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Red Bull's Sergio Perez held off Ferrari's Charles Leclerc to win an incident-packed Singapore Grand Prix run in treacherous wet-dry conditions.
Title leader Max Verstappen finished seventh after a frustrating race that included a major error from the Red Bull driver. Verstappen can win the title in Japan next Sunday, but would need the results of Perez and Leclerc to go his way. However, Perez is under investigation for a safety car infringement. Race stewards are due to rule on any penalty after the race. If given a time penalty, he could forfeit the win. |
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Formula 1's governing body has delayed the publication of its inquiries into whether any team breached the sport's budget cap last year.
The FIA told F1 teams last week that it planned to issue certificates of compliance or otherwise on 5 October. But the FIA said in a statement on Wednesday that it was "a long and complex process that is ongoing". It would be "concluded to enable the release of the certificates on Monday, 10 October," the statement said. The delay is likely to infuriate the teams, who are all in Japan ahead of this weekend's Grand Prix at Suzuka. |
Yes, and all in the drive to add controversy for higher ratings. Someone will always be upset and that's how modern sports, and just about evrything, rolls today.
Looking forward to Susuka and more conroversy. Who will be bent out of shape? Will Max get cheated again? Will Lewis make a comeback almost again? Will Ferrari screw up and lose another race? Stay tuned..... I did enjoy the Singapore race and was happy to see it back. I do like the venue. EDIT: I forgot, will Alonso play the joker in the pack again? |
I'm an amateur
https://www.daysoftheyear.com/cdn-cg...aiters-day.jpg I wait for silent hunter comeback, i wait for mclaren comeback. this is my hard life:Kaleun_Salute::arrgh!: |
The FIA will reveal on Monday which teams exceeded it last season, after delaying the publication and it is widely expected within the sport that Red Bull and Aston Martin will be found not to have been in compliance in 2021 when the results are published.
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Max Verstappen clinched a second title in extraordinary circumstances after dominating a Japanese Grand Prix truncated by heavy rain.
Verstappen headed Sergio Perez in a Red Bull one-two after Ferrari's Charles Leclerc, who crossed the line second, was penalised for cutting the track and gaining an advantage on the last lap. There was confusion after the race as to whether Verstappen had done enough to tie up the championship, because it was not immediately clear whether full points would be awarded for a race that ran just over half distance. But governing body the FIA said that reduced points only applied if a suspended race could not be resumed. Awarding full points or three-quarter points - as all the teams expected would be the case - was the difference between Verstappen leaving Japan as a double world champion, or having to go to the next race in the USA needing to gain one point on Leclerc and Perez to seal it. Even Verstappen asked: "Are you sure?" when he was told he was champion, reflecting the historical precedent that reduced points are awarded in such circumstances. But it seems that this protocol was inadvertently left out of the rules when they were rewritten over last winter following the controversial Belgian Grand Prix, when a result was declared despite no racing taking place. Red Bull team principal Christian Horner said this was "a mistake" and he was "certain" the rules would be revised over the winter. |
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What to focus on after a United States Grand Prix that produced probably the best race of the season, with three outstanding story lines?
Max Verstappen fought back from an 11-second pit stop to pass his two biggest rivals and clinch a first constructors' title in nine years for a team that had lost its leader and creator less than 24 hours before. Lewis Hamilton came as close as he has so far this year to a win, only to succumb to the inevitable and lose out to the Verstappen steamroller in the end. And Fernando Alonso produced one of the drives of the season - one of the races of his long and illustrious career - to finish seventh in a car damaged in a 180mph crash in which it did a wheelie, smashed back into the ground and then a wall, and he dropped to the back of the field. The Dutchman clinched his second world title at the last race in Japan, but since then Red Bull's world has been engulfed by the controversy of being found guilty of breaching the budget cap last season. That subject dominated the weekend in Austin until an hour before qualifying, when the news broke of the death of Red Bull co-owner Dietrich Mateschitz at the age of 78 after a long illness. After qualifying third, Verstappen spoke movingly in tribute to Mateschitz, and he woke up on race morning determined to honour his memory with a win. It looked like being easy until a pit-stop problem dropped him to third, behind Hamilton and Ferrari's Charles Leclerc. But such is the pace of the Red Bull that he fought back past both with relative ease to achieve the result he so wanted. |
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Red Bull's Max Verstappen broke the record for wins in a season with a comfortable and controlled victory in the Mexico City Grand Prix.
The world champion held off a challenge from Lewis Hamilton's Mercedes in the first part of the race before pulling away to take his 14th win of the year. It moves the Dutchman clear of Michael Schumacher and Sebastian Vettel, who won 13 races in 2004 and 2013. Red Bull's Sergio Perez took third ahead of Mercedes' George Russell. Mercedes had hopes of winning the race after qualifying close behind Verstappen in second and third places. But, on divergent tyre strategies, early promise faded after the pit stops and Verstappen moved into a race of his own, leaving Hamilton to fend off Perez for runners-up spot. |
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Ticket sales for Las Vegas 2023 are open. $500.00 for standing and $2500.00 for grandstand seating. Forget it.
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Get me a couple for the grandstand seating :)
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George Russell took a maiden grand prix victory - and a first for Mercedes in 2022 - as Max Verstappen was penalised for a collision with Lewis Hamilton in Sao Paulo.
Russell was in control of the race throughout after Verstappen and Hamilton came together as they disputed second place in the early stages at a safety car restart. Hamilton dropped to ninth place after the collision with his 2021 title rival but came back to secure a Mercedes one-two and seal the team's recovery after a difficult season that the eight-time champions started with an uncompetitive car. Russell's accomplished drive included him surviving a late safety car that bunched up the field and put Hamilton right behind him heading into the final 10 laps. The Mercedes drivers were told that they were allowed to race but Russell held the lead at the restart and kept Hamilton at bay until the end. Behind them, the final 10 laps were a frantic fight as a number of drivers who had had difficult races revived their afternoons. Among them were Ferrari's Charles Leclerc - who had been barged off the track by McLaren's Lando Norris at Turn Five shortly after the Verstappen-Hamilton incident and dropped to the back - and Verstappen himself. Leclerc was sixth at the restart but moved up to finish fourth behind his Ferrari team-mate Carlos Sainz, as both passed the fading Red Bull of Sergio Perez. Alpine's Fernando Alonso also overtook the Mexican to take a strong fifth place after starting 18th. The late caution period also helped Verstappen move up from the bottom of the top 10 to sixth place, just failing to pass Alonso on a race to the line. Verstappen had been allowed to pass Perez a few laps earlier to chase Alonso, but was told heading into the final lap that he should let his team-mate back ahead if he did not pass Alonso by the final corner. But he did not comply. Asked what happened, Verstappen said: "I told you already last time, you guys don't ask that again to me, OK? Are we clear about that? I gave my reasons and I stand by it." Perez said over his radio: "It shows who he really is." |
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Red Bull's Max Verstappen won the final race of the season in Abu Dhabi as Ferrari's Charles Leclerc beat the Dutchman's team-mate Sergio Perez to secure second in the championship.
Leclerc, who was Verstappen's title rival earlier this year before Ferrari's season imploded in a flood of errors and reliability failures, held off Perez on divergent strategies to take second place. Sebastian Vettel's final race ended in disappointment, the four-time champion bemoaning what he felt was a poor strategy from Aston Martin. Vettel took the final point for 10th place after Lewis Hamilton's Mercedes retired from fourth place with three laps to go. Hamilton's result means he has finished a season without a win for the first time in his career - ending a record only he held. Verstappen's win was his 15th of 2022, extending the new record he has set this year for wins in a single season. |
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Red Bull's Max Verstappen started the new season as he ended the last, with a dominant victory in the Middle East.
The two-time champion led the Bahrain Grand Prix almost from start to finish, initially lapping at a pace beyond his rivals and then controlling the race. The drive, Verstappen's 36th victory, underlined his status as favourite for a third consecutive world title. Sergio Perez made it a Red Bull one-two ahead of an inspired drive by Aston Martin's Fernando Alonso in third. "It was very, very good first stint where I made my gap," said Verstappen. "From there, it was all about looking after tyres. You never know what's going to happen later on the race. We just wanted to make sure we have the right tyres and in good condition as well. "We have a good race package. We can definitely fight with this car and also big thank you to the team, over the winter, to get us a quick race car again." Perez had won a fight with Charles Leclerc over second place before the Ferrari driver retired from third with 16 laps to go when he lost drive. But the big excitement in the race was created by Alonso, who dropped from fifth on the grid to seventh behind the two Mercedes drivers Lewis Hamilton and George Russell on the opening lap, but fought back to take the final podium place. Alonso passed Russell before the first pit stops, then caught and passed Hamilton after their second stops, before closing on Sainz. The moves on Hamilton and Sainz were of the highest quality. Alonso and Hamilton battled for a couple of laps, with the Spaniard passing the Briton into Turn Four before a snap from the rear allowed the Mercedes back past. Then Alonso came back at Hamilton and overtook down the inside of Turn 10, an extremely rare place for a move. With Sainz, the two touched as Alonso tried to pass out of Turn Four. Sainz was then wise to the same move at Turn 10, but Alonso got better drive down the following straight and passed into the fast Turn 11. "To finish on the podium first race of the year is just amazing," said Alonso. "What Aston Martin did over the winter, to have the second best car on race one, is just unreal. "We had not the best start and had to pass on track - it made it more exciting but we enjoyed it." Alonso's pass left Sainz holding off Hamilton for fourth. The seven-time champion initially looked as if he might also pass the Ferrari, but he was unable to close in, as both suffered with tyres and had to settle for fifth. The second Aston Martin of Lance Stroll took sixth place, despite hitting Alonso at Turn Four on the first lap, costing the Spaniard a place to Russell, who finished seventh. |
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