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Michael Schumacher

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New Zealander Liam Lawson at practice on Friday - he has the trickiest seat on the grid, lining up at Red Bull alongside Max Verstappen, who has won the past four driver’s championships.

Grand Prix hits new highs in survival countdown

Fans are flocking to Melbourne’s Albert Park for F1 practice sessions and the final qualifying round that will determine where each driver starts on Sunday.

  • Tony Davis

October 2022

Lewis Hamilton waves to fans during the drivers parade before the F1 Grand Prix of Japan at Suzuka.

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

September 2021

Schumacher celebrates his win in the French Grand Prix in 2004.

Schumacher’s flaws are compelling in Netflix documentary

For almost seven years, the champion Formula One driver has been cared for in private following a serious head injury. As a consequence, this documentary has an elegiac feel.

  • John McDonald

January 2021

Renault driver Daniel Ricciardo of Australia in action during practice at the Formula One grand prix in Abu Dhabi.

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

September 2019

The flexibility of stem cells offers hope for lots of illnesses and conditions including heart disease, MS and macular degeneration.

Can stem cells save Michael Schumacher?

The Formula One legend is said to be undergoing radical new treatment in Paris. 

  • Victoria Lambert

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