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[ad_1] MIAMI: The Miami Grand Prix is considering a switch to becoming a night race, Tom Garfinkel, the event's managing partner, said on Sunday. Garfinkel said that talks were ongoing with Formula One management about options for the future and said a night race was one item on the agenda. "We've had some discussions about potentially doing that," Garfinkel told reporters on Sunday. Sunday's race, won by Red Bull's Max Verstappen , was the second Grand Prix held in Miami, with the event taking place around Hard Rock Stadium, home to the NFL's Miami Dolphins. Garfinkel, who is also president and chief executive of the Dolphins, indicated that the intense heat of last year had contributed to the idea. "Obviously at this time of year, the weather is a little unpredictable," he said. "This year is pretty nice and the breezes have helped a lot, but last year was unseasonably hot." Moving the race to the night would, however, ...

[ad_1] BUDAPEST: Defending champion and runaway series leader Max Verstappen will be armed with a number of upgrades on his Red Bull car as he seeks to repeat his 2022 victory at this weekend's Hungarian Grand Prix. In the penultimate race before Formula One's August break, the 25-year-old Dutchman will bid to extend his 99-point lead on team-mate Sergio Perez. But he will be keenly aware that the chasing pack are closing in after his narrow triumph ahead of McLaren's Lando Norris at the British Grand Prix where seven-time champion Lewis Hamilton finished third for Mercedes. Both Britons will carry hopes of further success at the tight and twisty Hungaroring circuit where Hamilton, notably, has shone often in the past on his way to a record eight Hungarian victories. "This is always an interesting one," said Verstappen. "Last year, it was tricky to make the right calls with incoming rain and cooler temperatures, but as a team we stayed calm and ...

[ad_1] SPIELBERG BEI KNITTELFELD: Defending champion Max Verstappen continued his relentless charge towards a third world title on Sunday when he claimed a record fourth Austrian Grand Prix victory in emphatic style. The 25-year-old Dutchman finished 5.155 seconds clear of a revived Charles Leclerc of Ferrari, in second, with Red Bull team-mate Sergio Perez , showing revitalised form, taking a battling third after starting 15th on the grid. It was a race of attrition, punctuated by safety cars and influenced by a high number of drivers' receiving penalties for exceeding track limits. Several drivers served pit penalties during the race but after a stewards' investigation, eight received further late-night punishments including Carlos Sainz, demoted from fourth to sixth and Lewis Hamilton from seventh to eighth. During the race, Verstappen's unbroken run of laps led ended on 249, when he pitted. But it was only a pause in his serene progress to a fifth consecu...