McLaren drivers Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri picked up where they left off and dominated the qualifying round at the Dutch Grand Prix 2024 by finishing in the top three on the grid on Saturday. The defending champion Max Verstappen finished second in the qualifying in his 300th career F1 race.
The 7-time F1 champion Lewis Hamilton scripted history at the British Grand Prix as he won his first title in 945 days, since Saudi Arabia in 2021. Hamilton breezed past Max Verstappen of Red Bull to win his ninth British Grand Prix title, an F1 history on a single track.
Lewis Hamilton scripted F1 history as he won the British Grand Prix in his first victory in more than two years while Abhishek Sharma slammed his maiden T20I century to help India level the five-match T20 series against Zimbabwe. Here's a look at the top 10 sports stories on July 8.
Lewis Hamilton fended off F1 Championship leader Max Verstappen to win his first race since 2021 Saudi Arabian GP. The British star has shattered a historic record held by iconic Michael Schumacher in Formula 1 history with this win.
The British racer Lando Norris recorded the fastest lap at the Qualifying to take the pole ahead of the second-placed Max Verstappen in the Spanish Grand Prix 2024. Mercedes drivers Lewis Hamilton and George Russell also impressed to finish in the top five ahead of the main race on June 23.
“2025 will be a special year as we celebrate the 75th Anniversary of the FIA Formula One World Championship, and it’s that legacy and experience that allows us to deliver such a strong calendar," Formula 1 CEO and President Stefano Domenicali said.
The defending champion Max Verstappen took the pole after emerging as the fastest driver in the qualifying on Friday and starts in the front row again with Ferrari's Charles Leclerc in the main race starting at 10:30 PM IST on Saturday.
Max Verstappen and Red Bull Racing will kick off their title defence with a pole position in the first race of the Formula 1 2024 season at the Bahrain Grand Prix on Saturday. Indian fans can enjoy the live streaming of the race on two official platforms.
Max Verstappen picked up where he left off last season by clinching the pole position at the Bahrain Grand Prix 2024 qualifying. Verstappen defeated Ferrari's Charles Leclerc and Mercedes' George Russell for the best place on the Grid at Bahrain International Circuit in Sakhir.
Las Vegas Grand Prix 2023: Ferrari drives Charles Leclerc and Carlos Sainz topped the qualifying round on Saturday morning ahead of champion Max Verstappen and Mercedez driver George Russell. Seven-time champion is placed 11th on the grid ahead of Red Bull's Sergio Perez.
" We continue to chase our dreams, we continue to fight no matter the challenge and we will win again," Hamilton said after signing a contract extension with Mercedes.
I already was being bullied at the age of 6. I think at the time, at that particular school, I was probably one of three kids of colour and just bigger, stronger, bullying kids were throwing me around a lot of the time: Lewis Hamilton
Hamilton wrote on social media: 'I've been gone. Now I'm back!'
Max Verstappen, who won the F1 title in the last lap of the last race of the season in Abu Dhabi last Sunday, was officially presented with the champion's trophy.
Lewis became just the fourth F1 driver to receive the honour after Sir Jackie Stewart in 2001, Sir Stirling Moss in 2000, and Sir Jack Brabham in 1979.
After losing the protests, Mercedes filed for reconsideration to the International Court of Appeal.
Red Bull driver Max Verstappen became Formula One World Champion for the first time defeating Mercedes rival Lewis Hamilton in a thrilling season finale race at Abu Dhabi Grand Prix on Sunday.
Hamilton’s nail-biting win at the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix on Sunday was his third straight to pull him level with Verstappen on 369.5 points.
Verstappen still holds an eight-point lead with two races remaining in one of the most dramatic F1 title fights in at least a decade.
Hamilton, a seven-time world champion, beat Verstappen despite starting from 10th position on the grid due to a penalty — the second Hamilton faced this weekend in Sao Paulo.
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