In Formula 1, the black and white chequered flag marks the end of a race and the driver who is waved off first with it is the winner. But what does it mean when, as seen several times over the 2025 F1 ...

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After all of what went on at the Austin Grand Prix yesterday, fans have picked up on the moment which was only shown for a couple of seconds, of the Apple CEO, Tim Cook, waving the chequered flag.

Charles Leclerc thought his F1 Azerbaijan Grand Prix struggles were over once the checkered flag waved. Instead, his weekend took an unexpected turn when he and former Ferrari teammate Carlos Sainz ...

The drop zone locals are about whom you'd expect: Ocon, Alonso, Gasly, Bottas and Stroll. Verstappen opted against coming in to pit for a fresh set of intermediates, preferring to save two sets for Q3 ...

While Sainz was celebrating his breakthrough with Williams, Leclerc left Azerbaijan frustrated. A crash in qualifying left him on the back foot, and despite battling through to ninth, he admitted he ...