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Another race, another victory for Red Bull's Max Verstappen at Chinese GP
SHANGHAI (AP) — Another Formula 1 race. Yet another victory for Red Bull’s Max Verstappen. The three-time defending champion won the Chinese Grand Prix on Sunday starting from pole, his fourth victory in five races this season and his 23rd in the last 27 extending through last...
Verstappen wins again. This time he takes first Formula 1 sprint race of the season
SHANGHAI (AP) — Max Verstappen, continuing his dominance in Formula 1, took Saturday's first sprint race of the season — the prelude to the full-blown Chinese Grand Prix on Sunday. Verstappen passed Lewis Hamilton of Mercedes on the ninth of 19 laps and stretched out his lead to...
Chinese Grand Prix could deliver drama to F1 and slow Verstappen's victory march
SHANGHAI (AP) — The Chinese Grand Prix could deliver some much-needed drama to Formula 1, and Red Bull's Max Verstappen can't be penciled in as the almost-certain winner on Sunday. It’s also the season’s first GP with a sprint race, which means Friday’s practice session was...
Carlos Sainz wins F1 Australian GP after early exit for Verstappen with engine fire
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Ferrari’s Carlos Sainz ended Red Bull’s Formula 1 winning streak Sunday when the Spaniard took advantage of Max Verstappen's early exit to win the Australian Grand Prix just two weeks after missing the previous race in Saudi Arabia due to an emergency appendectomy....
Controversies off the track follow Formula 1 to Australia for the season's third Grand Prix
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — For the third Formula 1 Grand Prix in a row, controversies off the track are threatening to overshadow the almost predictable action on it. News this week ahead of the Australian GP that the FIA’s Ethics Committee had cleared its president, Mohammed...
Max Verstappen cruises to victory at Saudi Arabian GP to extend dominant start to F1 title defense
Max Verstappen stayed firmly on course for another season of dominance in Formula 1 on Saturday by winning the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix. Even after just two races, and despite turmoil at Red Bull, Verstappen seems in near-total control on the track as he aims for a fourth consecutive...
Ferrari's Carlos Sainz Jr. out of Saudi GP with appendicitis. Oliver Bearman steps up at age 18
Ferrari has a new British driver, and it isn't Lewis Hamilton. Carlos Sainz Jr. was ruled out of the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix with appendicitis that required surgery on Friday and Ferrari handed 18-year-old Oliver Bearman his Formula 1 debut hours before qualifying. He placed 11th. ...
F1 champion Max Verstappen wins season-opening Bahrain Grand Prix amid Red Bull turmoil
SAKHIR, Bahrain (AP) — The ongoing drama around Red Bull had no effect on its three-time reigning world champion as Max Verstappen routed the field by 22 seconds in the season-opening Formula 1 race on Saturday. Verstappen started the Bahrain Grand Prix on pole position and was...
Verstappen on pole for F1 season-opening Bahrain Grand Prix overshadowed by scrutiny of team boss
SAKHIR, Bahrain (AP) — Three-time reigning Formula 1 champion Max Verstappen qualified on the pole Friday for the season-opening Bahrain Grand Prix as scrutiny of Red Bull's boss overshadows the start of the new season. Verstappen, who won the title in each of the last three...
Investigation into Red Bull boss overshadows new F1 season as Verstappen aims for fourth title
A still-unresolved investigation into the boss of Formula 1's champion team is overshadowing the start of the new season this week at the Bahrain Grand Prix. It's been three weeks since Red Bull team principal Christian Horner was confirmed to be under investigation over alleged...
