The 21-year-old Briton will race for McLaren next year alongside double world champion Fernando Alonso.
Italy's Jarno Trulli topped the timesheets for Toyota in Saturday's final Malaysian Grand Prix practice as championship leader Giancarlo Fisichella spun his Renault into the gravel.
Ferrari's Michael Schumacher will write another extraordinary chapter in the Formula One record books if he wins his eighth title this year.
'Ferrari know how to accept defeat, just as they know how to celebrate victory,' Ferrari president Luca di Montezemolo said.
The German believes his experience will make the difference in his F1 title battle with Renault's Fernando Alonso.
The Ferrari ace breathed a sigh of considerable relief as he celebrated one of the sport's great comebacks.
The Indian driver says he would like to take the place of Williams test driver Alex Wurz's, who has been promoted as one of the team's two race drivers.
All the action from the rediff Formula One chat after the German GP.
Paddock sentiment has started swinging towards the expectation that the German will continue for another year or two.
Sixty-five thousand fans were on their feet as they watched their home hero Max Verstappen fend off title rival Lewis Hamilton to snatch pole position for the returning Dutch Grand Prix on Saturday.
Rediff's Formula One fanatics in a chat after the Melbourne Grand Prix.
Jaguar team boss Tony Purnell feels the Australian driver is a world champion in the making.
Jordan's Indian ace posted his third finish in four races in the Formula One championship.
The reigning World champion gave his new Ferrari a winning debut in Spain on Sunday as title leaders McLaren were reduced to mere spectators.
Following's Verstappen's 2021 title win, here's a list of F1 champions over the years...
IMAGES from the Belgian F1 Grand Prix
It was Hamilton's first pole position since Saudi Arabia in December 2021.
The 22-year-old McLaren driver needed to win or finish ahead of team mate Fernando Alonso and Kimi Raikkonen at the Chinese Grand Prix to win the world title but his race ended when he slid off the asphalt and into the gravel when approaching the pit lane.
Lewis Hamilton led a Mercedes 1-2 at the top of the timesheets for the first free practice session at the season-opening Australian Grand Prix on Friday, while McLaren's hopes of a clean start were tempered by reliability issues.
Sebastian Vettel continued his imperious march towards a fourth consecutive Formula One world championship by storming to pole position at the Singapore Grand Prix on Saturday after dominating the two days of practice.
Max Verstappen won Red Bull's home Austrian Grand Prix from pole position and with the fastest lap on Sunday for the team's 10th successive Formula One victory and ninth in nine races this season.
Carlos Sainz put Ferrari on pole position for the US Formula One Grand Prix in Austin, Texas, on Saturday, with Red Bull's double World champion Max Verstappen joining the Spaniard on the front row.
Max Verstappen put Red Bull on pole position for the Canadian Grand Prix with Alpine's Fernando Alonso leaping onto the front row alongside the Formula One championship leader in a wet qualifying on Saturday.
Unlike the Australian GP, where the majority of drivers carried out only one pit-stop, of Sunday's second race of the season, at Sepang, Malaysia, will see at least two, says Raja Sen.
Max Verstappen became the first Formula One driver to take 16 victories in a season
'Thanks to you, I have had an amazing engine,' the Spaniard told some 250 employees at the factory near Paris.
Max Verstappen took the 50th win of his Formula One career, and record-equalling 15th of the season
Britain's Lewis Hamilton seized his first win for Mercedes in a sweltering Hungarian Grand Prix on Sunday while Red Bull's Sebastian Vettel moved 38 points clear in the Formula One championship despite finishing third.
Given how well Hamilton drove last weekend to win the Styrian GP in Austria, few would bet against the British driver securing an eighth success
Max Verstappen added his name to the list of triple Formula One World champions on Saturday after Red Bull team mate and sole title rival Sergio Perez crashed out of the Qatar Grand Prix sprint race.
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