Formula 1

Lewis Hamilton took a 100th career pole position by edging out Red Bull’s Max Verstappen in qualifying at the Spanish Grand Prix. Hamilton’s Mercedes was just 0.036 seconds faster than Verstappen, who was in turn 0.096secs ahead of the second Mercedes of Valtteri Bottas. Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc pulled out one of his trademark stellar laps

Next month’s Turkish Grand Prix is under threat after the UK government put Turkey on its red travel list. UK transport secretary Grant Schapps said on Friday that red-list countries “should not be visited except in the most extreme circumstances”. F1 said it was “assessing the situation and will provide more details in the coming

Lewis Hamilton delivered a flawless drive in his Mercedes to win the Portuguese Grand Prix on Sunday from his arch title rival Max Verstappen. Seven-time world champion Hamilton’s 97th Grand Prix triumph extended his early season lead over Red Bull’s Verstappen in the Formula One drivers’ standings to eight points. In third place in Portimao

Valtteri Bottas took pole position for the Portuguese Grand Prix with seven-time world champion Lewis Hamilton completing a Mercedes front-row lockout in qualifying on Saturday. Hamilton’s pursuit of a 100th pole at the track where last year he notched up his record 92nd win was delayed when Bottas earned the 17th of his career. “It’s

Race weekends featuring the sprint qualifiers will have a tweaked format.© AFP Formula One has unanimously approved the adoption of ‘sprint’ qualifying at three Grands Prix this season, the organisers announced on Monday. The sprint qualifying over a distance of 100 kilometres will determine the GP grid and give the top three finishers championship points,

Formula 1 has announced the Japanese Grand Prix will remain at Suzuka until the end of the 2024 season. The figure-of-eight track first staged an F1 race in 1987 and has decided the drivers’ championship on 11 occasions. F1 chief executive Stefano Domenicali said the three-year extension shows a “long-term commitment to growing the sport

Sir Lewis Hamilton says the conviction of a former police officer for the killing of George Floyd “marks a new dawn in the fight for racial justice”. Chauvin was filmed kneeling on Mr Floyd’s neck for more than nine minutes during an arrest in May 2020. “This is the first time that a white officer

Mercedes driver Valtteri Bottas was involved in a high-speed crash© AFP Mercedes driver Valtteri Bottas was involved in a high-speed crash with George Russell in Williams during the main race of the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix in Italy on Sunday. Both the drivers were racing at almost 300 kmph when their cars collided, leading to

Lewis Hamilton and his Mercedes team expect Max Verstappen and Red Bull to bounce back and give them a torrid test of speed at this weekend’s Emilia Romagna Grand Prix, the second round of this year’s world championship. Three weeks on from the season-opening Bahrain Grand Prix, where Hamilton dug deep into his reserves to

Bahrain GP: Lewis Hamilton celebrates after winning the Bahrain Grand Prix.© AFP Lewis Hamilton got his bid for an eighth world title off to a thrilling start with victory in the Bahrain Grand Prix on Sunday. Mercedes star Hamilton edged out pole-sitter Max Verstappen in his Red Bull, with Valtteri Bottas in the second Mercedes

Lewis Hamilton said Mercedes will rise to the challenge of coping with the Formula One rule changes designed to “peg us back” after he was beaten to pole at the Bahrain Grand Prix by Max Verstappen on Saturday. The defending seven-time champion, bidding this year for an unprecedented eighth drivers’ title, said it was “no

Sebastian Vettel was hit by two yellow flag interventions during his final Q1 run.© AFP Sebastian Vettel said he felt “upset and angry” after qualifying a lowly 18th on his Aston Martin debut ahead of Sunday’s season-opening Bahrain Grand Prix. The four-time world champion, who joined the former Racing Point team this year after leaving