Formula 1

Jenson Button believes Fernando Alonso will be “very different” upon his return to Formula 1 in 2021 and a better team player thanks to his experience in sportscar racing. Two-time world champion Alonso will make his F1 comeback next year with Renault after deciding to walk away from the series at the end of 2018

Formula 1’s return to Turkey after nine years away produced a topsy-turvy race on a perilously slick surface, and provided the platform for another piece of history to be made. LUKE SMITH outlines the major talking points Lewis Hamilton clinched his seventh Formula 1 world champion in style with a dominant victory in Sunday’s Turkish

Formula 1 boss Ross Brawn has countered criticism of the slippery new track surface at Istanbul Park and says it allowed drivers to showcase their talent. Drivers struggled for grip on the fresh surface throughout Friday’s dry practice sessions for the Turkish Grand Prix, running lap times well off the expected pace. That was followed

Pirelli Formula 1 tyre chief Mario Isola has tested positive for COVID-19 following the latest round of screening at the Turkish Grand Prix. F1 issued a statement on Monday following the grand prix weekend at Istanbul Park confirming that Isola, who heads up the series’ tyre supplier’s activities at races, had contracted COVID-19 and tested

George Russell was left frustrated by the low-grip conditions throughout the Turkish Grand Prix weekend, saying it was “not what Formula 1 is about”. A late resurfacing of the Istanbul Park circuit combined with a lack of other series running prior to F1’s arrival left the track with minimal grip, making it difficult for drivers

Lewis Hamilton revealed he told himself to “keep it together” as the realisation of his impending coronation as a seven-time Formula 1 champion hit in the Turkish GP’s closing stages. Hamilton equalled Michael Schumacher’s championship tally by winning a thrilling and chaotic wet race at Istanbul, where his Mercedes squad had come into the event

Lance Stroll was left frustrated after struggles with tyre graining meant his hopes of a maiden Formula 1 win ended in Turkey as he eventually finished the race ninth. Stroll took a shock pole position in rainy conditions on Saturday in Turkey, and was able to open up a 10-second lead over the field in

Formula 1 race director Michael Masi says he will review procedures after the Turkish Grand Prix’s second qualifying session was started while there was a crane in the run-off area. The drivers were released to start Q2 while Nicholas Latifi’s stricken Williams was still being recovered, after the Canadian had spun into the gravel at

Lando Norris says Formula 1 cars have felt no quicker than F2 or F3 machinery in Turkey this weekend, thanks to the low-grip track surface at the Istanbul Park circuit. A recent resurfacing of the track, after Pirelli had already committed to bringing its hardest range of tyre compounds, has not had time to properly

Toto Wolff has rejected the suggestion Mercedes could be “cornered” in Formula 1 contract talks with Lewis Hamilton, saying there is a “good balance” between the two sides. Hamilton’s existing F1 contract with Mercedes expires at the end of the 2020 season, but the six-time world champion has said he is eager to renew terms

Formula 1 drivers had been chomping at the bit to experience the high-speed swoops of the Istanbul circuit with the current generation of high-downforce cars. Talks ahead of the opening day of practice for the Turkish Grand Prix had been of the thrills to be expected, and what a joy it would be to take

Pirelli Formula 1 boss Mario Isola admits the Italian company would have brought softer tyres to the Turkish Grand Prix had it known in time the track was being resurfaced. Pirelli learned about the plan to lay a new surface on the traditionally abrasive Istanbul Park track several weeks after committing to its three hardest

Saudi Arabian Formula 1 chiefs say the design of their new street circuit in Jeddah will prioritise overtaking so it is good for racing, rather than pleasing aesthetics. The Middle East country has just announced a deal with F1 that will see it host its maiden grand prix next November as the penultimate round of

Renault’s Esteban Ocon feels it has taken him longer than expected to get back up to speed in Formula 1, following his year on the sidelines after leaving Force India. Ocon returned to F1 action with Renault for 2020 after missing 2019 as a result of losing his seat at Force India, which was rebranded

Sao Paulo is set to keep the Brazilian Grand Prix until at least 2025, with local officials announcing on Thursday they are poised to sign a new Formula 1 deal. Despite a recent push by the Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro to hold a race in Rio from 2021, the provisional calendar issued by F1 earlier

George Russell has no plans to change approach despite his Imola safety car crash, saying Williams cannot “fear mistakes” as it chases its first points of the Formula 1 season. Russell’s hopes of scoring his first F1 points slipped away in the closing stages of the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix when he crashed out of

Channel 4 has announced Ben Edwards will step down as the lead commentator for its Formula 1 coverage at the end of the 2020 season. Edwards, 55, has served as the lead commentator for the UK’s free-to-air F1 coverage since 2012, when he joined the BBC, and remained in the role upon the broadcast rights’

Acting Williams Formula 1 team principal Simon Roberts will miss this weekend’s Turkish Grand Prix after testing positive for COVID-19. Williams announced on Wednesday evening that Roberts had been retested earlier in the day after showing minor symptoms for COVID-19, having previously returned a negative result on Monday. This result returned positive, meaning Roberts has

McLaren technical director James Key believes that DRS will have less of an influence when Formula 1’s new technical regulations come into force in 2022. The rules are focussed on a new aerodynamic package which is intended to make it easier to follow the car ahead, thus increasing overtaking opportunities. Key says that DRS will

When Red Bull found its way out of F1’s midfield and joined the hunt for wins, tensions between Mark Webber and Sebastian Vettel began to flare. The first of those fall-outs came in the 2010 Turkish Grand Prix during a high-speed tangle for the lead… Mark Webber enjoyed a long, largely-successful Formula 1 career that

Formula 1 may be facing an unprecedented situation with teams carrying over their cars for a second season in 2021, but that does not mean everything is staying the same. Indeed, a delve into the final signed off 2021 F1 regulations that have been published by the FIA show that there are a number of

Formula 1’s provisional 23-race 2021 calendar features a vacant slot that the sport’s chiefs hope can be filled after they dropped plans for a race in Vietnam. There are certainly no lack of options in finding a venue willing to hold that extra grand prix – with 2020 demonstrating that good alternatives to the regular

Vietnam has been dropped from the provisional calendar for the 2021 Formula 1 season that will be unveiled on Wednesday, while the Brazilian Grand Prix will remain in Sao Paulo. F1 will announce its intended schedule for the 2021 season tomorrow featuring 22 races, omitting Vietnam at the last minute. Vietnam was due to host

Formula 1 silly season has proven to be particularly turbulent through 2020, but the majority of question marks have been removed heading to Turkey this weekend. While we still wait for news of Lewis Hamilton’s anticipated new deal with Mercedes – despite his claim there are “no guarantees” he will be around in 2021 –

Pirelli has concerns about being able to run a full 18-inch Formula 1 tyre test programme next season in preparation for the 2022 rule change. The Italian company had 25 days of slick and wet running spread across all 10 teams scheduled for this year, using converted “mule” cars. However after just one outing with

Formula 1 CEO Chase Carey admits that plans to run a race in Miami are on hold amid the COVID-19 pandemic but insists the event is not dead. Liberty had hoped to introduce a race around the Miami Dolphins stadium in 2021, despite ongoing resistance from local residents and politicians. But after COVID-19 emerged earlier

Yuki Tsunoda turned down a one-off return in Euroformula Open after being told by Red Bull to focus on preparing for his first Formula 1 test at Imola. Red Bull junior Tsunoda took another step towards securing an F1 seat with AlphaTauri in 2021 by completing his first test in grand prix machinery earlier this

While Formula 1 drivers and team bosses dominate the limelight, team mechanics remain the unsung heroes hidden in plain sight. But, in an article originally published in Autosport magazine on 13 November 1969, attention turned to a pair of New Zealanders key in helping Jackie Stewart to his first world title The best racing driver

The Bahrain International Circuit has confirmed that its two upcoming Formula 1 races will be run “predominantly” without spectators and will just be open to frontline health workers. The venue says that the Bahrain Grand Prix on 29 November and the Sakhir GP on the shorter version of the track on 6 December will be

Daniel Ricciardo says he is eager to complete a helmet swap with former Red Bull team-mate Sebastian Vettel before the German eventually leaves Formula 1. With Ricciardo being an eager collector of rivals’ helmets, he has completed a number of swaps with competitors over the years. But he says the one driver who he has