Formula 1

Formula 1 has decided not to replace this year’s Russian Grand Prix with another race, it said on Wednesday. The move comes following the decision to permanently cancel Russia’s race at Sochi in the wake of Vladimir Putin’s decision to invade Ukraine. F1 had explored returning to Qatar and hosting a second race in Singapore.

The FIA was right to enforce jewellery rules but could have taken a “different approach” to get its message across, says Grand Prix Drivers’ Association chairman Alex Wurz. Race director Niels Wittich reiterated before the Miami Grand Prix that it is prohibited to wear body piercings or neck chains in competition. Lewis Hamilton responded by

Sebastian Vettel says the global climate crisis has made him question whether racing in Formula 1 is the right thing to do. The four-time world champion, speaking on BBC Question Time, has become a campaigner on environmental issues in recent times. He wore a T-shirt in Miami last weekend to highlight the threat of rising

Red Bull’s Max Verstappen survived a late-race assault from title rival Charles Leclerc’s Ferrari to win the inaugural Miami Grand Prix. Verstappen was cruising to an easy win after passing Leclerc early on but a late safety car brought them together for a re-start with 10 laps to go. Leclerc strained everything for five laps

Max Verstappen criticised his Red Bull team’s reliability struggles after qualifying at the Miami Grand Prix, saying that they were harming their hopes of defending his world championship. The Dutchman lost out on pole position at the Florida city’s inaugural race after an error on his final qualifying lap – which he blamed on his

Charles Leclerc led Carlos Sainz in a Ferrari front-row lock-out at the inaugural Miami Grand Prix. The Ferrari drivers jumped ahead of Red Bull’s Verstappen as the world champion’s final run fell apart on the circuit around the Hard Rock stadium. The Dutchman made an error at Turn Five, running wide, swearing on the radio

George Russell was fastest in Friday practice at the Miami Grand Prix in Mercedes’ most competitive showing by far this season. Russell was 0.106 seconds quicker than Ferrari’s title leader Charles Leclerc, whose rival Max Verstappen suffered reliability problems for Red Bull. Verstappen failed to set a time while team-mate Sergio Perez was third, ahead

Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc set the pace in first practice at the Miami Grand Prix as Mercedes showed signs of increasing competitiveness. Leclerc was fastest by 0.071 seconds, with Mercedes’ George Russell second, an unfamiliar place for the world champions in a difficult start to 2022. Red Bull’s Max Verstappen, Leclerc’s title rival, was third, 0.179secs

Lewis Hamilton has called on Formula 1’s governing body the FIA to back down in its strict approach to drivers wearing jewellery in their cars. Race director Niels Wittich reiterated before the inaugural Miami Grand Prix it is prohibited to wear body piercings or neck chains in competition. Hamilton described the new focus on the

The Formula 1 roadshow has well and truly landed in Miami. Making its debut on the calendar for the 2022 season, this weekend’s grand prix is set in the Hard Rock Stadium complex – home to the NFL’s Miami Dolphins – and looks set to be the biggest and boldest event the sport has ever

Tony Brooks, one of the defining Formula 1 drivers of the 1950s, has died aged 90, his daughter Giulia announced on Tuesday. The Briton won six grands prix and narrowly missed out on the world championship in 1959. After Juan Manuel Fangio, Alberto Ascari and Stirling Moss, Brooks was the most successful driver of his

The Alpine Formula 1 team has recruited female racing driver Alice Powell for a role in its development programme. Powell, 29, who races in the female-only W Series, has been named talent identification and development mentor for Alpine’s driver academy. She will act as a mentor to up-and-coming drivers, especially female racers, with racing and

German car companies Audi and Porsche have decided to enter Formula 1, the boss of their parent group Volkswagen said on Monday. VW chief executive Herbert Diess said discussions about F1 at board level had created divisions within the group. He said Audi and Porsche bosses, whose brands are VW’s biggest income generators, argued entering

Both Formula 1 race directors have tested positive for Covid-19 ahead of next weekend’s Miami Grand Prix. According to US immigration rules, Niels Wittich and Eduardo Freitas would be unable to travel to the race if they do not return a negative test in time. The FIA says it will not “disclose medical information regarding

Mercedes are aiming to have upgrades that they hope will begin to solve the car problems that have afflicted them this year at the next race in Miami. Trackside engineering director Andrew Shovlin said the new parts would “hopefully indicate whether we are moving in the right direction”. Mercedes, constructors’ champions for the past eight

Getty Images Formula One driver Lewis Hamilton has won a battle to chop down a “beautiful” tree at his £18m London mansion despite neighbours’ objections. Residents told Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea (RBKC) Council that Hamilton would be “destroying nature” if he cut down a sugarplum tree outside his home. A report by Hamilton’s

A plan to double the number of Formula 1 ‘sprint’ events next season is being held up by governing body the FIA. The teams unanimously backed a proposal from commercial rights holder F1 to hold six sprint events next year at Tuesday’s meeting of the F1 Commission. But the FIA said in a statement that

Have Formula 1’s new rules worked so far this year? McLaren driver Lando Norris certainly thinks so. “It’s 100% better,” Norris said after finishing third in Sunday’s Emilia Romagna Grand Prix. “It’s what they intended to do and the reasons for the changes are working. I think you have been seeing better races this year