Formula 1

Fernando Alonso says Formula 1 should give its rules more time before taking action to try to fix the lack of on-track entertainment. But the two-time world champion added that Red Bull’s advantage over the field, the closeness of the rest of the cars and the fragility of tyres were all to blame. Alonso said:

Russian racing driver Nikita Mazepin has begun High Court action against Foreign Secretary James Cleverly to get British sanctions against him lifted. Mazepin and his father Dmitry were sanctioned by the UK, Canada and European Union in March 2022 following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Billionaire businessman Dmitry Mazepin was deemed a close associate of Russian

Toto Wolff says Sunday’s Azerbaijan Grand Prix was “boring” and Formula 1 needs look at what to do about it. “It was not a thriller,” the Mercedes team principal said. “No overtaking, even with a big pace difference, made it not great entertainment. “Even if you are within 0.2secs, it is nearly impossible to overtake

Sergio Perez drove a consummate race with help from the safety car to beat Red Bull team-mate Max Verstappen and win the Azerbaijan Grand Prix. Perez and Verstappen fought a long, flat out battle after the Mexican leapfrogged ahead by being able to save time by making his pit stop under the safety car. Perez

A defiant George Russell rejected Max Verstappen’s criticisms after the pair collided at the start of the Azerbaijan Grand Prix sprint race. The world champion hurled an insult at the Mercedes driver after a post-race discussion of the incident. “I was very surprised by how angry he was,” Russell said. “I am not just going

Red Bull’s Sergio Perez overtook Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc to win the sprint at the Azerbaijan Grand Prix. The Mexican, who qualified second to Leclerc in the sprint shootout earlier on Saturday, passed the Ferrari shortly after an early safety-car period. Championship leader Max Verstappen finished third, after his car suffered damage in an early collision

Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc made it two pole positions in as many days by leading the new sprint shootout at the Azerbaijan Grand Prix. Leclerc took pole for Saturday’s sprint race despite crashing on his final lap of the shortened qualifying session. He beat Red Bull’s Sergio Perez and Max Verstappen, with Mercedes driver George Russell

Last updated on 6 hours ago6 hours ago.From the section Motorsport A team boss in the new all-female F1 Academy says women need to be taken more seriously in motorsport. Stephanie Carlin’s Rodin Carlin team will compete in the new Formula 1-led women’s feeder series, which begins in Austria this weekend. She says unsegregated changing

Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc became the first non-Red Bull driver to take a pole position this year with a stunning lap at the Azerbaijan Grand Prix. Leclerc beat Red Bull’s Max Verstappen by 0.188 seconds. Sergio Perez was third in the second Red Bull ahead of Leclerc’s team-mate Carlos Sainz. Lewis Hamilton took fifth ahead of

Red Bull’s Max Verstappen pipped Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc to fastest practice time at the Azerbaijan Grand Prix before qualifying on Friday. Verstappen was 0.037 seconds ahead, with his team-mate Sergio Perez third and Ferrari’s Carlos Sainz fourth. Lando Norris was fifth for McLaren as the team introduce a major car upgrade. Mercedes drivers Lewis Hamilton

Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc insists he has not held talks with Mercedes – but fuelled claims of a potential move by adding “not yet” to his denial. The 25-year-old is under contract to Ferrari until the end of 2024. Asked whether he had had any conversations with Mercedes, he said: “No, there have not been any

Max Verstappen says he enjoys racing and winning and the money that comes from it – but could still end up asking himself whether Formula 1 “is actually a good life”. The Red Bull driver’s concerns stem from the ever-expanding schedule and F1’s trials of different formats, such as the revised ‘sprint’ in Baku this

Max Verstappen says the new sprint-race format will make the Azerbaijan Grand Prix “a little more chaotic”. The Red Bull driver said: “This track is normally quite chaotic and this will only make it more chaotic.” Fernando Alonso said it was “more challenging and stressful”. And Lewis Hamilton feels it is “the most exciting weekend

Franz Tost will be replaced at the end of this season as team principal of Red Bull’s Alpha Tauri team by Ferrari sporting director Laurent Mekies. Peter Bayer, previously F1 executive director and secretary general for motorsport at governing body the FIA, will become the team’s chief executive. Alpha Tauri said the changes were “aimed

The streets of Baku often throw up a chaotic grand prix. The track has hosted six grands prix – and a different driver has won every time. As we prepare for this weekend’s Azerbaijan Grand Prix, can you name the victors. You’ve got two minutes. Can you name the drivers who have won the Azerbaijan

The FIA says “due process was followed” in the departure of a former employee after sexism allegations emerged against its president. Shaila-Ann Rao wrote a letter accusing president Mohammed Ben Sulayem of sexist behaviour before her departure last December, the Telegraph reported. Rao was the FIA’s former interim secretary general for motorsport, who left after

Formula 1 is to introduce a new format for ‘sprint’ races, starting at this weekend’s Azerbaijan Grand Prix. The ‘sprint’ – a shorter race held on Saturday – has been made independent of the grand prix and will have its own qualifying session, known as the ‘sprint shootout’. Qualifying to set the grid for the

The editor of a German magazine that published an artificial intelligence-generated ‘interview’ with Michael Schumacher has been sacked. The magazine’s publisher has apologised to the Formula 1 legend’s family. Schumacher, a seven-time world champion, suffered severe head injuries in a skiing accident in December 2013 and has not been seen in public since. Die Aktuelle