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Miami Gardens: His first day racing around the new Formula One circuit in Miami was absolutely horrible. Then he made a mistake in qualifying that cost him a spot on the front row. By the time race day rolled around, Max Verstappen had knocked it all out of his system. Verstappen was explosive at the […]

Abu Dhabi: Red Bull’s Max Verstappen has entered the Formula 1 annals after becoming the Netherlands’ first-ever world champion – and claiming his team’s first drivers’ title since 2013. Following the conclusion of a blockbuster 2021 season, Verstappen earned the drivers’ crown after a duel with his title rival Lewis Hamilton at the Abu Dhabi […]

Mumbai: After 21 thrilling races, where the pendulum has wildly oscillated, the stage is set for the perfect ‘Sunset Showdown’ – Max Verstappen and Lewis Hamilton – two of the best drivers in the world go head to head in a winner takes it all race at Sunday’s Abu Dhabi Grand Prix with Live action […]

Austin: If there ever was a time for Max Verstappen to flinch in this riveting Formula One championship battle with Lewis Hamilton, it would have been in the closing laps of the US Grand Prix. The young Dutchman seeking his first world championship was being chased by the seven-time champion, and Hamilton was rapidly closing […]

Austin: The red-hot rivalry between Max Verstappen and Lewis Hamilton returned to the race track with a flip of the finger and an insult. It was only practice but the exchange Friday between the Formula One title contenders made for a spirited opening day of the U.S. Grand Prix and showed this championship duel between […]

Istanbul: Lewis Hamilton, who emerged quickest in two practice sessions on Friday, is set to receive a 10-place grid penalty for Sunday’s Turkish Grand Prix as the championship leader has taken a new Mercedes engine at Istanbul Park, the Formula 1 stated on Friday. Hamilton, who holds a two-point lead in the standings having won […]

Due to this collision, Verstappen was sent crashing out of the British GP in just the very first lap of the race.

Starting first and second on the grid, the two title rivals immediately duelled for the lead before Hamilton's left-front tyre snagged Verstappen's right-rear as the two went through Copse corner

Championship leader Verstappen crashes out of the British GP after first lap battle with Lewis

Extends lead over Hamilton to 32 points in championship race

Verstappen used the DRS system to catch Hamilton on Lap 52 and pass him on the inside before zooming off to clinch his third win of the season and 13th of his career

Verstappen set a time of 1 minute, 29.990 seconds around the Paul Ricard circuit in southern France to grab the top starting spot before Hamilton and his Mercedes teammate Valtteri Bottas crossed the line at the end of Saturday’s qualifying session.

Championship leader Max Verstappen was four laps away from a second consecutive victory Sunday when his Red Bull suddenly slammed hard into the wall with a puncture to his left rear tire

Hamilton and Verstappen are engaged in a title tussle in Formula One but have so far maintained pleasantries off the track in front of the media.

Leclerc set his time of 1 minute, 41.218 seconds early in Saturday's third session

The Red Bull driver took a four-point lead over seven-time F1 champion Lewis Hamilton in the standings.

It was Ferrari's and Leclerc's first pole position since the Mexican Grand Prix in 2019

Seven-time world champion Lewis Hamilton of Mercedes had a sensational recovery to second place after sliding off the track and dropping to ninth

"There is a long way to go, 22 (races) ... Holy crap! I will be grey by the end of this," Hamilton said, DPA news reports. Verstappen meanwhile considered: "we'll have 22 more opportunities to do better.

Verstappen has marked himself out as the man to beat all weekend in Bahrain, the Dutchman topping the times in all three practice sessions and building on that form by winding up his performance through each segment of qualifying.