Max Verstappen of the Netherlands and Oracle Red Bull Racing looks on on the podium during the F1 Grand Prix of Saudi Arabia at Jeddah Corniche Circuit in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, on April 20, 2025.
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Oscar Piastri of the McLaren F1 Team celebrates on the podium during the 5th round of the Formula 1 World Championship in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, on April 20, 2025.
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JEDDAH, SAUDI ARABIA - APRIL 17: Max Verstappen of the Netherlands and Oracle Red Bull Racing speaks during the Drivers Press Conference during previews ahead of the F1 Grand Prix of Saudi Arabia at Jeddah Corniche Circuit on April 17, 2025 in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. (Photo by Clive Rose/Getty Images)
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Oscar Piastri won the Bahrain Grand Prix.
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Oscar Piastri takes impressive win at Bahrain Grand Prix
Carlos Sainz was fined for turning up late for the national anthem at last week's Japanese Grand Prix.
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Max Verstappen produced an assured performance under pressure to win the Japanese Grand Prix.
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AUSTIN, TX - MARCH 30: Ai Ogura (79) of Japan and Trackhouse MotoGP Team exits turn 15 during the Warm Up session ahead of the MotoGP Red Bull Grand Prix of the Americas on March 30. 2025, at Circuit of The Americas in Austin, Texas. (Photo by David Buono/Icon Sportswire) (Icon Sportswire via AP Images)
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Safety officers extinguishing a trackside fire on the grass patch.
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Max Verstappen is second in the drivers' championship standings through two races of the 2025 F1 season.
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Max Verstappen says it ‘was not a mistake’ that he liked Instagram post criticizing Liam Lawson-Yuki Tsunoda swap
Yuki Tsunoda (left) will replace Liam Lawson driving for Red Bull.
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Oscar Piastri produced a well-rounded drive to win the Chinese Grand Prix.
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Oscar Piastri wins Chinese Grand Prix while Lewis Hamilton and two other drivers disqualified
Lewis Hamilton celebrates winning the sprint race at the Chinese Grand Prix, his first victory at Ferrari.
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Lewis Hamilton takes first-ever win for Ferrari in sprint race at Chinese Grand Prix
Eddie Jordan has died aged 76, his family announced.
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Eddie Jordan, former F1 team owner who gave Michael Schumacher his debut, dies aged 76
AVONDALE, ARIZONA - MARCH 08: Katherine Legge, driver of the #78 Droplight Chevrolet, waits on the grid during practice for the NASCAR Cup Series Shriners Children's 500 at Phoenix Raceway on March 08, 2025 in Avondale, Arizona. (Photo by Jonathan Bachman/Getty Images)
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What to watch

<p>With just two weeks to go until the start of the new Formula One season all eyes have been trained on Bahrain this week with drivers and teams getting their first taste of their new 2025 cars. Former Haas F1 team principal, Guenther Steiner. Steiner, who's now an Ambassador for the Miam Grand Prix, has been telling CNN's Amanda Davies how much this week's pre-season testing will be an indicator for the season ahead. </p>
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<p>As Formula E made its debut at the Jeddah Corniche Circuit on a brand new layout, we went behind the scenes to capture the drivers' energy.</p>
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<p>The countdown continues to the start of the new Formula One season and one driver who has his eyes set on the prize of World champion is Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc. Season by season the the 27-year-old has inched closer and closer to fulfilling his childhood dream but never quite getting over the line and taking the chequered flag. Could this, though, finally be the season when it all comes together?</p>
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F1

MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - MARCH 16: Lando Norris of Great Britain driving the (4) McLaren MCL39 Mercedes leads Max Verstappen of the Netherlands driving the (1) Oracle Red Bull Racing RB21 during the F1 Grand Prix of Australia at Albert Park Grand Prix Circuit on March 16, 2025 in Melbourne, Australia. (Photo by Clive Mason/Getty Images)
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Lando Norris claims victory in dramatic opening F1 race of the season as Lewis Hamilton disappoints in Ferrari debut
McLaren dominates first F1 qualifying of the season at Australian GP as Lewis Hamilton finishes eighth in Ferrari debut
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Lewis Hamilton dismisses criticism from ‘older, ultimately, White men’ after Ferrari switch
LONDON, ENGLAND - FEBRUARY 18: Lewis Hamilton of Great Britain and Scuderia Ferrari looks on during F1 75 Live at The O2 Arena on February 18, 2025 in London, England. (Photo by Sam Bloxham/Getty Images)
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Lewis Hamilton feels ‘invigorated’ ahead of new F1 season for Ferrari
18-year-old prodigy Andrea Kimi Antonelli passes driving test weeks before Formula One debut
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Fans are being let into ‘the inner sanctum’ of F1 – for a price

Motorsport

Race winner Max Verstappen of the Netherlands and Oracle Red Bull Racing celebrates in parc ferme during the F1 Grand Prix of Bahrain at Bahrain International Circuit on March 02, 2024 in Bahrain, Bahrain.
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Five memorable moments from a Formula One season unlike any other
LUSAIL CITY, QATAR - DECEMBER 01: Max Verstappen of Oracle Red Bull Racing and The Netherlands celebrates finishing in first position during the F1 Grand Prix of Qatar at Lusail International Circuit on December 01, 2024 in Lusail City, Qatar. (Photo by Peter Fox/Getty Images)
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Inside the ‘brutal’ logistical challenge of staging a Formula One Grand Prix
Formula One F1 - Qatar Grand Prix - Lusail International Circuit, Lusail, Qatar - November 30, 2024 Red Bull's Max Verstappen after qualifying in pole position along with second placed Mercedes' George Russell REUTERS/Hamad I Mohammed
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‘I lost all respect’: Max Verstappen furious with George Russell after qualifying incident at Qatar Grand Prix
Undated handout photo provided by Tom Hartley Jnr of the Ecclestone Collection of classic race cars. Bernie Ecclestone is selling his entire collection of Formula One cars, which is expected to be worth more than £300million to the sport's former supremo. Issue date: Sunday December 1, 2024. PA Photo. See PA Story AUTO Ecclestone. Photo credit should read: Tom Hartley Jnr/PA Wire. NOTE TO EDITORS: This handout photo may only be used in for editorial reporting purposes for the contemporaneous illustration of events, things or the people in the image or facts mentioned in the caption. Reuse of the picture may require further permission from the copyright holder.
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Former F1 supremo Bernie Ecclestone to sell car collection worth ‘hundreds of millions’
Lewis Hamilton of Great Britain and Mercedes looks on in the Paddock after practice ahead of the F1 Grand Prix of Las Vegas at Las Vegas Strip Circuit on November 21, 2024 in Las Vegas, Nevada.
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‘We created history together’: Lewis Hamilton on writing one of F1’s greatest chapters with Mercedes