2 hours ago F1 Driver Standings 2024: Max Verstappen wins title as McLaren close in on Constructors' Championship

Red Bull driver seals fourth consecutive Formula One championship

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11 hours ago F1 Las Vegas GP LIVE: Max Verstappen seals 2024 title as George Russell wins thrilling race

F1 live updates from Vegas on a day where Verstappen claimed the 2024 drivers title

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11 hours ago Max Verstappen wins 2024 F1 title in Las Vegas to join elite list of drivers

The Red Bull driver claimed his fourth consecutive crown under the bright lights of Sin City

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11 hours ago Max Verstappen hits jackpot by winning fourth F1 world title in Las Vegas

Dutch driver continues championship mastery with winGeorge Russell takes victory with Lewis Hamilton second Max Verstappen claimed his fourth consecutive Formula One world championship with a solid fifth place for Red Bull at the Las Vegas Grand Prix, which was won in dominant fashion and with consummate control from the front of the grid by Mercedes’ George Russell.Verstappen delivered strongly to do exactly what was needed in beating his title rival McLaren’s Lando Norris, who came in sixth. Lewis Hamilton gave a superb comeback drive to claim second place from 10th on the grid. Ferrari’s Carlos Sainz and Charles Leclerc were in third and fourth. Continue reading...

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11 hours ago Max Verstappen wins F1 2024 title as Lando Norris bid finally ended at Las Vegas GP

There were plenty of routes to championship success at the Las Vegas Grand Prix for Max Verstappen, who knew he could secure the 2024 F1 title by finishing ahead of Lando Norris

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13 hours ago F1 Las Vegas GP LIVE: Race updates, stream and times as Max Verstappen closes in on title

F1 live updates from Vegas on a day where Max Verstappen could claim the 2024 drivers title

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21 hours ago ‘We are fragile defensively’: Pep Guardiola admits title hopes are fading

City manager says players are ‘angry’ about loss to SpursAnge Postecoglou ‘so pleased’ after his team’s away winPep Guardiola has conceded that defeat at Anfield next Sunday could end Manchester City’s hopes of retaining their title.If Liverpool win at Southampton this Sunday they will pull eight points ahead of the champions, which will create the chance to lead City by 11 with victory at home a week later. Continue reading...

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31 hours ago F1 Las Vegas GP LIVE: Race start time and schedule as George Russell starts on pole

F1 live updates from Vegas on a day where Max Verstappen could claim the 2024 drivers title

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34 hours ago Surrealism, cafes and lots (and lots) of cats: why Japanese fiction is booming

From tales of alienation to comforting novels set in bookshops, Japanese authors have written nearly half of this year’s bestselling translated novels in the UK. What’s their secret?• Read an an exclusive Q&A with Haruki MurakamiAnyone who has been in a bookshop in the last few years will have noticed that Japanese fiction is experiencing an extraordinary boom. In 2022, figures from Nielsen BookScan showed that Japanese fiction represented 25% of all translated fiction sales in the UK. The dominance is even more striking this year: figures obtained by the Guardian show that, of the top 40 translated fiction titles for 2024 so far, 43% are Japanese, with Asako Yuzuki’s satirical, socially conscious crime novel Butter topping the list. Butter also won the breakthrough author awar...

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