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2024 Las Vegas Grand Prix: Russell wins as Verstappen seals fourth world title

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Las Vegas, NV – On the night Max Verstappen wins his fourth drivers world championship crown, Mercedes driver George Russell proves that the Silver Arrows are the best of the rest thanks to his victory in a fifty-lap race of the Las Vegas Grand Prix at Las Vegas Strip Circuit in Paradise, Nevada on Saturday night (November 23). Russell, who started from pole didn't look back throughout the race as the #63 British driver took the win, with his Mercedes teammate and compatriot Sir Lewis Hamilton completed the Mercedes 1-2. Completed the podium in third place is Scuderia Ferrari driver Carlos Sainz Jr., who will race for Williams in 2025. Winning in Vegas, what a moment!! A massive thank you to the whole team for your hard work all weekend, we deserved that 1-2. LET’S GO!!🍾🇺🇸 pic.twitter.com/z4Rh7YWbgE — George Russell (@GeorgeRussell63) November 24, 2024 "To win in Las Vegas feels incredible! I am so thankful for the team and happy for them that we got this win. We had grea...

2024 Mexico City Grand Prix: Sainz Jr. joins title fight with a win as Verstappen vs. Norris battle came into Austin dejavu

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Mexico City – Scuderia Ferrari driver Carlos Sainz Jr. proves that he is one of the genuine title contenders for the 2024 FIA Formula 1 World Championship thanks to his victory at Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez circuit on Sunday, October 27, 2024. The 30-year-old Spaniard who started from pole did his smooth operation racing without mistakes from start to finish (as Sainz's favorite song "Smooth Operator" by Sade suggests) to claim his second win of the season after the Australian GP last April following his appendicitis surgery the previous month in March. Sainz's former McLaren teammate Lando Norris and Sainz's current Ferrari teammate Charles Leclerc completed the podium in second and third respectively. Just like Kamala Harris vs. Donald Trump battle for the U.S. President , the Verstappen vs. Norris battle for the F1 world title also getting heated up with four rounds remaining . Reigning world champion and current championship leader Max Verstappen finished si...

2024 United States Grand Prix: Leclerc paints COTA red with victory and Ferrari 1-2, as Verstappen vs. Norris battle heated up once again

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Austin, TX – It was a day to remember not only for Charles Leclerc himself but also for the Scuderia Ferrari team as well. On Sunday, October 20, 2024 at the Circuit Of The Americas, Leclerc guided the Prancing Horse a victorious 1-2 with teammate Carlos Sainz Jr. gifted a runner-up finish. Leclerc also dedicated his victory and a Ferrari 1-2 to the late One Direction member Liam Payne who died of suicide in Buenos Aires, Argentina on October 16. Leclerc said that this victory is the most dedicated ones because Liam (Payne) once referenced a Ferrari to win (here in COTA) in his 2017 single "Strip That Down", so this is the important victory for Ferrari. This became Leclerc's 2nd victory of the 2024 season after his home race in Monaco last June. Verstappen (Red Bull) and Norris (McLaren) collided each other while battling for the final podium spot during the main race of 2024 United States Grand Prix at Circuit Of The Americas (COTA) in Austin, Texas on Sunday, October 20...