Formula 1

Lewis Hamilton and George Russell will continue as Mercedes’ driver line-up for at least the next two years. Hamilton has signed a new contract that will extend his period with the team to 13 years and keep him in F1 well past his 40th birthday. And Russell, who joined Mercedes in 2022, has also signed

Ferrari have put Charles Leclerc through the mill in the past few years – and at times vice versa, too, it has to be said – but the driver some in Formula 1 believe to be the fastest of all over one lap says his commitment to a future with the Italian team is absolute.

Daniel Ricciardo will miss the Italian Grand Prix as a result of the broken hand he sustained in an accident at Zandvoort on Friday. Australian Ricciardo crashed his Alpha Tauri at the banked Hugenholz corner during the second practice session for the Dutch Grand Prix. Red Bull team boss Christian Horner said Ricciardo had an

Red Bull’s Max Verstappen survived losing the lead in early rain and a red flag for a late torrential downpour to win a chaotic Dutch Grand Prix. Verstappen equalled the all-time record of nine victories in a row and took his 11th win of the season to extend his championship lead to 138 points. A

A wet-dry qualifying session on one of the most demanding circuits on the calendar tested all the Formula 1 drivers to their limits, but arguably the standout performance of Saturday at the Dutch Grand Prix was from the driver in fourth place on the grid. Behind a predictably stunning pole position by Max Verstappen, the

Red Bull’s Max Verstappen beat McLaren’s Lando Norris to pole position in a crash-strewn qualifying session at the Dutch Grand Prix. Verstappen headed Norris by 0.537 seconds in a one-lap shoot-out at the end of a dramatic session in drying conditions. Mercedes driver George Russell was third, while team-mate Lewis Hamilton could manage only 13th.

Getty Images By Anna Holligan BBC News, Zandvoort The Dutch Grand Prix is a petrolhead event minus the petrol – but with plenty of bicycles. The Formula One (F1) event is taking place in a tiny coastal town which is locked down to visitors’ cars for the entire weekend, with many fans arriving by bicycle.

McLaren’s Lando Norris headed Red Bull’s Max Verstappen in second practice at the Dutch Grand Prix. Norris was 0.023 seconds faster than the championship leader, who had a messy session with traffic on one fast lap and a mistake on another. Williams driver Alex Albon impressed with the third-fastest time, ahead of Lewis Hamilton’s upgraded

Red Bull’s Max Verstappen set the pace in first practice at his home Dutch Grand Prix, ahead of Fernando Alonso and Lewis Hamilton. The two-time world champion was 0.278 seconds ahead of Alonso, whose Aston Martin has an upgrade. But it was not all plain sailing for the Dutchman – he went off into the

BBC Sport presenter Jennie Gow says the “supportive” Formula 1 atmosphere will help her as she returns to the paddock at the Dutch Grand Prix. Gow, 46, suffered a serious stroke in December and has been raising awareness for stroke sufferers as part of her recovery. She has not featured in the BBC’s F1 radio

Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc says it will be “very, very difficult” to catch Red Bull before the end of the 2025 season, when the current set of Formula 1 regulations will change. Leclerc is one of only two non-Red Bull drivers to set a pole position this year, and Red Bull have won every race. Two-time

The Haas team will keep Nico Hulkenberg and Kevin Magnussen as their drivers for a second Formula 1 season in 2024. Team principal Guenther Steiner said: “We’ve had an extremely solid driver pairing this season and ultimately there was no reason to look to change that.” Both Hulkenberg and Magnussen are vastly experienced drivers whose

Ferrari team principal Frederic Vasseur believes it would be “strange” to change the results of the 2008 world championship 15 years later. Former Ferrari driver Felipe Massa is taking legal action against Formula 1 bosses and is seeking compensation for the ‘crash-gate’ scandal. Massa’s lawyers claim he lost the title to Lewis Hamilton because Renault

Fernando Alonso is discussing perception and reality, the difference he sees between his wider public image and his assessment of himself. “This,” he says of Formula 1, “is a great show – inside, and off track as well. And you need to play a character, you know? Whatever is assigned to you. “You need to

Max Verstappen is toying with Formula 1 at the moment. The Dutchman won the Belgian Grand Prix for Red Bull at a canter from sixth on the grid while barely appearing to extend himself. When he wanted to overtake Sergio Perez for the lead, he lapped two seconds faster than his Red Bull team-mate at

Max Verstappen was in imperious form as he came from sixth on the grid to win the Belgian Grand Prix. The Red Bull driver’s eighth consecutive victory in the final race before the summer break extended his championship lead to 125 points. Verstappen led Sergio Perez home to a Red Bull one-two but was in

4. His decision to dedicate his life to motorsport came out of the blue “We were invited by a friend to watch him racing in Formula 3, which is a junior series,” says Toto. “I ended up on the track and… walking onto the grid, this is where [I felt] this massive explosion within me

Drivers say the poor quality of Formula 1’s ‘extreme’ wet tyre is adding complications when starting races in bad visibility. They also backed the race officials’ call to delay the start of the Belgian Grand Prix sprint because of spray. But Max Verstappen, George Russell and Charles Leclerc all called for improvements to Pirelli’s wet