Tag - formula-one

 
Menu
Search
 
July 12, 2026
 

Today's print edition

Home Delivery
Subscribe for more access

FORMULA ONE

Red Bull's Max Verstappen (center) stands between McLaren drivers Lando Norris (left) and Oscar Piastri after qualifying for the Italian Grand Prix in September.
MORE SPORTS / Auto Racing
Dec 4, 2025
Formula One revs up for three-way title showdown
Norris is the favorite, as he sits 12 points clear of Verstappen and needs only to finish on the podium to secure his first title.
Red Bull's Yuki Tsunoda ahead of practice at the Mexico City Grand Prix on Oct. 25
MORE SPORTS / Auto Racing
Dec 3, 2025
Tsunoda’s Red Bull dream comes to an end. Where does he go from here?
Tsunoda has joined a long list of Red Bull cast-offs who struggled to deal with the pressure of lining up alongside one of the sport’s all-time greats.
Red Bull's Yuki Tsunoda (right) and Racing Bulls' Isack Hadjar before the Belgian Grand Prix on July 27
MORE SPORTS / Auto Racing
Dec 3, 2025
Yuki Tsunoda loses Red Bull seat to Isack Hadjar for next season
Tsunoda’s departure leaves Formula One without a Japanese driver on the starting grid.
Red Bull Racing's Yuki Tsunoda drives during the qualifying session ahead of the Formula One Qatar Grand Prix in Lusail, Qatar, on Saturday.
MORE SPORTS / Auto Racing
Dec 2, 2025
Red Bull set to replace Tsunoda with Hadjar, report says
Tsunoda has struggled this season, currently ranking 15th in the standings, in sharp contrast to teammate Max Verstappen.
McLaren's Oscar Piastri drives during the Qatar Grand Prix in Doha on Sunday.
MORE SPORTS / Auto Racing
Dec 1, 2025
McLaren boss admits team made costly strategy blunder during Qatar GP
McLaren’s decision not to pit under an early safety car intervention when every other team pitted both drivers wrecked its hopes.
Red Bull's Max Verstappen celebrates after winning the Qatar Grand Prix in Doha on Sunday.
MORE SPORTS
Dec 1, 2025
Max Verstappen wins Qatar Grand Prix to set up three-way showdown for F1 crown
Verstappen’s third win in a row in the night race moved the four-time world champion up to second in the standings.
Red Bull's Max Verstappen drives during the sprint qualifying session ahead of the Qatar Grand Prix on Friday in Lusail.
MORE SPORTS
Nov 29, 2025
Verstappen suffers setback in title bid as he qualifies behind Tsunoda
The Dutchman will start sixth in Saturday’s sprint at the Qatar Grand Prix, behind teammate Yuki Tsunoda on the third row.
Ferrari's Lewis Hamilton attends a news conference ahead of the Qatar Grand Prix at the Lusail International Circuit on Thursday.
MORE SPORTS / Auto Racing
Nov 28, 2025
Hamilton says he has no regrets over joining Ferrari
Speaking to reporters ahead of this weekend’s Qatar Grand Prix, the 40-year-old seven-time champion admitted it would take him time “to build and grow” at Ferrari.
Aston Martin chairman Lawrence Stroll (right) poses for a photograph with technical partner Adrian Newey during a press conference on Sept. 10, 2024.
MORE SPORTS / Auto Racing
Nov 27, 2025
Newey to replace Cowell as Aston Martin F1 boss next season
Newey, whose cars have won 12 drivers’ and 13 constructors’ titles for three different teams, joined Aston Martin from Red Bull earlier this year.
Lando Norris races during the first practice session for the Las Vegas Formula One Grand Prix in Las Vegas on Thursday.
SPORTS / Auto Racing
Nov 21, 2025
Norris hopes to exorcise Las Vegas demons and preserve WDC lead
The driver’s previous attempts in Las Vegas have only been destined for doom.
Oscar Piastri has won Australian sport's highest honor, the Don Award.
MORE SPORTS / Auto Racing
Nov 18, 2025
Oscar Piastri wins Australia’s top sports honor
The 24-year has ignited national pride as he bids to become Australia’s third Formula One world champion after Jack Brabham and Alan Jones.
Formula One driver Sergio Perez (right) poses with Dan Towriss, Cadillac's F1 team CEO, in Mexico City on Aug. 27.
MORE SPORTS / Auto Racing
Nov 13, 2025
Sergio Perez urges Formula One fans to respect race winners
Lando Norris is leading the championship over teammate Oscar Piastri but has drawn boos among the cheers from some spectators
Red Bull's Max Verstappen makes a pit stop during the Sao Paulo Grand Prix on Sunday.　
MORE SPORTS / Auto Racing
Nov 12, 2025
Red Bull F1 teams to hold 2026 launch in Detroit in January
Red Bull Ford powertrains will debut as a power unit manufacturer next season, the first of the sport’s new engine era.
McLaren's Lando Norris celebrates with the trophy and champagne after winning the Sao Paulo Formula One Grand Prix in Sao Paulo on Sunday.
MORE SPORTS / Auto Racing
Nov 11, 2025
Norris now clear favorite for F1 title, barring late twist
Norris is favorite to follow seven-time title-winner Lewis Hamilton as the latest in a line of British world champions.
McLaren's Lando Norris celebrates on the podium after winning the Brazilian Grand Prix in Sao Paulo on Sunday.
MORE SPORTS
Nov 10, 2025
Lando Norris extends lead atop F1 standings race with victory in Brazil
Mercedes’ Kimi Antonelli hung on for a career-best second place, with Max Verstappen an astonishing third for Red Bull after starting from the pit lane.
Jenson Button races for Honda during the Singapore Grand Prix in September 2008.
MORE SPORTS / Auto Racing
Nov 8, 2025
Jenson Button brings end to an illustrious racing career intertwined with Japan
The 2009 Formula One champion spent many years in Honda-powered cars and had his biggest post-F1 triumph in 2018 in Japan’s Super GT series.
McLaren's Lando Norris (left) and Oscar Piastri wave during the drivers' parade ahead of the Mexico Grand Prix in Mexico City on Oct. 26.
MORE SPORTS
Nov 7, 2025
McLaren boss would rather lose title than play favorites in championship race
Lando Norris leads the championship race by one point ahead of his McLaren teammate Oscar Piastri.
Lando Norris celebrates on the podium after winning the Mexico City Grand Prix on Sunday.
MORE SPORTS / Auto Racing
Oct 27, 2025
Norris plans to stay relaxed after taking lead in F1 title race
It was Norris’s first win in Mexico and the 10th of his career, lifting him to 357 points in the title race — one ahead of Piastri.
Ferrari's Lewis Hamilton in Mexico City on Thursday
MORE SPORTS / Auto Racing
Oct 24, 2025
Hamilton hopes Ferrari can recapture Mexico magic
Carlos Sainz, who is now driving for Williams, delivered Ferrari’s last victory 12 months ago in Mexico, with the team now on a 23-race winless streak.
McLaren Formula One team driver Oscar Piastri in action during the U.S. Grand Prix in Austin, Texas, on Sunday
MORE SPORTS / Auto Racing
Oct 21, 2025
F1 drivers’ championship still in McLaren’s hands, says Stella
McLaren has already clinched the constructors’ title for a second successive year and has Australian Oscar Piastri leading the drivers’ standings.
China’s demand for Soviet-style apartments shows limits to revival
Apartments built during a Soviet Union-inspired construction drive in the 1970s and 1980s tend to suffer from poor insulation and outdated plumbing, but they are seeing a revival in interest due to their attractive locations.
Japanese scientists identify neural mechanism that may explain why we dislike people
The aggressive mouse (left) used in the experiment and a mouse defending itself
Japanese payment processor’s collapse hits banks and restaurants
Zentoshin served around 200,000 shops, many of which rely on early payments to maintain cash flow, raising concerns over their financial stability following the disruption.
Over 70% of accommodations in Japan say they are understaffed amid tourism influx
The number of foreign visitors to Japan reached a high of 42.68 million in 2025.
Lenders seek $700 million after Japanese payments firm’s collapse
The financial failure of Osaka-based Zentoshin has left 63 creditors with claims totaling ¥115.16 billion, according to Tokyo Shoko Research.
Japan’s largest exhibition of women photographers rights a wrong in cultural history
Miwa Yanagi’s “Elevator Girl House” series skewers the superficiality of gender roles through staged images.
Over 70% of accommodations in Japan say they are understaffed amid tourism influx
The number of foreign visitors to Japan reached a high of 42.68 million in 2025.
‘Princess Mononoke’ comes alive in Super Kabuki staging
The “Princess Mononoke” adaptation was created under Shochiku’s Super Kabuki initiative, a modern form of kabuki with more technology in staging and open to pop culture collaborations.
The beating heart inside ‘Human Vapor’
Different forms of love and connection form the emotional backbone of Netflix’s “Human Vapor,” says actor Shun Oguri, who plays troubled detective Kenji Okamoto.
Japan bets on character IP to drive global growth
Born on social media platforms in 2022, Opanchu Usagi has become a major hit, especially among Generation Z.

Podcast

One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
Kabukicho: Tokyo’s ‘stadium of desire’

Longform

The Terasaka Rice Terraces are seen with Mount Buko in the background.
What Yokoze can teach Japan about rural revival
By Alex K.T. Martin

SUSTAINABLE JAPAN

Sompo looks beyond insurance to focus on well-being
Sompo looks beyond insurance to focus on well-being

SPECIAL SUPPLEMENTS note

Read more

SUPPLEMENTS BINDER