Formula 1

World champion Max Verstappen led a Red Bull 1-2 in Sunday’s Azerbaijan Grand Prix in a potentially key moment of the title race after pole-sitter Charles Leclerc and Ferrari endured another dose of misery with a double retirement. Sergio Perez had jumped Leclerc to the first turn before Verstappen took control as the Ferraris of

Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc will start on pole position for the Azerbaijan Grand Prix© AFP Charles Leclerc lived up to his status as the master of poles this season when pulling a flying lap out of the bag in qualifying Saturday for the Azerbaijan Grand Prix. The Ferrari driver, registering his fourth consecutive pole and sixth

Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc headed the Red Bulls of Sergio Perez and title rival Max Verstappen in Friday practice at the Azerbaijan Grand Prix. Leclerc, nine points behind Verstappen in championship, was 0.248 seconds quicker than Perez, with Verstappen a further 0.108secs adrift. Alpine’s Fernando Alonso was fourth, pipping Ferrari’s Carlos Sainz. George Russell was the

It’s taken half a decade and a pandemic for it to happen, but Ferrari are finally back at the top of Formula 1. The ride along the way has been bumpy – with the jettisoning of a four-time champion, a brush with the regulations, the team sinking to a 40-year low, and a rule change.

Fle image of Sergio Perez.© AFP Red Bull on Tuesday announced they have rewarded Sergio Perez with a fresh two-year deal until 2024, with the Mexican signing in Monaco last weekend. The new contract gave Max Verstappen’s teammate double cause for celebration after he emerged from all the chaos caused by a pre-race deluge to

Mexico’s Sergio Perez has signed a two-year contract extension with Red Bull that will keep him with the team until 2024. The 32-year-old won Sunday’s Monaco Grand Prix and is third in this season’s driver standings. Along with defending world champion Max Verstappen, Perez has helped Red Bull to the top of the constructors’ standings

Marcus Ericsson became the second Swedish driver to win the Indianapolis 500 after a thrilling finish at the famous oval circuit. The 31-year-old ex-Formula 1 driver held off the challenge of Mexico’s Pato O’Ward after a red flag with two laps remaining necessitated a restart. “I couldn’t believe it,” said Chip Ganassi driver Ericsson, “It

Haas driver Mick Schumacher said he was “feeling alright” after a heavy crash at the Monaco Grand Prix left his car split in half. The German walked away from the crash, which did initially look distressing. He later brushed off concerns and described the incident as “very annoying” for his team. It is the second

Red Bull’s Sergio Perez celebrates after winning the 2022 Monaco Grand Prix© AFP Sergio Perez won a rain-disrupted Monaco Grand Prix on Sunday as pole-sitter Charles Leclerc suffered another dose of ill luck on his home circuit. Perez, the first Mexican to win at the iconic circuit, claimed his third career win ahead of Carlos

Sergio Perez won an incident-packed, wet-dry Monaco Grand Prix after his Red Bull team outfoxed rivals Ferrari. The Mexican rose from third to the lead during a part of the race in wet conditions after the start was delayed for an hour after a downpour of rain. Red Bull’s strategy also vaulted Max Verstappen from

Charles Leclerc was denied the chance to finish what looked like becoming one of the great Monaco laps by the red flag at the end of qualifying on Saturday. Already 0.225 seconds clear of the field, the Ferrari driver was up on his own time by more than 0.4secs as he approached the Tabac corner

Charles Leclerc secured pole position for his home Monaco Grand Prix with a sigh of relief and a smile on Saturday after a crash-hit finale to a dramatic qualifying session. The 24-year-old Monegasque driver topped the times ahead of team-mate Carlos Sainz in a commanding Ferrari front row lock-out to claim his fifth pole of

Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc headed Red Bull’s Sergio Perez in a close first practice at the Monaco Grand Prix. Leclerc, who lost the championship lead to Red Bull’s Max Verstappen in Spain, was 0.039 seconds ahead. Ferrari’s Carlos Sainz was third, 0.07secs behind Leclerc, with Verstappen fourth after damaging his tyres on his final run with

Charles Leclerc completed a convincing ‘double top’ at his home Monaco Grand Prix on Friday, finishing second practice fastest ahead of his Ferrari team-mate Carlos Sainz. The 24-year-old Monegasque driver, who was also quickest in the opening session, clocked a best lap in one minute and 12.656 seconds to outpace the Spaniard by just 0.044

Formula 1 teams will be forced to miss races this season unless the sport’s budget cap is increased, says Red Bull team principal Christian Horner. The current budget limit is $140m (£111m). “Seven of the teams would probably need to miss the last four races to come within the cap this year,” he said. “It’s

It was the sort of race on which championships often turn. Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc was running away with the Spanish Grand Prix, and looking at extending his lead in the title race back to the margin of a clear race victory. But then his engine failed and the race fell into rival Max Verstappen’s lap.

World champion Max Verstappen overcame a sequence of problems to lead his Red Bull team-mate Sergio Perez home and claim the lead in this year’s title race on a bad day for Ferrari in Sunday’s sizzling Spanish Grand Prix. His victory in a crushing Red Bull one-two was the 24th of his career and third

Lewis Hamilton has said he is finding it difficult to get the best out of this year’s Mercedes. Car upgrades helped Hamilton’s team-mate George Russell to Mercedes’ best qualifying position of the season with fourth at the Spanish Grand Prix. Hamilton, 0.119 seconds slower than Russell in sixth, said he was “really struggling with the