F1 | From all-out dominance to against-the-odds comebacks – Ranking McLaren’s 10 Teams’ Championship triumphs

The Singapore Grand Prix marked a milestone moment for McLaren, the squad sealing the 10th Teams’ Championship of their long and storied history. Having so far achieved 12 wins, 28 podiums and a whopping 650 points in 2025, the Woking-based outfit wrapped up the title with six rounds of the campaign remaining.

It is doubtless an impressive feat – but how does this success compare to the team’s previous triumphant seasons? Well, we’ve taken a shot at ranking each of McLaren’s 10 Teams’ Championships, from their first in 1974 through to their latest.  –read more–

CNN  | Business Major challenge to Nvidia: OpenAI’s massive new computing push will run on AMD chips

In a significant challenge to Nvidia’s dominance, OpenAI announced Monday it would buy 6 gigawatts of computing power from data centers that will run exclusively on AMD chips.

Nvidia (NVDA) has become the go-to AI chipmaker in recent years, propelling it to a $4.6 trillion market capitalization that has made it the world’s most valuable public company. OpenAI, famous for its ChatGPT AI chatbot, is the artificial-intelligence frontrunner that just made waves when it launched the breakthrough video generator Sora 2.   –read more–

F1 | Russell storms to victory in Singapore as McLaren seal Teams’ Championship amid Norris/Piastri clash

George Russell has claimed a dominant victory in the Singapore Grand Prix, the Mercedes driver converting pole position into a flawless win ahead of Max Verstappen and Lando Norris, while McLaren scored enough points to seal the 2025 Teams’ Championship.

Russell had led cleanly away from P1 on the grid as the race got underway, while the battle behind saw Norris clip the rear of Verstappen’s Red Bull and bang wheels with team mate Oscar Piastri, the Briton subsequently getting past his team mate in a close scrap. –read more–

watch: Race Highlights | 2025 Singapore Grand Prix

F1 | Russell charges to Singapore GP pole over Verstappen and Piastri

George Russell posted a couple of stunning Q3 laps to claim pole position for the Singapore Grand Prix, eclipsing Max Verstappen and Oscar Piastri in another pulsating Qualifying session at the Marina Bay Street Circuit.

After topping Q2, Russell carried that momentum through to the decisive pole shootout by pumping in a time of 1m 29.165s on his first lap out of the pits – the Mercedes man tapping the concrete walls as he pushed his car to the limits under the lights.  –read more–

watch: Qualifying Highlights | 2025 Singapore Grand Prix

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F1 | What tyres will the teams and drivers have for the 2025 Singapore Grand Prix?

Formula 1 will return to action with the Singapore Grand Prix this weekend – and tyre suppliers Pirelli have confirmed the compounds that the teams and drivers will have available to them.

A combination of the C3 as the hard, the C4 as the medium and the C5 as the soft will be deployed at the Marina Bay Street Circuit, which blends tight, twisty sections with flat-out blasts. –read more–

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F1 | Verstappen claims dominant Azerbaijan win over Russell and Sainz after Piastri crashes out

Max Verstappen claimed a lights-to-flag victory in the Azerbaijan Grand Prix, while Lando Norris closed the gap to title rival Oscar Piastri to 25 points after the Drivers’ Championship leader crashed out on the opening lap.

Verstappen was never headed on the streets of Baku, leading all 51 laps and winning by over 14 seconds from Mercedes’ George Russell and Carlos Sainz, who claimed his first podium for Williams having just lost out on pole position.  –read more–

watch: Race Highlights | 2025 Azerbaijan Grand Prix

F1 | Verstappen denies Sainz shock pole as Piastri crashes in drama-filled Baku Qualifying

Max Verstappen denied Carlos Sainz a shock pole position for the Azerbaijan Grand Prix as Drivers’ Championship leader Oscar Piastri crashed out.

The Red Bull driver claimed back-to-back pole positions after a thrilling Qualifying session which was impacted by an F1 record of six red flags, the final one having huge ramifications on the final order.  –read more–

watch: Qualifying Highlights | 2025 Azerbaijan Grand Prix

CNN Business | Nvidia will take a $5 billion stake in Intel, joining the US government as a major shareholder

Nvidia said on Thursday that it would buy $5 billion worth of Intel’s common stock, becoming another major shareholder in the beleaguered company just weeks after the US government took a roughly 10% stake.

The tech giant, which makes artificial intelligence chips, will pay $23.28 per share, it said in a joint press release. The purchase will give Nvidia around 4% or more of Intel after new shares are issued to complete the deal, Reuters reported.  –read more–