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How Santa (and you) can find the right North Pole, even as it keeps moving
When Santa Claus is done delivering presents on Christmas Eve, he must get back home to the North Pole, even if it’s snowing so hard that…
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Abu Dhabi Grand Prix: Max Verstappen beats Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri to pole position for title decider
Verstappen's qualifying session was a virtuoso performance from the Dutchman. Red Bull used team-mate Yuki Tsunoda to give him a…
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Qatar GP 2025: Oscar Piastri takes Qatar sprint pole ahead of Lando Norris
Piastri's pole came despite a major oversteer moment on the entry to Turn Four, which he estimated had cost him about 0.2secs and he…
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Las Vegas Grand Prix: Lando Norris on pole with Oscar Piastri fifth
McLaren's Lando Norris took pole position in a wet qualifying session for the Las Vegas Grand Prix, with team-mate and title rival Oscar…
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Sao Paulo Grand Prix: Lando Norris takes sprint pole with Oscar Piastri third in Interlagos
Hamilton also faces an investigation for failing to slow sufficiently for the yellow flags waved when Leclerc lost control. Norris topped…
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Mexico City Grand Prix: Lando Norris looks to take advantage of pole position
Piastri, meanwhile, cut a somewhat forlorn figure. He had a difficult weekend in the US a week ago and thought he had found the answers.…
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Mexico City Grand Prix qualifying results: Lando Norris takes pole position
On the radio to the team afterwards, Norris said: "What a lap. What a lap. Even I don't know how I did that." Once out of the car, Norris…
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US Grand Prix: Max Verstappen takes Austin pole with Lando Norris second and Oscar Piastri sixth
Piastri leads Verstappen by 55 points heading into the grand prix, with Norris 22 behind the Australian. Verstappen, who topped every…
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US Grand Prix: Max Verstappen beats Lando Norris to pole for sprint race in Austin
Red Bull's Max Verstappen beat McLaren's title rivals Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri to take pole for the sprint race at the United States…
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Singapore Grand Prix: George Russell beats Max Verstappen to pole at Marina Bay
Piastri said he simply did not have the pace to compete and was 0.366secs off pole. He said he and McLaren had expected to be able to…
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Azerbaijan Grand Prix: Max Verstappen takes pole after record six red flags
Leclerc's crash made it another dire day for Ferrari after Hamilton failed to make the top-10 shootout. The session ran for two hours and…
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World Athletics Championships: Molly Caudery's pole vault bid ruined by injury as Emile Cairess pulls out of marathon
With temperatures of about 30C accompanied by intense humidity continuing to pose a challenge to the athletes in the Japanese capital,…
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Dutch Grand Prix: Oscar Piastri beats Lando Norris to pole position at Zandvoort
Hadjar's performance was the stand-out in qualifying, 0.292secs ahead of team-mate Liam Lawson in eighth and ahead of both Mercedes and…
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British Grand Prix: Max Verstappen takes pole with Oscar Piastri second and Lando Norris third
Verstappen said he "had to commit a lot" in the high-speed corners because of the low-downforce set-up the team had chosen, which made the…
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Diamond League: Armand Duplantis sets new men's pole vault world record
Watch as Sweden's Armand Duplantis sets a new world record of 6.28m in the men's pole vault at the Diamond League in front of his home…
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Canadian Grand Prix: George Russell snatches Canada pole from Max Verstappen
Mercedes' George Russell snatched pole position for the Canadian Grand Prix from Red Bull's Max Verstappen. Russell beat Verstappen by…
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Clearest views yet of Sun’s south pole may unlock its mysteries
A spacecraft developed by European scientists and companies has captured unprecedented new views of the Sun’s south pole. Built by Airbus…
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Monaco Grand Prix 2025: Norris pole position 'a big thing'
Lando Norris said his pole position at the Monaco Grand Prix was a "step in the right direction" and "quite a big thing" after being…
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Miami Grand Prix: Andrea Kimi Antonelli becames youngest driver to take F1 pole in sprint race
Antonelli's previous highest grid position this season was third in the last race in Saudi Arabia, although his qualifying result position…
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Nicola Coughlan Says She ‘Wouldn’t Touch’ New ‘Harry Potter’ Series ‘With a 10 Foot Pole’ After J.K. Rowling Celebrates U.K. Ruling on Trans Women
Nicola Coughlan spoke out against J.K. Rowling and HBO‘s new “Harry Potter” series after the author celebrated the U.K. Supreme Court’s…
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Saudi Arabian Grand Prix: Max Verstappen on pole after Lando Norris crashes
Piastri said: "Max has done a good job, another high-speed circuit for them, where they seem to have a little more success. Our pace is…
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Singapore’s dollar in pole position to extend lead in Asia
Demand for the city-state’s currency may sustain even as expectations for further MAS policy easing grow, with core inflation in February…
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World Athletics Indoor Championships: Molly Caudery unable to defend pole vault title with fourth-place finish
The competition was delayed by around 40 minutes because of an issue with the technology that lifts the bar. Once it resumed, Caudery went…