Formula 1

Getty Images By Andrew Benson Chief F1 writer Championship-winning engineer Bob Bell has left his advisory role with the struggling Alpine team. Bell was technical director when Alpine won their last world titles, as Renault with Fernando Alonso in 2005 and 2006. He had been in an advisory role since 2018, but is the latest
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The 2024 Formula 1 season started in Bahrain at the weekend with a dominating win for Red Bull’s Max Verstappen – and we want to know what the big talking points were. BBC Sport’s chief F1 writer Andrew Benson answers your questions. Who will define F1’s ‘ultra-marathon’ 2024 season? ‘Verstappen win sets chilling tone for
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Getty Images By Andrew Benson Chief F1 writer Mohammed Ben Sulayem, president of motorsport’s governing body the FIA, is under investigation for allegedly interfering over a Formula 1 race result. A whistleblower has told the FIA that Ben Sulayem allegedly intervened to overturn a penalty given to Aston Martin’s Fernando Alonso at the 2023 Saudi
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Getty Images By Andrew Benson Chief F1 writer The controversy surrounding Red Bull boss Christian Horner is “driving people apart”, says the father of the team’s F1 champion Max Verstappen. An anonymous email including messages purporting to involve Horner were leaked on Thursday, a day after Red Bull dismissed a complaint of inappropriate behaviour against
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Getty Images By Andrew Benson Chief F1 writer in Bahrain Mercedes driver George Russell summed up what many people in Formula 1 felt after Max Verstappen’s imperious victory for Red Bull in the season-opening Bahrain Grand Prix. “Max is the favourite,” said Russell, who finished fifth, behind a Red Bull one-two and Ferrari’s Carlos Sainz
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Getty Images By Andrew Benson Chief F1 writer in Bahrain Red Bull team boss Christian Horner has refused to say whether messages leaked this week are genuine. An anonymous email including messages purporting to involve Horner were leaked a day after Red Bull dismissed a complaint of inappropriate behaviour against him. Horner said: “I’m not
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Getty Images By Andrew Benson Chief F1 writer in Bahrain Red Bull’s Max Verstappen sent out a chilling message to his Formula 1 rivals with a crushing victory in the season-opening Bahrain Grand Prix. He brushed off controversy surrounding his team principal Christian Horner to dominate after a brief challenge at the start from Ferrari’s
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Getty ImagesCopyright: Getty Images Lewis Hamilton, who starts from ninth today: “I wasn’t comfortable with my race pace [during practice] so I changed the car to hopefully make the race pace better, but we’ll see if that’s really the case. “There is lots of [tyre] degradation with the rears and race pace is everything but
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Getty Images By Andrew Benson Chief F1 writer in Bahrain Max Verstappen has given qualified support to Christian Horner as Red Bull team boss after setting pole position for the Bahrain Grand Prix. Horner has again denied allegations of inappropriate behaviour after a series of alleged messages were leaked. Verstappen was asked whether he had
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Getty Images By Andrew Benson Chief F1 writer in Bahrain Red Bull’s Max Verstappen put in a crushing performance to set pole position for the season-opening Bahrain Grand Prix. The world champion was 0.228 seconds quicker than Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc in second. Mercedes’ George Russell was third from Ferrari’s Carlos Sainz. Mercedes’ Lewis Hamilton was
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Getty Images By Andrew Benson Chief F1 writer in Bahrain Red Bull team principal Christian Horner has again denied allegations of inappropriate behaviour after a series of alleged messages were leaked. Horner was cleared on Wednesday after an internal investigation into his behaviour towards a female colleague. An anonymous email with a link to messages
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Getty Images By Andrew Benson Chief F1 writer Mercedes team boss Toto Wolff has called for “more transparency” from Red Bull after the company rejected a complaint against Christian Horner. A female colleague had complained about inappropriate behaviour from Red Bull’s team principal. The company said they had “dismissed” the grievance after a “fair, rigorous
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Getty Images By Andrew Benson Chief F1 writer in Bahrain Daniel Ricciardo set the fastest time in Bahrain Grand Prix first practice as the new Formula 1 season held on to its secrets for a little longer. Ricciardo, driving for Red Bull’s RB team, used soft tyres to head McLaren’s Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri.
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Getty Images Team principal Christian Horner says Red Bull have “never been stronger” after he was cleared of inappropriate and controlling behaviour towards a female colleague. An internal Red Bull investigation cleared the 50-year-old on Wednesday. The season begins with the Bahrain Grand Prix first practice on Thursday. “We’re here now very much to focus
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Getty Images By Andrew Benson Chief F1 writer in Bahrain Red Bull’s team principal Christian Horner has been cleared following an internal investigation into his behaviour towards a female colleague. Allegations of inappropriate and controlling behaviour had been made against the 50-year-old. “Red Bull is confident that the investigation has been fair, rigorous and impartial,”
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