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YAS ISLAND, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates — Valtteri Bottas led teammate Lewis Hamilton home in Sunday’s Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. Bottas led all but three laps in the race to take his third win of the season. “There was a lot of pressure from Lewis from behind throughout the entire race,” Bottas said. “I knew that one proper mistake …
YAS ISLAND, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates — Sebastian Vettel and Lewis Hamilton topped the timesheets of the opening practice sessions Friday at the Yas Marina Circuit. Vettel beat Hamilton in the opening practice session by 0.120, while Hamilton beat Vettel by 0.149 in the second. “It’s been a good Friday, but I’m happy that it’s the last one of …
SAO PAULO, Brazil — Sebastian Vettel won Sunday’s Brazilian Grand Prix at Interlagos, dominating polesitter Valtteri Bottas from the start. World Champion Lewis Hamilton came up from the back of the field to finish fifth, leading several laps at the midpoint of the race. “Yeah, it was tight, I think we all had more or less the same pace,” Vettel …
SAO PAULO, Brazil — Valtteri Bottas grabbed pole for Saturday’s Brazilian Grand Prix at Interlagos, edging out Sebastian Vettel by 0.038 seconds. “It was so close in qualifying, as it always tends to be in Brazil,” Bottas said. “I knew going into the last run in Q3 that I had to improve if I wanted to be on pole. I …
MEXICO CITY, Mexico — While Max Verstappen won Sunday’s Mexican Grand Prix, Lewis Hamilton claimed his fourth World Championship. The Dutchman drove an impeccable race as Hamilton and championship rival Sebastian Vettel clashed on the first lap, dropping them down the order. “Of course the start was very crucial,” Verstappen said. “I went round the outside, so that worked out …
MEXICO CITY, Mexico — While it looked like Max Verstappen would become the youngest polesitter in Formula One history, Sebastian Vettel slammed the record books shut by taking the track record and his 50th pole position by 0.086 seconds over the Dutchman. “Yeah, it was quite a lap I have to say, I’m really, really happyYeah, it was quite a …
AUSTIN, Tex. — Lewis Hamilton opened up his World Championship lead to 67 points over Sebastian Vettel by winning the United States Grand Prix at Circuit of the Americas on Sunday. Hamilton drove a clean race, protecting his tires in the final stage of the race as Vettel pitted for a new set of tires. “First of all, I want …
SINGAPORE – Lewis Hamilton won Sunday’s Singapore Airlines Singapore Grand Prix at the Marina Bay Street Circuit to go 28 points clear at the top of the Formula 1 Drivers Championship after Kimi Raikkonen, Max Verstappen and Sebastian Vettel all crashed out in Turn 1 on the opening lap of the race. Vettel had qualified on pole and was looking …
MARINA BAY, Singapore — After championship contender Sebastian Vettel crashed on the first lap, Lewis Hamilton drove a methodical, metronomic race to dominate Sunday’s Singapore Grand Prix. Hamilton led every lap, helping him to pad his Championship lead. The win was Hamilton’s 60th win, and he said he hadn’t registered the milestone. “Oh jeez, I hadn’t even realised,” Hamilton said. …
MARINA BAY, Singapore — Despite the best efforts of Red Bull’s Max Verstappen, Sebastian Vettel won his 49th pole position on Saturday for the Singapore Grand Prix. “Yeah, it’s a long lap,” Vettel said. “There are a lot of corner – a lot of things to get right, and equally a lot of things you can get wrong. No, I’m …
Despite a late-race charge from Sebastian Vettel, Valtteri Bottas won Sunday’s Austrian Grand Prix for Mercedes, notching his second-career Formula 1 race win.
After getting past teammate Kimi Raikkonen during the lone pit stop sequence of Sunday’s Monaco Grand Prix, Sebastian Vettel ended a 16-year drought for Ferrari on the streets of Monte Carlo with a stirring victory.