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Max Verstappen Is Champion Once Again
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Chris Thompson
November 24, 2024
Racing
The São Paulo Grand Prix Was A Wet And Wild Max Verstappen Masterclass
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Luis Paez-Pumar
November 4, 2024
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Max Verstappen Finally Punished For Driving Like Max Verstappen
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Luis Paez-Pumar
October 28, 2024
Racing
Formula 1 Gasps, Drops Monocle Over Max Verstappen’s F-Word
50
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Luis Paez-Pumar
September 24, 2024
Racing
On Touching And Other Forms Of Intimacy
52
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Kathryn Xu
July 1, 2024
Racing
For Lando Norris, One Win Is No Longer Enough
48
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Kathryn Xu
May 19, 2024
Racing
Carlos Sainz Has No Appendix, No Job, And One More Race Win
23
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Luis Paez-Pumar
March 25, 2024
Racing
Set Max Verstappen’s Car On Fire More Often, For Morale
61
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Chris Thompson
March 25, 2024
Racing
At Jeddah, Nobody Wins
108
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Kathryn Xu
March 10, 2024
Racing
How Much Will Red Bull Racing Endure To Stand By Christian Horner?
139
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Chris Thompson
March 4, 2024
Racing
New Formula 1 Season, Same Old Max Verstappen
86
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Luis Paez-Pumar
March 3, 2024
Racing
In Formula 1, The Only Way To Win Is To Lose To A Red Bull
45
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Kathryn Xu
November 28, 2023
Racing
Formula 1’s Las Vegas Fever Dream Was An Improbable Triumph
150
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Luis Paez-Pumar
November 19, 2023
Racing
The Highlight Of Suzuka Was Sergio Pérez’s 41-Minute Pit Stop
53
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Kathryn Xu
September 24, 2023
Racing
After A Shitty Weekend In Singapore, Red Bull Is Most Certainly Not In Shambles
58
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Kathryn Xu
September 19, 2023
Racing
It’s Max Verstappen’s Era, And We’re Just Living In It
65
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Kathryn Xu
August 27, 2023
Racing
There Is Only One Way To Deny Max Verstappen His Trophy
81
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Lauren Theisen
July 23, 2023
Racing
The Australian Grand Prix Was A Mess Of The FIA’s Creation
139
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Luis Paez-Pumar
April 3, 2023
Racing
The Bahrain Grand Prix Was Chaos For (Almost) Everyone
92
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Luis Paez-Pumar
March 5, 2023
Racing
There Will Be No Surprises
40
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Kathryn Xu
October 24, 2022
Racing
The Formula One Title Race Got The Anticlimactic Ending It Deserved
61
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Luis Paez-Pumar
October 10, 2022
Racing
Max Verstappen Is The Fun-Killer
117
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Luis Paez-Pumar
August 29, 2022
Racing
Max Verstappen Is A Brick Wall
69
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Luis Paez-Pumar
June 21, 2022
Racing
The Monaco Grand Prix Was A Rain-Soaked Quagmire
93
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Luis Paez-Pumar
May 29, 2022
Racing
Miami Was Ready For Formula 1, But The Track Was Not
130
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Luis Paez-Pumar
May 9, 2022
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