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F1: Kiwi Liam Lawson eighth on Australian Grand Prix grid
1+ hour, 46+ min ago (520+ words) Kiwi Liam Lawson has qualified eighth on the grid for the season-opening Australian Formula One Grand Prix in Melbourne, as Mercedes dominated qualifying in Melbourne. Lawson completed a solid build-up for Sunday's opening race of the year and will start…...
Liam Lawson 'still learning' as F1 opener looms in Melbourne
3+ day, 12+ hour ago (543+ words) New Zealand driver Liam Lawson says he's still coming to grips with a "sensitive" car in Melbourne as he targets a strong start to his second full season in Formula One. This weekend's opening Australian Grand Prix provides uncertainty and…...
Start your engines: Formula One enters new era
4+ day, 11+ hour ago (660+ words) New cars, new power and new teams for a new era - Formula One starts afresh in Australia this week with a heady mix of excitement, uncertainty and apprehension. Never shy of underselling itself, the high-octane sport appears on the money…...
Mercedes blasts rivals over F1 engine loophole claims
1+ mon, 5+ day ago (419+ words) Mercedes Formula One boss Toto Wolff blasted rivals for casting doubt on the legality of his team's new engine through secret meetings and letters. The sport is entering a new era with one of the most sweeping technical overhauls in…...
Hayden Paddon admits Monte Carlo experience one of the toughest of his life
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (443+ words) New Zealand driver Hayden Paddon has finished eleventh in Rally Monte Carlo in what he describes as a humbling experience. In his first WRC event in seven years Paddon was running as high as seventh in the season opening event,…...
Mercedes run new car at Silverstone, announce Microsoft deal
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (422+ words) Race drivers George Russell and Kimi Antonelli have given the 2026 Mercedes Formula 1 car its track debut at a Silverstone filming day on Thursday (local time) before testing starts in Spain next week. Mercedes, who had earlier released pictures of the…...
Liam Lawson tests out Australian Supercar
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (367+ words) Formula 1 star Liam Lawson got to try out the car of another New Zealand champion driver over the Christmas period. Lawson got to drive Shane van Gisbergen's Bathurst-winning Supercar at Highlands Motorsport Park. It was part of a series of…...
Lando Norris knows life will change as F1 champion
2+ mon, 4+ week ago (722+ words) Lando Norris recognised life would change as Formula One world champion, although he hoped to stay the same as a person, and an immediate sign was the decision made on Monday to race with the number one on his McLaren…...
F1: Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri disqualified from Las Vegas Grand Prix
3+ mon, 1+ week ago (842+ words) Red Bull's Max Verstappen won the Las Vegas Grand Prix and roared back into the Formula 1 title battle after the shock disqualification of McLaren's championship leader Lando Norris and teammate Oscar Piastri. Norris, who started on pole and finished second,…...
Max Verstappen needs a big win in Las Vegas to stay in title contention
3+ mon, 2+ week ago (1016+ words) Even if he cannot win the Formula 1 title in Las Vegas this weekend, McLaren's Lando Norris could end Max Verstappen's reign on the same floodlit Strip where the Red Bull driver celebrated a fourth successive crown last year. If Verstappen…...