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Lando Norris reduces Verstappen's lead to 47 points with four races left

Sainz wins in Mexico; Verstappen gets 20-second penalty

Lando Norris cut Max Verstappen's world championship lead by 10 points after the Red Bull driver was handed 20 seconds in penalties as he forced his title rival off the track in a dramatic Mexican Grand Prix.

Motorsport • 27 Oct 24

Pole position qualifier Carlos Sainz with Max Verstappen and Lando Norris (r) either side of him

Sainz on pole as Verstappen edges out Norris in Mexico

Max Verstappen edged out title rival Lando Norris as Ferrari's Carlos Sainz claimed pole position at the Mexico Grand Prix.

Motorsport • 26 Oct 24

Charles Leclerc takes the checkered flag

Leclerc leads home a Ferrari one-two at US Grand Prix

Charles Leclerc won the US Grand Prix in a Ferrari one-two with Carlos Sainz, while Red Bull's Max Verstappen stretched his Formula One lead to 57 points with five rounds remaining.

Motorsport • 20 Oct 24

Carlos Sainz claimed his third F1 victory at Albert Park

Updated Sainz wins in Australia as Verstappen fails to finish

Max Verstappen's bid to win a record-equalling 10 consecutive races went up in smoke as Ferrari's Carlos Sainz returned from surgery just 16 days ago to win in Australia.

Motorsport • 24 Mar 24

Sainz set to return in Australian Grand Prix

Ferrari's Carlos Sainz is due to return to the grid for this weekend's Australian Grand Prix, with British teenager Ollie Bearman dropping down after his eye-catching Formula One debut in Saudi Arabia.

Motorsport • 20 Mar 24

Carlos Sainz was the only non-Red Bull driver to win a grand prix last year

Sainz to sit out Saudi GP as Ferrari call up Bearman

British teenager Ollie Bearman will be handed his Formula One debut as a last-minute stand-in for Ferrari's Carlos Sainz at this weekend's Saudi Arabian Grand Prix.

Motorsport • 08 Mar 24

Ferrari's Carlos Sainz his victory at the Marina Bay Street Circuit in Singapore

Sainz wins Singapore GP to end Verstappen streak

Ferrari's Carlos Sainz won the Singapore Grand Prix on Sunday to end Formula One leader Max Verstappen's record run of 10 wins in a row and shatter Red Bull's dream of going through the season unbeaten.

Motorsport • 17 Sep 23

Sainz finished third in the race at Monza, behind Red Bull duo Max Verstappen and Sergio Perez.

Sainz thanks police after reported attempted theft

Ferrari driver Carlos Sainz has thanked police following reports he was the target of an attempted theft after Sunday's Italian Grand Prix.

Motorsport • 04 Sep 23

Carlos Sainz will start on pole for Sunday's Grand Prix at Monza

Sainz edges Verstappen to claim Italian GP pole

Ferrari's Carlos Sainz edged out Max Verstappen by 0.013 seconds to take pole position for the Italian Grand Prix.

Motorsport • 02 Sep 23

Carlos Sainz is currently fifth in the driver standings

Ferrari appeal Sainz penalty at Australian Grand Prix

Ferrari have lodged an appeal against Carlos Sainz's five-second penalty at the Australian Grand Prix.

Motorsport • 07 Apr 23

Sainz brands penalty as biggest disgrace for many years

Ferrari's Carlos Sainz blasted his penalty at the Australian Grand Prix as the 'biggest Formula One disgrace for many years' with his five second demotion dropping him out of the points in a race won by Max Verstappen.

Motorsport • 02 Apr 23

Ferrari got it wrong once again in the Netherlands

Ferrari need changes at the top, says Rosberg

Former world champion Nico Rosberg believes heads must roll at Ferrari and questioned the future of boss Mattia Binotto after the team's latest set of blunders at Sunday's Dutch Grand Prix.

Motorsport • 05 Sep 22

Russell beat the times set by Leclerc and Sainz at the end of Q3

George Russell pips Ferraris to snatch Hungary pole

Mercedes' George Russell claimed the first pole position of his Formula One career for Sunday's Hungarian Grand Prix ahead of Ferrari duo Carlos Sainz and Charles Leclerc.

Motorsport • 30 Jul 22

Charles Leclerc is on pole at the French GP

Leclerc takes pole position at French GP

Charles Leclerc secured pole position at the French Grand Prix, after he breathed fresh life into his championship bid with a comprehensive victory at the last round in Austria a fortnight ago.

Motorsport • 23 Jul 22

Charles Leclerc kept his cool to win the Austrian GP

Leclerc survives a late scare to win Austrian GP

Charles Leclerc reignited his world championship hopes by racing to victory at the Austrian Grand Prix as team-mate Carlos Sainz emerged unscathed from his Ferrari after it caught fire.

Motorsport • 10 Jul 22

Carlos Sainz celebrates after securing pole position for the British Grand Prix

Sainz claims first-ever pole as fans boo Verstappen

Carlos Sainz edged out Max Verstappen to claim the first pole position of his Formula One career for Sunday's British Grand Prix.

Motorsport • 02 Jul 22

Sainz is in his second season with the iconic Italian team

Sainz extends contract with Scuderia Ferrari until 2024

Carlos Sainz has signed a two-year contract extension with Ferrari.

Motorsport • 21 Apr 22

Carlos Sainz was the quickest in the first practice

Ferrari on top in first free practice at Australian GP

Carlos Sainz topped the timesheets ahead of Ferrari team mate Charles Leclerc in the first free practice at the Australian Grand Prix as the Formula One cars took to the revamped Albert Park circuit for the first time in three years.

Motorsport • 08 Apr 22

Perez claimed his first pole position in his 12th season in the sport

Sergio Perez claims maiden pole in Saudi Arabia

Sergio Perez secured a maiden pole position in a crash-interrupted qualifying session on Saturday for the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix.

Motorsport • 26 Mar 22

Cyril Desprez and co-driver South African co-driver Perry Taye during the third Dakar stage

Sainz secures first Dakar stage win in electric hybrid

Spaniard Carlos Sainz won the third stage of the Dakar Rally in Saudi Arabia on Tuesday with his Audi team celebrating a first for an electric hybrid car.

Motorsport • 04 Jan 22

Sainz started on the front row and finished third in the last race in Sochi

Sainz takes his turn at the back of the grid in Turkey

Ferrari's Carlos Sainz will start from the back of the grid in this weekend's Turkish Grand Prix as a result of penalties for exceeding his engine allocation.

Motorsport • 06 Oct 21

Sainz joined McLaren from Renault at the end of 2018, replacing double world champion Fernando Alonso

Sainz determined to leave McLaren on a high

Ferrari-bound Spanish driver Carlos Sainz has said he is determined to leave McLaren on a high at the end of the Formula One season.

Motorsport • 23 May 20

Carlos Sainz finished sixth in the drivers' championship last year and claimed his first podium when he came third in the penultimate race in Brazil

Ferrari sizing up Sainz as Vettel replacement

Ferrari are closing in on a replacement for Sebastian Vettel and Carlos Sainz is reported to be the favourite to take the German's seat in 2021.

Motorsport • 13 May 20

The team revealed that seven other staff members who were tested for the disease while in Melbourne quarantine have all returned negative results

McLaren confirm mechanic now free of Covid-19 symptoms

McLaren have confirmed that the mechanic who contracted coronavirus in Australia is now free of symptoms.

Motorsport • 18 Mar 20

(L to R) Lando Norris and Carlos Sainz in 2019

McLaren hopeful 2020 car has them on right track

McLaren have unveiled the car they hope will take them another step forward on their journey back to the front of the Formula One grid after an encouraging 2019 season with drivers Lando Norris and Carlos Sainz.

Motorsport • 13 Feb 20