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'Journey into the history books': Lewis Hamilton leaves Mercedes after six titles and 246 F1 races

Dec. 08, 2024 12:41 PM EST

Lewis Hamilton left Mercedes with one last overtake and a heartfelt message to the team where he won the Formula 1 title six times. “We dreamed alone but together, we believed,” Hamilton told race engineer Peter Bonnington and team principal Toto Wolff over the radio. ...

Lando Norris wins season-ending Abu Dhabi Grand Prix to seal constructors' title for McLaren

Dec. 08, 2024 12:32 PM EST

ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Lando Norris ended McLaren's 26-year wait for the Formula 1 constructors' title as he won the season-ending Abu Dhabi Grand Prix on Sunday. There was drama at the start as champion Max Verstappen collided with Oscar Piastri's second-place...

Norris takes pole for season-ending Abu Dhabi GP and Hamilton 18th in Mercedes farewell

Dec. 07, 2024 14:54 PM EST

ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — McLaren's 26-year wait for a Formula 1 constructors' title could soon be over. Lewis Hamilton's time with Mercedes is set to end on a low. Lando Norris took pole position for the last Formula 1 race of the season Saturday alongside teammate...

George Russell accuses Max Verstappen of bullying and threatening behavior as F1 feud deepens

Dec. 05, 2024 09:40 AM EST

ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Mercedes driver George Russell has accused Formula 1 champion Max Verstappen of bullying and threatening behavior as a dispute between the two at last week's race in Qatar deepened Thursday. Verstappen said Sunday he had “lost all respect”...

Max Verstappen wins action-packed Qatar Grand Prix after Lando Norris penalized

Dec. 01, 2024 14:18 PM EST

LUSAIL, Qatar (AP) — Red Bull's Max Verstappen followed up his Formula 1 drivers' title with another win Sunday in an incident-packed Qatar Grand Prix as Lando Norris was hit with a penalty that ended his challenge for the race victory. In a season of controversy over the rules and...

Norris defies orders to help Piastri and Verstappen loses the Qatar pole to Russell

Nov. 30, 2024 18:17 PM EST

LUSAIL, Qatar (AP) — Lando Norris ignored team orders and handed his McLaren teammate Oscar Piastri the sprint race in Qatar on Saturday, while Formula 1 champion Max Verstappen was stripped of the pole position. His penalty elevated George Russell to first on the grid. ...

Female racing pioneer 'Motorcycle Mary' McGee dies a day before documentary on her is released

Nov. 28, 2024 15:35 PM EST

GARDNERVILLE, Nev. (AP) — Mary McGee, a female racing pioneer and subject profiled in an Oscar-contending documentary “Motorcycle Mary,” has died, her family said. She was 87. “McGee’s unparalleled achievements in off-road racing and motorcycle racing have inspired...

Verstappen still manages to win 4th straight F1 title in one of worst seasons of his Red Bull career

Nov. 24, 2024 14:51 PM EST

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Max Verstappen won an unbelievable 19 races last season that included an incredible streak of 10 in a row in what would arguably go down as one of the greatest years in Formula 1 history. And yet it is this year’s eight-win season — his lowest victory total...

Russell and Hamilton give Mercedes a 1-2 finish in Las Vegas

Nov. 24, 2024 05:28 AM EST

LAS VEGAS (AP) — An ecstatic George Russell had just won the Formula 1 race Saturday night when he exclaimed in his radio, “Vegas!” He was ready to start celebrating in America's party capital, saying he would skip his flight back to his home in the United Kingdom to make the...

Verstappen captures 4th F1 championship after Mercedes sweep of Las Vegas Grand Prix

Nov. 24, 2024 04:32 AM EST

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Asked how he planned to celebrate his fourth consecutive Formula 1 championship, Max Verstappen did a quick scan of the room searching for a drop of alcohol. “Well, I ran out of beer, so I don't know,” he said. “Maybe another one, and then maybe I switch to...