Leclerc has won two of the opening three Formula One races — finishing second in the other — to help Ferrari lead the constructors' championship after years of disappointment for the famous Italian Scuderia.
The relationship between Haas F1 and its Russian sponsor and driver became untenable following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the owner of the United States-based Formula One team said.
Haas also ended its sponsorship with Russian company Uralkali, owned by Mazepin's father.
F1 already canceled this year’s race, which had been scheduled to be held in Sochi on Sept. 25.
Max Verstappen, who won the F1 title in the last lap of the last race of the season in Abu Dhabi last Sunday, was officially presented with the champion's trophy.
The FIA said Sunday's title-deciding Abu Dhabi Grand Prix had created a controversy that is “tarnishing the image of the championship.”
Lewis became just the fourth F1 driver to receive the honour after Sir Jackie Stewart in 2001, Sir Stirling Moss in 2000, and Sir Jack Brabham in 1979.
Mercedes have protested "against the classification established at the end of the Competition", relating to alleged breaches of Articles 48.8 and 48.12 of the FIA Sporting Regulations
Sunday's race is the conclusion of three consecutive events in the Middle East and the fourth and final stop in the region on the F1 calendar.
Williams' life is all the more extraordinary by the horrific car crash he suffered in France that left him with injuries so devastating doctors considered turning off his life-support machine.
The challenge will be holding off the hard-charging Red Bulls and Max Verstappen over 71 laps on Sunday.
The Red Bull driver's final lap was just good enough to beat Mercedes star Lewis Hamilton by .04 seconds and his teammate Valtteri Bottas by .034.
Verstappen will be aiming for his seventh victory of the season in front of home crowd as F1 returns to his homeland's Circuit Zandvoort after 36 years.
The race was shortened to last one hour with only half points awarded to the winner, who needed to complete only two laps to earn points.
The track has been a regular fixture on the F1 calendar since 1987 and the multi-year extension is part of an effort to grow the sport in Asia.
F1 had said in February that it hoped Portugal could fill the vacant slot on the record 23-race calendar.
Governing body FIA said Grosjean is stable and was taken by helicopter to a military hospital.
Canadian Stroll was called to the stewards' office for "allegedly non-respecting yellow flags at 16:48 at Turn 7".
The Bahrain Grand Prix on Nov. 29 will be held as usual on the 5.4-kilometer (3.3-mile) circuit that usually hosts races.
That’s a tall order with six-time F1 champion Lewis Hamilton as his teammate at Mercedes. Especially as Hamilton needs one more title to equal Michael Schumacher's record of seven.
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