March 2024
Sainz wins drama-filled F1 as Ferrari storm podium
Carlos Sainz won his first Australian Grand Prix after Max Verstappen suffered a dramatic car fire early in the race.
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- Oliver Caffrey
February 2024
Lewis Hamilton shocks F1 with jump to rivals Ferrari
The superstar British driver said he is moving from Mercedes to Ferrari in 2025, a shift that surprised many in the elite motoring sport.
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- Jerome Pugmire
December 2023
Woodside and Santos merger steered by petrolheads
In the Woodside-Santos merger discussions, Woodside has been codenamed “Max”, while Santos is “Lewis”.
- Myriam Robin
March 2023
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- Australian Grand Prix
The Melbourne tech company behind race-winning strategies in Formula 1
The software ingests up to 50,000 different streams of telemetry data from the cars and drivers, and combines it with live weather reports, video feeds and track data, to model and predict the outcome of different race tactics.
- Patrick Durkin
All eyes on Australia’s debut driver as the Formula 1 season fires up
With 21-year-old Melburnian Oscar Piastri lining up for McLaren and a record 23 races this year, the Bahrain GP kicks off a thrilling 2023.
- Tony Davis
October 2022
Why Lewis Hamilton may still be racing past 40
The British Formula 1 great is as fit as ever at 37 and the record eighth world title he craves may not be beyond his grasp.
- Tom Cary
June 2022
Jeff Bezos-backed NotCo aims to shake up Australian plant-based food
The $2 billion group has F1 champion Lewis Hamilton and tennis star Roger Federer as investors, with Woolworths part of growth plans.
- Simon Evans
April 2022
Where the rich are paying $42,000 for a table next weekend
For racing fans, Miami’s first Formula 1 race will be one of the most exciting events of the year.
- Hannah Elliott
Serena Williams, Lewis Hamilton join bid to buy Chelsea
The tennis legend and F1 driver have each pledged an estimated $17.6 million to help purchase the Premier League club from sanctioned Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich.
- Matt Law and Tom Cary
‘The big one is coming’: tech giant’s stark Russia warning
The chief technology officer of cybersecurity company Crowdstrike has warned that Russia is still likely to launch large-scale cyberattacks against the West.
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- James Thomson
Grand Prix’s silver lining for Ferrari-mad Melbourne
The crowd cheered for Australian Daniel Ricciardo, but Melbourne has more Ferrari fans than anywhere bar Italy, so Charles Leclerc’s win was the next best thing.
- Tony Davis
How the Formula One money machine really works
Milliseconds matter and results count, but it is the billions spent behind the scenes that keep the world’s biggest sports show on the road and make the biggest difference to the results.
- Patrick Durkin
January 2022
The world’s biggest crypto fortune began with a friendly poker game
He used to make cheeseburgers at McDonald’s. Now, Changpang Zhao is crypto royalty, worth almost $100 billion.
- Tom Maloney, Yueqi Yang and Ben Bartenstein
December 2021
Verstappen stuns Hamilton to secure controversial F1 championship win
Max Verstappen stormed past Lewis Hamilton to win his first Formula One title in a dramatic and controversial finish to the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix.
- Cindy Boren
September 2021
Ricciardo wins at Monza in McLaren one-two finish
The victory was McLaren’s first since 2012 and Ricciardo’s first since he was at Red Bull in 2018.
- Alan Baldwin
July 2021
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- AI
How Formula 1 uses machine learning to spice up races
To help make racing safer for drivers, yet more exciting for viewers, Formula One has turned to cloud computing.
- John Davidson
January 2021
F1 horsepower comes to Melbourne in the spring
Hopes the rescheduled Australian Formula One grand prix may be the series decider have excited officials keen to promote Melbourne's major event credentials.
- Tom Burton
March 2020
The 24 hours when Melbourne's F1 GP sparked a global sport shutdown
More than 300,000 fans had been expected to attend the $60 million event.
- Patrick Durkin
January 2020
Commonwealth Bank buys Shane Warne's baggy green for $1m
The bank intends to send the famous cap on a national tour and then donate it to the Bradman museum in Bowral.
- Greg Stutchbury
June 2019
Lewis Hamilton 2nd in Montréal Grand Prix, but takes first prize
Ferrari driver Sebastian Vettel was red with rage at being stripped of a much- needed win at the Canadian Grand Prix.
- Jerome Pugmire