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FORMULA ONE

Max Verstappen celebrates winning the Las Vegas Grand Prix on Saturday
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Nov 19, 2023
Verstappen battles through to win Las Vegas Grand Prix thriller
Ferrari's Charles Leclerc overtook Red Bull's Sergio Perez on the last lap to grab second place ahead of the Mexican.
Ferrari driver Charles Leclerc during qualifying for the Las Vegas Grand Prix on Saturday.
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Nov 18, 2023
Charles Leclerc on a roll with pole for Ferrari in Las Vegas
Leclerc was fastest in all three qualifying phases down the floodlit Strip, with its neon backdrop of landmark hotels and casinos.
Dutch driver Max Verstappen speaks to the press after the opening ceremony for the Las Vegas Grand Prix on Wednesday.
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Nov 16, 2023
Verstappen slams Las Vegas race as '99% show'
The Red Bull three-time world champion criticized the new street course and said Wednesday he had no interest in the razzmatazz around the event.
The Formula One track in Las Vegas is lit up ahead of the Grand Prix on Wednesday.
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Nov 16, 2023
Formula One’s Las Vegas race isn’t living up to the hype
Liberty Media, the owner of F1, has started to lower profit expectations for the race, blaming unexpected costs.
Mercedes driver George Russell drives during the Formula One Las Vegas Grand Prix Launch Party in November 2022.
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Nov 15, 2023
Viva Las Vegas as Formula One bets big on Sin City race
It is all systems go for the launch of an event F1 owners Liberty Media believe can propel the sport into a new money-spinning orbit.
Red Bull's Sergio Perez drives on the track during the Formula One Las Vegas Grand Prix Launch Party in Las Vegas on Nov. 5, 2022.
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Nov 14, 2023
Las Vegas Grand Prix expected to 'shatter' F1 betting records
Red Bull's Max Verstappen, who has been an outspoken skeptic of the event, is the heavy prerace favorite at -300 at the book.
Red Bull Racing's Dutch driver Max Verstappen celebrates after winning the Formula One Brazil Grand Prix in Sao Paulo on Sunday.
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Nov 7, 2023
Three things we learned from the Brazilian Grand Prix
Only McLaren, with a strong second half of the season, has lifted itself into a position to maintain a challenge.
Red Bull's Max Verstappen in action during qualifying on Friday ahead of the Brazilian Grand Prix.
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Nov 4, 2023
Max Verstappen on pole after 'insane' Brazil qualifying
Ferrari's Charles Leclerc joined Verstappen on the front row as qualifying was cut short by inclement weather.
Mercedes' Lewis Hamilton has finished the last two races second on track, although he was disqualified from the U.S. Grand Prix in Austin when the car failed post-race checks, and has looked increasingly comfortable in the car.
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Nov 2, 2023
Hamilton wants to win in Brazil but has sights on future glory
The 38-year-old great has not triumphed since 2021 but he remained optimistic about the future.
Red Bull's Max Verstappen races in the U.S. Grand Prix sprint at the Circuit of the Americas in Austin, Texas, on Saturday.
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Oct 22, 2023
Max Verstappen beats Louis Hamilton to Austin sprint race victory
The main event at the Texas track is on Sunday, with Red Bull's Verstappen chasing his 50th grand prix win from sixth on the grid.
Mercedes' George Russell said the new amount drivers can be fined "seems obscene."
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Oct 20, 2023
Formula One drivers stunned by threat of increased fines
The sport's governing body quadrupled the amount that stewards can fine drivers.
Max Verstappen won his third straight Formula One title in Qatar on Oct. 8.
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Oct 20, 2023
Max Verstappen keeping foot on gas with more milestones in sight
Max Verstappen will be racing for pride, points and records this weekend at the United States Grand Prix.
Super Bowl LVIII will take place at Allegiant Stadium in Paradise, Nevada, on Feb. 11, 2024. 
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Oct 20, 2023
Las Vegas rapidly moving from sports pariah to sports capital
"We are the sports capital of the world right now," said former mayor Oscar Goodman
Alpine is currently sixth in the Formula One constructors' standings.
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Oct 18, 2023
Patrick Mahomes and Rory McIlroy join investors in F1's Alpine
The announcement comes ahead of the U.S. Grand Prix in Austin, Texas.
Temperatures at Sunday's Qatar Grand Prix in Lusail never dropped below 36 degrees Celsius, challenging many drivers.
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Oct 10, 2023
FIA to take action after 'extreme weather' at Qatar Grand Prix
Formula One's Middle Eastern grands prix are usually scheduled at the beginning and end of the calendar to avoid the hottest months.
Red Bull's Max Verstappen drives ahead of McLaren's Oscar Piastri during the Qatar Grand Prix in Doha on Sunday.
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Oct 9, 2023
F1 drivers speak out about grueling conditions at Qatar GP
Formula One drivers declared the Qatar Grand Prix as the toughest physical test of their career.
Red Bull's Max Verstappen (center) celebrates with his team after winning the Formula One driver's championship in Lusail, Qatar, on Saturday.
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Oct 8, 2023
Max Verstappen says third F1 title is his best
Red Bull's star Dutchman is the 11th driver overall to win three drivers' titles and one of only five to win three in succession.
Max Verstappen (right) celebrates with Red Bull's team principal, Christian Horner, after the Dutch star won the Japanese Grand Prix on Sept. 24 to clinch the constructors' title for the team.
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Oct 6, 2023
Lewis Hamilton says 'phenomenal' Max Verstappen raised bar in F1
Verstappen needs just three points to secure another F1 title.
Michael Andretti, the son of 1978 Formula One champion Mario, first applied for his team to join Formula One in early 2022.
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Oct 3, 2023
FIA approval moves Michael Andretti a step closer to Formula One
The son of 1978 Formula One world champion Mario had been seen as the clear frontrunner from as many as seven initial expressions of interest.
Red Bull's Max Verstappen during a practice session for the Japanese Grand Prix. Saudi Aramco has perhaps the most visible presence among fossil fuel giants at Formula One races as one of the series' top sponsors.
ENVIRONMENT / Sustainability / OUR PLANET
Sep 30, 2023
F1 says it will reach net zero by 2030. But can it shake its polluting image?
Formula One's pledge faces myriad challenges, including its long-standing ties to some of the world's dirtiest fossil fuel companies.
Two of America’s biggest debt holders are dumping Treasurys
The U.S. Treasury building in Washington. Investors in Japan and China sold a pile of U.S. debt in the last quarter, just before the U.S. presidential election.
Tokyo Metro’s overseas efforts begin in earnest with London deal
Tokyo Metro will soon have a role in the running of London's Elizabeth Line, a major train route serving the U.K.’s capital city and environs.
Russia fired experimental ballistic missile at Ukraine, Putin says
Ukrainian firefighters work on a spot following an airstrike in Dnipro on Thursday.
Ex-yokozuna Kitanofuji dies at 82
Yokozuna Kitanofuji enters the ring during the May 1970 grand sumo tournament in Tokyo.
Man charged with murder allegedly made victim date other men for money
A car carrying suspect Ryotaro Masuda, who was indicted for allegedly beating his 25-year-old girlfriend to death, leaves the Shibuya Police Station in Tokyo on Thursday.
Shohei Ohtani wins National League MVP award
Shohei Ohtani celebrates after hitting a three-run home run against the Padres during the National League Division Series at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles last month.
The slow-burn success of ‘A Samurai in Time’
A 19th-century warrior gets struck by lightning and wakes to find himself in 21st-century Kyoto in Junichi Yasuda’s surprise hit “A Samurai in Time.”
Around a quarter of Japan married couples in their 20s met through dating apps
A survey released by an organization promoting “Good Couples Day” shows that 24% of couples in their 20s met their marriage partner through a dating app.
'Tokyo Swindlers': Get deep into the minds of real estate con artists
In Ko Shinjo's "Tokyo Swindlers," a group of con artists manipulates real estate giants into falsified deals within the highly competitive, quick market.
Japan, U.K. and Italy discuss inviting more countries to joint fighter project
A new concept model of a next-generation fighter jet to be jointly developed by Japan, Britain and Italy is on display in Farnborough, Hampshire, in July.

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