Formula 1

Formula 1 will continue to race in the Netherlands until at least 2025 after the Dutch Grand Prix at Zandvoort signed an extended contract. The deal adds races in 2024 and 2025 to the initial three years agreed with F1. The event has proved a hit with fans supporting Red Bull’s Max Verstappen since it

The Grands Prix in Azerbaijan, Austria, Belgium, Qatar, the USA and Brazil are the six races Formula 1 has chosen to host ‘sprint’ events in 2023. The list was agreed after analysis of which tracks would be best suited and discussions of commercial terms with the race organisers. The number of sprint events is doubling

Former Formula 1 driver Romain Grosjean will return to racing in Europe next year with Lamborghini in sports car racing. The Frenchman, 36, has competed in America’s IndyCar series since escaping from a huge fire following a crash at the 2020 Bahrain Grand Prix. Grosjean will race at Le Mans 2024 for Lamborghini’s elite class

Former Formula 1 driver Patrick Tambay has died aged 73. The Frenchman, whose teams included McLaren, Ferrari and Renault, won two grands prix in a career of 114 race starts stretching from 1977 to 1986. Tambay, who had been suffering from Parkinson’s Disease, was most famous for his association with Ferrari. He was a leading

File photo of the Chinese Grand Prix Formula One chiefs cancelled the China Grand Prix for a fourth straight year on Friday, citing continuing problems related to the Covid-19 pandemic. “Formula 1 can confirm, following dialogue with the promoter and relevant authorities, that the 2023 Chinese Grand Prix will not take place due to the

Next year’s Chinese Grand Prix has been cancelled by Formula 1 because of “ongoing difficulties” with Covid. The Shanghai race was due to return in April for the first time since 2019. Protests have been held in China in recent days over its ‘zero Covid’ policies, which include regular lockdowns and isolation imposed on infected

Spanish IndyCar driver Alex Palou will be one of McLaren’s Formula 1 reserve drivers in 2023. The 25-year-old will be McLaren’s reserve at all grands prix that do not clash with his commitments in IndyCar, where Palou races for the Ganassi team. Palou, who won the 2021 IndyCar title, this year drove for McLaren in

Mattia Binotto has resigned as team principal of Formula One giants Ferrari, the historic Italian manufacturer announced on Tuesday. “Ferrari N.V. announces that it has accepted the resignation of Mattia Binotto who will leave his role as Scuderia Ferrari Team Principal on December 31,” read the statement. The 53-year-old Swiss-born Italian had been with Ferrari for

Mattia Binotto is to leave his position as Ferrari team principal at the end of the year. A statement from Ferrari on Tuesday said the 53-year-old had resigned from his role and that the process to identify a replacement was “underway”. Binotto, who has been with Ferrari since 1995, said: “With the regret that this

Formula 1’s governing body is to split with its interim secretary general Shaila-Ann Rao less than six months after appointing her. An FIA statement said Rao had joined to assist new president Mohammed Ben Sulayem in his “transition period”. It said she was leaving because “this period is now coming to an end”. Sources close

Daniel Ricciardo has rejoined Red Bull as third driver for the 2023 season. He will assist Red Bull with testing and simulation work as well as commercial activities, the team said. Ricciardo said he was “truly excited” to be returning to the team for whom he won seven grands prix between 2014 and 2018, before

Formula 1 should change its driver qualification system to make it easier for IndyCar drivers to join the grid, says McLaren Racing boss Zak Brown. Red Bull were prevented from signing American Colton Herta for 2023 because he did not have sufficient points under governing body the FIA’s ‘super-licence’ system. Brown said the super-licence “around

Logan Sargeant says he does not feel any weight of expectation as a result of being the first American to have a full-time Formula 1 seat for 16 years. He was officially named as a Williams driver on Monday and will partner British-born Thai Alex Albon in 2023. Sargeant, 21, said: “I have prepared the

Sebastian Vettel performed a ‘doughnut’ in Abu Dhabi Grand Prix© AFP One of the greatest athletes to have graced the Formula One, Sebastian Vettel, bid goodbye to the sport in the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix on Sunday. Driving the Aston Martin, Vettel finished at the 10th position on the leaderboard. While there’s no denying that

Two-time world champion Max Verstappen claimed a record-extending 15th win this year with a “sublime” performance for Red Bull in Sunday’s tight and strategic Abu Dhabi Grand Prix as Sebastian Vettel headed into retirement with a point. The 25-year-old Verstappen dominated from start to finish, but he was unable to assist his Red Bull team-mate

Lewis Hamilton says he is “looking forward” to the last time he drives this year’s Mercedes – or “this thing”, as he put it after qualifying at the final race of the season. Before that time, Hamilton still has Sunday’s Abu Dhabi Grand Prix to get through, and then a final day of testing on

Two-time world champion Max Verstappen and his Red Bull team-mate Sergio Perez were all smiles again on Saturday after locking out the front row of the grid for Red Bull at Sunday’s season-ending Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. Less than a week after their ‘team orders’ bust-up at the Brazilian Grand Prix, where Verstappen refused to

Sergio Perez outpaced Red Bull team-mate and world champion Max Verstappen in setting the fastest time in Saturday’s third and final practice for the season-ending Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. The Mexican, whose relationship with the two-time world champion is strained following the latter’s refusal to obey team orders and let him pass in last Sunday’s