Abu Dhabi / Results

Pos	Driver	Time
1	Max Verstappen	1h36m28.645s
2	Valtteri Bottas	1h36m44.621s
3	Lewis Hamilton	1h36m47.060s
4	Alexander Albon	1h36m48.632s
5	Lando Norris	1h37m29.374s

Standings / After 17 races

Pos	Driver	Points
1	Lewis Hamilton	347
2	Valtteri Bottas	223
3	Max Verstappen	214
4	Sergio Perez	125
5	Daniel Ricciardo	119
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Bahrain	Bahrain	28 Mar
Emilia Romagna	Imola	18 Apr
?	?	2 May
Spain	Catalunya	9 May
Monaco	Monte Carlo	23 May
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Berlin / Results

Pos	Driver	Time
1	Stoffel Vandoorne	47m22.107s
2	Nyck de Vries	47m23.447s
3	Sebastien Buemi	47m24.948s
4	Rene Rast	47m25.687s
5	Sam Bird	47m30.817s

Standings / After 11 races

Pos	Driver	Points
1	Antonio Felix da Costa	158
2	Stoffel Vandoorne	87
3	Jean-Eric Vergne	86
4	Sebastien Buemi	84
5	Oliver Rowland	83
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Race	Circuit	Date
Diriyah	Diriyah	26 Feb 2021
Diriyah	Diriyah	27 Feb 2021
Santiago	Parque O'Higgins
Santiago	Parque O'Higgins
Sanya	Sanya
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Formula 1's great Lotus landmarks - Lotus 72

As Formula 1 turns 70, Autosport is marking the occasion with a series of track test features in Lotus machinery that dominated the world championship in the '60s and '70s. In the latest instalment of the series, Ben Anderson tried the Lotus 72

By Ben Anderson, Matt Kew, Kevin Turner
@BenAndersonF1 , @matt_kew , @KRT917
Published on Friday May 15th 2020
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Last year, we voted the Lotus 72 the greatest Formula 1 car of all time. Whether you agree with that or not, there is no doubting its iconic status and success - five world titles and 20 victories. It was a worthy addition to the line of innovative Lotus F1 machines, such as the monocoque 25 and Cosworth DFV-engined 49.

To mark F1's celebration of the 1000th world championship race at last year's Chinese Grand Prix, Ben Anderson conducted a special track test for Autosport magazine at Lotus Cars' circuit at Hethel. And in the week that the world championship celebrates its 70th birthday, it seemed a good time to revisit four milestone machines.

Thanks to Colin Chapman's son Clive and the Classic Team Lotus concern that he runs, which helps keep the Lotus name alive in historic motorsport, we tested four of the very best Lotus F1 cars to ever grace a circuit.

About Ben Anderson

Ben Anderson is GP Racing's Editor, Autosport track tester and tame racing driver. He holds an undergraduate degree in journalism studies from the University of Sheffield and joined the title in March 2008, after eight months working in local newspaper journalism for award-winning weekly the Surrey Mirror. He worked on Autosport's national desk before moving up to F1 in '14. He has raced karts and cars since the age of 11 and has tested or raced more than 100 different examples during his career so far.

About Matt Kew

Matt Kew is Autosport Magazine's Editorial Assistant, a role he started in mid 2018. An interest in motorsport was sparked by regular trips to watch ASCAR crash around Rockingham's banked oval.

He read politics and philosophy at the University of Sheffield - receiving first-class honours for his dissertation assessing the lack of female participation in top-tier motor racing.

Matt then covered a wide variety of national race and rally meetings for Autosport as a freelancer before joining full-time. His best efforts to argue the merits of historics and touring cars are undone by a questionable taste in music and James Bond actors.

About Kevin Turner

Kevin Turner has been the editor of Autosport magazine since 2016, having previously been the editor of sister publication Motorsport News. He joined the magazine in '06 after writing club race reports as a freelancer while studying history at the University of York. He has also covered international events for both the magazine and the website, including the Le Mans 24 Hours.

Kevin covered the British Touring Car Championship from 2011 to '14 and has a keen interest in the historic racing scene. He lives in Fleet with his wife and two children.

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