Formula 1

Mercedes say they do have performance upgrades for their car as they seek to keep up with Red Bull in the world championship fight. Team principal Toto Wolff said after the Styrian Grand Prix that the team had switched focus to their 2022 car. Technical boss James Allison said: “We have a number of things

Max Verstappen cruised to victory in the Styrian Grand Prix.© AFP Max Verstappen tightened his grip on the Formula One driver standings as he cruised to victory in the Styrian Grand Prix on Sunday with his closest challenger Lewis Hamilton a distant second. The Dutchman started from pole in his Red Bull and led throughout

Red Bull’s Max Verstappen beat Lewis Hamilton to take a dominant victory in the Styrian Grand Prix and extend his championship lead to 18 points. It was his second and Red Bull’s fourth consecutive win, as he moves into a position of control in the title race. Hamilton in his Mercedes had no answer to

The more time goes by, the tougher this year’s world championship looks for Lewis Hamilton and Mercedes. The Styrian Grand Prix weekend is a long way from over yet – there is still a race to run, and it might even be a wet one judging by the weather forecasts. But Red Bull’s Max Verstappen

Red Bull’s Max Verstappen beat the Mercedes of Valtteri Bottas and Lewis Hamilton to take pole position at the Styrian Grand Prix. Verstappen, the form man all weekend, was 0.194 seconds clear of Bottas, with Hamilton a further 0.032secs adrift. McLaren’s Lando Norris was impressive in fourth ahead of Red Bull’s Sergio Perez and Alpha

Max Verstappen bagged the pole position in Styrian GP on Saturday.© AFP World Championship leader Max Verstappen of Red Bull produced the quickest lap in qualifying on Saturday to claim pole position for the Styrian Grand Prix. Mercedes’ Valterri Bottas was second quickest but drops to fifth on the grid because of a three-place penalty imposed

The Russian GP will move to a new purpose-built circuit just outside St Petersburg.© Twitter The Russian Grand Prix will move from Sochi to a new purpose-built circuit just outside St Petersburg from 2023, it was announced on Saturday. Sochi has hosted Formula 1 every year since it joined the calendar in 2014 on the

The Russian Grand Prix is to move from Sochi to the Igora Drive circuit outside St Petersburg from 2023. The Black Sea resort of Sochi, home to President Vladimir Putin’s summer palace, has hosted the race since its inception in 2014. Putin was a major supporter of the Sochi event but a decision has now

It has been almost 700 days since the last race of W Series, but on Saturday the lights will go out on an exciting new season. This year the female-only championship will share the global stage with Formula 1 as it provides eight support races at grand prix weekends. Britain’s Jamie Chadwick will be looking

Pirelli is to trial a new design of rear tyre at next weekend’s Austrian Grand Prix following the two high-speed failures in Azerbaijan this month. Pirelli has come in for criticism from the Formula 1 drivers after the left-rear tyres of Max Verstappen and Lance Stroll failed at close to 200mph. The new design, which

Max Verstappen set the pace in second practice at the Styrian Grand Prix after title rival Lewis Hamilton had a quicker lap deleted. Hamilton had set the fastest lap of the session by 0.077 seconds from Verstappen’s Red Bull but ran fractionally wide at the final corner. That left Hamilton with fourth fastest time, behind

Lewis Hamilton says he has started negotiations with Mercedes over a new contract to stay with the team beyond this season. The seven-time champion signed only a one-year deal last winter but has indicated several times that he is keen to race on. “Not a lot to say too much on, but we have had

Max Verstappen won the French Grand Prix on Sunday to extend his lead over Lewis Hamilton in the Formula One drivers’ title race. The Red Bull driver hunted down and overtook the Mercedes world champion with over a lap to go at a gusty Le Castellet to claim his third win out of seven races

Max Verstappen fought back to pass Lewis Hamilton and take a brilliant win in the French Grand Prix to extend his championship lead. Verstappen’s Red Bull team gambled on an extra pit stop, sacrificing the lead to come back at Hamilton on fresher tyres to pass the Mercedes with two laps to go. And Mercedes

The stage is set for another head-to-head battle for victory between Max Verstappen and Lewis Hamilton after the pair qualified alongside each other on the front row for Sunday’s French Grand Prix. Verstappen will start from a pole position convincingly won in his Red Bull at Paul Ricard, having beaten Hamilton by a quarter of

Max Verstappen claimed pole on Saturday for the French Grand Prix with Lewis Hamilton’s Mercedes alongside the Red Bull driver on the front row to lay the foundations for another gripping instalment in this season’s delicately-poised title battle. Valtteri Bottas in the other Mercedes starts on the second row with Verstappen’s teammate Sergio Perez. Verstappen

Red Bull’s Max Verstappen took an impressive pole position ahead of title rival Lewis Hamilton’s Mercedes at the French Grand Prix. Verstappen, who has looked the pace-setter all weekend, beat Hamilton by 0.258 seconds for the Dutchman’s first pole since the opening race in Bahrain. Hamilton was 0.128secs clear of team-mate Valtteri Bottas with the

Red Bull’s Max Verstappen set the pace ahead of the Mercedes cars of Valtteri Bottas and Lewis Hamilton in second practice at the French Grand Prix. The Dutchman led Bottas by just 0.008 seconds, with Hamilton 0.253secs off the pace and complaining that there was “something not right with the car”. Verstappen and Hamilton set