Formula 1

Hulkenberg finished seventh for Racing Point at the 70th Anniversary Grand Prix in August Nico Hulkenberg has joined Aston Martin as their reserve and development driver. The German drove for the team three times last year, when it was known as Racing Point, when drivers Sergio Perez and Lance Stroll contracted Covid-19. The 33-year-old was

Race one of the new Extreme E series will be broadcast live from Al Ula, Saudi Arabia, on 3-4 April Date Session Time Coverage Saturday, 3 April Qualifying 1 & 2, Qualifying 3 & 4 07:00-08:30 BST & 11:00-12:30 BST On iPlayer, BBC Sport website and Red Button Sunday, 4 April Semi-final & Crazy race,

The chicane at Turn Nine and Turn 10 has been removed McLaren driver Daniel Ricciardo has backed changes being made to Australia’s Formula 1 circuit in an attempt to improve racing. Seven of the 16 corners at Melbourne’s Albert Park track are being modified for this year’s race, which has been rescheduled for 19-21 November.

Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton held off Max Verstappen’s Red Bull for victory in an extraordinary finish to the Bahrain Grand Prix. Verstappen actually took the lead from Hamilton with four laps to go but handed the position back because he had overtaken by running off the track. The move – an order from race control

Hamilton is aiming for a record eighth F1 world championship It has been eight years since Red Bull started a Formula 1 season with unquestionably the fastest car and as the team to beat – but that is exactly the situation after the first qualifying session of 2021. Max Verstappen and his car have looked

Alonso is back racing in Formula 1 Fernando Alonso says there was a misunderstanding in an interview in which he appeared to say he believed he was the best driver on the grid. The Alpine driver says he misheard a question as to whether he was better than the other drivers in Formula 1. “I

Red Bull’s Max Verstappen beat Lewis Hamilton’s Mercedes to take a stunning pole position at the season-opening Bahrain Grand Prix. The Dutchman was 0.388 seconds quicker than Hamilton, as Red Bull made good on the pace the world champion had always said they had before the season. Hamilton’s team-mate Valtteri Bottas was third, ahead of

This driver has won opening races with two different teams during his F1 career Spray the champagne. Formula 1 is back for a brand new season. This year’s campaign starts in a different location, pitching up in Bahrain instead of the usual opener in Melbourne, Australia. Who will take the first win of the season?

Third practice and qualifying are live on the BBC Sport website from 12:00 GMT on Saturday Red Bull’s Max Verstappen topped both Friday practice sessions at the season-opening Bahrain Grand Prix. He headed McLaren’s Lando Norris in the second session, with Mercedes’ Lewis Hamilton third and Valtteri Bottas fifth, split by Ferrari’s Carlos Sainz. Verstappen

Second Practice is live on BBC Radio 5 Live Sports Extra and the BBC Sport website from 15:00 GMT Red Bull’s Max Verstappen was fastest in the first practice session of the new season at the Bahrain Grand Prix. He was 0.298 seconds quicker than Mercedes’ Valtteri Bottas, with Lando Norris an impressive third for

George Russell (number 63) led during the Sakhir Grand Prix when he stepped in for Lewis Hamilton but a pit-stop error cost him the win and he finished ninth Britain’s George Russell says he has proved he can fight for world titles and wants a car that will allow him to do that. Russell said:

Lewis Hamilton won 11 of 17 races in 2020, while Max Verstappen won twice Lewis Hamilton says world champions Mercedes are “not the fastest” team heading into the first race of the new Formula 1 season in Bahrain. Mercedes struggled with their car in testing and Hamilton said the title fight would “absolutely” be closer

Some drivers knelt and others stood before races last season Formula 1 drivers will be allowed to take the knee to demonstrate their opposition to racism before Grands Prix again this season. The move is part of an initiative to promote “sustainability, diversity and inclusion, and community”. Unlike last year, the pre-race demonstration will not

Williams’ last F1 title was in 1997 New Williams chief executive officer Jost Capito has made his first major appointment in recruiting a new technical director to lead car design. Francois-Xavier Demaison joins from Volkswagen, where he worked under Capito on the electric ID.R racer. The ID.R is most notable for setting a new record

Russell impressed during his Mercedes debut race last season, sitting in for Lewis Hamilton Briton George Russell has been appointed one of the directors of the Grand Prix Drivers’ Association. Russell joins chairman Alexander Wurz and Aston Martin driver Sebastian Vettel as a director of the organisation that represents all F1 drivers on safety and

‘I’m happy to have brought back the Schumacher name into F1’ Mick Schumacher starts his Formula 1 career this weekend in Bahrain as a rookie like no other. As the son of the man who until last year was the most successful grand prix driver of all time, the 22-year-old’s path to the top of

Johnny Dumfries (second left) celebrates winning Le Mans 24 Hours in 1988 Former Formula 1 driver Johnny Dumfries has died at the age of 62. The Scotsman raced under a pseudonym to disguise his aristocratic background – he was John Crichton-Stuart, the seventh Marquess of Bute. Dumfries spent a year in F1 in 1986 with

Ugochukwu said he was ‘honoured to sign for an iconic team as McLaren Racing.’ McLaren have signed a contract with 13-year-old American karter Ugo Ugochukwu to support him through racing’s junior categories. The Formula 1 team said the agreement gives them an option to sign Ugochukwu to a race deal in the future. McLaren Racing