Former F1 driver Karun Chandhok has outlined the "big boost" it would be for Mercedes if Kimi Antonelli finished ahead of Lewis Hamilton in the drivers' standings.
Following Antonelli's second-place finish in São Paulo and Hamilton's retirement, the young Italian has closed to within 26 points of the Briton with three rounds remaining.
READ MORE: Mercedes handed major encouragement in Lewis Hamilton pursuit
Max Verstappen addresses moment F1 title was 'lost'
Max Verstappen has denied his F1 title bid was undone by not winning the last two grands prix in Mexico and Brazil.
Verstappen dramatically closed the deficit to the McLaren drivers after the summer break and became a late factor in the title battle.
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Adrian Newey addresses major 'fear' as wife complaint revealed
Adrian Newey has revealed that a "fear of failure" is part of his motivation as he seeks to turn Aston Martin into F1 champions.
Newey is renowned as F1's greatest technical guru, playing a major role in winning 12 constructors’ championships and 14 drivers’ titles.
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Red Bull identify single factor to revive Max Verstappen title hopes
Helmut Marko has pinpointed the one thing that could save Max Verstappen's diminishing hopes of clinching a fifth successive F1 drivers' championship at the end of the season.
With just 83 points available over the remaining three rounds, which includes a sprint weekend in Qatar, the Red Bull driver must be near faultless if he stands any chance of overturning Lando Norris' 49-point advantage in the standings.
READ MORE: Red Bull identify single factor to revive Max Verstappen title hopes
Civil war is the last thing Ferrari needs
After a bleak weekend at Interlagos for Lewis Hamilton, I was planning on writing about the seven-time F1 drivers' champion and how Ferrari need not worry, as it has strength and depth in that department with the increasingly impressive Oliver Bearman waiting in the wings at Haas.
I was going to argue that the 40-year-old should ultimately be judged in 2026, when the dawn of the new regulations cycle will provide the Maranello-based squad with a fresh opportunity to return to title-winning ways after nearly two decades, and that, crucially, if Hamilton still cannot live up to the sky-high expectations that accompanied him to the Scuderia and his day is deemed done, there would be a ready-made replacement in Bearman.
Alpine suffer bizarre break-in as thieves leave empty-handed
Police are investigating an utterly baffling case in which thieves broke into the French offices of the Alpine F1 team - but stole nothing!
The break-in happened at Alpine's Viry-Châtillon factory on Monday around 10pm. French newspaper Le Parisien reported that two people smashed a window in the entrance lobby before heading straight to the management offices upstairs.
READ MORE: Alpine suffer bizarre break-in as thieves leave empty-handed
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