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SUZUKA, Japan — Max Verstappen's record-breaking dominance in Formula 1 resumed with his victory in the Japanese Grand Prix, leading almost the entire race on a sunny day in central Japan.
MIAMI – Continuing in the same form he’s had all weekend, Red Bull’s Max Verstappen takes pole for the Miami Grand Prix. With a time of 1:27.241, he’s just over a tenth quicker than Charles Leclerc who finds himself starting in second as he did for the Sprint.
The Formula 1 race weekend continues in Miami with Sprint qualifying that saw Max Verstappen take pole position for tomorrow afternoon’s Sprint race. Charles Leclerc in his Ferrari lines up alongside him, as this session went much better than free practice that saw him spin his blue SF-24. Behind them, Sergio Perez and Daniel Ricciardo make up the second row.
What were you doing at 18 years old? I can tell what I most certainly wasn't doing. I wasn't scoring points in a Formula 1 grand prix, ahead of established drivers like Lando Norris and seven-time champion Lewis Hamilton. However, that's exactly what Ferrari rookie Oliver Bearman did yesterday when he stood in for Carlos Sainz.
The 2024 Formula 1 season is coming in hot. Teams revealed their cars over the past couple weeks, and now that Red Bull took the wraps off its car, the entire field is out. We’ve been following along with all the individual car reveals, and now we have the whole list compiled for you below.
Here is your Williams Formula 1 FW46, the car Anglo-Thai driver Alex Albon and American driver Logan Sergeant will campaign over the 2024 season. Ex-Mercedes man James Vowles took over as Williams team principal at the end of 2022, this will be the first car created under his oversight. Williams, after a brief run of seasons at the back of the grid, finished seventh of 10 teams in the 2023 Constructor's Championship; the new logo on the FW46 sidepods could be a better read on the livery than the color scheme. The team signed Japanese manufacturing conglomerate Komatsu to a multi-year partnership, the two enterprises having worked together in the 1980s and 1990s, when Komatsu provided gearsets for Williams transmissions.
This marks an end to an 11-year long run with the Mercedes works team in Formula One. “I have had an amazing 11 years with this team and I'm so proud of what we have achieved together. Mercedes has been part of my life since I was 13 years old”, said Lewis.
Lewis Hamilton has the most Grand Prix wins ever at 103, has the most Formula 1 poles ever at 104, and is tied with Michael Schumacher for the most F1 driver's championships at seven. Scuderia Ferrari has 242 wins, 249 poles, and 16 constructor's championships of its own. In 2025, the most successful driver and most storied team in the history of single-seat racing are teaming up.