Kimi Antonelli did almost everything required in Austin. He won the United States Grand Prix, beat the drivers he needed to beat, and stretched his championship lead to a point where the title now feels less like a question and more like a countdown. The 20-year-old Italian crossed the line ahead of Red Bull’s Max Verstappen and Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc, delivering another commanding result for Mercedes. Yet he left the United States just short of sealing his first world tit

Kimi Antonelli chose the loudest possible moment to deliver one of the cleanest laps of his season. On the weekend when he can potentially clinch his first world title, the Mercedes driver put his car on pole for the United States Grand Prix and gave himself the best possible starting point for a decisive Sunday. Antonelli beat Red Bull’s Max Verstappen by 0.179 seconds, a margin big enough to feel convincing but close enough to keep the race on edge. Verstappen’s team-mate I

Lewis Hamilton put Ferrari on top in final practice at the United States Grand Prix, but the bigger story may be the driver sitting fifth on the timesheets. Kimi Antonelli, still chasing the result that could make him the youngest Formula 1 world champion in history, had a lap deleted that would have placed him second. That small detail changed the look of the session. On paper, Hamilton led Max Verstappen, with Antonelli behind the headline pace. On track, the Mercedes drive

Bangkok’s riverfront is set for a month of after-dark spectacle, as the Tourism Authority of Thailand prepares to stage Vijit Chao Phraya 2026 from 13 November to 13 December 2026. The festival will bring light shows, projection mapping, drone displays and fireworks to 13 locations along the Chao Phraya River. Running for 31 days, the fifth edition will take place under the theme “Light of Imagination”, stretching across both banks between Rama III Bridge and Rama VIII Bridge