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FORMULA ONE

Red Bull team principal Laurent Mekies on the grid before the Azerbaijan Grand Prix in Baku, Azerbaijan, on Sept. 21
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Oct 7, 2025
Red Bull's Mekies taking no credit as Verstappen narrows F1 gap
The four-time world champion has won twice since Mekies arrived six races ago.
George Russell celebrates after earning pole position for the Singapore Grand Prix on Saturday.
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Oct 5, 2025
George Russell celebrates after claiming pole position in Singapore
Championship leader Oscar Piastri will start on the second row after coming in third.
McLaren's Oscar Piastri leaves the race during the Azerbaijan Grand Prix in Baku on Sept. 21.
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Oct 3, 2025
F1 leader Oscar Piastri vows to learn from 'tough lessons' in Baku
The Australian put his McLaren into the barriers twice at the Baku circuit, once in practice and then again on the first lap of the race.
Toyota Gazoo Racing's No. 8 car competes at the 24 Hours of Le Mans in June.
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Sep 28, 2025
At 31, Ryo Hirakawa continues to chase F1 dream
The Formula One door may be slowly opening for the top endurance talent even at age 31.
Red Bull's Yuki Tsunoda arrives at the circuit ahead of the Azerbaijan Grand Prix in Baku on Sunday.
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Sep 24, 2025
Red Bull in no rush to make 2026 driver decisions after strong weekend in Baku
Only Max Verstappen can be completely sure of who he will be racing for next year and Red Bull is in no rush to decide his teammate after a record of failure with previous moves.
Red Bull's Max Verstappen in action during the Azerbaijan Grand Prix in Baku, Azerbaijan, on Sunday
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Sep 22, 2025
Max Verstappen dominates in win at Azerbaijan Grand Prix
It was the second consecutive win for Verstappen, following his victory two weeks ago at the Italian Grand Prix, and his fourth of the season.
Oscar Piastri's lead over teammate Lando Norris in the Formula One standings was cut from 34 to 31 at the Italian Grand Prix in Monza, Italy, on Sunday.
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Sep 8, 2025
McLaren team boss Andrea Stella addresses controversy over team orders
The reigning Formula One champion and runaway leader asked Oscar Piastri to hand back second place to teammate Lando Norris after the Briton suffered a slow pitstop.
Red Bull's Max Verstappen celebrates after qualifying on pole for the Italian Grand Prix on Saturday in Monza, Italy.
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Sep 7, 2025
Verstappen grabs Monza pole from Norris with record time
Verstappen raced around the Italian track at 264.681 kilometers per hour to qualify first for Sunday's race.
Alpine's Pierre Gasly arrives at Autodromo Nazionale Monza on Saturday ahead of the Italian Grand Prix.
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Sep 6, 2025
Gasly staying at Renault-owned Alpine F1 until 2028
Alpine is last in the constructors' standings after 15 of 24 rounds and Gasly has scored all of the team's 20 points so far, with a highest placing of sixth in Britain.
McLaren's Oscar Piastri races to victory at the Dutch Grand Prix on Sunday in Zandvoort.
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Sep 4, 2025
Bahrain and Abu Dhabi funds take full ownership of McLaren
Bahrain sovereign wealth fund Mumtalakat will remain the majority shareholder with CYVN, majority-owned by the government of Abu Dhabi, having a non-controlling stake.
Ferrari's Charles Leclerc after he crashed out of the Dutch Grand Prix on Sunday in Zandvoort
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Sep 4, 2025
Ferrari to celebrate past glory at home race amid present woes
Ferrari has yet to win this year and the home return comes hot on the heels of both cars crashing out in the Netherlands last weekend.
McLaren's Oscar Piastri in action during the Dutch Grand Prix in Zandvoort on Sunday.
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Sep 1, 2025
Piastri extends championship lead after Norris breakdown at Dutch Grand Prix
Piastri led from pole to checkered flag at the Zandvoort circuit to stretch his lead over Norris to 34 points in the championship race.
Lando Norris (left) congratulates teammate Oscar Piastri after Piastri took pole position for the Dutch Grand Prix on Saturday.
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Aug 31, 2025
Norris needs 'some magic' to beat pole-sitter Piastri in Zandvoort
Piastri has a slender nine-point advantage over Norris but can hope to take that back into double digits at seaside Zandvoort, where overtaking is always tricky.
Red Bull's Max Verstappen during a practice on Saturday against of the Dutch Grand Prix.
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Aug 30, 2025
Max Verstappen: Fan favorite but — for once — not race favorite for home GP
It is impossible to avoid Max Verstappen at Zandvoort during the Dutch Grand Prix. But for once, the Dutch start won't be the favorite at his home race.
Oscar Piastri waves from the podium after finishing secondat the Hungarian Grand Prix in Mogyorod, Hungary, on Aug. 3.
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Aug 29, 2025
F1 leader Oscar Piastri backs McLaren over moves at Hungarian Grand Prix
McLaren defended the race effectively being decided on strategy and its drivers’ right to adopt different approaches.
McLaren's Lando Norris leaves the pits during the Hungarian Grand Prix at the Hungaroring circuit in Mogyorod, Hungary, on Aug. 3.
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Aug 28, 2025
McLaren in driver's seat as Formula One heads to Max Verstappen's backyard
McLaren's championship leader Oscar Piastri and teammate Lando Norris, nine points behind after 14 of 24 races, have finished the last four races 1-2.
Red Bull's Sergio Perez celebrates during the podium ceremony after finishing second at the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix in Jeddah on March 9, 2024.
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Aug 27, 2025
Perez just wants to enjoy racing as Cadillac shuts down Horner speculation
Cadillac was quick to shut down speculation about Christian Horner having a role in running the team.
Mercedes' Valtteri Bottas (front) celebrates after winning the Turkish Grand Prix with third-placed Red Bull's Sergio Perez in Istanbul on Oct. 10, 2021.
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Aug 26, 2025
Cadillac set to name Perez and Bottas as F1 drivers
Perez was dropped by Red Bull Racing at the end of the 2024 season, but the 35-year-old is not far removed from finishing second in the 2023 F1 championship and third in 2022.
Sho Tsuboi said the opportunity to drive a Formula One car at Fuji Speedway was a dream come true.
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Aug 21, 2025
Sho Tsuboi realizes ‘dream’ with Haas F1 test at Fuji Speedway
An impressive performance, which also coincides with Toyota’s modest return to F1, could signal the start of something more substantial.
McLaren's Oscar Piastri celebrates on the podium after finishing second in the Hungarian Grand Prix on Aug. 3.
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Aug 19, 2025
Home hero Piastri to have Australian F1 grandstand named after him
The naming of a grandstand is an honor typically reserved for sporting legends with a long line of achievements.
‘We have drawn lessons,’ Indian Army chief says of brief clash with Pakistan
Indian Army chief Upendra Dwivedi waves as he arrives to attend the ceremonial reception of Defense Minister Gen Nakatani in New Delhi in May.
Japanese immunologist among three Nobel medicine prize winners
Shimon Sakaguchi, an immunologist and distinguished professor at Osaka University, attends a news conference after winning the 2025 Nobel Prize in medicine, in Osaka Prefecture on Monday.
Spanish tourist injured in latest bear attack
Shirakawago, a U.N. World Heritage site in Gifu Prefecture
Americans and Canadians unite in battling 'eating machine' carp
A Fisheries and Oceans Canada team patrols the Grand River in Dunnville, Ontario, in search of invasive grass carp specimens on Sept. 25.
Trump hails 'wisdom and strength' of Japan's incoming prime minister
Sanae Takaichi, the newly elected leader of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, gives a news conference after the LDP presidential election in Tokyo on Saturday.
OpenAI’s Sora 2 is drowning in Japanese 'AI slop'
OpenAI has rolled out a social app powered by Sora 2, its artificial intelligence video generator, which was quickly flooded with videos featuring iconic Japanese intellectual property.
Trump has his eyes on the prize — but a Nobel win looks unlikely
A protester holds a sign with an image depicting U.S. President Donald Trump and the words "Nobel" written on it, as supporters and family members of hostages who were kidnapped during the deadly Oct. 7, 2023, attack on Israel by Hamas, demonstrate to demand the immediate end of the war and the release of all hostages, outside the U.S. Consulate in Tel Aviv, on Sept. 2.
‘Takaichi trade’ stalls as political reality calls for wait-and-see approach
Tokyo stocks staged a powerful rally on Monday. On Tuesday, they rallied again, then retreated.
‘We have drawn lessons,’ Indian Army chief says of brief clash with Pakistan
Indian Army chief Upendra Dwivedi waves as he arrives to attend the ceremonial reception of Defense Minister Gen Nakatani in New Delhi in May.
How a family-run landscaper turned the Osaka Expo green
The team at Ryokukou Garden consists primarily of a single family, including Toshiki Tanisaki (second from right), who led the company's efforts at the Osaka Expo, Chikako Tanisaki (fifth from right), who performs daily maintanence at the expo, and Takeshi Tanisaki (fourth from right), who added a nursery to the family farm more than 50 years ago.

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