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SAKHIR, Bahrain (AP) — Carlos Sainz, Jr. broke Formula 1's rules on swearing on Thursday when he protested a fine for being late for a national anthem.

DARLINGTON, S.C. (AP) — Denny Hamlin's fire to win is still there. He showed that again at Darlington Raceway.

McLaren remains the team to beat in Formula 1 , but Max Verstappen’s victorious drive for Red Bull at the Japanese Grand Prix showed only excellence is good enough.

DARLINGTON, S.C. (AP) — Denny Hamlin did his job so his pit crew could do its most stellar stop at the perfect time. Hamlin came into the pits after a final caution in third place and told himself to hit every mark, then let his guys take over.

SUZUKA, Japan (AP) — Max Verstappen won Sunday's Japanese Grand Prix for his first victory of the young season and just the third in 17 races but needed a drive that his Red Bull team engineer called “perfection” to get it done.