Formula 1

Mercedes’ Lewis Hamilton was fastest in first practice for the Italian Grand Prix ahead of title rival Max Verstappen of Red Bull. Hamilton, running medium tyres, was 0.452 seconds ahead of Verstappen on the soft compound. Valtteri Bottas was third, 0.525secs down on team-mate Hamilton. The usual second practice will be replaced by an h

Alexander Albon will return to the Formula 1 grid next season with Williams. The Anglo-Thai lost his race seat at Red Bull last year and has spent this season as their reserve driver. Williams have also announced that Canadian Nicholas Latifi will stay with the team for a third consecutive season. “Alex is one of

Yuki Tsunoda and Pierre Gasly will stay at AlphaTauri for the 2022 F1 season.© Twitter Japanese youngster Yuki Tsunoda and Frenchman Pierre Gasly will stay at AlphaTauri for the 2022 Formula One season, the team announced on Tuesday. The 21-year-old Tsunoda has impressed in his rookie season, winning 18 points with a best finish of

George Russell was Tuesday confirmed as Lewis Hamilton’s new team-mate at Mercedes for next season after Valtteri Bottas sealed a switch to Alfa Romeo. The 23-year-old British driver earned his much-anticipated move to the Silver Arrows after three campaigns with Williams. He also impressed in a one-off appearance for Mercedes at last year’s Sakhir Grand

Valtteri Bottas is to move to Alfa Romeo from Mercedes next season. The announcement of the Finn’s switch paves the way for Mercedes to declare the signing of George Russell to partner Lewis Hamilton from 2022. Bottas said: “I am proud of what I achieved at Mercedes and I am fully focused on finishing the

Max Verstappen was just 0.038 seconds quicker than Lewis Hamilton as he took the Dutch GP pole.© AFP Red Bull’s Max Verstappen claimed pole position for his home Dutch Grand Prix, edging championship leader Lewis Hamilton with a scintillating performance in qualifying on Saturday. Roared on by the crowd, Verstappen, who trails Hamilton by three points

Alfa Romeo driver Kimi Raikkonen has tested positive for Covid-19 and will miss this weekend’s Dutch Grand Prix. Alfa Romeo said: “Kimi is displaying no symptoms and is in good spirits. He has immediately entered isolation” Kubica last raced at the end of the 2019 season for Williams but has tested for Alfa a number

Former world champion Kimi Raikkonen has announced that he will retire from Formula 1 at the end of the season. The 41-year-old Finn, who won the 2007 championship with Ferrari, currently races for Alfa Romeo. “This is it. This will be my last season in Formula One. This is a decision I did during last

Former world champion Kimi Raikkonen announced on Wednesday that he will retire from Formula One at the end of the season, 20 years after making his debut in the sport. The 41-year-old Finn has won just two points this year for the struggling Alfa Romeo team. He won the world championship in 2007 while driving

Formula 1 is to make rule changes to prevent a recurrence of the events surrounding the controversial abandonment of the Belgian Grand Prix. Red Bull’s Max Verstappen was declared the winner of a race that lasted two laps behind the safety car. Heavy rain had prevented any competitive racing at the Spa-Francorchamps track. Lewis Hamilton

Red Bull’s Max Verstappen emerged as the winner of the rain-ruined Belgian Grand Prix with only two laps completed behind a safety car at a drenched and dangerous Spa-Francorchamps circuit. Pole-sitter Verstappen was awarded half points, which moved him to within three points of Lewis Hamilton in the drivers’ championship after the shortest race in

Lando Norris was involved in a ferocious crash in treacherous wet conditions during qualifying for the Belgian Grand Prix on Saturday before admitting: “I’m just a bit bruised.” The Briton lost control of his McLaren, his car spinning multiple times from one side of the track to the other after the rear end hit the

Red Bull’s Max Verstappen took pole position in a dramatic, wet qualifying at the Belgian Grand Prix with an outstanding George Russell second. Verstappen’s lap prevented Russell taking what would have been one of the greatest pole positions in Formula 1 history in the uncompetitive Williams. Even so, it was a remarkable performance from Russell,

Max Verstappen clocked the fastest lap to head both Mercedes and then crashed in his Red Bull in Friday’s incident-packed second free practice session for the Belgian Grand Prix. The Dutchman had set a best lap in one minute and 44.472 seconds to outpace Valtteri Bottas by 0.041 seconds and championship leader and seven-time champion

Mercedes’ Valtteri Bottas headed Red Bull’s Max Verstappen in first practice at the Belgian Grand Prix. Bottas was 0.164 seconds quicker than Verstappen, whose title rival Lewis Hamilton was down in 18th after being blocked on his best lap. Hamilton narrowly avoided a crash when Williams’ Nicholas Latifi forced him wide approaching the Bus Stop

Formula 1 said the Japanese government decided to cancel the Japanese GP.© AFP The Japanese Grand Prix has been cancelled for a second year over virus “complexities”, Formula 1 said Wednesday. The race was due to take place at Suzuka on October 10, but F1 said the Japanese government had pulled the plug due to

This season’s Japanese Grand Prix, planned for 8-10 October, has been cancelled because of a rise in Covid cases in the country. “The decision has been taken by the Japanese government to cancel the race this season due to ongoing complexities of the pandemic,” said Formula 1. “Formula 1 is working on the details of

Aston Martin have withdrawn their appeal against Sebastian Vettel’s disqualification from second place in the Hungarian Grand Prix. The German was thrown out of the results after his car was found to have less than the mandatory one litre of fuel remaining for post-race testing. Aston Martin withdrew their appeal “on the basis that we