SINGAPORE (AFP) -- Runaway Formula One championship leader Max Verstappen conceded on Thursday, Sept. 14, that his win streak was under threat at this weekend's Singapore Grand Prix where his car is "not as competitive". Red Bull Racing’s Dutch driver Max Verstappen takes part in a press...
It has not even been a week since his last overseas engagement, but President Marcos is already set to discuss his administration's priority policies and programs before economic managers and business leaders at the Milken Insititute's 10th Asian Conference in Singapore on Sept. 13, his birthday....
MONZA (AFP) -- Carlos Sainz gave himself a welcome birthday present on Friday, Sept. 1, by finishing fastest for Ferrari in the second practice session at the Formula One Italian Grand Prix. Ferrari's Spanish driver Carlos Sainz Jr enters his car in the pits before the sprint race ahead of the...
MONZA (AFP) -- Lewis Hamilton and George Russell renewed their contracts with Mercedes until 2025, the Formula One team announced on Thursday, Aug. 31. Mercedes' British driver Lewis Hamilton (left) and Mercedes' British driver George Russell. (AFP) The Silver Arrows confirmed ahead of this...
MONACO (AFP) — Two-time Formula One champion Fernando Alonso on Sunday became the oldest driver to claim a podium finish at the Monaco Grand Prix in more than 50 years when he came home second. *Third-placed Aston Martin's Spanish driver Fernando Alonso (left) reacts with team members after...
MIAMI GARDEN (AFP) -- Formula One world champion Max Verstappen said victory in Sunday's Miami Grand Prix, May 7, is "not impossible" despite him starting ninth on the grid. *Max Verstappen of the Netherlands and Oracle Red Bull Racing looks on in the garage during final practice ahead of the F1...
MIAMI GARDENS (AFP) -- Ferrari's Charles Leclerc, who crashed late in qualifying for the Miami Grand Prix on Sunday, May 7, to end in seventh place on the grid, sees no way that the Red Bull cars can be beaten in Sunday's race. *Charles Leclerc of Monaco driving the (16) Ferrari SF-23 leads...
PARIS (AFP) -- Franz Tost will step down as AlphaTauri team chief at the end of the season after 18 years at the helm of the Formula One outfit which first nurtured the talent of reigning world champion Max Verstappen. The 67-year-old Tost took charge in 2005 and led the team, then branded as Toro...
MELBOURNE (AFP) — Daniel Ricciardo says he still has the hunger to compete in Formula One and the "signs are pointing" to him getting back on the grid in 2024. The 33-year-old left McLaren at the end of last season, a year before his contract ran out to make way for fellow Australian...
MELBOURNE (AFP) -- Seven-time world champion Lewis Hamilton on Thursday, March 30, emphatically put to bed any concerns that he wanted to leave Mercedes, saying he planned to be the team "till my last days". *Mercedes' British driver Lewis Hamilton arrives ahead of the 2023 Formula One Australian...
ABU DHABI, UAE (AFP) — Lewis Hamilton completed his first winless season in Formula One on Sunday and then said "I'm glad it's done." Mercedes' British driver Lewis Hamilton is pictured ahead of the the Abu Dhabi Formula One Grand Prix at the Yas Marina Circuit in the Emirati city of Abu...
ABU DHABI (AFP) — Max Verstappen on Thursday, Nov. 17, hit back at what he called "sickening" and "unacceptable" news reports and online threats following his refusal to follow team orders at last Sunday’s Brazilian Grand Prix. Red Bull's Dutch driver Max Verstappen attends a presser ahead of...
