Formula 1

This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Broadcaster Jennie Gow has updated fans on her recovery from a serious stroke ahead of the new Formula 1 season. The 45-year-old, who covers F1 for BBC Radio 5 Live, said she was “progressing well” since her

Alpha Tauri team principal Franz Tost says he has been assured by parent company Red Bull that it will not sell its second Formula 1 team. Tost’s remarks come in the wake of a report that Red Bull was questioning the value of the team and could sell it or move it from Italy to

Follow live text and radio commentary of the Bahrain Grand Prix at the Bahrain International Circuit in Sakhir from 3-5 March. Max Verstappen begins his bid for a third successive world title at a race he and team-mate Sergio Perez were forced to retire from last year. Charles Leclerc won for Ferrari. BBC Sport has

UK MPs have urged Formula 1 to set up an independent inquiry into the links between grands prix and human rights violations. The move comes before the first race of the 2023 season in Bahrain on Sunday. Lord Scriven, chair of the parliamentary group concerned with human rights in the Gulf, wants F1 to urge

The Spanish Grand Prix this year will run on a much faster circuit layout, with the final chicane replaced by two high-speed right-hand corners. The Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya’s final sector will revert to a design not used in Formula 1 since 2006. A chicane was introduced before the final corner in 2007 in an attempt

Lance Stroll will be replaced by Aston Martin reserve driver Felipe Drugovich if the Canadian is not fit enough to race in the Bahrain Grand Prix. But on Sunday the team said Drugovich would race if Stroll does not recover from injury before next weekend. The 22-year-old Brazilian drove the car in pre-season testing this

Aston Martin have refused to rule out the possibility of Sebastian Vettel making a shock comeback at the season-opening Bahrain Grand Prix. Team principal Mike Krack admitted he had spoken to the four-time champion since Aston Martin’s Lance Stroll was forced to miss pre-season testing. But he refused to say whether Vettel, who retired at

Confidence about the Formula 1 campaign ahead simply oozed out of Max Verstappen as pre-season testing came to a conclusion in Bahrain on Saturday. The Dutchman heads into the opening race of the season at the same track next weekend as an overwhelming favourite to win a third world title, and he was positively gushing

Red Bull’s Sergio Perez set the fastest time of Formula 1 pre-season testing ahead of Mercedes’ Lewis Hamilton. The Mexican was 0.359 seconds faster than Hamilton, despite using a harder and theoretically slower tyre. Champion Max Verstappen did not run on the final day. Alfa Romeo’s Valtteri Bottas was third, with Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc fourth.

George Russell says he does not expect Mercedes to be competing for victory at the start of the Formula 1 season in Bahrain next week. Russell said he believed Red Bull were the team to beat on the evidence of the first two days of pre-season testing. He said: “We definitely believe eventually we will

Red Bull’s Max Verstappen set the pace on the first day of Formula 1 pre-season testing in Bahrain. The world champion, top of the timesheets for most of the day, ended it 0.029 seconds quicker than Aston Martin’s Fernando Alonso. Ferrari’s Carlos Sainz and Charles Leclerc were third and fourth fastest, ahead of McLaren’s Lando

This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. By Charlotte Simpson & Ian Murphy Newsbeat reporters A female driver hasn’t competed in a Formula 1 grand prix since 1976. Only last year the sport’s CEO said he couldn’t see that changing in the next five

FIA president Mohammed Ben Sulayem did not attend Tuesday’s meeting of Formula 1’s rule-forming body, the F1 Commission. The meeting was chaired by new FIA F1 single-seater director Nikolas Tombazis and F1 president Stefano Domenicali. Among a series of changes was a revision to the points system to avoid the controversy that arose at last

Aston Martin reserve driver Felipe Drugovich will drive on the first day of this week’s pre-season test in place of injured race driver Lance Stroll. The Brazilian Formula 2 champion will steer the car on Thursday morning in Bahrain before handing over to Fernando Alonso for the afternoon session. Aston Martin have not revealed their

The burnt-out shell of a Formula 1 car that saved Romain Grosjean’s life in his fiery crash at the 2020 Bahrain Grand Prix is to go on show. The chassis from the accident will form a key exhibit at a new official Formula 1 exhibition. It will start in Madrid next month before touring the

Lance Stroll is to miss this week’s pre-season test after suffering “minor injuries” in a cycling accident. The Canadian’s Aston Martin team have not yet decided how to cover his absence over the three days in Bahrain starting on Thursday. Stroll’s injury means there is a risk he could miss the opening race weekend at

Honda says it is considering a formal return to Formula 1 to coincide with the new engine regulations that will be introduced in 2026. The company officially pulled out of F1 at the end of 2021, although its engines are still used by the two Red Bull teams and will be called Hondas again in

Formula 1’s governing body appears to have backtracked on a rule introduced this year banning freedom of speech for drivers on key issues. The rule outlawed “political, religious and personal statements” without prior consent, and expressed no limitations on where that restriction applied. But a “guidance” note issued on Friday puts strict limits on its