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Latest updates on 6th Gear

• December 1, 2024: Grand Prix wins - Qatar GP update
• December 1, 2024: F1 pole positions - Qatar GP update
• December 1, 2024: F1 fastest laps - Qatar GP update
• December 1, 2024: World Championship Grand Prix participations - Qatar GP update
• December 1, 2024: Grand Prix winners - Qatar GP update
• December 1, 2024: World Championship point totals - Qatar GP update
• December 1, 2024: F1 2024 - Qatar GP update
• December 1, 2024: 2024 winners' circle - F1, F2, Super Formula Lights, F1 Academy, GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup updates
• December 1, 2024: Lower category champions - Super Formula Lights, F1 Academy, GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup updates
• December 1, 2024: Who goes where in 2025? - IndyCar, F3, GB3, WEC updates
• November 24, 2024: 2024 winners' circle - Stock Car Brasil update
• November 23, 2024: World champions - 2024 update
• November 23, 2024: Grand Prix wins - Las Vegas GP update
• November 23, 2024: F1 pole positions - Las Vegas GP update
• November 23, 2024: F1 fastest laps - Las Vegas GP update
• November 23, 2024: World Championship Grand Prix participations - Las Vegas GP update
• November 23, 2024: Grand Prix winners - Las Vegas GP update
• November 23, 2024: World Championship point totals - Las Vegas GP update
• November 23, 2024: F1 2024 - Las Vegas GP update
• November 23, 2024: 2024 winners' circle - F1 update

 

Recent stories on 8W

• Cegga - Swiss F1 dreams, by Lorenzo Baer
• Mugello - Eat pasta, drive fasta, 2024 Mugello Racing Weekend report, by Mattijs Diepraam
• Silverstone - Race of the season, 2024 Silverstone Festival report, by Mattijs Diepraam
• The 1958-'61 South American Triangular Tournaments - Where front-engined Formula One went to die, by Lorenzo Baer
  • Part 1: Introduction - A very peculiar championship
  • Part 2: First Edition of the South American Triangular Championship (1958-'59)
  • Part 3: Second Edition of the South American Triangular Championship (1960)
  • Part 4: Third Edition of the South American Triangular Championship (1961)
  • Part 5: Final words
  • Appendix: Races and cars of the Triangular
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