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Which F1 driver has led the world championship the longest? 

While some drivers take the title long before the final round – recently Max Verstappen took both the 2022 and 2023 titles with several races left to go – others can sit at the top of the table but still never claim the crown. Valtteri Bottas is one of those…

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2024 F1 Imola GP results: Max Verstappen beats Lando Norris

Verstappen beat McLaren’s Lando Norris and the Ferrari of Charles Leclerc in the 63-lap race at the Autodromo Internazionale Enzo e Dino Ferrari.

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The F1 driver market dominoes about to fall

As F1 gathered for the start of the European season in Imola this weekend, the return of the traditional motorhomes in the paddock triggered a series of secret meetings aimed at finalising the 2025 line-ups.

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2024 F1 Imola GP qualifying results: Verstappen takes pole

Verstappen will start ahead of McLaren’s Lando Norris and Ferrari's Charles Leclerc after the one-hour qualifying session, which is split into three segments with five cars each being knocked out in Q1 and Q2 before the top-10 shootout of Q3.

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Sauber to add 'important' Imola upgrades to cure F1 pitstop woes

The Hinwil-based outfit has yet to score points this season with the pack seemingly split between the top five and bottom five teams, though Haas and RB have breached the top 10. Whilst Zhou Guanyu and Valtteri Bottas have shown glimpses of form behind the wheel, their efforts have largely…

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Sauber: Bottas F1 race engineer switch down to Audi "anticipating" changes

Former Ferrari performance engineer Steven Petrik was installed as a replacement for Bottas' engineer Alex Chan, whom the Finn had worked with since joining the team in 2022.

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F1 drivers with the most grand prix starts before victory

Lando Norris finally became an F1 race winner after taking a long-awaited victory at the 2024 Miami Grand Prix. The win came during Norris’ sixth year in the series after being one of F1’s highest-rated drivers for several seasons and coming close to victory numerous times. So when Norris finally…

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Sainz singled out by Sauber as top target for Audi F1 era

Sauber already made one of the first moves of the 2025 driver market by signing Nico Hulkenberg from Haas on a multi-year deal, which takes the German into its first year as the Audi factory team in 2026.

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Who is Lando Norris? Everything you need to know about the new F1 world champion

Norris seals the 2025 F1 world title in Abu Dhabi, becoming grand prix racing’s newest world champion

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2024 F1 Miami GP results: Lando Norris wins for McLaren

Norris beat Red Bull’s Max Verstappen and Charles Leclerc of Ferrari after the McLaren ace took full advantage to make his pitstop under the safety car, unlike all his rivals.

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F1 Miami GP: Verstappen fends off Leclerc for pole again

Verstappen posted a 1m27.241s to lead Leclerc by 0.141-seconds on the first runs in Q3, where they were trailed by Carlos Sainz in the other Ferrari.

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2024 F1 Miami GP qualifying results: Verstappen takes pole

Verstappen will start ahead of the Ferraris of Charles Leclerc and Carlos Sainz after the one-hour qualifying session, which is split into three segments with five cars each being knocked out in Q1 and Q2 before the top-10 shootout of Q3.

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2024 F1 Miami GP sprint results: Max Verstappen wins

Verstappen beat Leclerc and his Red Bull team-mate Sergio Perez in the 19-lap race, the second sprint event of the season.

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2024 F1 Miami GP sprint qualifying results: Verstappen takes pole

Verstappen will start ahead of Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc and Sergio Perez (Red Bull) after the qualifying session, which is split into three quickfire segments with five cars each being knocked out in Q1 and Q2 before the top-10 shootout of Q3.

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F1 Miami GP: Verstappen beats Leclerc to sprint race pole

Norris had led SQ1 and SQ2, with a time in the middle segment that would have been good enough to top SQ3, but on the switch to the soft tyres for the final segment he fell out of contention on the red-walled rubber – the Briton particularly paying for losing…

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F1 Miami GP: Verstappen on sprint pole, Mercedes out in SQ2

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The dilemma faced by players in F1's "uncomfortably early" driver carousel

The unique situation of over half the grid being out of contract for 2025, including some of F1's leading drivers, has led to one of the most highly anticipated silly seasons in history.

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Why do so many F1 stars live in Monaco?

Sponsored by Monaco is considered home for almost half of the 20 drivers on the current F1 grid as well as Mercedes team boss Toto Wolff but there are more reasons than just the huge tax-free benefits that draw them there. One of the world's smallest nations, Monaco has a…

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12 years late: How Hulkenberg is finally getting his shot at a ‘big’ F1 team

The name will be the same. 12 years after he left, Nico Hulkenberg is heading back to the Sauber Formula 1 team in 2025. Yet his circumstances are much changed and so are the team's - and the championship overall from the final days of the V8 engine era.

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Where Hulkenberg’s wrong-righting Audi F1 move leaves the driver market

The name will be the same. 12 years after he left, Nico Hulkenberg is heading back to the Sauber Formula 1 team in 2025. Yet his circumstances are much changed and so are the team’s - and the championship overall from the final days of the V8 engine era.

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The implications of F1's vote on a new points structure

F1's proposed 2025 points system

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Mooted F1 points system like "putting a plaster on a big cut" - Ocon

As revealed by Motorsport.com ahead of the Chinese GP, the FIA, FOM and F1 teams are to discuss the idea of increasing the points-scoring positions down to 12th, two more than currently on offer.

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Sargeant baffled about not being told of illegal F1 safety car overtake

During the caution period to remove Valtteri Bottas's stricken Sauber, Sargeant was running down the start-finish straight towards Turn 1 as his Haas rival emerged from the pits following a change of tyres.

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Perez: F1 safety car meant it was "game over" for second place in China

Ferrari driver Leclerc and McLaren's Lando Norris had delayed their first pitstop in Shanghai and were able to convert to a one-stop under a mid-race safety car, deployed to recover Valtteri Bottas' stricken Sauber.

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Norris: "Nothing pointed" to McLaren's shock China F1 form

Norris took pole for the sprint and while he went off at the start and struggled with tyre wear throughout the 19-lap event, the Briton did excel in Sunday's grand prix.

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