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Bridgestone plots its F1 return as Pirelli faces a 2029 challenge
Fifteen years after leaving Formula 1, Bridgestone is busy behind the scenes. The Japanese tyre maker sent a senior delegation to Singapore and then Austin with a clear goal: position itself for the FIA's next tender and supply the sport's tyres from 2029.
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Austin: Antonelli in total control, the title awaits in Mexico
Starting from pole, Kimi Antonelli cruised to his ninth win of the season at the Circuit of the Americas on Sunday. Leclerc and Verstappen completed the podium, but the Italian's coronation will have to wait one more week.
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Qatar and Abu Dhabi: Sainz won't take the season finale for granted
In Austin, the talk is of heat, wind and a bumpy track. But another question hangs over the paddock: will the championship really finish in the Middle East? Carlos Sainz said out loud what others wouldn't, even if it earned him a call to order.
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Horner admits Red Bull shaped its car around Verstappen's demands
On a podcast released just days before the United States Grand Prix, Christian Horner admitted what the paddock had suspected for years: the Red Bull was built around Max Verstappen, and the Dutchman's camp pushed to keep it that way when Sergio Pérez started going a little too well.
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Honda admits losing nearly two years: the mea culpa behind Aston Martin's season
Koji Watanabe, president of Honda Racing Corporation, has acknowledged that the Japanese manufacturer lost nearly two years preparing its 2026 power unit. It is a rare admission, and it casts a harsh light on Aston Martin's difficult season.
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Rafael Câmara joins Haas for 2027, Brazil's prodigy takes Ocon's seat
Haas has made its call. To replace Esteban Ocon, the American team is betting on Rafael Câmara, the 21-year-old F2 championship leader and a pure product of Ferrari's junior programme. A bold choice, but hardly a surprise to anyone who has followed the Brazilian's meteoric rise.
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Red Bull locks in Laurent Mekies until 2031 and turns the page on Horner
Fifteen months after inheriting Christian Horner's chair, Laurent Mekies has signed on for five more seasons at the helm of Red Bull. The extension lands right after two wins and says a lot about how Milton Keynes intends to approach the years ahead.
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It's official: F1 is heading back to Africa with a Grand Prix in Rwanda
Thirty-three years after the last start at Kyalami, Formula 1 has finally found its way back to Africa. On Tuesday in Kigali, Rwanda and F1 made official a ten-year deal for a Grand Prix that could take place as early as 2030.
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Antonelli champion in Austin? There is only one way, and it is a narrow one
Two days after Singapore, the real question is no longer whether Kimi Antonelli will be world champion, but where. Austin gives him a first chance. To take it, he will have to win, and hope his pursuers give him a little help.
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Singapore: Verstappen finally conquers Marina Bay as Antonelli earns his first title shot
Only one line was missing from Max Verstappen's CV: Singapore. Not anymore. Starting from pole, the Dutchman led from start to finish on his 250th Grand Prix start, ahead of Charles Leclerc and Kimi Antonelli. And while Red Bull celebrated, the championship leader earned the right to be crowned as early as Austin.
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Singapore: Verstappen Snatches Pole by 54 Thousandths as Ferrari Stay Within Reach
Under the lights of Marina Bay, Max Verstappen came out on top. The Dutchman will start from pole with both Ferraris on his tail, less than 0.13 seconds behind, while Mercedes ends a difficult night with Russell sent to the back of the grid.
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Rwanda on pole to bring F1 back to Africa from 2030
More than thirty years after the last South African Grand Prix at Kyalami, Formula 1 may finally be heading back to Africa. According to several matching reports, a deal has been reached for a race in Rwanda, on a circuit yet to be built near Kigali. Nothing is official, but the project has never looked this close.