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The reigning world champion secured the final pole of the season by seeing off a late challenge from Charles Leclerc in qualifying, taking top spot by 0.139s.

2003 interview with Banksy has been shared in full by the BBC, where presenter asks artist to confirm if name published in The Independent is true

2003 interview with Banksy has been shared in full by the BBC, where presenter asks artist to confirm if name published in The Independent is true

2003 interview with Banksy has been shared in full by the BBC, where presenter asks artist to confirm if name published in The Independent is true

After F1’s fraught opening day of action in Las Vegas, both final practice and qualifying ran to plan which culminated in Leclerc taking pole in a Ferrari 1-2 in qualifying.

The reigning world champion was victorious in the Brazilian GP sprint race on Saturday, beating polesitter Lando Norris into Turn 1 before managing from the front to pick up his fourth sprint race triumph of the season. 

F1 has turned its sprint race into a standalone Saturday event, with sprint qualifying deciding the starting grid followed by the sprint race later in the day. Here’s how the latest sprint race format changes will work.During qualifying for Sunday’s grand prix, Max Verstappen grabbed pole position ahead of Charles…