Meet the Indian-origin driver to race at Formula One this season.
Kimi Antonelli claimed his first Formula One victory at the Chinese Grand Prix, becoming the second-youngest race winner in history as Mercedes secured a one-two finish.
Mercedes said the W17 car completed 67 laps and nearly 200km without any problems.
George Russell took Mercedes' first win of the Formula One season in Canada on Sunday while McLaren's Oscar Piastri went 22 points clear in the championship after teammate Lando Norris smashed into him and retired.
Andrea Kimi Antonelli showed he was a quick learner by becoming F1's youngest race leader and fastest lap setter on his way to sixth place for Mercedes in the Japanese Grand Prix
Verstappen crossed the line in his Red Bull for his 64th Grand Prix victory to a huge ovation from the 115,000 crowd some 1.4 seconds ahead of McLaren's championship leader Lando Norris in second place.
Spanish teenager Jaime Alguersuari will become the youngest driver to race in Formula One after Toro Rosso named him on Monday as replacement for sacked Frenchman Sebastien Bourdais. The Barcelona-born driver, born on March 23, 1990, will make his debut at Budapest's Hungaroring this weekend at the age of 19 years and 125 days.
On the sidelines of a promotional event in Mumbai, Hamilton talks to Rediff.com's Bikash Mohapatra about F1, his immediate goal and his future.
From the very first moment he arrived in Formula One as a curly-haired teenager, new world champion Sebastian Vettel was a young man in a hurry.
Germany's Sebastian Vettel seized his and Toro Rosso's first Formula One pole position in an astonishing Italian Grand Prix qualifying session in Monza on Saturday. McLaren's championship leader Lewis Hamilton qualified 15th, one place behind Ferrari's world champion Kimi Raikkonen.
Germany's Sebastian Vettel stunned Formula One as the sport's youngest race winner at the age of 21 on Sunday with victory for Toro Rosso at the team's home Italian Grand Prix. Vettel, who had started as the youngest driver on pole position, gave his Ferrari-powered team their first win with a remarkably assured drive through the spray and slippery conditions. McLaren's Lewis Hamilton, who started 15th after losing a gamble with the weather in qualifying, retained his c
Formula One world champion Lewis Hamilton said he is so tied to McLaren that he will never leave the team. McLaren team boss Ron Dennis has had a long-standing relationship with Hamilton and the driver highlighted this as a major reason for his desire to stay at McLaren.
Reader Naresh Kumar sent us a picture of Arman Ibrahim from Sydney.
Meet Lando Norris, who pipped Lewis Hamilton in the Austrian F1 on July 5 for a podium finish.
Valtteri Bottas won a dramatic first race of the delayed Formula One season for champions Mercedes in Austria on Sunday
The German teenager showed he is ready to come of age in Formula One by shining in free practice for his race debut in Sunday's US GP.
Ferrari got on the podium with Brazilian Felipe Massa taking the third spot.
Fernando Alonso put Renault on pole position for Sunday's Malaysian Grand Prix.
Finland's Nico Rosberg, the 17-year-old son of 1982 world champion Keke Rosberg, became the youngest driver ever to take part in Formula One testing on Tuesday, the BMW-Williams team said.
Mercedes set for proper fight with Ferrari in Melbourne
Factbox on Dutch driver Max Verstappen, who became Formula One's youngest race winner, aged 18, at the Spanish Grand Prix on Sunday.
Sebastian Vettel handed Ferrari their first Canadian Grand Prix pole position since Michael Schumacher in 2001 on Saturday while Formula One championship leader Lewis Hamilton qualified fourth for Mercedes. Vettel, 14 points behind the Briton, will start from the front for the fourth time at the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve after setting a track record of one minute 10.764 seconds on a sunny afternoon.
Montreal-born Lance Stroll, who celebrated his 18th birthday on October 29 and has yet to pass his driving test, will be the first Canadian F1 racer since 1997 world champion Jacques Villeneuve, who won his title at Williams and retired in 2006.
Ferrari's Sebastian Vettel put himself on pole position to retake the Formula One lead from Lewis Hamilton after setting the fastest lap in qualifying for the Singapore Grand Prix.
The first 17-year-old to race in Formula One became the sport's first 18-year-old driver on Wednesday and Toro Rosso's Max Verstappen is happy to reach the milestone.
Champions Mercedes are chasing a sixth successive double, and Lewis Hamilton his sixth drivers' title, but the task looks tougher than ever.
Summary of sports events and persons who made news on Friday
Dutch teenager Max Verstappen became Formula One's youngest race winner on Sunday in a sensational Spanish Grand Prix that saw dominant Mercedes drivers Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg collide on the opening lap.
New boy Vettel plays down Ferrari hopes in Melbourne.
The three-time World champion talks about the challenges of being the first black driver in F1, why he credits his family for his success, what was his first car, what he says to his critics who say that he's not focussed on racing, how many more years does he think he has in F1 racing.
2016 is at the halfway stage and the year has already seen some stunning sporting wins, underdogs emerging triumphant on the biggest stages of them all.
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