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Sergio Perez Pips Lewis Hamilton as F1 Testing Wraps up in Bahrain

Sergio Perez topped the timesheets for Red Bull from Lewis Hamilton’s Mercedes as pre-season testing wrapped up in Sakhir on Saturday. “Red Bull seem to be very strong in these three days,” said Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc after Verstappen had been quickest on the first day of testing on Thursday. “I feel we have some work to do,” added Leclerc, who …

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Singapore Grand Prix: Lewis Hamilton pips Max Verstappen in practice session

Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton pipped birthday boy Max Verstappen by less than a tenth of a second, to top the first free practice session of the Singapore Grand Prix here at the Marina Bay Street Circuit on Friday. Mercedes' George Russell posted the fifth quickest time, one second off his teammate Hamilton with Carlos Sainz rounding out the top six …

F1: Mercedes' Valtteri Bottas pips Hamilton in Hungarian GP practice

Valtteri Bottas knocked Formula One championship leader Max Verstappen off the top of the timesheets to set the pace ahead of Mercedes team mate Lewis Hamilton on the opening day of practice at the Hungarian Grand Prix. READ | Red Bull's criticism of Hamilton below the belt, says Wolff The Dutchman, who leads Hamilton by eight points in the overall …

Formula One: Max Verstappen Pips Lewis Hamilton to French Grand Prix Pole

Formula One championship leader Max Verstappen put on a blinding display in Saturday’s qualifying to seize pole position for the French Grand Prix ahead of title rival Lewis Hamilton. The 23-year-old lapped the 5.8-kilometer long Paul Ricard circuit in one minute 29.990 seconds in his Red Bull, 0.258 seconds clear of Mercedes’ Hamilton, who trails Verstappen by four points in …

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Lewis Hamilton pips Max Verstappen to win Bahrain Grand Prix

Seven-time Formula One world champion Lewis Hamilton won the season-opening Bahrain Grand Prix for Mercedes on Sunday after an epic, knife-edge battle with Red Bull's Max Verstappen over the final laps. READ | "Wow, what a difficult race that was," said Hamilton, who started second on the grid and took another of Michael Schumacher's all-time records with his 5,112nd race …

Bottas pips Hamilton to claim pole for Emilia Romagna Grand Prix

Valtteri Bottas took pole position for the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix at Imola on Saturday with Mercedes teammate and Formula One leader Lewis Hamilton lamenting a poor lap and qualifying second. Read: Sunday's race will be the first grand prix at Imola since 2006, with the track returning to flesh out a calendar ravaged by the COVID-19 pandemic, and the …

F1: Bottas pips Hamilton to Eifel Grand Prix pole

Valtteri Bottas seized pole position with a last lap blast at the Eifel Grand Prix on Saturday as Mercedes teammate and Formula One championship leader Lewis Hamilton joined him on the front row at the Nuerburgring. Read: “It's such a nice feeling when you get it on the last lap, with the last chance,” said Bottas after celebrating his 14th …

Bottas pips Hamilton for pole at Austrian Grand Prix

Valtteri Bottas upstaged Mercedes teammate Lewis Hamilton on Saturday to take pole position for Formula One’s season-opening Austrian Grand Prix. The Finnish driver edged out the world champion by.012 seconds at the Red Bull Ring in Spielberg, with Red Bull’s Max Verstappen in third place and Lando Norris giving McLaren a boost by finishing fourth. Ferrari struggled for speed, with …

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