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Piastri Extends Championship Lead After Norris Breakdown at Dutch Grand Prix

This is Beirut, 31/08 19:10 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

Formula One F1 Lando Norris Max Verstappen Ferrari

Oscar Piastri powered to victory at an incident-packed Dutch Formula One Grand Prix on Sunday, with home favourite Max Verstappen claiming second place as Piastri's McLaren teammate Lando Norris suffered a dramatic breakdown late in the race. Piastri led from pole to chequered flag at the Zandvoort circuit in a race that saw the safety car ...

Pole for Piastri at Dutch GP in McLaren Lock-Up

This is Beirut, 30/08 18:00 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

Formula One Lando Norris Ferrari Max Verstappen F1

Oscar Piastri snatched pole position Saturday for the Dutch Grand Prix, locking up the front of the grid with his teammate Lando Norris as McLaren maintained their dominance of Formula One. Piastri clocked a lap record time of one minute 8.662 seconds, 0.012 seconds ahead of Norris to give himself a valuable advantage for Sunday's race. It was ...

McLaren Dominate Final Practice at Dutch GP

This is Beirut, 30/08 13:45 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

Formula One F1 Lando Norris Ferrari Max Verstappen

McLaren drivers dominated the final practice session at the Dutch Grand Prix on Saturday, with Britain's Lando Norris outpacing teammate Oscar Piastri to set the fastest time. Norris, who trails his Australian teammate by nine points in the championship title race, clocked the quickest time of one minute 8.972 seconds, 0.242 seconds ahead of ...

Cadillac Choose Experienced Duo Perez And Bottas For F1 Debut

This is Beirut, 26/08 18:40 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

Formula One Bottas Pérez Cadillac

Former Red Bull driver Sergio Perez and 10-time grand prix victor Valtteri Bottas will drive for Cadillac next season in what the new Formula One team described on Tuesday as "a bold signal of intent". The experienced pair with over 500 grand prix starts between them will be making a return to the grid in 2026, after being dropped this year, for ...

Ferrari’s Leclerc on Pole for Hungarian GP

This is Beirut, 02/08 19:00 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

Formula One F1 Ferrari Lando Norris

Charles Leclerc grabbed the first pole position of the season for Ferrari on Saturday for the Hungarian Grand Prix. The Monegasque driver will share the front row on Sunday with McLaren's Oscar Piastri. McLaren's Lando Norris will start from the second row alongside fellow Briton George Russell who was fourth for Mercedes. "I honestly have no ...

Piastri Edges Norris as McLaren Dominate Hungarian GP Final Practice

This is Beirut, 02/08 15:40 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

Formula One F1 Lando Norris Ferrari

Formula One championship leader Oscar Piastri beat team-mate and title rival Lando Norris by just three-hundredths of a second as McLaren dominated Saturday's third and final practice session at the Hungarian Grand Prix. The two McLaren men clocked times of 1min 14.916 sec and 1:14.948 respectively to finish 0.399 clear of third-placed Charles ...

Norris on Top as McLaren Dominate Opening Hungary Practice

This is Beirut, 01/08 18:00 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

Formula One F1 Max Verstappen Lando Norris

Lando Norris topped the times ahead of series leader and team-mate Oscar Piastri as McLaren ruled Friday's opening practice for this weekend's Hungarian Grand Prix. Norris, who is 16 points adrift of Piastri in the drivers' world championship, clocked a best lap in one minute and 16.052 seconds to outpace the Australian by 0.019 seconds on a dry ...

Verstappen Quells Speculation by Committing to Red Bull for 2026

This is Beirut, 01/08 12:55 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

Formula One F1 Max Verstappen

Max Verstappen ended weeks of speculation about his future on Thursday when the reigning Formula One world champion said he would be staying with Red Bull in 2026. Verstappen said it was time to "stop all the rumours". "I've never really said anything about it because I was just focused on talking to the team about how we can improve our ...

Red Bull Sack Team Chief Horner After Two Decades in Charge

This is Beirut, 09/07 15:55 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

Formula One Red Bull Christian Horner Max Verstappen

Christian Horner is to leave his role as Red Bull team principal with immediate effect after 20 years, the Formula One team announced on Wednesday. The 51-year-old Englishman has occupied the role ever since the team started out in the championship. He oversaw a period of dominance by the team with eight world titles won and the drivers' ...

Shining Verstappen Shades Piastri for Pole at Silverstone

This is Beirut, 05/07 20:05 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

Formula One Max Verstappen Ferrari Lando Norris

Max Verstappen produced one of the finest and fastest qualifying laps of his career on Saturday to seize pole position for Sunday's British Grand Prix and demonstrate why he is the hottest property in Formula One. The four-time world champion was struggling with a strong wind and cool and damp conditions after choosing a low downforce set-up that ...

Russell Triumphs in Canada as McLaren Drivers Crash

This is Beirut, 16/06 11:00 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

Formula One Canada Max Verstappen Ferrari Lando Norris

George Russell secured Mercedes' first win of the season in the Canadian Grand Prix on Sunday as McLaren's championship-chasing drivers crashed in the final laps of an intriguing and hectic race. The 27-year-old Briton beat close rival and four-time world champion Max Verstappen of Red Bull by 0.228 seconds under the safety car to claim his ...

Kubica Steers Ferrari to Third Consecutive 24 Hours of Le Mans

This is Beirut, 15/06 20:05 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

Formula One Le Mans France

Former Formula One driver Robert Kubica took the chequered flag in his bright yellow "privateer" Ferrari to give the Italian marque a third consecutive win in the 24 Hours of Le Mans on Sunday. In a thrilling 93rd edition of the race, which saw the top four separated by just over 20 seconds going into the final 15 minutes, Kubica and his ...

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