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  • Antonelli hits a new high at scene of last year’s low

    Antonelli hits a new high at scene of last year’s low

    SPA-FRANCORCHAMPS, Belgium, July 19 : The Belgian Grand Prix was one of Kimi Antonelli’s worst Formula One weekends as a rookie last year but the 19-year-old Italian was celebrating on Sunday.The championship leader arrived in the Ardennes this time after failing to score in two of the past three races and wi

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  • Antonelli wins in Belgium as Russell crashes out

    Antonelli wins in Belgium as Russell crashes out

    SPA-FRANCORCHAMPS, Belgium, July 19 : Kimi Antonelli won the Belgian Grand Prix for Mercedes on Sunday to stretch his Formula One lead to 45 points over Ferrari’s Lewis Hamilton on a bleak day for teammate George Russell, his closest title rival heading into the race.Russell had been the 19-year-old Italian’s

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  • Russell ‘numb to the disappointment’ after Belgian GP blow

    Russell ‘numb to the disappointment’ after Belgian GP blow

    SPA-FRANCORCHAMPS, Belgium, July 19 : George Russell said he was “numb to the disappointment” after crashing out of Sunday’s Belgian Grand Prix on the opening lap in a major blow to his Formula One title hopes.The Mercedes driver collided with the Ferrari of former teammate Lewis Hamilton and ended up spinnin

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  • F1 leader Antonelli celebrates dad’s birthday with Spa pole

    F1 leader Antonelli celebrates dad’s birthday with Spa pole

    SPA-FRANCORCHAMPS, Belgium, July 18 : Formula One leader Kimi Antonelli celebrated his father’s birthday by taking pole position for Sunday’s Belgian Grand Prix with Red Bull’s Max Verstappen alongside on the front row and Mercedes teammate and title rival George Russell right behind.McLaren’s reigning world

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  • Norris says he misses success, even if fame has its flip-side

    Norris says he misses success, even if fame has its flip-side

    SPA-FRANCORCHAMPS, Belgium, July 17 : Lando Norris is missing that winning feeling, even as he lives the life of a Formula One world champion and all that comes with it.The McLaren driver achieved a career dream when he won the title last season, ending Red Bull rival Max Verstappen’s run of four championship

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  • Verstappen reverts to old rear wing after successive crashes

    Verstappen reverts to old rear wing after successive crashes

    SPA-FRANCORCHAMPS, Belgium, July 16 : Red Bull have reverted to a conventional rear wing for Sunday’s Belgian Grand Prix after four-time world champion Max Verstappen suffered successive high-speed crashes in Austria and Britain.The Dutch driver slammed the behaviour of his car’s wing at Silverstone as “super

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  • Mercedes still the F1 favourites in Belgium, says Leclerc

    Mercedes still the F1 favourites in Belgium, says Leclerc

    SPA-FRANCORCHAMPS, Belgium, July 16 : Formula One leaders Mercedes are still the favourites for Sunday’s Belgian Grand Prix despite Ferrari winning two of the last three races, Charles Leclerc said on Thursday.The Monegasque won at Silverstone this month after seven-times world champion teammate Lewis Hamilto

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  • Two wins in three races but Ferrari boss plays down F1 title bid

    Two wins in three races but Ferrari boss plays down F1 title bid

    LONDON, July 6 : Ferrari boss Fred Vasseur refused to talk up his team’s Formula One championship chances even as they celebrated a second win in the space of three races.The Italian team have not won a title since 2008 but are now 78 points behind Mercedes in the constructors’ standings while seven-time worl

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  • Leclerc wins British GP as F1 leader Antonelli fails to score

    Leclerc wins British GP as F1 leader Antonelli fails to score

    SILVERSTONE, England, July 5 : Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc won the British Grand Prix under safety car conditions in late drama on Sunday as Mercedes’s Kimi Antonelli failed to score for the second time in three races and saw his once-commanding Formula One lead slashed to 25 points.The win was Ferrari’s 250th

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  • F1 drivers amuse British GP crowd with Lego car chaos

    F1 drivers amuse British GP crowd with Lego car chaos

    SILVERSTONE, England, July 5 : Formula One drivers took to the track in cars built of Lego bricks for a British Grand Prix parade lap on Sunday that amused the crowd with predictable scenes of chaos.Several cars were beached in the gravel at the first corner, with Williams driver Carlos Sainz one of them and

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