Formula 1

A plan to double the number of Formula 1 ‘sprint’ events next season is being held up by governing body the FIA. The teams unanimously backed a proposal from commercial rights holder F1 to hold six sprint events next year at Tuesday’s meeting of the F1 Commission. But the FIA said in a statement that

Formula 1 world champion Max Verstappen has been named the Laureus World Sportsman of the Year 2022 at a digital ceremony hosted from Seville on Monday. Jamaican Olympic sprint queen Elaine Thompson-Herah, has received the Laureus World Sportswoman of the Year award. Red Bull Racing’s Verstappen, who secured his first World Championship at the Abu

Mercedes team boss Toto Wolff described their car as “undriveable” and said that Lewis Hamilton “deserves better from us” after the seven-time world champion could only finish 13th in the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix. Wolff apologised to Hamilton on team radio at the end of the race. Team-mate George Russell did manage to finish fourth

Max Verstappen won his second race of the season.© AFP World champion Max Verstappen won the Emilia Romagna Formula 1 Grand Prix on Sunday leading home teammate Sergio Perez in a Red Bull one-two. Lando Norris in a McLaren was third while championship leader Charles Leclerc, who started from second alongside pole-sitter Verstappen, was only

Verstappen took a cheeky dig at Lewis Hamilton after Mercedes driver’s interest in buying Chelsea.© AFP Lewis Hamilton and Max Verstappen’s rivalry in the F1 circuit attained a legendary status in 2021 after the duo was locked on points going into the final race of the season in Abu Dhabi. For the first time in

Red Bull’s Max Verstappen caught and passed Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc with two laps to go to win the sprint race at the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix. The result gives the world champion pole position for the start of the main race on Sunday, and reduces his deficit in the championship to 45 points. Verstappen started

Max Verstappen will start from pole for Saturday’s Emilia-Romagna Grand Prix sprint race.© AFP World champion Max Verstappen will start Saturday’s sprint race at the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix from pole position after a rain-lashed and crash-hit qualifying session. Ferrari’s championship leader Charles Leclerc was second with Lando Norris of McLaren in third. In all,

Seven-time Formula One world champion Lewis Hamilton said Friday that being part of a consortium bidding to take over English Premier League club Chelsea was too great an opportunity to pass by. Hamilton, along with American tennis star Serena Williams, could each invest up to 10 million pounds according to Sky News, as part of

Charles Leclerc says he and Max Verstappen “hated” each other at one point when they were younger because of their fierce rivalry. Ferrari’s Leclerc and Red Bull’s Verstappen have contested the win in all three races so far this season. Leclerc said: “It is going to be very close. It has always been very close.

Carlos Sainz has extended his Ferrari contract till 2024.© AFP Carlos Sainz has extended his contract with Ferrari by two years until the end of 2024, the Italian Formula One team announced on Thursday ahead of the fourth Grand Prix of the season in Imola. The 27-year-old Spaniard started at Ferrari in 2021 after two

After last season’s controversial end to the Formula 1 season it all starts again at the Bahrain Grand Prix this weekend. Both Mercedes’ Lewis Hamilton and Red Bull’s Max Verstappen went into the final race of an epic 2021 season locked together on 369.5 points – only the second time this has happened since F1’s

Lewis Hamilton shared a picture with teammate George Russell.© Twitter Mercedes may have started off behind Ferrari in this year’s Formula One season, but it hasn’t stopped their star driver Lewis Hamilton from having some fun with teammate George Russell. Hamilton on Wednesday took to Twitter to share a picture with Russell, where both are

Nikita Mazepin was recently sacked by Haas.© AFP Italian authorities said Monday they have frozen a 100-million-euro (109 million dollars) Sardinia villa linked to Russian motor racing driver Nikita Mazepin and his oligarch father Dmitry. The financial police imposed a freezing order on the Rocky Ram villa in Porto Cervo, on the spectacular Costa Smeralda

Charles Leclerc looked like a future world champion from very early in his Formula 1 career and that potential is becoming very real after his dominant victory in the Australian Grand Prix. The 24-year-old Ferrari driver’s second win in three races has moved him into a 46-point lead over the only man who at this

Britain’s George Russell described his position in the drivers’ championship standings as “crazy” after moving into second place with his podium finish at the Australian Grand Prix. This year’s Mercedes has lacked the outright pace of the likes of Ferrari and Red Bull over the first three races of the season as the team battles

A flawless Charles Leclerc led from start to finish to steer his Ferrari to an action-packed win at the Australian Grand Prix on Sunday with world champion Max Verstappen failing to finish. The world championship leader from Monaco started from pole, held his position at the first corner and never looked back, scorching round the

Charles Leclerc took a dominant victory in the Australian Grand Prix to move into a commanding position in the World Championship. The Ferrari driver was in total control of the race when his main rival Max Verstappen retired with a technical failure on his Red Bull at two-thirds distance. Verstappen is 46 points – almost

F1 world champion Max Verstappen complained that his weekend had been “terrible”.© AFP World champion Max Verstappen complained that his weekend had been “terrible” despite qualifying second for Sunday’s Australian Grand Prix, saying he did not feel comfortable in his Red Bull. The Dutchman looked like taking pole for the race at Albert Park before