Formula 1

Getty Images 27 August 2024, 18:40 BST Comments Updated 1 hour ago Williams have replaced Logan Sargeant with academy driver Franco Colapinto for the remainder of the 2024 season. Sargeant, 23, has been under pressure this year and in July it was announced Ferrari’s Carlos Sainz will join the team for the 2025 campaign to

Getty Images 3 hours ago The 2024 Formula 1 season continues with the Italian Grand Prix at Monza from 30 August-1 September. Last weekend at Zandvoort, Lando Norris beat Max Verstappen to win the Dutch Grand Prix by 22.8 seconds, with Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc in third place. Verstappen leads Briton Norris by 70 points in

BBC Sport 3 hours ago McLaren’s Lando Norris took a commanding victory at the Dutch Grand Prix to cut Max Verstappen’s lead at the top of the Drivers’ Championship to 70 points with nine races to go. BBC F1 correspondent Andrew Benson answers your questions following the race at Zandvoort. How realistic do you think

Getty Images Andrew Benson F1 Correspondent at Zandvoort 3 hours ago Lando Norris said after winning the Dutch Grand Prix that it was “pretty stupid” to think about winning the world championship – but his dominant victory on championship leader Max Verstappen’s home track certainly has Red Bull worried. Red Bull motorsport adviser Helmut Marko

Reuters Andrew Benson F1 Correspondent at Zandvoort 1 hour ago McLaren’s Lando Norris fought back to take a dominant victory in the Dutch Grand Prix despite losing the lead to Max Verstappen’s Red Bull at the start. Norris, for whom starts and first laps have been a weakness in recent races, was passed almost immediately

Getty Images Andrew Benson F1 Correspondent at Zandvoort 1 hour ago Lando Norris became the first person to beat Max Verstappen to pole position at the Dutch Grand Prix with a stunning lap in his McLaren. Verstappen has monopolised this race since it returned to the calendar in 2021 after a 36-year gap but Norris

Getty Images Andrew Benson F1 Correspondent at Zandvoort 24 August 2024 Lando Norris says he took pole position for the Dutch Grand Prix with the “best lap” of his career and that he was “working hard” to turn it into a win on Sunday. The McLaren driver beat Red Bull’s Max Verstappen by 0.356 seconds

Getty Images Andrew Benson F1 correspondent 45 minutes ago Alpine executive adviser Flavio Briatore insists the team is not for sale and that he has no plans to cut jobs at its UK base. The 74-year-old former Renault team boss, brought in to reverse Alpine’s declining fortunes, said: “Something is very clear. Nothing is for

Getty Images Andrew Benson F1 Correspondent 11 minutes ago McLaren’s Lando Norris headed Red Bull’s Max Verstappen in a first practice session at the Dutch Grand Prix that started in wet and wild conditions and ended under blue skies. A blustery wind, gusting at up to more than 70km/h, continued throughout the session but the

Getty Images Andrew Benson F1 Correspondent 23 minutes ago Australian Jack Doohan will make his Formula 1 debut with Alpine in 2025 after being promoted from his role as reserve driver. The 21-year-old son of five-time MotoGP champion Mick Doohan will partner Frenchman Pierre Gasly, who has raced for Alpine since 2023. Doohan replaces Frenchman

Getty Images Andrew Benson F1 Correspondent at Zandvoort 21 minutes ago Comments Lando Norris says he has “not performed at the level of a world champion” so far this season – but still believes he can challenge Max Verstappen for the title. The McLaren driver is 78 points behind Red Bull’s Verstappen with 10 races

Getty Images Andrew Benson F1 Correspondent at Zandvoort 8 hours ago Lewis Hamilton says he would have liked race engineer Peter Bonnington to join him at Ferrari next year if it had been possible. The seven-time champion said Bonnington, who has been with Hamilton throughout his 12-year career at Mercedes, was “like a brother”. But

Getty Images Andrew Benson F1 correspondent 1 hour ago Lewis Hamilton’s long-time race engineer Peter Bonnington will not be joining the seven-time champion at Ferrari next season. Bonnington, who has worked with Hamilton throughout the driver’s 12-year Mercedes career, has been promoted to head of race engineering. Also known as ‘Bono’, and familiar to Formula

BBC Sport 8 minutes ago Comments The Formula 1 season resumes with this weekend’s Dutch Grand Prix, the first of 10 races that remain in this year’s calendar. Our F1 correspondent Andrew Benson answers your questions going into the race at Zandvoort… Assuming Max Verstappen’s current lead is unassailable, who is likely to end up

Getty Images 26 minutes ago Formula 1 returns from its summer break with the Dutch Grand Prix at Zandvoort from 23-25 August. Dutchman Max Verstappen leads the drivers’ championship by 78 points from Briton Lando Norris, and is aiming to win his fourth home race in a row this weekend. In the constructors’ standings, Red

BBC Sport 26 minutes ago Comments Formula 1 is taking its summer break, but our correspondent Andrew Benson is still answering your questions… Read on for Andrew’s answers about which F1 races might drop off the calendar and whether teams should sacrifice this year and 2025 to prepare for the new regulations in 2026. Is

Getty Images 43 minutes ago The woman who complained about Red Bull team principal Christian Horner’s behaviour has had her appeal against the investigation that cleared him dismissed. She first lodged a complaint in December that contained allegations of coercive, abusive behaviour and sexual harassment by Horner, 50. Red Bull cleared Horner, who has always

BBC Sport 2 hours ago A teenage racing driver from Northern Ireland has been offered a dream opportunity to be part of Formula 1 team Red Bull Racing’s academy. Magherafelt’s Fionn McLaughlin, 16, recently came through a hugely competitive evaluation week as one one of 11 invited candidates from the UK, Ireland, France, Italy, Netherlands,