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Australia to miss 2021 Grand Prix
The Australian Grand Prix will no longer open the Formula One season, with officials flagging a permanent move to April once the race can return to the calendar
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‘I normally smile...but it’s hard’: Ricciardo gutted no home GP
Australian motorsports driver Daniel Ricciardo reacts to cancellation of 2021 Grand Prix.
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Australian Grand Prix cancelled again due to COVID-19
Sports Minister Martin Pakula said it was going to be too difficult to establish special quarantine arrangements for up to 1600 people associated with Formula One teams given low vaccination rates and reduced arrivals from overseas.
- by Michael Fowler and Cassandra Morgan
Verstappen wins in Austria to extend lead over Hamilton
Max Verstappen led from start to finish as he won the Austrian Grand Prix, powering 32 points clear of Lewis Hamilton in the Formula One championship.
- by Alan Baldwin
McLaren qualified second for Austrian GP. Ricciardo wasn’t at the wheel
McLaren’s Lando Norris joined Max Verstappen on the front row for the Austrian Grand Prix. But his teammate Daniel Ricciardo could only manage 13th.
- by Alan Baldwin
Traveller intake cuts due to COVID give GP chiefs even bigger headache
The national cabinet’s decision to halve the number of international arrivals until the end of the year gives GP chiefs another headache.
- by Michael Lynch
‘The most dominant win we’ve had so far’: Crushing victory for Verstappen in Austria
The Dutch driver led from start to finish at Austria’s Red Bull Ring, with seven-time world champion Lewis Hamilton second for Mercedes.
- by Alan Baldwin
‘Trying to screw you over’: Bottas unhappy with penalty as Verstappen takes pole
Red Bull’s Formula One world championship leader Max Verstappen took pole position for his team’s home Styrian Grand Prix on Saturday and set up another duel with title rival Lewis Hamilton.
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Verstappen wins French Grand Prix to extend lead over Hamilton
Max Verstappen overtook Lewis Hamilton on the penultimate lap to claim a third in a row for Red Bull after street circuit victories in Monaco and Azerbaijan.
- by Alan Baldwin
Verstappen delivers the unexpected with French GP pole
Formula One championship leader Max Verstappen snatched a comfortable French Grand Prix pole for Red Bull at a track that had until now been a happy hunting ground for rivals Mercedes.
- by Abhishek Takle
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Formula 1
‘Out of your comfort zone’: Ricciardo missing a gear in battle with his McLaren
Australian Daniel Ricciardo’s three-race bid to save his Formula One season starts in France on Sunday.
- by Michael Lynch