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• Strategist Sainz aided Williams on key Albon call
Carlos Sainz played a key role in helping Alex Albon score Williams a feel-good fifth place finish at the Australian Grand Prix....2025
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• F1 Australian Grand Prix 2025: Starting grid for season-opening race

Photo by Clive Rose/Getty Images How will the grid line up for the 2025 F1 Australian Grand Prix? The first race of the 2025 Formula 1 season is just a few hours away. How will the drivers take to the grid? McLaren locked out the front row for the Australian Grand Prix, with Lando Norris capturing pole position just ahead of teammate — and hometown hero — Oscar Piastri. This gives Norris a...2025
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• F1 Australian Grand Prix 2025: What are the tire options and strategies for each driver?

Photo by Mark Thompson/Getty Images What are the options available for each driver in the F1 Australian Grand Prix? The first Grand Prix of the 2025 Formula 1 season begins in a few short hours, with the Australian Grand Prix in Melbourne. Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri locked out the front row for McLaren, who are looking to defend their Constructors’ Championship from a season ago. As fo...2025
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• Alex Albon hails ‘good vibes’ after qualifying for Williams at Australian Grand Prix

Photo by Clive Rose/Getty Images Williams saw both Alex Albon and Carlos Sainz Jr. push into Q3 to start the 2025 F1 season Yuki Tsunoda’s “magical lap” that ended in the Visa Cash App Racing Bulls driver qualifying fifth for the Australian Grand Prix was one of the first big surprises of the 2025 Formula 1 season. The driver who will start alongside him delivered another. Alexander Albon ...2025
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• Sainz feels vindicated by Williams choice
Discarded by Ferrari, Carlos Sainz said he felt vindicated for joining Williams after both he and teammate Alex Albon qualified in the top 10 on Saturday for the Australian Grand Prix....2025
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• F1 Australian Grand Prix qualifying

Photo by Clive Rose/Getty Images Follow along as the first qualifying session of the 2025 F1 season unfolds The first qualifying session of the 2025 Formula 1 season is here, and it is all to play for at the Australian Grand Prix. Saturday’s third practice session saw hometown hero Oscar Piastri top the timing sheets, as lap times tumbled throughout the hour-long session as teams and driv...2025
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• F1 Australian Grand Prix 2025: Starting grid for season-opening race
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• F1 Australian Grand Prix storylines include Lewis Hamilton’s Ferrari debut

The 2025 F1 season gets underway this weekend with the Australian Grand Prix. Here is what to look for When the lights go out Sunday in Melbourne to start the Australian Grand Prix, the Formula 1 season will begin in earnest. The grid will look vastly different from a year ago, with several new faces in new places. However, none of those changes are bigger than Lewis Hamilton’s move to Ferrari. H...2025
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• The super F1 preview extravaganza: Burning questions, driver lineup, 2025 race schedule, and more

Photo by Rudy Carezzevoli/Getty Images Everything you need to know about the 2025 F1 season. The 2025 Formula 1 season is finally here. The year begins in Melbourne with the season-opening Australian Grand Prix this weekend. For fans of the sport new and old, you might have some questions heading into this year. Let us try and anticipate — and answer — those questions for you. Wait, Lew...2025
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• Guenther Steiner on swearing, the Miami Grand Prix, and McLaren vs. Ferrari

Photo by Song Haiyuan/MB Media/Getty Images Ahead of the 2025 F1 season SB Nation caught up with the one and only Guenther Steiner For many years Guenther Steiner was one of the faces of Formula 1. A star turn on the Netflix docuseries Drive to Survive propelled the only Team Principal in Haas F1 history into a household name. Steiner’s outgoing nature, legendary demeanor, and incredible ...2025
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• F1 2025: Pre-season testing, explained

Photo by Emmanuele Ciancaglini/Getty Images Formula 1 returns this week with pre-season testing. Here’s what to expect Formula 1 is back. This week the entire grid will roar to life for the first time since the season-ending Abu Dhabi Grand Prix last year, which saw McLaren capture their first Constructors’ Championship 1998. The 2025 F1 season is shaping up to be a transformative campaign...2025
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• Carlos Sainz Jr. takes on Director role with Grand Prix Drivers Association

Photo by Sam Bloxham/Getty Images Why Carlos Sainz Jr. joining the GPDA matters Later this week Carlos Sainz Jr. will take to the track for Formula 1 pre-season testing, the next step in his journey with his new team, Williams. But that is not the only new role the driver is taking on this season. Sainz is joining the Grand Prix Drivers Association as a Director, filling a spot previously ...2025
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• F1 rule changes to know for the 2025 season

Photo by Nicolas Economou/NurPhoto via Getty Images 2025 will see new rules in F1 including heavier cars, driver cooling systems, and more Formula 1 is going to look a little different in 2025. While the main reason the sport will appear different starts with Lewis Hamilton driving for Ferrari, as well as other changes such as Carlos Sainz Jr. moving to Williams, Nico Hülkenberg shifting t...2025
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• Williams F1 shares more video of Carlos Sainz Jr.’s first day at the team’s headquarters

Photo by Clive Rose/Getty Images Carlos Sainz Jr.’s first day at Grove is documented in a lengthy video by Williams Formula 1 teams continue to roll out their new drivers ahead of the 2025 season. Ferrari’s lengthy introduction of Lewis Hamilton is just one example, but another comes from the man Hamilton replaced at the Scuderia, as Carlos Sainz Jr. finds his way around his new team at Wi...2025
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• F1 2025: How many penalty points does each F1 driver have heading into the new season?

Photo by Beata Zawrzel/NurPhoto via Getty Images Max Verstappen begins 2025 as the reigning Drivers’ Champion, but also the driver most at risk for a penalty ban The 2025 Formula 1 season is just a few weeks away. At the end of February all ten teams will be back in action at Bahrain International Circuit for pre-season testing, with the season-opening Australian Grand Prix slated for Marc...2025
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• 9 bold predictions for the 2025 F1 season

Photo by Zak Mauger/LAT Images As 2025 begins, let’s make some bold predictions for the upcoming F1 season With a new year come new opportunities. In the Formula 1 world, that means some new faces in new places and hopes for better performance in the season ahead. For those who cover the sport, a new year and a new season mean more chances to get some predictions wrong. But we forge on, a...2025
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• Williams F1 basking in ‘luxurious’ result in Azerbaijan Grand Prix

Williams F1 Alexander Albon and Franco Colapinto both finished in the points, a first for Williams this season Williams experienced a season first on Saturday, as both Alexander Albon and Franco Colapinto advanced into Q3 during qualifying. They followed that with another first for the 2024 Formula 1 season, their initial double-points result. Albon finished seventh and Colapinto eighth in...2024
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"We wrote about the announcement itself, we dove into potential replacements for Hamilton at Ferrari — thankfully I brought that article to a close with the suggestion of young Andrea Kimi Antonelli — wondered why Hamilton would make such a move, dove into Carlos Sainz Jr."

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"Seven-time F1 world champion Lewis Hamilton will race for Mercedes next season before replacing Carlos Sainz at Ferrari in 2025, the Italian team confirmed on Thursday."

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"Verstappen will also have the Ferrari duo of Charles Leclerc and Carlos Sainz Jr."

2022
"Carlos Sainz is concerned about the long-term health impact of racing the latest generation of Formula One cars after experiencing intense stiffness in his neck and back after races this year."

2021
"Ferrari driver Carlos Sainz will start from the back of the grid at the Turkish Grand Prix after the team decided to fit his car with a new power unit this weekend."

2020
"Carlos Sainz did not appreciate the level of detail Ferrari would go into in researching his career before deciding to sign him for 2021."

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"Spanish driver Carlos Sainz has won his second Dakar Rally title, while Matthias Walkner took his first title in the motorcycle category."

2017
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• F1 Australian Grand Prix 2025: Starting grid for season-opening race
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• F1 Australian Grand Prix storylines include Lewis Hamilton’s Ferrari debut
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• What does the 2026 F1 driver lineup look like?

Gary A. Vasquez-Imagn Images With Cadillac confirmed for the 2026 F1 season, what does the driver lineup look like for next year? The 2024 Formula 1 driver transfer season kicked into gear with a stunning decision: Lewis Hamilton’s announcement that he was going to leave Mercedes and drive for Ferrari starting in 2025. Over the following weeks, intrigue followed the sport as the driver sil...2025
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• Everything you need to know about Season 7 of ‘Drive to Survive’

Photo by Kym Illman/Getty Images Netflix’s F1 docuseries is back this week for Season 7. Here is what you need to know The 2025 Formula 1 season begins in just under two weeks, with the season-opening Australian Grand Prix. While the Bahrain Grand Prix has in recent seasons served as the first race on the schedule, with Ramadan taking place in March F1 has shifted races scheduled in Bahrai...2025
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• Mercedes F1 ‘pleased’ after testing

Photo by Clive Rose/Getty Images George Russell topped the timing sheets on the final day of F1 pre-season testing Three days of Formula 1 pre-season testing are in the books, and the new era at Mercedes has officially begun. With Lewis Hamilton clad in red for his first season at Ferrari, the new Mercedes driver pairing of George Russell and Andrea Kimi Antonelli wrapped up three days of ...2025
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• Carlos Sainz Jr. remains the king of F1 testing

Photo by Clive Rose/Getty Images For the second year in a row Carlos Sainz Jr. topped the timing sheets in F1 pre-season testing For the second season in a row, Carlos Sainz Jr. stands atop the Formula 1 pre-season testing timing sheets. A year ago Sainz posted the fastest time at Bahrain International Circuit, topping the board with a lap time of 1:29.921. Sainz banked that lap in his fin...2025
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• F1 pre-season testing 2025: Pirelli releases tire choices from each team

Photo by Alex Caparros - Formula 1/Formula Motorsport Limited via Getty Images Remember these choices when F1 pre-season testing times are released later this week Starting tomorrow, the Formula 1 grid will roar to life as all ten teams are in action at Bahrain International Circuit for three days of pre-season testing. Ahead of pre-season testing Pirelli, the sport’s exclusive tire suppli...2025
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• F1 2025: Pre-season testing, explained
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• F1 tire rules for the 2025 season, explained

Photo by Nicolas Economou/NurPhoto via Getty Images With another F1 season right around the corner it is time to talk tires The 2025 Formula 1 season is now just weeks away. Tomorrow the season will unofficially begin in a first-of-its-kind event, the season launch at The O2 in London. To honor the sport’s 75th anniversary the teams are coming together to unveil their liveries for the upco...2025
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• F1 Australian Grand Prix storylines include Lewis Hamilton’s Ferrari debut
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• Max Verstappen downplays chances at F1 Australian Grand Prix: ‘We need to improve’

Photo by Mark Thompson/Getty Images Speaking with Viaplay ahead of the 2025 F1 season, Max Verstappen admitted he does not think he’ll be ‘in the fight’ in Melbourne A brake duct failure at the 2024 Australian Grand Prix knocked Max Verstappen out of the race in the early stages. That opened the door for Carlos Sainz Jr., making a dramatic return to the grid after undergoing an emergency a...2025
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• What does the 2026 F1 driver lineup look like?
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• F1 testing: What, if anything, did we learn?

Photo by Mark Sutton - Formula 1/Formula 1 via Getty Images What conclusions can we draw from F1 pre-season testing? Formula 1 pre-season testing is in the books. Did we learn anything? Testing data is always viewed with some skepticism, with good reason. Teams run different programs, use different fuel loads, and the full picture is often not shown until the opening race of the season. Le...2025
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• McLaren and Lando Norris send a warning to the rest of the F1 field

Photo by Clive Rose/Getty Images Lando Norris’ race simulations on Thursday have the rest of the paddock pointing to McLaren at the front of the field Formula 1 pre-season testing is in the rear-view mirror and all ten teams are hard at work diving into the data, with less than two weeks until the lap times count at the season-opening Australian Grand Prix. For the second season in a row, ...2025
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• Carlos Sainz Jr. remains the king of F1 testing
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• Guenther Steiner on swearing, the Miami Grand Prix, and McLaren vs. Ferrari
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• F1 2025: Pre-season testing, explained
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• Carlos Sainz Jr. takes on Director role with Grand Prix Drivers Association
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• George Russell brings the ‘T pose’ back for 2025 F1 Opening Titles

A new F1 season means a new set of ‘Opening Titles,’ and for George Russell a return to an iconic pose The start of a Formula 1 season means new drivers, new teammates, new hopes and dreams for teams and their fans, and so much more. It also means a new set of “Opening Titles” for the sport itself. The Opening Titles begin each event during a race weekend, a quick video featuring each driver that ...2025
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• The super F1 preview extravaganza: Burning questions, driver lineup, 2025 race schedule, and more
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• What does the 2026 F1 driver lineup look like?
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• Everything you need to know about Season 7 of ‘Drive to Survive’
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• F1 testing: What, if anything, did we learn?
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• McLaren and Lando Norris send a warning to the rest of the F1 field
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• Guenther Steiner on swearing, the Miami Grand Prix, and McLaren vs. Ferrari
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• F1 2025: Pre-season testing, explained
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• Carlos Sainz Jr. takes on Director role with Grand Prix Drivers Association
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• F1 tire rules for the 2025 season, explained
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• Ferrari announce Hamilton as driver for 2025

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• Sainz was surprised by depth of Ferrari analysis into him
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• Austrian Grand Prix: Live F1 race coverage
Photo by Emmanuele Ciancaglini/Ciancaphoto Studio/Getty Images Follow along live as Max Verstappen seeks his fifth-straight Grand Prix win Can Max Verstappen power to his fifth-straight grand prix victory? Or will someone — anyone — deny the Championship leader a win at the Austrian Grand Prix. The Red Bull driver has won four-straight races, dating back to the Azerbaijan Grand Prix, and i...2023
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• Lewis Hamilton for Charles Leclerc is the driver swap F1 needs
Photo by Eric Alonso/Getty Images Could this actually happen? It goes without saying that both Mercedes and Ferrari are a bit of a mess in 2023, and that phraseology is extremely generous. Any hopes of challenging Red Bull this season are out the window, and it’s reached the point where Fernando Alonso’s breakout for Aston Martin has bumped them into second place in the constructors’ champ...2023
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• Sainz set to replace Vettel at Ferrari for 2021 - sources
McLaren's Carlos Sainz will replace Sebastian Vettel's at Ferrari in 2021, ESPN understands....2020
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• Kevin Magnussen facing a one-race ban following a collision at the Italian Grand Prix

Photo by Lars Baron/Getty Images Haas driver Kevin Magnussen is facing a one-race penalty following the Italian Grand Prix Earlier this season Haas confirmed that Oliver Bearman would be driving for the team full-time in 2025. The Haas reserve and Ferrari super-sub made an incredible debut earlier this year at the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix, sliding into the cockpit of Carlos Sainz Jr.’s SF-...2024
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• Estie Bestie’s on the podium and other winners and losers from the Monaco Grand Prix
Photo by Arnold Jerocki/FilmMagic Winners and losers from the 2023 Monaco Grand Prix It was a longshot that Sunday’s 2023 Monaco Grand Prix would live up to the thrilling qualifying session that came down to the wire. However, thanks to a brief flash of rain late in the Grand Prix itself, a few thrilling moments were in the offing. The end result, however, what in line with everything else...2023
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• Ferrari ‘very close’ after a strong qualifying session
Photo by Danilo Di Giovanni/Getty Images Charles Leclerc and Carlos Sainz Jr. will start up front in the Austrian Grand Prix During the single practice session ahead of the 2023 Austrian Grand Prix, it seemed that the Ferrari duo of Charles Leclerc and Carlos Sainz Jr. had something extra for the field this week. Friday’s qualifying session for the Grand Prix confirmed that. Leclerc is set...2023
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• F1 Australian Grand Prix 2025: Starting grid for season-opening race
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• Alex Albon hails ‘good vibes’ after qualifying for Williams at Australian Grand Prix
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• George Russell brings the ‘T pose’ back for 2025 F1 Opening Titles
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• F1 Australian Grand Prix storylines include Lewis Hamilton’s Ferrari debut
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• Max Verstappen downplays chances at F1 Australian Grand Prix: ‘We need to improve’
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• Everything you need to know about Season 7 of ‘Drive to Survive’
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• F1 driver Carlos Sainz Jr. is all of us after New Year’s Day

Photo by Clive Rose/Getty Images Williams’ new F1 driver had to make some tough decisions for breakfast Lewis Hamilton is not the only big-name Formula 1 driver with a new home for the 2025 season. After all, Hamilton replaced Carlos Sainz Jr. at Ferrari, making the Spanish driver and Grand Prix winner the biggest free agent on the grid a season ago. After months of speculation, Williams ...2025
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• F1 2025: How long is each driver under contract?

Photo by Gongora/NurPhoto via Getty Images Diving into the contract status of every F1 driver ahead of the 2025 F1 season The 2024 Formula 1 season began with a bit of history for hte sport. For the first in F1 history the drivers who finished the previous season were the same drivers who began the next. That is certainly not the case as 2025 beckons. With several rookies joining the grid...2025
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• 9 bold predictions for the 2025 F1 season
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• 10 storylines we are excited about as the 2025 F1 season approaches

Photo by Clive Mason/Getty Images With a new year comes a new F1 season. Here are ten storylines we are excited for as a new year begins Happy New Year Formula 1 fans! And with the calendar turning to 2025 we can officially say this: A new F1 season is almost upon us. 2024 delivered one of the more fascinating F1 seasons in recent memory, with multiple Grand Prix winners, a Drivers’ Champi...2025
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• Max Verstappen delivers a championship drive in chaotic F1 São Paulo Grand Prix

Photo by Vince Mignott/MB Media/Getty Images Lando Norris and McLaren had the advantage Sunday in São Paulo, but Max Verstappen carried the day The 2024 Formula 1 season has offered no shortage of twists and turns. With a title fight shaping up between Lando Norris and Max Verstappen for the Drivers’ Championship, and a three-way fight in the cards between McLaren, Ferrari, and Red Bull fo...2024
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• Charles Leclerc and Ferrari deliver a win for the ages at the F1 Italian Grand Prix

Photo by Beata Zawrzel/NurPhoto via Getty Images Ferrari’s win, Red Bull’s struggles, McLaren’s unknowns, and more winners and losers from the Italian Grand Prix Moments after the checkered flag flew at the end of a thrilling Italian Grand Prix at historic Monza, barriers opened and thousands of fans — the overwhelming majority clad in scarlet— poured onto the track toward the podium. And ...2024
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• Lando Norris puts the entire F1 grid on notice at the Dutch Grand Prix

Photo by Jakub Porzycki/NurPhoto via Getty Images Recapping the winners and losers from the Dutch Grand Prix The detractors did not go away in May. After Lando Norris broke through with his maiden Formula 1 victory in the Miami Grand Prix, shedding the harsh “Lando No-wins” moniker, the detractors still had their lines of criticism. They pointed to an opportune safety car, which gave Norri...2024
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