Formula 1

The stage is set for another head-to-head battle for victory between Max Verstappen and Lewis Hamilton after the pair qualified alongside each other on the front row for Sunday’s French Grand Prix. Verstappen will start from a pole position convincingly won in his Red Bull at Paul Ricard, having beaten Hamilton by a quarter of

Red Bull’s Max Verstappen took an impressive pole position ahead of title rival Lewis Hamilton’s Mercedes at the French Grand Prix. Verstappen, who has looked the pace-setter all weekend, beat Hamilton by 0.258 seconds for the Dutchman’s first pole since the opening race in Bahrain. Hamilton was 0.128secs clear of team-mate Valtteri Bottas with the

Red Bull’s Max Verstappen set the pace ahead of the Mercedes cars of Valtteri Bottas and Lewis Hamilton in second practice at the French Grand Prix. The Dutchman led Bottas by just 0.008 seconds, with Hamilton 0.253secs off the pace and complaining that there was “something not right with the car”. Verstappen and Hamilton set

Valtteri Bottas headed Lewis Hamilton in a Mercedes one-two ahead of Red Bull’s Max Verstappen in first practice at the French Grand Prix. Bottas led Hamilton by 0.335 seconds, while Verstappen was just 0.007secs behind his title rival, who he leads by four points after six races. Red Bull’s Sergio Perez was fourth ahead Alpine’s

Title rivals Lewis Hamilton and Max Verstappen have disagreed over the results of the inquiry into the tyre failures at the Azerbaijan Grand Prix. Hamilton said: “In this particular instance, I don’t think Pirelli are at fault.” But Verstappen, who suffered one of the tyre failures, said: “They have to look at themselves.” Pirelli concluded

Aston Martin have signed Alfa Romeo chief designer Luca Furbatto as their new engineering director. Furbatto, who previously worked for BAR, Toyota, McLaren and Toro Rosso, will join before the 2022 season. Aston Martin have also promoted technical director Andrew Green to the new role of chief technical officer. They said Furbatto was “the first

Carlos Sainz is sitting in his new home close to the Ferrari factory and reflecting happily on his first six months as a driver for Formula 1’s most famous team. “I’ve found it really cool,” he says in an exclusive interview with BBC Sport. “First of all, you go into this team kind of making

Romain Grosjean’s one-off return to Formula 1 following his fiery crash at last year’s Bahrain Grand Prix has been postponed. The Frenchman, 35, had been scheduled to test for Mercedes at France’s Paul Ricard circuit next week. Mercedes said on Wednesday that the test had been “postponed because of travel restrictions and quarantine requirements”. The

Esteban Ocon has signed a new three-year deal to stay with the Alpine Formula 1 team until 2024. The 24-year-old Frenchman joined what was then called Renault for 2020. He was second in last year’s Sakhir GP and has been the team’s leading driver so far this year despite the return of two-time champion Fernando

Pirelli says the two high-speed tyre failures at the Azerbaijan Grand Prix were caused by the way in which they were being run. Red Bull’s Max Verstappen lost the race victory and Lance Stroll’s Aston Martin crashed out of fourth when their left rear tyres failed at close to 200mph. Pirelli said an investigation found

McLaren will race in the climate-aware off-road series Extreme E next year. The illustrious Formula 1 team, who have eight constructors’ titles, join seven-time F1 champion Lewis Hamilton, whose own X44 team is currently competing in the inaugural season. “Our attention was immediately drawn by the innovative format of this motorsport platform,” said McLaren chief

Williams team principal Simon Roberts has left the company following an internal restructure. Chief executive officer Jost Capito, who joined in February, will take over the responsibilities of team principal. Technical director Francois-Xavier Demaison will oversee all engineering – Roberts had previously been in charge of trackside engineering. Roberts joined Williams as managing director in

Stefano Domenicali has some good news he wants to share. For four Grands Prix in a row now, the president of Formula 1 says, not a single person within the sport’s travelling community has tested positive for coronavirus. The testing results, he says, are a vindication of F1’s carefully constructed Covid protocols, and a measure

Max Verstappen lost victory to a late puncture in a dramatic finish to the Azerbaijan Grand Prix that also saw Lewis Hamilton throw away a chance to reclaim the championship lead. Red Bull’s Sergio Perez won the race from Aston Martin’s Sebastian Vettel and Alpha Tauri’s Pierre Gasly in a two-lap sprint to the finish

Mansour Ojjeh, a major shareholder in McLaren and key figure in the history of the team for nearly 40 years, has died aged 68. The Paris-born Saudi billionaire bought into McLaren in 1984 and was a driving force in the huge success of the team alongside his former partner Ron Dennis. A statement from McLaren

In the end, Lewis Hamilton and Mercedes got it together, and the world champion will start a mouth-watering Azerbaijan Grand Prix from the front row, alongside Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc and with his title rival Max Verstappen’s Red Bull right behind him. But it could easily have been very different for the six-time champion, and he

Lando Norris said the three-place grid penalty he was given at the Azerbaijan Grand Prix was “unfair”. The McLaren driver was penalised for failing to pit immediately after one of four red flags during qualifying. The usual five-place penalty was reduced because Norris “had only a very short time to react,” stewards said. “A bit

Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc took pole position from Lewis Hamilton and Max Verstappen in a thrilling qualifying session at the Azerbaijan Grand Prix. Leclerc set his fastest time with the help of a slipstream from Hamilton and a red flag on the final runs secured his second successive pole. Hamilton recovered superbly after a difficult weekend