Bethonie Waring

Bethonie Waring

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Vettel tops final free practice in Brazil
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Vettel tops final free practice in Brazil

Sebastian Vettel topped the times in the final free practice session ahead of the Brazilian Grand Prix. The Ferrari driver was the only man to set a time under 1m08s around the Interlagos track, ending the morning with a 1m07.948s. He was more than two tenths of a second quicker than Lewis Hamilton, who was […]

Hamilton clinches 2018 title in Mexico
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Hamilton clinches 2018 title in Mexico

Lewis Hamilton secured the 2018 Formula 1 championship with a fourth place finish in Mexico. The Mercedes driver made a strong start to challenge Max Verstappen for the lead at the first corner, but struggled with tyre wear throughout the race. He was the first of the front runners to come in for fresh tyres, […]

Prema announces plans for three car FIA F3 team
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Prema announces plans for three car FIA F3 team

Junior series powerhouse Prema Racing has announced it will run a three car team in the new FIA Formula 3 championship in 2019. The new series, which merges the current European Formula 3 and GP3 championships, will run on the Formula 1 support bill alongside Formula 2 next year. Prema has dominated the current iteration […]

2018 United States Grand Prix – Gallery
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2018 United States Grand Prix – Gallery

After five long years, Kimi Raikkonen returned to the top spot of the podium in Austin. He took his first win of the hybrid era in the United States and played an important part in denying Lewis Hamilton an early championship victory. Under an early virtual safety car – prompted by another mechanical problem for […]

Hamilton’s title celebrations postponed as Raikkonen wins
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Hamilton’s title celebrations postponed as Raikkonen wins

Lewis Hamilton was denied championship victory in the United States as Kimi Raikkonen and Max Verstappen finished ahead of the Mercedes driver at the Circuit of the Americas. Hamilton started from pole but it was Raikkonen, who started on the faster tyre, that was leading by the first corner. The championship leader slotted into second, […]

Shwartzman victorious as Ticktum secures title runner up position
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Shwartzman victorious as Ticktum secures title runner up position

Robert Shwartzman claimed a dominant lights-to-flag victory in the final European Formula 3 race of the season as Dan Ticktum secured second in the championship order. Juri Vips looked set to jump the Red Bull junior in the championship standings, starting third whilst Ticktum lined up 10th on the grid. He started the race challenging […]

Championship fight tightens as Schumacher and Armstrong collide
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Championship fight tightens as Schumacher and Armstrong collide

Dan Ticktum’s European Formula 3 title fight stays alive as championship leader Mick Schumacher collided with team-mate Marcus Armstrong on the opening lap. Schumacher and Armstrong, who was also in the championship battle, started ahead of Ticktum for the opening race of the weekend at Hockenheim. The pair were battling for position in the middle […]

#7 Toyota takes first pole of the season
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#7 Toyota takes first pole of the season

Kamui Koboyashi and Jose Maria Lopez earned the #7 Toyota Gazoo Racing’s first pole of the season ahead of the 6 Hours of Fuji. The car spent most of the session running second quickest behind the sister #8 Toyota, driven by Fernando Alonso and Sebastien Buemi. But the #8 car was denied its fourth consecutive […]

Hamilton claims 80th pole at Suzuka
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Hamilton claims 80th pole at Suzuka

Lewis Hamilton led another Mercedes front row lock out in changing conditions in qualifying for the Japanese Grand Prix, taking his 80th Formula 1 pole position. With intermittent showers throughout all three qualifying sessions, Mercedes read the conditions perfectly in Q3 to put its drivers out in the best conditions. While Ferrari wasted a lap […]

Hamilton tops disrupted final free practice
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Hamilton tops disrupted final free practice

Lewis Hamilton topped a disrupted final free practice session ahead of qualifying for the Japanese Grand Prix. The championship leader had to wait until after a 15 minute rain shower that paused running early in the session to put in a competitive lap time, having locked up at the chicane on his first lap of […]

Hamilton continues to dominate in Japanese FP2
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Hamilton continues to dominate in Japanese FP2

Lewis Hamilton continued the Mercedes domination in the second free practice session ahead of the Japanese Grand Prix. After topping the times in FP1, Hamilton was back at the top of the order on his first lap on the soft compound of tyres. An incredible final sector resulted in a 1m29.005s lap before improving to […]

Bottas: Knowledge I could have won will keep me going
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Bottas: Knowledge I could have won will keep me going

Mercedes’ Valtteri Bottas says knowledge that he could have won Sunday’s Russian Grand Prix will keep him going until the end of the year. The Finnish driver was in the net race lead in Sochi after startinng the race from pole. But he was told team-mate Lewis Hamilton was suffering from heavy blistering and was […]