Formula 1

BBC Sport 12 minutes ago Comments I understand drivers swearing in a race when emotions are high, but do Max Verstappen and others not think it’s wrong in a press conference? – Tom Everyone will have their own opinion on this topic. And it would be wrong to presume where the drivers stand on this

Getty Images Andrew Benson F1 Correspondent 1 hour ago Comments Renault will end its Formula 1 engine programme after the 2025 season, the French car company has announced. The decision means Renault’s Alpine team will have to buy engines from another manufacturer, which is expected to be Mercedes, from 2026. Renault’s F1 engine facility at

Representative Image© AFP Renault are to stop producing Formula One engines from 2026, ending almost half a century of use in F1, the French manufacturer’s Alpine team announced on Monday. The move had been flagged by Alpine’s former team boss Bruno Famin in July. The team are expected to use Mercedes power units from 2026. Renault entered

Getty Images Andrew Benson F1 Correspondent 3 hours ago Daniel Ricciardo has been replaced at RB by Liam Lawson for the remainder of the 2024 season. The 35-year-old Australian has been dropped with six races to go because Red Bull management have been unconvinced by his performances. Giving Lawson the seat allows him to be

Getty Images Andrew Benson F1 Correspondent 17 minutes ago Comments Red Bull head of race strategy Will Courtenay has decided to leave the team after 14 years in the role and join McLaren as sporting director. The move makes Courtenay the third member of Red Bull senior management to leave the team in the past

Getty Images 2 hours ago McLaren’s Lando Norris converted pole position to a race win in a dominant performance at the Singapore Grand Prix. Red Bull’s Max Verstappen, who finished second, is now 52 points ahead of Norris with six races remaining in the season. With a third-place finish for Oscar Piastri, McLaren extended their

Lando Norris led from pole to chequered flag Sunday to take a dominant Singapore Grand Prix win and narrow the gap to Formula One championship leader Max Verstappen, who was second, to 52 points. It was the McLaren driver’s third career GP win and his first from pole position at his sixth attempt as he finished almost

Getty Images Andrew Benson F1 Correspondent in Singapore 3 hours ago Max Verstappen said after the Singapore Grand Prix that his punishment for swearing in a news conference could speed up his exit from Formula 1. The Dutchman, 26, has often said that he is not motivated by having a long F1 career and breaking

Daniel Ricciardo admitted that Sunday’s Singapore Grand Prix may have been his last, after finishing in style with a hot lap and being voted “driver of the day” by global TV viewers. The Australian self-styled “Honey Badger” came last of the 18 finishers in his RB at the Marina Bay Circuit, but not before he had

McLaren’s Lando Norris beat Red Bull’s Max Verstappen to pole position Saturday for the Singapore Grand Prix in a dramatic qualifying session red-flagged when Carlos Sainz crashed. Norris’s lap of 1min 30.002sec was 0.155sec quicker than Verstappen. Lewis Hamilton was third ahead of Mercedes teammate George Russell. “It was good enough for pole and I’m

Getty Images Andrew Benson F1 Correspondent in Singapore 1 hour ago Max Verstappen says his punishment for swearing is “ridiculous” after initially protesting against the penalty by giving short answers in an official news conference. The Red Bull driver has been ordered by governing body the FIA to “accomplish some work of public interest” after

McLaren’s Lando Norris went fastest Friday to lead Ferrari pair Charles Leclerc and Carlos Sainz in second practice for the Singapore Grand Prix with world champion Max Verstappen struggling to 15th. The session could not have panned out much better for Englishman Norris, who trails Verstappen by 59 points at the top of the drivers’

Reigning Formula 1 champion Max Verstappen has been reprimanded by the FIA for using inappropriate language during Thursday’s press conference ahead of the Singapore Grand Prix. The Red Bull driver was summoned by the stewards for his remarks, which were deemed “coarse” and “rude,” after he swore while referencing his car’s performance at the Azerbaijan

In what will be a big boost to the sport in the country, double Formula One World Champion Mika Hakkinen flagged off Indian motorsports on a new and exciting journey by inaugurating the state-of-the-art Madras International Karting Arena (M.I.K.A.), at the iconic Madras Motor Sports Club in Chennai on Thursday. Hakkinen, on a whistle-stop visit

Getty Images Andrew Benson F1 Correspondent in Singapore 2 hours ago Lewis Hamilton has accused FIA president Mohammed Ben Sulayem of using “stereotypical” language with a “racial element” in his attempts to stop the broadcast of swearing during Formula 1 races. Ben Sulayem, the head of motorsport’s governing body, said F1 had to “differentiate between

Max Verstappen declared “the fight is not over” as Red Bull head to Singapore this week having been knocked off the top of the constructors’ world championship for the first time in two-and-a-half years. McLaren leapt into a 20-point lead after Oscar Piastri’s masterful victory at the Azerbaijan Grand Prix was compounded by Sergio Perez’s

3 hours ago McLaren’s Oscar Piastri won his second race at the Azerbaijan Grand Prix after a gripping battle with Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc. With team-mate Lando Norris finishing fourth, McLaren have taken the lead in the constructors’ championship from Red Bull. The race ended under a virtual safety car after a crash between Red Bull’s

Google Andrew Benson F1 correspondent 15 September 2024, 13:46 BST Comments Updated 1 hour ago Lando Norris drove an extraordinary race to catch and pass title rival Max Verstappen as his McLaren team-mate Oscar Piastri won an engrossing Azerbaijan Grand Prix. The race ended under a virtual safety car after a crash between Red Bull’s