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Formula 1

<p>George Russell says McLaren shouldn’t interfere with the F1 title race</p>

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Russell: ‘McLaren must accept fate and not interfere in F1 title race’

With Lando Norris needing a podium to win his first title, it has been suggested that McLaren could instruct Oscar Piastri to allow his teammate through to claim the spoils, should the situation arise in Sunday’s decider

<p>Sebastian Vettel trailed Fernando Alonso by 16 points but won the 2010 championship</p>

The three F1 title finales that show why Norris is far from home

<p>Ferrari’s Lewis Hamilton</p>

F1 2025 season awards including why Hamilton is biggest disappointment

<p>Max Verstappen now only trails Lando Norris by 12 points</p>

Verstappen is laughing at McLaren – how many warnings do they need?

<p>The Speed Sisters, the first all-female racing team in the Arab world. From left to right: Marah Zahalka, Noor Daoud, Maysoon Jayyusi, Betty Saddeh, Mona Ennab</p>

special report

How Palestine’s ‘Speed Sisters’ allowed girls to dream in face of war

<p>Felipe Drugovich, left, and Theo Pourchaire have been unable to land a seat in F1 despite their F2 triumphs </p>

special report

‘I didn’t know where to go’: The F2 champions unable to land F1 seat

<p>Irish racer Adam Fitzgerald had ambitions to race in Formula 1 before a crash in July 2023 </p>

exclusive interview

An F1 dream, a crash and a perspective shift: ‘Everything is so minor’

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George Russell interview: ‘How I’ve redefined my happiness’