Formula 1

Getty Images Andrew Benson F1 Correspondent 1 hour ago Lewis Hamilton says he “could not be more excited” as he embarks on his new career at Ferrari in 2025. The seven-time champion, whose contract with the Italian team started on 1 January, said he was “embracing new opportunities, staying hungry, and driving forward with purpose”.

Getty Images 39 minutes ago The 2024 season saw plenty of thrilling wins, high drama and some fresh faces appearing on the grid – and scoring points. Before the year comes to a close and we start to look ahead to what could be a very exciting 2025 campaign, take the BBC Sport quiz to

BBC Sport Matt Warwick BBC Sport Senior Journalist 8 minutes ago A sport which travels the globe to create a spectacle of cars going around in circles burning fuel… In perception terms, at least, Formula 1 doesn’t really stand a chance. So, those in charge might as well jump into it, headfirst. “We have taken

Getty Images Lorraine McKenna BBC Sport Journalist 8 December 2024 The record-breaking 2024 season has come to a close with Max Verstappen a four-time title winner and McLaren the constructors’ champions for the first time since 1998. Attention now turns to the 2025 campaign, the 75th anniversary of the Formula 1 World Championship, where big

Isack Hadjar takes the seat vacated by Liam Lawson after the latter joined Red Bull.© Red Bull Racing Red Bull have promoted their junior driver Isack Hadjar to partner Yuki Tsunoda at Red Bull’s feeder team RB next season. The 20-year-old French rookie takes the seat vacated by Liam Lawson after the New Zealander was

Getty Images Andrew Benson F1 Correspondent 43 minutes ago Frenchman Isack Hadjar has been promoted to Red Bull’s second team to race alongside Japanese Yuki Tsunoda during the 2025 Formula 1 season. The announcement fills the final seat on the 20-car F1 grid. Hadjar is a replacement at the team that will now be known

Valtteri Bottas will return to Mercedes next season as a reserve driver in the wake of Mick Schumacher’s decision to leave, the constructor announced Thursday. “Returning home to the Mercedes family as third driver for 2025 is what’s next and I couldn’t be more pleased,” said the 35-year-old Finn who was not retained by Sauber

Mercedes Andrew Benson F1 correspondent 6 hours ago Valtteri Bottas is returning to Mercedes as their reserve driver for 2025. The 35-year-old Finn was a free agent after being released by Audi-owned Sauber at the end of this season following three years with the Swiss team. Bottas drove for Mercedes from 2017-21, winning 10 races

File image of Liam Lawson© AFP New Zealander Liam Lawson will race for Red Bull alongside world champion Max Verstappen next season after the decision to drop Sergio Perez, the Formula One team confirmed Thursday. Lawson, 22, who joined the Red Bull Junior Programme five years ago, steps in after just 11 grand prix over

Getty Images Andrew Benson F1 Correspondent 19 December 2024, 09:07 GMT 237 Comments Updated 54 minutes ago New Zealander Liam Lawson will race for Red Bull alongside world champion Max Verstappen in 2025 following the team’s decision to ditch Sergio Perez. The announcement that Lawson was moving up from second team Racing Bulls came a

Red Bull announced Wednesday that under-pressure Mexican driver Sergio Perez has departed the Formula One outfit after four seasons with Liam Lawson tipped to become world champion Max Verstappen’s new teammate. Perez, 34, joined Red Bull in 2021 and helped the team earn two constructors’ titles and completed a drivers’ standings one-two with four-time world

Ferrari Andrew Benson F1 Correspondent 3 hours ago 130 Comments Ferrari team principal Frederic Vasseur says he is “not worried” about Lewis Hamilton’s struggles in his final season with Mercedes. Hamilton officially joins Ferrari in the new year after a season in which George Russell comprehensively outperformed the seven-time champion in qualifying. Russell finished 22

Getty Images Andrew Benson F1 Correspondent 18 December 2024, 17:22 GMT 257 Comments Updated 24 minutes ago Sergio Perez is to leave Red Bull two years before the end of his contract after reaching a termination agreement with the team. The move comes after a weak season for the Mexican, who failed to win a

File image of Sergio Perez.© AFP Red Bull announced Wednesday that Mexican driver Sergio Perez has departed the Formula One team after four seasons. Perez, 34, joined Red Bull in 2021 and helped the team earn two constructors’ titles and completed a drivers’ standing one-two with four-time world champion team-mate Max Verstappen in 2023. “I

Getty Images Andrew Benson F1 Correspondent 35 minutes ago Controversial changes to the statutes of Formula 1’s governing body approved on Friday constitute a “worrisome concentration of power”, according to the head of one of its member clubs. Changes to the statutes concerning the ethics and audit committees each passed with about 75% approval at

Reuters Andrew Benson F1 Correspondent 2 hours ago Rwanda is bidding to host a Formula 1 grand prix, the country’s President Paul Kagame says. F1 is keen to hold a race in Africa and talks with Rwanda have been known about for some months. The FIA, F1’s governing body, is hosting its general assembly and

Getty Images Andrew Benson F1 Correspondent 1 hour ago The head of Austria’s motorsport federation says he is “saddened” by proposed changes that will reduce accountability at motorsport’s governing body the FIA. Oliver Schmerold, the chief executive officer of the OAMTC, says the new statutes would be “not good governance” and “not good in terms

File photo of Michael Schumacher© AFP A father and son pleaded guilty in a German court Tuesday over a plot to blackmail the family of Michael Schumacher by threatening to release images of the Formula One legend. The men from Wuppertal in western Germany made the admission at the opening of their trial in the