Formula 1

Ferrari say Red Bull’s strong start to the season is partly due to their being given a “very light” punishment for breaking Formula 1’s budget cap. Ferrari team principal Frederic Vasseur says that Red Bull have done a “very good job” but the penalty they were given last October was “very low”. Red Bull were

Fernando Alonso’s contribution to Aston Martin’s leap to the podium in Formula 1 this season is “something we must not underestimate”, says team principal Mike Krack. Alonso has taken three podiums in three races at the start of 2023 to put Aston Martin, who finished seventh last year, second in the constructors’ championship behind Red

Australian Grand Prix organisers have promised to investigate after fans invaded the track before Sunday’s race had officially finished. Footage showed a “large group” of the 131,000-strong crowd squeezing through barriers and climbing fences just metres from speeding cars. Some reached the stranded Haas of Nico Hulkenberg on the exit of turn two. The sport’s

MercedesAMG F1 By James Burridge and Laurence Cawley BBC News, East When Formula 1 looked at its workforce six years ago, just 28% of those employed were women. Today that figure stands at more than 30%. This shift is something Rosie Wait, head of race strategy at Northamptonshire-based Mercedes-AMG Petronas F1, has seen first hand.

Max Verstappen won a chaotic and controversial Australian Grand Prix that finished under a safety car after a controversial crash-affected restart. The Red Bull driver led Mercedes’ Lewis Hamilton and Aston Martin’s Fernando Alonso home to set the podium. That was despite Alonso being tagged into a spin at a restart with two laps to

George Russell was torn between realism and ambition after securing Mercedes’ first front-row qualifying result of the season at the Australian Grand Prix. The 25-year-old Briton admitted it would be “very difficult to fight” for victory with Max Verstappen, who took pole position for the Red Bull team who have swept all before them so

Red Bull’s Max Verstappen took pole position for the Australian Grand Prix ahead of the Mercedes of George Russell and Lewis Hamilton. Verstappen beat Russell by 0.236 seconds as Mercedes had their best qualifying of the season. Hamilton was 0.136secs further adrift in third. Fernando Alonso was fourth in the Aston Martin ahead of Carlos

Helena Hicks / PA Media A group of Just Stop Oil protesters have been sentenced for their part in a track invasion at the Formula 1 British Grand Prix last year. Four men and two women were convicted of causing a public nuisance in February. During their trial, prosecutors said their actions risked causing “serious

Fernando Alonso set the early pace in second practice at the Australian Grand Prix before rain affected the majority of the session. The Aston Martin driver was 0.445 seconds quicker than Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc. Red Bull’s Max Verstappen was third fastest, 0.615secs off the pace. Verstappen topped the first session, run in dry conditions, ahead

Date: Friday 31 March-Sunday 2 April Venue: Albert Park, Melbourne Coverage: Live radio commentary on BBC Radio 5 Live, BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra and BBC Sounds, plus text commentary, news, reports and analysis on BBC Sport website & app Sergio Perez says he “fully believes” that he has Red Bull’s backing to challenge Max

Date: Friday 31 March-Sunday 2 April Venue: Albert Park, Melbourne Coverage: Live radio commentary on BBC Radio 5 Live, BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra and BBC Sounds, plus text commentary, news, reports and analysis on BBC Sport website & app Lewis Hamilton says “it could take a long time” before Mercedes can compete again with

It takes just over one minute and 20 seconds to drive a lap of Albert Park. In the same time, can you name the six British F1 drivers who have won the Australian Grand Prix? Can you name the British drivers who have won the Australian Grand Prix? How to play Score: 0 / 6

Three-time Formula 1 world champion Nelson Piquet has been ordered to pay five million Brazilian Reals (£780,000) for making racist and homophobic comments about Lewis Hamilton. The 70-year-old Brazilian used a racially offensive term in referring to Hamilton in an interview in 2021. Hamilton called for “archaic mindsets” to change after the footage surfaced. Piquet

Chloe Grant is targeting Formula 1 after joining a new all-female programme – even though she cannot yet legally drive on UK roads. The 17-year-old will be part of the F1 Academy series and will partner Lena Buhler and Carrie Schreiner with French team ART Grand Prix. But first, she will start her driving lessons

Technical director James Key has left McLaren after a difficult couple of seasons and been replaced by a new design-office structure at the team. Key’s role has been split into three separate technical director positions under team principal Andrea Stella. David Sanchez joins from Ferrari to lead car concept and performance. He is joined by

Fernando Alonso has been reinstated to third place in the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix after stewards overturned their earlier decision to demote him. The Aston Martin driver had been dropped to fourth after it was ruled his team had worked on the car while he was serving a five-second penalty. But his team successfully argued

Sergio Perez held off team-mate Max Verstappen to take a Red Bull one-two in the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix. Verstappen fought up from 15th on the grid to fourth place before a safety car closed up the field and brought him into contention for victory. But after passing Mercedes’ George Russell and Aston Martin’s Fernando

Lewis Hamilton says he is “at a bit of a loss” with this year’s Mercedes car. The seven-time champion qualified eighth fastest at the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix, four places and 0.366 seconds behind team-mate George Russell. Hamilton said: “George did a great job and is right up there on the second row. The car