on the line today at Yas Marina. The season concludes with this weekend’s Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, but the F1 Constructors’ Cha...2024
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• Abbi Pulling clinches F1 Academy title, again

Photo by Pauline Ballet - Formula 1/Formula 1 via Getty Images The F1 Academy Drivers’ Championship was decided again at the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix Last week at the Formula 1 Academy’s first race at the Qatar Grand Prix, Abbi Pulling did what she needed to do to clinch the Drivers’ Championship, finishing second behind Mercedes driver Doriane Pin to secure enough points with three races rema...2024
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• Charles Leclerc hit with 10-place grid penalty at F1 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix

Photo by Peter Fox - Formula 1/Formula 1 via Getty Images Ferrari’s path to the F1 Constructors’ Championship just got a little steeper The 2024 Formula 1 Constructors’ Championship will be decided in the season’s final race, this weekend’s Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. Only two teams remain in the hunt, McLaren and Ferrari, and McLaren has a 21-point lead over Ferrari going into the final weekend...2024
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• Abu Dhabi Grand Prix: War of words escalates between George Russell and Max Verstappen

Photo by Bryn Lennon/Getty Images Max Verstappen and George Russell take their feud to a new level ahead of the F1 season finale The 2024 Formula 1 season draws to a close this weekend, with the year-ending Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. And it might not come a moment too soon for some. The war of words between Max Verstappen and George Russell that began last week at the Qatar Grand Prix escalated...2024
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• Juan Soto’s contract surpasses LeBron and Tom Brady’s combined career earnings, and 6 other wild facts
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• LIV Golf’s Joaquin Niemann cracks hilarious airline joke after seizing lead at Saudi International

Joaquin Niemann at the 2024 ISPS Handa Australian Open. | Photo by Darrian Traynor/Getty Images Joaquin Niemann has made it a mission to play in as many tournaments as possible, hoping to secure valuable Official World Golf Ranking points. Joaquin Niemann has played all over the world since joining LIV Golf, where he cannot earn crucial Official World Golf Ranking (OWGR) points. He figured...2024
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• Valtteri Bottas won an F1 break for the second season in a row

He might not have a seat on the grid for next season, but Valtteri Bottas remains winning in the game of life Race car drivers are absolutely a different breed. It takes a special type of person to strap themselves into a rocket ship on wheels and push it to the limit, risking life and limb as dozens of other similarly-minded individuals do the same thing around you, pushing themselves to the lim...2024
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• Kurt Busch eyes racing in Abu Dhabi after test
Fresh off a successful Formula 3000 test at Abu Dhabi, Kurt Busch may actually race at the Middle East circuit in December.In an exclusive interview with FOXSports.com Friday morning at Sonoma Raceway, Busch said he may enter a sports car endurance race at Abu Dhabi after the current NASCAR Sprint Cup Series season wraps up "I wanted to get track time, in case I went back and was limited on my tim...2016
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"With Lewis Hamilton joining Ferrari for 2025, Sunday's Abu Dhabi Grand Prix marks the end of his time at Mercedes and F1's most successful partnership."

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"Christian Pulisic became the first American player to lift the tournament trophy as Chelsea defeated Brazilian side Palmeiras 2-1 in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates on Saturday afternoon."

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"Max Verstappen has been confirmed as Formula One world champion after the FIA stewards rejected a Mercedes protest over the result of the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix."

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"The Formula One set to race in Austria this weekend looks quite different to the F1 which left the Abu Dhabi GP last December."

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"He has already joined the team at their preseason training camp in Abu Dhabi."

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"2018 Abu Dhabi Championship: Rory McIlroy's bogey-free day highlights Round 1"

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"F1 set to unveil new logo in Abu Dhabi"

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"Kurt Busch has 'amazing experience' testing F1 car in Abu Dhabi"

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"In fact, Busch said as part of the Monster deal, he could end up doing a sports car race in Abu Dhabi in the NASCAR off-season."

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"com Lewis Hamilton didn’t need to be perfect in Sunday’s Formula One race in Abu Dhabi to be crowned World Champion, but he pretty much was."

• Sauber F1’s new driver lineup takes to the grid at post-season testing in Abu Dhabi

Photo by Jakub Porzycki/NurPhoto via Getty Images Nico Hülkenberg and Gabriel Bortoleto saw their first action for Sauber at F1 post-season testing at Yas Marina Sunday brought the 2024 Formula 1 season to a close at Yas Marina, with the 2024 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. That circuit hosted new beginnings on Monday and Tuesday as all ten teams participated in post-season testing, offering some in...2024
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• Juan Soto’s contract surpasses LeBron and Tom Brady’s combined career earnings, and 6 other wild facts
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• VOGO Abu Dhabi Resort & Spa

VOGO Abu Dhabi Resort & Spa not only offers recently upgraded five-star facilities but also one of the best golf courses in the Middle East with floodlit night golf. Formerly known as the Westin Abu Dhabi Golf Resort & Spa, the resort was rebranded in January 2024 when VOGO took over management. As part of […] The post VOGO Abu Dhabi Resort & Spa appeared first on The All Square Blog...2024
• McLaren completes stunning turnaround to capture 2024 F1 Constructors’ Championship
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• Max Verstappen’s stunning qualifying save at Abu Dhabi Grand Prix was a moment of magic

Some magic from Max Verstappen in the final qualifying of the 2024 F1 season Max Verstappen is among the world’s best race car drivers. His resume speaks for itself, as Verstappen clinched his fourth straight Formula 1 Drivers’ Championship this year, in what might be his most impressive season yet. While Red Bull’s RB20, their challenger for the 2024 season, was not the dominant force its predece...2024
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• Abbi Pulling clinches F1 Academy title, again
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• Abu Dhabi Grand Prix: War of words escalates between George Russell and Max Verstappen
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• Esteban Ocon offers emotional farewell to Alpine F1

Photo by Bryn Lennon - Formula 1/Formula 1 via Getty Images Alpine driver Esteban Ocon shared an emotional goodbye to the team ahead of the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix This weekend’s Abu Dhabi Grand Prix was expected to be the final Formula 1 race for Esteban Ocon with Alpine. Earlier this season the driver announced that he would be leaving the team at the end of the year, and driving for Haas i...2024
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• How McLaren and Ferrari can win F1 Constructors’ Championship at Abu Dhabi GP

Photo by Zak Mauger/LAT Images Both Ferrari and McLaren can win the F1 Constructors’ Championship at the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. Here is how After 23 race weekends the Formula 1 grid arrives at the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, the season’s final race, with the Constructors’ Championship still up for grabs. Just two teams remain in contention, McLaren and Ferrari, with 21 points separating the two r...2024
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• Toto Wolff lauds Lewis Hamilton ahead of the champion’s final Mercedes F1 race

Photo by James Gasperotti/Ciancaphoto Studio/Getty Images Lewis Hamilton’s time at Mercedes comes to a close at the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, and the tributes have started The tributes have begun. The 2024 Formula 1 season draws to a close with this weekend’s Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, and it marks not only the end of a thrilling campaign but brings to a close the most productive driver-team pairin...2024
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• Isack Hadjar secures final spot on 2025 F1 grid with VCARB
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• Lando Norris’ growth came through just when McLaren F1 needed it most
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• Alpine completes their own dramatic turnaround at F1 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix

Photo by Kym Illman/Getty Images Pierre Gasly’s P7 delivered a sixth-place in the Constructors’ Championship for Alpine When Lando Norris took the checkered flag Sunday in the Formula 1 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, he not only captured his fourth win of the season but also clinched the 2024 Constructors’ Championship for McLaren, completing a stunning turnaround for the team. After beginning the ...2024
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• McLaren completes stunning turnaround to capture 2024 F1 Constructors’ Championship
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• Ferrari nearly pulls off ‘mission impossible’ at F1 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix
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• Abu Dhabi Grand Prix: Nico Hülkenberg handed a three-place grid penalty
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• Abu Dhabi Grand Prix: Live F1 coverage of the season’s final qualifying session
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• LIV Golf’s Joaquin Niemann cracks hilarious airline joke after seizing lead at Saudi International
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• Abbi Pulling clinches F1 Academy title, again
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• Abu Dhabi Grand Prix: War of words escalates between George Russell and Max Verstappen
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• Isack Hadjar secures final spot on 2025 F1 grid with VCARB
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• Sauber F1’s new driver lineup takes to the grid at post-season testing in Abu Dhabi
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• 'Cuties': Paula Badosa's heartwarming response to pictures of Aryna Sabalenka with boyfriend in Abu Dhabi

Spain’s Paula Badosa has a message for Belarus’ Aryna Sabalenka and her boyfriend Georgio. The reigning world number one in women’s tennis in the singles category has spent a day with her boyfriend in Abu Dhabi to attend the last Grand Prix of the year....2024
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• Juan Soto’s contract surpasses LeBron and Tom Brady’s combined career earnings, and 6 other wild facts
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• Lando Norris’ growth came through just when McLaren F1 needed it most
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• Alpine completes their own dramatic turnaround at F1 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix
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• McLaren completes stunning turnaround to capture 2024 F1 Constructors’ Championship
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• Ferrari nearly pulls off ‘mission impossible’ at F1 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix
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• Carlos Sainz Jr. admits Ferrari face ‘mission impossible’ at Abu Dhabi Grand Prix
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• Max Verstappen’s stunning qualifying save at Abu Dhabi Grand Prix was a moment of magic
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• Christian Pulisic, Chelsea win FIFA Club World Cup
Chelsea continued Europe’s dominance at the FIFA Club World Cup on Saturday, claiming a first-ever trophy at the annual competition. Christian Pulisic became the first American player to lift the tournament trophy as Chelsea defeated Brazilian side Palmeiras 2-1 in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates on Saturday afternoon. It was the ninth-consecutive time that a ... Read more...2022
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• Verstappen confirmed champion as Mercedes protest dismissed

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• Mercedes protest Verstappen win in Abu Dhabi GP

There was immediate controversy in Formula One's title decider as Max Verstappen seemed to be denied the lead of the race by a stewards' decision....2021
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• Kurt Busch: No plans to try Indy 500/Coca-Cola 600 double again
Kurt Busch has no plans to try the Indy 500/Coke 600 double again anytime soon. Jared C. Tilton/Stewart-Haas Racing via Getty ImagesLast year, Kurt Busch completed one of the most impressive feats in recent auto racing history when he finished sixth in the Indianapolis 500. Not only was it Busch's first Indy 500, it was his first open-wheel race of any kind and he won Rookie of the Year honors af...2015
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• Kurt Busch has 'amazing experience' testing F1 car in Abu Dhabi
Kurt Busch got behind the wheel of a Formula One car and it seems like he had a good time....2016
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• Kurt Busch eyes racing in Abu Dhabi after test
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• Kurt Busch eyes racing in Abu Dhabi after test
After a Formula 3000 test in Abu Dhabi, Kurt Busch could make racing at the Middle East circuit a reality....2016
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• Hamilton's long, sometimes uncomfortable farewell to Mercedes
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• Isack Hadjar secures final spot on 2025 F1 grid with VCARB
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• World Tennis League 2024: Start time today, schedule, format, teams and TV channel for event in Abu Dhabi
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• World Tennis League 2024: Dates, schedule, format, teams and TV channel for exhibition event in Abu Dhabi
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• Sauber F1’s new driver lineup takes to the grid at post-season testing in Abu Dhabi
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• Lando Norris’ growth came through just when McLaren F1 needed it most
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• Jannik Sinner waves the checkered flag in Abu Dhabi Grand Prix

World No.1 tennis star Jannik Sinner took center stage at the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, waving the checkered flag to mark Lando Norris’ triumphant finish. The McLaren driver claimed victory in the season’s final race, securing the Constructors’ Championship for McLaren—a title they last held in 1998. Sinner, a passionate Formula 1 fan and devoted […]...2024
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• Daily Dose of Social Media: Aryna Sabalenka dances to 'The Ketchup Song' at F1 Grand Prix – Tennis stars join Abu Dhabi fun

The Abu Dhabi Grand Prix stole the spotlight this weekend, with VIP spectators for the final F1 race of the season. Aryna Sabalenka and Jannik Sinner were among the most eye-catching, although several other tennis stars made an appearance, and you'll be able to see them in a new Daily Dose of Social Media....2024
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• Sainz: Last Ferrari race 'strange and emotional'
Carlos Sainz admitted his final appearance with Ferrari was "strange," saying the emotions got to him before the Abu Dhabi GP....2024
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• Alpine completes their own dramatic turnaround at F1 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix
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• McLaren completes stunning turnaround to capture 2024 F1 Constructors’ Championship
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• Lando Norris’ growth came through just when McLaren F1 needed it most
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• Lewis Hamilton reflects on ‘emotional’ final F1 season with Mercedes ahead of Abu Dhabi GP

Photo by Clive Mason/Getty Images Ahead of the F1 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix Lewis Hamilton looked back at his years with Mercedes, and an ‘emotional’ final season with the team This weekend’s Abu Dhabi Grand Prix marks not just the end of the 2024 Formula 1 season, but also several closing chapters in the sport. Drivers such as Kevin Magnussen, Zhou Guanyu, and Valtteri Bottas will be leaving f...2024
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• Abu Dhabi Grand Prix: War of words escalates between George Russell and Max Verstappen
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• Franco Colapinto reflects on ‘dream come true’ ahead of F1 Abu Dhabi GP

Photo by Peter Fox/Getty Images The F1 Abu Dhabi will mark the end of Franco Colapinto’s time on the grid, at least for now Barring something unexpected, this weekend’s Abu Dhabi Grand Prix will be the last Formula 1 race for Franco Colapinto, at least for a while. Colapinto exploded on the F1 scene following a shocking mid-season promotion at Williams, as the team slid him into a seat alo...2024
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• F1 has a new Race Director

Photo by Rudy Carezzevoli/Getty Images A change has come at F1 ahead of the Las Vegas Grand Prix Tuesday has been busy in the Formula 1 world. Two big stories already emerged, first, the long-expected announcement that Alpine and Mercedes had reached an agreement for Mercedes to be Alpine’s power unit supplier starting with the 2026 F1 season. Then came word that Dan Fallows would be movin...2024
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• Why does Rory McIlroy continue to play on DP World Tour? His lifelong goal tells all

Rory McIlroy smiles during the Pro-Am ahead of the 2024 Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship. | Photo by Richard Heathcote/Getty Images Despite the logistical challenges, Rory McIlroy continues to play on both the PGA and DP World Tours. He explained why in Abu Dhabi. Rory McIlroy is all but a lock to win a sixth DP World Tour Order of Merit, the award given to the season-long champion on the circu...2024
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• Max Verstappen’s championship drive leads F1 São Paulo Grand Prix winners and losers

Photo by Kym Illman/Getty Images Red Bull’s Max Verstappen inched closer to another title, while Alpine rocketed up the standings in Brazil On a soggy Sunday morning at Interlagos, Max Verstappen’s dreams of a fourth straight Formula 1 Drivers’ Championship seemed to be slipping away. While weather pushed qualifying for the São Paulo Grand Prix from Saturday afternoon to Sunday morning, we...2024
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• Northwest Notes: Murray, Jokic, Jazz, A. Mitchell
Nuggets coach Michael Malone tried to calm speculation about Jamal Murray‘s physical condition, telling reporters in Abu Dhabi that his star point guard hasn’t experienced any issues since training camp opened, writes Bennett Durando of The Denver Post. Murray’s sub-par performance in last season’s playoffs and the Olympics led to suggestions that he might be […]...2024
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• Ferrari’s comeback, Oliver Bearman’s return, and more F1 Azerbaijan Grand Prix storylines

Photo by Mark Thompson/Getty Images F1 heads to Baku with McLaren chasing Red Bull, Lando Norris chasing Max Verstappen, and Sauber chasing their first points of the season What a difference a year makes. The last time the Formula 1 grid was in Baku for the Azerbaijan Grand Prix, the field looked a lot different than it does at the moment. In 2023 the Azerbaijan Grand Prix fell in April, a...2024
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• Answering your F1 mailbag questions on Ocon to Haas, strife at Red Bull, and more

Photo by Jayce Illman/Getty Images Your biggest F1 questions answered ahead of the Hungarian Grand Prix We have reached the midway point of the 2024 Formula 1 season. This weekend’s Hungarian Grand Prix kicks off what could be a second half for the ages. Will someone truly challenge Max Verstappen in the Drivers’ Championship? Will one of Red Bull’s rivals truly put the pressure to them in...2024
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