Formula 1

Pirelli is to trial a new design of rear tyre at next weekend’s Austrian Grand Prix following the two high-speed failures in Azerbaijan this month. Pirelli has come in for criticism from the Formula 1 drivers after the left-rear tyres of Max Verstappen and Lance Stroll failed at close to 200mph. The new design, which

Max Verstappen set the pace in second practice at the Styrian Grand Prix after title rival Lewis Hamilton had a quicker lap deleted. Hamilton had set the fastest lap of the session by 0.077 seconds from Verstappen’s Red Bull but ran fractionally wide at the final corner. That left Hamilton with fourth fastest time, behind

Red Bull team principal Christian Horner has described a rule change introduced to ensure safety at pit stops as “disappointing”. Formula 1 rule makers have introduced a minimum reaction time for key moments because of concerns some teams are using automated release mechanisms. Horner said he believed rivals had deliberately targeted his team. “If you

Red Bull’s Max Verstappen set the pace in first practice at the Styrian Grand Prix with title rival Lewis Hamilton in third place. Verstappen was 0.256 seconds quicker than Alpha Tauri’s Pierre Gasly in second, with Hamilton 0.422secs away and team-mate Valtteri Bottas fourth. Yuki Tsunoda in the second Alpha Tauri was fifth, ahead of

The Turkish Grand Prix has been reinstated on the Formula 1 calendar this year for the second time. Turkey was dropped, two weeks after being added as a substitute for Canada, when it was put on the UK’s red list of restricted countries in May. F1 is confident it can handle travel and return to

Lewis Hamilton says he has started negotiations with Mercedes over a new contract to stay with the team beyond this season. The seven-time champion signed only a one-year deal last winter but has indicated several times that he is keen to race on. “Not a lot to say too much on, but we have had

Silverstone will be allowed to have a full capacity crowd for next month’s British Grand Prix. The track can hold around 140,000 spectators, which will make it the largest crowd for a sporting event in the UK since the start of the coronavirus pandemic. Silverstone said it would work closely with public health experts on

Max Verstappen fought back to pass Lewis Hamilton and take a brilliant win in the French Grand Prix to extend his championship lead. Verstappen’s Red Bull team gambled on an extra pit stop, sacrificing the lead to come back at Hamilton on fresher tyres to pass the Mercedes with two laps to go. And Mercedes

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