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Max Verstappen will be world champion for the second time if he beats Leclerc by eight points on Sunday

Verstappen takes aim at Norris after claiming pole

Max Verstappen hit out at Lando Norris as the Formula One champion-elect narrowly avoided a collision with the McLaren on his way to pole position for the Japanese Grand Prix.

Motorsport • 08 Oct 22

Vestappen's champagne on ice as Perez wins Singapore GP

Max Verstappen's wait for a second world championship goes on after he spun and finished seventh as Sergio Perez won Sunday's chaotic rain-hit Singapore Grand Prix.

Motorsport • 02 Oct 22

Sergio Perez, Charles Leclerc and Lewis Hamilton took the top three grid slots

Leclerc grabs Singapore pole, Verstappen down in eighth

Ferrari driver Charles Leclerc took pole position for the Singapore Grand Prix with championship leader Max Verstappen only eighth.

Motorsport • 01 Oct 22

Christian Horner and Toto Wolff at the Italian Grand Prix

Wolff urges action as Red Bull deny salary cap breach

Mercedes boss Toto Wolff has demanded Formula One's governing body the FIA take robust action over reports Red Bull broke the rules when Max Verstappen beat Lewis Hamilton to last year's world championship.

Motorsport • 30 Sep 22

Max Verstappen is closing in one the Driver's Championship

Verstappen wins Italian Grand Prix behind safety car

Red Bull's Max Verstappen dashed Ferrari's home hopes and won the Italian Grand Prix behind the safety car to move potentially a race away from his second Formula One world championship.

Motorsport • 11 Sep 22

Verstappen set to be handed five-place grid penalty

World champion Max Verstappen faces a five-place grid penalty for Sunday's Italian Grand Prix.

Motorsport • 09 Sep 22

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

Verstappen has extended his drivers' championship lead to 109 points

Verstappen's title march continues with win at home GP

Red Bull's Max Verstappen won his home Dutch Grand Prix from pole position for the second year in a row on Sunday to take his 10th victory of the season and extend his Formula One lead into triple figures.

Motorsport • 04 Sep 22

Max Verstappen takes the applause from the crowd

Verstappen secures pole position for Dutch Grand Prix

Max Verstappen delivered the goods in front of 105,000 orange-clad fans by putting his Red Bull on pole position for the Dutch Grand Prix.

Motorsport • 03 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

Verstappen extends lead with victory in France

Max Verstappen won the French Grand Prix after championship rival Charles Leclerc crashed out from the lead.

Formula One • 24 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

F1 are investigating reports of harassment at the Austrian GP

Hamilton slams abuse at Austrian GP

Formula One says it is investigating reports of "unacceptable" harassment reported by some fans attending the Austrian Grand Prix weekend.

Motorsport • 10 Jul 22

Hamilton hits out at Verstappen's 'mind-blowing' fans

Lewis Hamilton has taken aim at Max Verstappen's supporters by saying it is "mind-blowing" they cheered his crash at the Austrian Grand Prix.

Motorsport • 09 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

Max Verstappen repelled the late charge of Carlos Sainz at the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve

Verstappen claims Canadian Grand Prix

Max Verstappen held off a late challenge from Carlos Sainz to take victory at the Canadian Grand Prix and further extend his championship lead.

Motorsport • 19 Jun 22

Max Verstappen is bidding for a first Canadian GP win

Verstappen delivers peerless pole performance in Canada

Max Verstappen stormed to a scintillating pole position for the Canadian Grand Prix as he dominated in changeable conditions to continue his quest for a second world championship.

Motorsport • 18 Jun 22

Verstappen's 25th career win moves him into joint ninth in the all-time list of grand prix winners

Verstappen seals Red Bull Baku one-two to extend lead

Max Verstappen extended his Formula One drivers' championship lead after winning the Azerbaijan Grand Prix.

Motorsport • 12 Jun 22

Verstappen completes a hat-trick of victories

Verstappen takes Spanish victory, agony for Leclerc

Formula One world champion Max Verstappen won the Spanish Grand Prix in a Red Bull one-two and seized the overall lead in the standings on an agonising Sunday for Ferrari's luckless Charles Leclerc.

Motorsport • 22 May 22

The world champion was victorious in the inaugural event

Verstappen holds off Leclerc to win in Miami

Max Verstappen survived a late onslaught from Charles Leclerc to win Formula One's inaugural Miami Grand Prix.

Motorsport • 08 May 22

Verstappen is up to second in the Drivers' Championship

Verstappen wins weather-impacted Emilia Romagna GP

Max Verstappen won the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix as Lewis Hamilton finished 13th and a lap behind on a desperate afternoon for the British driver.

Motorsport • 24 Apr 22

Verstappen will start from No1 on Sunday

No stopping Verstappen as he secures pole position

Max Verstappen won Saturday's Sprint race after dramatically passing Charles Leclerc on the penultimate lap.

Motorsport • 23 Apr 22

Verstappen came out on top of a wet qualifying session in Imola

Verstappen pips Leclerc to pole after qualifying chaos

Reigning Formula One world champion Max Verstappen will start on pole for Saturday's sprint race at the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix after a qualifying session which was red-flagged five times.

Motorsport • 22 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

Verstappen wary of off-track demands

Formula One world champion Max Verstappen said he will try to keep his off-track commitments in check and focus on his day job as a racer, wary that his title defence might suffer with too many distractions.

Motorsport • 07 Apr 22