F1 champion Max Verstappen revelled in McLaren's strategy horror show at the Qatar Grand Prix on Sunday.
Kush Maini created history as he became the first Indian driver in Formula 1 since 2012.
McLaren could clinch their first constructors' crown since 1998 on Sunday if they outscore Ferrari by 21 points at the Qatar F1 Grand Prix.
Mexican team mate Sergio Perez qualified second fastest in a front row lockout for Red Bull, 15 years after the team took their first win at the Shanghai International Circuit with Sebastian Vettel.
Lewis Hamilton will start Sunday's season-ending Brazilian Formula One Grand Prix on pole position in his farewell to McLaren, with teammate Jenson Button alongside.
The Finn, advised by retired double world champion and compatriot Mika Hakkinen, spent last season learning the ropes as the team's reserve for Williams and now he is six weeks away from his race debut in Australia.
The 1998 and 1999 F1 champion was the slowest man on the track in his first test for McLaren in more than five years.
Double world champion Mika Hakkinen will drive a F1 car for the first time since 2001 when he tests for McLaren.
McLaren last went a year without a victory when Mika Hakkinen and Scot David Coulthard were driving for the team in 1996.
The 1998 and 1999 Formula One world champion tested a Mercedes DTM touring car.
"Of course its over! Write that. I'm ready to sign that," the two times Formula One world champion said.
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Ferrari's world champion is looking to extend his 896-day run at the top.
Force India are now 99 points clear of fifth-placed Williams, and 165 behind third-placed Red Bull, with a maximum 86 remaining to be won.
Valtteri Bottas has denied signing a pre-contract with Ferrari, saying he was amused by some of the speculation about his Formula One future.
Formula One's 'silly season' of rumour and speculation is heating up.
The London-based organisation did not give any reason for the cancellation, but said it would continue to support sports charity projects in Brazil. Rio state authorities also did not explain why the event would not take place as planned.
Former Formula One World champion Damon Hill says the decision to scrap the Indian Grand Prix after just three years of its launch was a "shame", especially as the Buddh International Circuit in Greater Noida has a "great track".
Haas, a six-time PGA Tour winner, was scheduled to play in the Genesis Open at the Riviera Country Club in Pacific Palisades that begins Thursday, but will withdraw to recover at his home in Greenville, South Carolina, his manager said.
Lewis Hamilton has competed with Alonso, Raikkonen, Button, Rosberg, Schumacher and Vettel, champions all of them, and he has come out on top.
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