Formula 1

Formula 1: Red Bull’s Max Verstappen and Mercedes’ Lewis Hamilton© AFP Mercedes team chief Toto Wolff said “diplomacy” had ended as he demanded on Tuesday a review of an incident from last weekend’s Sao Paulo Grand Prix when Red Bull’s Max Verstappen appeared to force Lewis Hamilton off the track. Mercedes are convinced that Verstappen,

Guanyu Zhou will become China’s first ever Formula One driver after Alfa Romeo announced on Tuesday the 22-year-old would drive for the team next season. Zhou has been making waves in Formula Two and replaces Antonio Giovinazzi alongside Valtteri Bottas, who is moving from Mercedes to replace the retiring Kimi Raikkonen. “To be the first

Lewis Hamilton won the Brazilian Grand Prix on Sunday in one of his all-time great drives from 10th on the grid with championship leader Max Verstappen second to give a major boost to his quest for a record eighth world championship. Hamilton had to overcome a mountain of adversity with his first win since Russia

Lewis Hamilton passed title rival Max Verstappen after an intense battle to take one of his greatest victories and win the Sao Paulo Grand Prix. Hamilton took the lead with 12 laps to go after fighting up from 10th place on the grid and cut Verstappen’s advantage in the championship to 14 points. His move

Mercedes driver Valtteri Bottas beat Red Bull’s Max Verstappen in sprint qualifying and will start the Sao Paulo Grand Prix from pole position. Verstappen’s title rival Lewis Hamilton, who started at the back after a technical infringement was found on his car, recovered superbly to fifth. Hamilton has a five-place grid penalty for the grand

Lewis Hamilton will start the Brazil GP sprint race from the back of the grid.© AFP Lewis Hamilton’s world championship hopes suffered a fresh blow Saturday when he was disqualified from qualifying and relegated to the back of the grid for the Brazil Grand Prix sprint race. The seven-time champion was penalised after his Mercedes‘ DRS

Lewis Hamilton had already experienced four engine changes this season.© AFP Lewis Hamilton’s hopes of an eighth world title suffered a fresh blow Friday when he was penalised five places on the Brazil GP grid for taking an engine change on his Mercedes. The British driver, who is 19 points behind Max Verstappen in the

Lewis Hamilton says “every race is a must-win” as his title battle with Max Verstappen heads into its climax. Hamilton trails Verstappen by 19 points before this weekend’s Sao Paulo Grand Prix, with a maximum of 107 available over the remaining four races. He said: “Their pace was phenomenal in the last race. They’ve had

Max Verstappen cruised to victory at the Mexico Grand Prix on Sunday leaving defending champion Lewis Hamilton to admit the Red Bull car “is far superior”. Hamilton clung on to finish second in his Mercedes holding off a late charge from Red Bull’s Mexican driver Sergio Perez. “Their car is far superior this weekend and

Time is running out for Lewis Hamilton to try to rescue this year’s Formula 1 world championship in the face of the relentless excellence of Max Verstappen and Red Bull. Verstappen’s victory in Sunday’s Mexico City Grand Prix was his ninth in 18 races so far this season. No driver who has won that many

Red Bull’s Max Verstappen took a dominant victory in the Mexico City Grand Prix to strengthen his chances of a first world championship. Verstappen’s title rival Lewis Hamilton was second, the Mercedes driver holding off a charge from Verstappen’s team-mate Sergio Perez in the closing laps. Perez was on Hamilton’s tail on the last lap

Valtteri Bottas claimed pole position for the Mexico Grand Prix on Saturday with “shocked” world champion Lewis Hamilton next to him in a Mercedes front-row lockout. Championship leader Max Verstappen, who has a 12-point edge over Hamilton in the title race with five events left, was third fastest. The other Red Bull driver Sergio Perez

F1 is growing in popularity in China but the world’s most populous nation still lacks a home star.© F1/Twitter Formula 1 has extended its contract with the Chinese Grand Prix until 2025, the organisation said Saturday, despite the race being dropped from its calendar for next year. COVID-19 and China’s strict travel restrictions prompted the

Valtteri Bottas led Lewis Hamilton in a Mercedes one-two ahead of Red Bull’s Max Verstappen in first practice at the Mexico City Grand Prix. Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc and Verstappen’s team-mate Sergio Perez both crashed at the final corner and damaged their rear wings. Bottas led Hamilton by 0.076 seconds. Verstappen was 0.123secs off the Finn.

Pirelli says it is on target to deliver the more durable and raceable tyres Formula 1 has requested to accompany next year’s new cars. F1 has asked for tyres that allow drivers to push hard throughout races as part of a plan to promote closer racing in 2022. Pirelli F1 boss Mario Isola said the

Formula 1’s new ‘sprint’ format could eventually become the standard approach to a grand prix weekend, says managing director Ross Brawn. Brawn said F1 “wants to take progressive rather than radical steps” with the format. But he said there was “no reason” why having a one-third distance race in addition to qualifying and the grand

Jamie Chadwick believes her dream of racing in Formula 1 is a “step closer” after winning her second consecutive W Series championship. The Bath-born racer, who won the inaugural all-female competition in 2019, won four rounds of this year’s eight-race series. She sealed the title with victories in the final two rounds in Austin, Texas.

Max Verstappen held off a charging Lewis Hamilton to win the United States Grand Prix on Sunday and extend his Formula One world championship lead to 12 points. Verstappen, in a Red Bull, claimed his first victory at the Circuit of the Americas in front of 140,000 fans. Mercedes star Hamilton, the reigning world champion,