5 h. ago Max Verstappen closes in on stunning F1 title comeback after perfect weekend in Austin

Verstappen cruised to victory and now trails Oscar Piastri by just 40 points, while Lando Norris sealed second after a tussle with Charles Leclerc

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6 h. ago Max Verstappen issues F1 title war cry after stellar US GP win as McLaren feel the heat

Oscar Piastri failed to make progress and opened the door for Max Verstappen to take a huge chunk out of his championship lead and pile the pressure on McLaren in the F1 drivers' title race

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6 h. ago Max Verstappen cruises to United States Grand Prix victory to maintain pressure in battle for F1 championship

Verstappen has reduced the deficit to Piastri at the top of the F1 leaderboard

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6 h. ago Max Verstappen cruises to commanding victory at United States Grand Prix

Lando Norris sealed second after winning a race-long tussle with Charles Leclerc.

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6 h. ago Verstappen cruises to victory in F1 US Grand Prix to pile pressure on McLarens

Lando Norris overtakes Charles Leclerc to finish secondPiastri manages fifth with rivals closing in on title leadMax Verstappen won the US Grand Prix with a dominant run for Red Bull at the Circuit of the Americas, and with victory he has staked his claim as a genuine contender in an increasingly tight Formula One world championship battle – his title rival Lando Norris beaten into second and Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc into third.With Norris’s McLaren teammate, and the championship leader, Oscar Piastri managing only fifth place from sixth on the grid, the F1 meeting in Austin has set up an enormously tense run-in as the season enters its final five meetings, with Norris closing to within just 14 points of his teammate. Continue reading...

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6 h. ago Verstappen cruises to victory in F1 US Grand Prix to pile pressure on McLaren

Lando Norris overtakes Charles Leclerc to finish secondPiastri manages fifth with rivals closing in on title leadDominant, untouchable and bearing a broad, beaming grin in the Texas sunshine, the transformation in Max Verstappen after he took victory at the US Grand Prix could not have been starker.The disillusioned and dissatisfied driver who felt his title defence was long over has, against all the odds and indeed his own expectations, restaked his claim as a genuine contender in a deliciously tight Formula One world championship battle. Little wonder there were smiles, Verstappen knows he is back in the fight. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Who can handle title heat? Piastri and Norris know winner will be the one who stays cool

With just seven races left, drivers must cut out errors and any extra pressure, says seven-time winner Lewis HamiltonWere it not already a sweltering sauna in Singapore, the increasing intensity of this season’s Formula One world championship would be enough to make all but the most stoic competitor wilt. Withstanding the pressure may yet prove the difference between McLaren’s Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri as the title battle ratchets up with every race.Including this weekend’s meeting in Singapore at the Marina Bay circuit, seven grands prix remain and the championship is finely poised. Piastri leads his teammate by 25 points. Both are free to race each other and with Max Verstappen still a distant 69 in arrears, it is a head-to-head battle, with little to choose between them. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Lando Norris identifies 'genuine' Max Verstappen threat and scoffs at Oscar Piastri claim

Max Verstappen is 69 points behind F1 standings leader Oscar Piastri with back-to-back wins piling pressure on the McLaren driver and his team-mate Lando Norris in the title race

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