Max Verstappen had warned that his Red Bull team was good enough to win every single race of the Formula One season. On Sunday he took one more step toward that ambitious sweep by easing to victory at the Spanish Grand Prix. The two-time defending champion started from pole position and never was challenged as…

MONACO—Formula One leader Max Verstappen beat Fernando Alonso to pole position at the Monaco Grand Prix on Saturday and conceded even he would like to see the evergreen Aston Martin driver win again. The Spaniard, a two-times world champion like Verstappen, has not won a race since he was at Ferrari a decade ago but…

Red Bull’s Max Verstappen will start the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix in 15th place but none of his rivals were ruling out the Formula One championship leader fighting for victory on Sunday. The double world champion was sidelined by a sudden driveshaft failure in qualifying on Saturday after dominating every practice session. Mexican team mate…

ABU DHABI—Double world champion Max Verstappen signed off on a dominant 2022 Formula One campaign with a record-extending 15th win of the year in Sunday’s season-ending Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, as Charles Leclerc secured second in the overall standings. The Dutchman, who wrapped up the title last month in Japan with four races to spare,…

Max Verstappen fought back from a slow pitstop to win the U.S. Grand Prix in Austin on Sunday as his Red Bull team clinched the Formula One constructors’ title a day after the death of billionaire owner Dietrich Mateschitz. The title, clinched with three races to spare, ended an eight-year streak by Mercedes who have…

AUSTIN, Texas—Double Formula One world champion Max Verstappen was fastest in final practice on Saturday for a U.S. Grand Prix likely to hand the constructors’ title to his Red Bull team. The Dutch 25-year-old, who took his second successive drivers’ title in Japan this month, lapped the Circuit of the Americas with a best time…

SUZUKA, Japan—Max Verstappen is now a two-time Formula One world champion, both titles awarded under bizarre and unprecedented circumstances long after he crossed the finish line. The Red Bull driver won the rain-shortened Japanese Grand Prix on Sunday and didn’t learn he was champion until F1’s governing body penalized Charles Leclerc after the race. “The…

MONZA, Italy—Red Bull’s Max Verstappen dashed Ferrari’s home hopes and won the Italian Grand Prix behind the safety car on Sunday to move within reach of his second Formula One world championship. The Dutch 24-year-old’s victory at the “Temple of Speed,” in a race that ended disappointingly and to boos from the crowd, was Verstappen’s…

MONZA, Italy—Red Bull’s Formula One leader Max Verstappen was fastest in final practice on Saturday for the Italian Grand Prix, but Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc looked a good bet for pole position at his team’s home race. Nine of the 20 drivers are carrying penalties for Sunday’s race and Verstappen, who leads Leclerc by a massive…

SPA-FRANCORCHAMPS, Belgium—Formula One championship leader Max Verstappen quickly carved his way through the field from 14th to win the Belgian Grand Prix on Sunday and widen his lead in the title race. Verstappen, who in the final race before F1’s summer break drove from 10th to win the Hungarian Grand Prix, produced another imperious drive…