Valtteri Bottas edged his team mate Lewis Hamilton at the qualifying session for the Portuguese Grand Prix to secure his 17th career pole position. Red Bull's duo of Max... read more »
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Valtteri Bottas denied Mercedes team-mate Lewis Hamilton the 100th pole position of his F1 career by snatching top spot on the grid for the Portuguese Grand Prix by just 0.007secs. read more »
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Paddy Lowe doesn’t think that a future Formula 1 rookie will be able to match Lewis Hamilton’s nine podiums in his first nine races in the sport. Hamilton joined McLaren in... read more »
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McLaren CEO Zak Brown has praised Formula 1's approach to implementing new ideas to a race weekend, stating the sprint race plan sprouted from listening to fans. F1 will... read more »
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Lando Norris says McLaren is unconvinced that it can qualify in the top half of the grid in Portugal and conveyed surprise at the speed displayed by Alpine. Norris holds third... read more »
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With Lance Stroll and Sebastian Vettel's brakes on fire on the Imola grid, Stroll says the team went "too aggressive" in warming up the brakes. read more »
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F1 agreed earlier this week for a trial of three 100km sprint races this year to decide the final grid. The first will take place at the British Grand Prix in July.While teams... read more »
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Coming off the back of a promising debut in Bahrain, the Japanese rookie had hoped to impress more at the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix a fortnight ago.However, a crash in Q1 that... read more »
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Title or no title, Lewis Hamilton says he intends to be on the grid again in 2022, indeed, that is why he took part in the recent 18" tyre test for Pirelli. read more »
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Max Verstappen's triumph at the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix was helped by a sensational getaway from third on the grid that helped him leapfrog pole man Lewis Hamilton.The... read more »
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Paddy Lowe’s career in F1 took him from Williams to McLaren to Mercedes and then back to Williams. Over the course of that journey Paddy developed some of the biggest tech... read more »
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USA racer Colton Herta has spoken about the prospect of joining the Formula 1 grid, but would only join American team Haas if Ferrari backed the move. read more »
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Discussing sprint races, Pierre Gasly says F1 has to focus its efforts on making the margins between the teams smaller on a long-term basis. read more »
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Formula 1 has announced that an agreement has been reached between the FIA, Formula 1 and all 10 teams on the grid which will see the debut of the the Sprint Qualifying format... read more »
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Formula 1 bosses agree that shorter 'sprint' races will be introduced to F1 this year to set the grid positions at three grands prix. read more »
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When you're trying to go as fast as possible around a race track, the most important piece of the puzzle is almost always the driver.Sure, Lewis Hamilton and Max... read more »
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Formula 1, the FIA and all 10 teams have unanimously agreed to trial Sprint Qualifying at select events in 2021. But how will the new format work? MotorsportWeek.com explains.... read more »
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Following a vote at the F1 Commission on Monday, the matter drew universal support from all parties.Although the plan still needs formal approval by the FIA's World Motor... read more »
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Formula 1 has approved the introduction of Saturday 'Sprint Qualifying' races at a trio of grands prix this year in the biggest shake-up to the format in years.... read more »
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Tsunoda starred for AlphaTauri on debut in Bahrain last month as he fought through to ninth place, but endured a more challenging second race weekend at the Emilia Romagna... read more »
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When was the first time they got into trouble? When was the last time they were scared? In the second part of our fun Q&A, the 2021 F1 grid answer some interesting... read more »
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Toto Wolff is confident that, once the 2022 regulations are introduced, the 10 F1 teams will be less evenly matched again. read more »
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Following a majority freeze in the technical regulations for 2021 as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, the performance gap between the leading teams and the rest of the grid... read more »
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The German has been outpaced by teammate Lance Stroll in the first two races, having qualified 18th in Bahrain, and 13th at Imola.Last weekend's Emilia Romagna GP proved... read more »
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Honda's 2021 engine, the RA621H, is viewed by many in the F1 paddock as the strongest PU on the grid, with Pierre Gasly's qualifying form for AlphaTauri backing up... read more »
Japanese Grand Prix
29th of March 2026
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| Pos | Driver | Points |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | George Russell | 51 |
| 2 | Kimi Antonelli | 47 |
| 3 | Charles Leclerc | 34 |
| 4 | Lewis Hamilton | 33 |
| 5 | Oliver Bearman | 17 |
| 6 | Lando Norris | 15 |
| 7 | Pierre Gasly | 9 |
| 8 | Max Verstappen | 8 |
| 9 | Liam Lawson | 8 |
| 10 | Arvid Lindblad | 4 |
| Pos | Team | Points |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mercedes | 98 |
| 2 | Ferrari | 67 |
| 3 | McLaren | 18 |
| 4 | Haas F1 Team | 17 |
| 5 | Red Bull Racing | 12 |
| 6 | Racing Bulls | 12 |
| 7 | Alpine | 10 |
| 8 | Audi | 2 |
| 9 | Williams | 2 |
| 10 | Cadillac | 0 |