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MAX VERSTAPPEN

Max Verstappen won his third straight Formula One title in Qatar on Oct. 8.
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Oct 20, 2023
Max Verstappen keeping foot on gas with more milestones in sight
Max Verstappen will be racing for pride, points and records this weekend at the United States Grand Prix.
Red Bull's Max Verstappen (center) celebrates with his team after winning the Formula One driver's championship in Lusail, Qatar, on Saturday.
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Oct 8, 2023
Max Verstappen says third F1 title is his best
Red Bull's star Dutchman is the 11th driver overall to win three drivers' titles and one of only five to win three in succession.
Max Verstappen (right) celebrates with Red Bull's team principal, Christian Horner, after the Dutch star won the Japanese Grand Prix on Sept. 24 to clinch the constructors' title for the team.
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Oct 6, 2023
Lewis Hamilton says 'phenomenal' Max Verstappen raised bar in F1
Verstappen needs just three points to secure another F1 title.
Max Verstappen celebrates leading team Red Bull to their second consecutive constructors’ title at the Japanese Grand Prix at Suzuka Circuit in Mie Prefecture on Sunday.
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Sep 24, 2023
Tsunoda fails to score points in Japan GP as Red Bull clinch title
Max Verstappen took the chequered flag for the Honda-powered Red Bull, clinching the team’s second consecutive constructors’ title.
Ayrton Senna (center) of Brazil talks with his McLaren team member during the final practice session for the Japanese Grand Prix at Suzuka Circut in Mie Prefecture on Oct. 29, 1988.
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Sep 24, 2023
The Japanese GP: Often the scene of title deciders — and controversy
For an event often defined by drama, the stakes won’t be quite as high starting next year as the race settles into its spring date.
Red Bull's Max Verstappen (right) and AlphaTauri's Yuki Tsunoda take part in a fan event in Tokyo on Wednesday, ahead of the Japanese Grand Prix in Suzuka, Mie Prefecture, at the weekend.
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Sep 21, 2023
Red Bull's march to the title in focus as F1 arrives in Japan
The team will be looking to secure a second straight constructors' championship on the home turf of its engine supplier, Honda.
Fans watch the F1 Tokyo Festival outside Kabukicho Tower in Shinjuku Ward on Wednesday.
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Sep 20, 2023
Formula One fans fill up Tokyo festival ahead of Japanese Grand Prix
Thousands skipped work and school to get a glimpse of two-time champion Max Verstappen, hometown hero Yuki Tsunoda and other drivers.
Red Bull's Max Verstappen drives during the Singapore Grand Prix at Marina Bay Street Circuit on Sunday.
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Sep 18, 2023
Max Verstappen looks ahead to Japan after end of record win streak
"I think we will be quick in Suzuka," Verstappen told reporters after a race that also ended his team's run of 15 successive wins.
Red Bull's Max Verstappen is on a 10-race winning streak.
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Sep 14, 2023
Max Verstappen heads to Singapore looking to extend record run
Verstappen is on an unprecedented 10-race winning streak, but finished seventh in Singapore last year.
Max Verstappen celebrates after winning the Belgian Grand Prix in Spa-Francorchamps, Spa, Belgium, on Sunday.
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Jul 31, 2023
Red Bull's Max Verstappen storms to eighth straight win despite penalty
The defending two-time world champion and runaway series leader came home 22.305 seconds ahead of teammate Sergio Perez.
Red Bull's Max Verstappen pits during the spring race ahead of the Belgian Grand Prix in Spa, Belgium, on Saturday.
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Jul 30, 2023
Max Verstappen wins Belgian Sprint with Oscar Piastri second
Verstappen's closest rival and teammate Sergio Perez retired after a clash with Mercedes's Lewis Hamilton.
Max Verstappen leaves the podium with his broken trophy after the Formula One Hungarian Grand Prix in Mogyorod, Hungary, on Sunday.
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Jul 24, 2023
Max Verstappen dominates field to win Hungarian Grand Prix by wide margin
Verstappen's 44th career win was the ninth in 11 races so far this season for the Dutchman and his seventh in a row.
Japan Times
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Jul 3, 2023
Verstappen wins Austrian Grand Prix to complete 'classy' Spielberg sweep
Defending champion Max Verstappen continued his relentless charge toward a third consecutive world title on Sunday by claiming his record fourth Austrian Grand Prix victory.
Japan Times
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Jul 2, 2023
Max Verstappen runs away with Austrian F1 sprint race
McLaren's Lando Norris was the big loser, plunging from third on the grid to ninth and one place ahead of seven-time world champion Lewis Hamilton.
Japan Times
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Jun 20, 2023
Red Bull can win everything, but the gap may be closing in Formula One
Max Verstappen has won six of the eight — including the last four in a row — and is heading for another record-breaking season, but there are glimmers of hope for his rivals.
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Jun 19, 2023
Red Bull already looking to win No. 200 after Max Verstappen delivers team's 100th victory
As Red Bull celebrated a landmark 100th Formula One win at the Canadian Grand Prix on Sunday, team principal Christian Horner recalled thinking that he might have been satisfied with one victory.
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Jun 18, 2023
Max Verstappen on pole after wild Canadian GP qualifying
It was an unpredictable and wild afternoon of racing at a rain-swept Circuit Gilles Villeneuve as teams rolled the dice switching from wet tires to slicks as the track conditions changed.
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May 29, 2023
Max Verstappen earns wire-to-wire win at Monaco Grand Prix
Two-time reigning world champion Max Verstappen led a soggy and slippery Monaco Grand Prix from start to finish on Sunday to stretch his Formula One lead to 39 points and give Red Bull its sixth win in as many races this season.
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May 8, 2023
Verstappen leads rampaging Red Bull to one-two finish in Miami
The victory was Max Verstappen's 38th career win, tying him with Sebastian Vettel for most victories for Red Bull.
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May 7, 2023
Max Verstappen says Miami win 'not impossible' despite starting ninth
The Red Bull driver had already made life difficult for himself by not getting his full fast lap in earlier.
Japan says Biden's description of nation as xenophobic is 'unfortunate'
The National Diet building in Tokyo
G7 eyes plan on U.S.-led $50 billion aid package for Ukraine
A local resident visits the Lychakiv cemetery in Lviv, Ukraine, on Thursday. The U.S. is in talks with close partners to lead a group of allies that would give as much as $50 billion in aid to Ukraine.
With eye on China, defense chiefs agree to bolster interoperability
From left: U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin, Australian defense chief Richard Marles, Japanese Defense Minister Minoru Kihara and Philippine Defense Secretary Gilberto Teodoro hold a joint news conference in Honolulu on Thursday.
The 'outsiders' creating some of Japan's greenest spaces
Rows of irises resemble a rice field at the Peter Walker-designed Toyota Municipal Museum of Art.
Japan drops to 70th in press freedom rankings
A businessman reads a newspaper outside a train station in Tokyo.
'Monster' Inoue ready to tear down Luis Nery in title defense at Tokyo Dome
Naoya Inoue (left) and Luis Nery following a pre-fight news conference in Yokohama on Saturday, two days ahead of their super bantamweight title fight.
Debate on constitutional revision at a standstill despite Kishida's pledges
With less than two months left before the conclusion of the current session of parliament, any possibility that Prime Minister Fumio Kishida can deliver constitutional reform before the end of his term as Liberal Democratic Party president in late September, as he has promised, appears remote.
Sapporo court ruling on Ainu fishing rights presents tough questions
A traditional Ainu preserved food called <i>satchep</i> (dried fish) being made at the government-run National Ainu Museum and Park, nicknamed Upopoy, in the town of Shiraoi, Hokkaido, on Dec. 25. The Sapporo District Court ruled last month that the Raporo Ainu Nation's rights as an Indigenous people did not extend to having an inherent right to fish for commercial reasons.
With eye on China, defense chiefs agree to bolster interoperability
From left: U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin, Australian defense chief Richard Marles, Japanese Defense Minister Minoru Kihara and Philippine Defense Secretary Gilberto Teodoro hold a joint news conference in Honolulu on Thursday.
Yellow sand allergy: A health issue made worse by climate change
A screenshot of the Meteorological Agency's satellite image of clouds and yellow sand (in pink) on Sunday.

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