Formula 1

Mercedes are behind Ferrari and McLaren after two days of pre-season testing, says driver George Russell. The 24-year-old, who has joined fellow Briton Lewis Hamilton at Mercedes, said they were “certainly not ahead”. “Some teams are looking pretty fast – a red team and an orange team in particular look very competitive,” said Russell, alluding

World champion Max Verstappen says it is “very unfair” Michael Masi has been removed from the post of race director, and he has been “thrown under the bus”. Verstappen said it was “unacceptable” to have allowed team bosses to talk directly to Masi during races. And he said the decision to remove him was “really

Formula 1 says it is monitoring the situation in Ukraine in the context of this year’s Russian Grand Prix. Russian forces invaded Ukraine on Thursday on the orders of President Vladimir Putin, who is closely associated with his country’s F1 race. F1 said in a statement said that it was “closely watching the very fluid

Seven-time world champion Lewis Hamilton called for Formula 1 to ensure race officials were “non-biased” as pre-season testing began on Wednesday. The Mercedes driver, who set the fifth fastest time on day one in Barcelona, said it was “super-essential” for stewards to “have no bias”. He was speaking as he returned to the track just

Alpine can be future contenders for the Formula 1 title, according to chief executive Laurent Rossi. The French manufacturer became the ninth team to launch their car for the forthcoming season on Monday. And Rossi said they were moving in the right direction after one race victory last season. “We are going in the right

Former IndyCar champion and Formula 1 driver Michael Andretti is aiming to field a new team in F1 from 2024. Should the American’s entry be approved by the FIA, the team would be called Andretti Global. Mario Andretti said on Twitter that his son’s entry “has the resources and checks every box”. It is not

Lewis Hamilton had an eighth world title “taken away from him” by the errors made by officials at the final race of last year, George Russell says. Hamilton’s new Mercedes team-mate said at the launch of their new car that he “really feels for Lewis” because of the controversial Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. “He had

The United States Grand Prix will be held in Austin, Texas for at least another five years after the track signed a new contract with Formula 1. The event has become one of the highest profile and most prestigious on the calendar since the Circuit of the Americas held its first race in 2012. Last

Lewis Hamilton admitted he spent time this winter considering his future as Mercedes launched their new car for the 2022 Formula 1 season. Hamilton lost out on an eighth world title in controversial circumstances at last year’s final race in Abu Dhabi. “I never said I was going to stop. But it was a difficult

Otmar Szafnauer has joined Alpine as team principal as part of a wider management restructure of the Renault-owned F1 team. The ex-Aston Martin team boss will bring “technical knowledge and leadership to build the team across multiple areas,” chief executive officer Laurent Rossi says. It sees Alpine return to a traditional organisation after an unusual

Michael Masi has been removed as F1 race director as part of a restructure at governing body the FIA in the wake of last year’s Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. FIA president Mohammed ben Sulayem announced a series of changes as a result of the inquiry into the controversial end to last year’s World Championship. Masi

Charles Leclerc said Ferrari’s expectations were “very, very high” for the new season as they launched their 2022 car, the F1-75. Team principal Mattia Binotto said Ferrari had taken an “innovative approach” to the revolutionary new regulations introduced by Formula 1 this season. “This is what I would call a brave Ferrari,” Binotto said. “We

Formula 1 managing director Ross Brawn says the sport’s new technical rules will lead to closer racing and a more competitive field this year. Brawn says he is “convinced” the cars will be “closer in performance from the very beginning” and “confident these rules will lead to much better racing”. Brawn said: “We may see

Williams said they still have a long way to go to return to the top of Formula 1 as they launched their new car at Silverstone on Tuesday. The multiple champions finished eighth last season, the first time for three years the team has not been last. New rules have been introduced in F1 this

Formula 1’s governing body failed to make any proposals following its inquiry into the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix at a high-level meeting on Monday. Instead, the F1 Commission of teams, F1 and the FIA was told that analysis into the controversial events at last year’s title-deciding race was still ongoing. The meeting was told that

Pierre Gasly says he expects a “season full of surprises” as his Alpha Tauri team launched their 2022 car. The Frenchman, who won the 2020 Italian Grand Prix, is joined again by Japanese Yuki Tsunoda and has high hopes for Red Bull’s second team. Gasly said: “I hope this is a year when I can

After last season’s dramatic finish, Formula 1 teams have gone back to the drawing board over the winter and are now unveiling their new designs for the 2022 season, due to start in Bahrain on 18 March. There are substantial rule changes for car design this year, which could shake up the competitive order. But

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