Celebrate McLaren’s Return to Top Step of F1 Podium

McLaren might not be all the way back to the top of Formula One, but last week’s 1-2 finish in the Italian Grand Prix at Monza showed that the Zak Brown-led program is working its way there. Daniel Ricciardo and Lando Norris took the top two positions on the podium, giving the Woking organization its first grand prix victory since the Jenson Button-Lewis Hamilton pairing in 2012. Now two-thirds of the way through the 2021 season, McLaren is a solid third...

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Caesars Palace GP had brief but important role in F1 history

The Caesars Palace Grand Prix was short-lived both in Formula One and CART, but the popular Las Vegas event left a lasting impression not only on those who attended but the 1981 World Championship in particular. Williams’ Carlos Reutemann entered the season-ending event with a single-point lead over Brabham’s Nelson Piquet, and Reutemann won the pole for the 75-lap race. It seemed he was poised to win what would be his first and only series championship. But Reutemann got a bad start...

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F1 returns to Imola this weekend in rare two-day event

Formula One returns to the Imola circuit this weekend for what is being called the inaugural Emilia-Romagna Grand Prix. It’s difficult to believe it has been 14 years since F1 last staged the San Marino Grand Prix at Imola, and what a star-studded podium that was in 2006. Michael Schumacher won his seventh race at the circuit – and sixth in eight years — with Fernando Alonso and Juan Pablo Montoya finishing second and third, respectively. Alonso had won the prior...

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