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Bottas returns to Mercedes as F1 reserve driver for 2025 season

Valtteri Bottas will return to Mercedes as its reserve driver for next year, the Formula 1 team said Thursday.

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Pérez leaves Red Bull; Lawson set to take over

Sergio Pérez and Red Bull have agreed to part ways, bringing an end to the Mexican driver's stint with the Formula 1 team. RB driver Liam Lawson is expected to be announced as Pérez's replacement in the coming days.

- Nate Saunders

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Leclerc on top as F1 test wraps up 2024 season

Ferrari's Charles Leclerc was top of the timesheets as Formula 1 wrapped up the season with a final test in Abu Dhabi on Tuesday.

- Reuters

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Norris wins season finale as McLaren takes first constructors' title since 1998

McLaren has won its first constructors' title in 26 years. Lando Norris won Sunday's season-ending Abu Dhabi Grand Prix at Yas Marina, clinching the title that looked like a sure thing after McLaren took the front two starting positions in Saturday's qualifying.

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McLaren holds off Ferrari to claim F1 constructors' title

McLaren has secured this year's constructors' championship, marking the team's first Formula 1 title since Lewis Hamilton won the driver's championship in 2008.

Laurence Edmondson

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'Journey into the history books': Hamilton leaves Mercedes after six titles and 246 F1 races

Lewis Hamilton left Mercedes with one last overtake and a heartfelt message to the team where he won the Formula 1 title six times. “We dreamed alone but together, we believed,” Hamilton told race engineer Peter Bonnington and team principal Toto Wolff over the radio.

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Hamilton ends Mercedes career with P4 finish

Lewis Hamilton finished his Mercedes career with an impressive comeback, clinching fourth place after starting 16th at the season-ending Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. Hamilton, rolling back the years, overtook teammate George Russell on the final lap.

Nate Saunders

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Verstappen: F1 champion to serve penalty for swearing in Rwanda

Formula 1 world champion Max Verstappen will serve a penalty for swearing when he visits Rwanda next week to collect his winner's trophy, the governing FIA said on Sunday.

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Perez retires early in likely last Red Bull race

Sergio Pérez retired on the second lap of what looks likely to be his final race for Red Bull at the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. Sources have told ESPN that Perez is set to leave Red Bull after this race, with the team committed to moving on from the Mexican driver.

- Nate Saunders

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McLaren on cusp of constructors' title after 1-2 qualifying in Abu Dhabi

Lando Norris took pole position for the last Formula 1 race of the season Saturday alongside teammate Oscar Piastri to put McLaren on the verge of a first constructors' title in 26 years.

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Norris admits he declined past offers to leave McLaren

Lando Norris admitted he turned down offers to leave McLaren in the past, and on Sunday his loyalty could pay off as the team are on the brink of winning its first Formula 1 constructors' championship since 1998.

Nate Saunders

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Brown: McLaren were close to shutting down in 2020

McLaren are back on the brink, but this time Formula 1's second most successful team are one step away from returning to the top rather than being at risk of financial failure.

- Reuters

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Charles, Arthur Leclerc team up for Ferrari in F1 practice

What a way to say hello. Charles Leclerc and his younger brother Arthur drove side-by-side in matching Ferraris at the end of the first practice session Friday for the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix.

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Russell reveals Verstappen threat in Qatar: 'People have been bullied by Max for years now'

George Russell has escalated his war of words with Formula 1 champion Max Verstappen, claiming the Dutchman said "he was going to purposefully go out of his way to crash into me and 'put me on my f---ing head in the wall'".

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Perez denies Red Bull exit reports ahead of possible final race

Sergio Pérez repeated his view he will be racing for Red Bull in 2025 despite reports this week to the contrary. Sources have told ESPN Pérez is set to leave Red Bull after the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, with the team ready to make a change in the off-season.

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Wolff labels rival Horner 'yapping little terrier'

Toto Wolff labelled his Red Bull counterpart Christian Horner a "yapping little terrier" as he came to George Russell's defence in his growing feud with Max Verstappen.

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Hamilton admits Mercedes F1 exit has been 'awkward'

Lewis Hamilton admits he underestimated how difficult, emotional and awkward it would be to spend a whole season saying goodbye to his Mercedes team this year.

Laurence Edmondson

Formula 1

Verstappen wins action-packed Qatar GP after Norris penalized

Red Bull's Max Verstappen followed up his Formula 1 drivers' title with another win Sunday in an incident-packed Qatar Grand Prix as Lando Norris was hit with a penalty that ended his challenge for the race victory.

Formula 1

Andretti's Formula 1 dream comes to bittersweet fruition without his involvement

Only the coldest of hearts won't empathize with Michael Andretti, who has been sidelined from his namesake motorsports organization and won't have any role with the the Formula 1 program he spent the last four years desperately trying to launch.

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Report: Perez set to leave Red Bull at end of season

Sergio Pérez is set to leave Red Bull at the end of the 2024 season, sources have told ESPN.

- Nate Saunders

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Red Bull's Verstappen 'lost all respect' for Mercedes driver Russell

A fired-up Max Verstappen said he "lost all respect" for rival George Russell after the pair were summoned to the stewards on Saturday night to discuss an incident that resulted in Verstappen being stripped of pole position for Sunday's Qatar Grand Prix.

Laurence Edmondson

Formula 1

Red Bull boss Horner hints at Pérez exit

Sergio Pérez's Red Bull future looks increasingly in doubt beyond the end of this season after team principal Christian Horner said the driver is "old enough and wise enough to know what the situation is."

- Laurence Edmondson

Formula 1

Alpine could replace Ocon with Doohan for Abu Dhabi GP

Alpine could give Australian Jack Doohan his Formula 1 race debut at next weekend's Abu Dhabi season-ender as replacement for soon-to-depart Esteban Ocon, team boss Oliver Oakes said on Sunday.

- Reuters

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Penalties, puncture leave Hamilton struggling again as Mercedes exit nears

It's not often Lewis Hamilton is tempted to give up in Formula 1. He nearly did just that Sunday, discussing with his Mercedes team over the radio whether it would be best to retire the car as his Qatar Grand Prix went from bad to worse.

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Norris wins sprint, Verstappen stripped of pole for Qatar GP

Lando Norris ignored team orders and handed his McLaren teammate Oscar Piastri the sprint race in Qatar on Saturday, while Formula 1 champion Max Verstappen was stripped of the pole position.

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Norris planned to payback McLaren teammate Piastri in Qatar sprint

Lando Norris said he had been planning to give a sprint race victory back to Oscar Piastri ever since his McLaren teammate moved aside for him in Brazil earlier this year. The two drivers were running first and second on the final lap of Saturday's sprint race in Qatar when Norris slowed coming out of the final corner and allowed Piastri to take the victory.

- Laurence Edmondson

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Bottas returns to Mercedes as F1 reserve driver for 2025 season

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Norris wins season finale as McLaren takes first constructors' title since 1998

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'Journey into the history books': Hamilton leaves Mercedes after six titles and 246 F1 races

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Hamilton ends Mercedes career with P4 finish

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Verstappen: F1 champion to serve penalty for swearing in Rwanda

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Perez retires early in likely last Red Bull race

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McLaren on cusp of constructors' title after 1-2 qualifying in Abu Dhabi

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Norris admits he declined past offers to leave McLaren

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Brown: McLaren were close to shutting down in 2020

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Charles, Arthur Leclerc team up for Ferrari in F1 practice

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Verstappen wins action-packed Qatar GP after Norris penalized

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Andretti's Formula 1 dream comes to bittersweet fruition without his involvement

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Report: Perez set to leave Red Bull at end of season

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Red Bull's Verstappen 'lost all respect' for Mercedes driver Russell

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Red Bull boss Horner hints at Pérez exit

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Alpine could replace Ocon with Doohan for Abu Dhabi GP

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Penalties, puncture leave Hamilton struggling again as Mercedes exit nears

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Norris wins sprint, Verstappen stripped of pole for Qatar GP

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Norris planned to payback McLaren teammate Piastri in Qatar sprint

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