Formula 1

The W Series will link up with Formula 1 next season and beyond with eight support races at grand prix weekends. The female-only series started in 2019 but the 2020 season was cancelled due to the Covid-19 pandemic. The last two races of the season had been scheduled to feature on the F1 support-race bill

Formula 1 plans to introduce engines powered by sustainable fuels by 2026 as part of a wider environmental plan over the coming years. A working group including specialists from car manufacturers and energy suppliers is to investigate how best to combine hybrid engines with carbon-neutral fuels. The sport wants a net-zero carbon footprint by 2030

Williams acting team principal Simon Roberts has tested positive for coronavirus in the build-up to this weekend’s Turkish Grand Prix. The team said the 57-year-old was tested in the UK on Wednesday after displaying “minor symptoms”. He will isolate for the statutory 10-day period and support the team’s operations at Istanbul Park remotely. Team manager

Max Verstappen and Lance Stroll are under investigation for their involvement in a crash during second practice at the Portuguese Grand Prix. The pair collided as Verstappen tried to overtake Stroll after they had raced down the pit straight. Stroll passed Verstappen at the final corner of the previous lap. Verstappen attempted to pass back

Racing Point say they cannot do any more to protect against coronavirus, despite driver Lance Stroll testing positive after the last Grand Prix. Stroll was confirmed to have coronavirus after the Eifel GP, where he did not race because he was unwell, but he was not tested at the event. Team principal Otmar Szafnauer said:

Drivers Romain Grosjean and Kevin Magnussen will both leave Haas at the end of the 2020 season. France’s Grosjean, 34, has been with Haas since the team entered Formula 1 in 2016 while Dane Magnussen, 28, moved from Renault in 2017. Grosjean is 18th in the drivers’ championship with two points and Magnussen is 19th

Racing Point driver Lance Stroll says he tested positive for coronavirus after the Eifel Grand Prix weekend. The Canadian – who did not race – was unwell and displayed a number of Covid-19 symptoms at the Nurburgring race but was not tested over the weekend. Stroll said his symptoms were “pretty mild” and he went

Australian Grand Prix organisers say they expect to host the 2021 Formula 1 season-opening race in its usual mid-March time slot. This year’s Melbourne race was cancelled after a McLaren team member tested positive for coronavirus. Since the season began it has been forced into a mainly European schedule. But Australian GP Corporation chairman Andrew

Organisers of the Vietnam Grand Prix have confirmed the cancellation of the country’s first ever Formula One race due to the coronavirus pandemic. The Grand Prix was originally scheduled for April, but had been postponed because of the Covid-19 outbreak. Hanoi city authorities had said in July they hoped the race could be run in

Japanese driver Yuki Tsunoda is to have his first Formula 1 test in an Alpha Tauri car at Imola on 4 November. Tsunoda, a protege of Alpha Tauri’s engine partner Honda, is a potential candidate for a race seat at the team next year. Tsunoda hopes to cover the 300km that would qualify him to

Fernando Alonso said the performance of Renault’s Formula 1 car was a “nice surprise” after making his return to the cockpit at Barcelona on Tuesday. The two-time world champion drove a 100km test for Renault as part of his refamiliarisation process with F1 and the team before his return next year. He last drove an

Former F1 driver Jolyon Palmer, who left Renault during the 2017 season, is part of the BBC team and offers insight and analysis from the point of view of the competitors. Daniel Ricciardo’s third place in Sunday’s Eifel Grand Prix was a long time in the making for Renault. It has been over two years

Lewis Hamilton’s father said his son equalling the all-time record for career Formula 1 victories was “a dream beyond anything we could have imagined”. The Mercedes driver’s Eifel Grand Prix win was the 91st of his career, matching Michael Schumacher’s record. Schumacher suffered a severe brain injury in a skiing accident in 2013 – his

You might not know a lot about Formula 1, but you will have almost definitely heard of Lewis Hamilton. A trainer enthusiast, a collaborator with Tommy Hilfiger, a feature on a Christina Aguilera song and an activist for so many important issues. Hamilton may be one of the greatest British sportsmen of all time on

Lewis Hamilton equalled the all-time record for career Formula 1 victories by winning the Eifel Grand Prix. The Mercedes driver’s win was the 91st of his career and he will surely break Michael Schumacher’s record soon. Hamilton extended his championship lead over team-mate Valtteri Bottas to 69 points after the Finn retired. Behind Max Verstappen’s

Valtteri Bottas has been feeling the pressure of Lewis Hamilton’s excellence this season, and it showed in his expletive-laden radio message after his victory in the last race in Russia. In many ways, though, it was the Finn’s pole position at the Eifel Grand Prix on Saturday that should have opened Bottas’ personal release valve.

Racing Point say they are “confident” Lance Stroll does not have coronavirus despite being unwell enough to miss the Eifel Grand Prix. Team principal Otmar Szafnauer said Stroll has “flu-like symptoms”, an upset stomach and was “just not well in himself and couldn’t exercise”. He said Stroll had been tested “five times or so” in

Valtteri Bottas took pole position for the Eifel Grand Prix in a fight with Mercedes team-mate Lewis Hamilton and Red Bull’s Max Verstappen. Bottas grabbed top spot with his final lap to take pole by 0.256 seconds after Verstappen set the pace on the first runs in final qualifying. It was the closest Mercedes have