Formula 1

Formula 1 is set to revisit running reversed grid sprint races at select race weekends in the wake of Sunday’s dramatic Italian Grand Prix at Monza. AlphaTauri’s Pierre Gasly scored a shock victory after Mercedes’ Lewis Hamilton received a penalty and the other usual frontrunners hit trouble. Gasly was joined on the podium by McLaren’s

Sebastian Vettel says he is glad that there were no fans at Monza this year after Ferrari endured another nightmare showing at the Italian Grand Prix. Having struggled for pace in qualifying, both Vettel and Charles Leclerc failed to make it to the chequered flag after both were forced out in spectacular incidents. Vettel suffered

Andreas Seidl says McLaren was the second most competitive Formula 1 team behind Mercedes in the Italian Grand Prix and could have got a better result in a “normal” race. In a dramatic Monza event punctuated by a safety car and a red flag, Carlos Sainz Jr finished a close second to Pierre Gasly, while

The Formula 1 Italian Grand Prix has been red flagged following a huge crash for Ferrari driver Charles Leclerc at Parabolica at the halfway point of the race. Leclerc crashed out at high speed near the exit of the final corner at Monza, losing the rear of his car and spearing into the barrier at

Toto Wolff has revealed that Mercedes was preparing for a ban on Formula 1 ‘party mode’ engine settings before the FIA issued its technical clampdown. This weekend’s Italian Grand Prix is the first race where teams have been banned from changing engine settings during qualifying and the race, requiring them to run a single mode

Esteban Ocon says a new clampdown aimed at stopping drivers going too slow on out laps actually made things worse in qualifying for the Italian Grand Prix. In a bid to avoid a repeat of the traffic farce that marred qualifying last year, the FIA made clear to drivers that it would come down hard

George Russell was left frustrated after feeling Williams missed the chance to capitalise on a “comical” Formula 1 qualifying session for the Italian Grand Prix. The opening stage of qualifying at Monza was marred by a number of drivers bunching at Parabolica in a bid to get a tow on cars ahead, and led to

Sebastian Vettel and Charles Leclerc have labelled their Ferrari as “difficult” and “a handful” to drive, as they brace themselves for a tough Italian Grand Prix. While Ferrari seems to be slightly more competitive than it was in Belgium last weekend, the duo still faced a difficult first day of running at Monza as both

AlphaTauri Formula 1 driver Pierre Gasly says he has “no idea” where the team’s pace came from after impressing in practice for the Italian Grand Prix. Gasly was sixth fastest in the morning session before moving up two spots in the afternoon as the fastest Honda-powered driver, even ahead of Red Bull’s Max Verstappen. His

Renault boss Cyril Abiteboul says Red Bull is paying the price for “missing a trick” of always being independent from its engine supplier. Red Bull is playing catch up against Mercedes this season, with the Milton Keynes-based outfit having a tradition of starting campaigns on the back foot before making up ground as the year

Formula 1 heads to Italy and Monza for the eighth round of the 2020 season as the second in another run of three back-to-back races. The main talking point on Thursday at Monza was the news that the Williams family would be stepping away from F1 at the end of this weekend, fully relinquishing control

Charles Leclerc says he is ready to be patient through the “years” Ferrari team principal Mattia Binotto has warned it may take the squad to win again in Formula 1. Ferrari has struggled so far in 2020 after its controversial engine “settlement” with the FIA, with the SF1000 down on power and struggling with the

The news that Frank and Claire Williams will step down from their roles at the Williams Formula 1 team is a clear sign of the team’s future direction, explains JONATHAN NOBLE Few could deny that the imminent departure of Frank and Claire Williams from the team that bears their name is a sad moment for

Mercedes Formula 1 boss Toto Wolff says that teams should open up internal radio communications in order to entertain the public. An outwardly uneventful race in Belgium, along with Lewis Hamilton’s continued dominance of the 2020 season have led to some disappointment among fans, with Mercedes looking odds-on to win both championships Wolff believes that

The Ferrari Formula 1 team has revealed 250 doctors and nurses who played a role on the frontline in the fight against COVID-19 will attend this weekend’s Italian Grand Prix. Since the delayed start to the 2020 season in Austria at the start of July, all F1 races have been run behind closed doors without

McLaren cannot afford to underestimate Ferrari’s ability to “strike back” despite its current Formula 1 struggles, according to team principal Andreas Seidl. McLaren moved up to third place in the constructors’ championship at last weekend’s Belgian Grand Prix after Lando Norris finished the race in seventh place. The result lifted McLaren above Racing Point and

Ferrari has provided extra insight into the power unit pneumatic valve issues that delayed Charles Leclerc in the Formula 1 Belgian GP and impacted the strategy of Sebastian Vettel. When the safety car came out after the Antonio Giovinazzi/George Russell accident, those in the second half of the field had the opportunity to pit on

Ferrari team principal Mattia Binotto thinks Formula 1’s ban on party modes has the capacity to shake up the competitive order at the Italian Grand Prix. As part of a push by the FIA to increase its confidence that none of the F1 teams are finding ways to exploit the rules, it wants teams to

Haas Formula 1 team boss Gunther Steiner says he gets “no satisfaction” from fighting the works Ferrari squad for minor places outside the points. At the Belgian Grand Prix, Romain Grosjean finished 15th place and just 3.9 seconds behind Sebastian Vettel and 1.8 seconds behind Charles Leclerc, having ceded a place to the Monegasque driver

McLaren is waiting for Renault to analyse the failure on Carlos Sainz Jr’s Formula 1 power unit to find out the exact cause of the issue. Sainz was prevented from starting Sunday’s Belgian Grand Prix after reporting an issue with his power unit en route to the grid, forcing him out of the race. McLaren

While the on-track Formula 1 action at Spa-Francorchamps was a surprisingly tepid affair, there were still plenty of key talking points throughout the Belgian Grand Prix weekend. LUKE SMITH discusses the most salient topics In a Formula 1 season that has been anything but normal, there was a welcome sense of routine brought by the

Lewis Hamilton says he feels “a lot of weight on my heart” from off-track events in 2020, revealing he “broke down” at news of Chadwick Boseman’s death on Saturday. The death of Boseman, a leading actor and star of black superhero film Black Panther, sparked an outpouring of tributes from across the world on Saturday.

Max Verstappen found Sunday’s Formula 1 Belgian Grand Prix “pretty boring”, believing he spent 38 of the 44 laps at Spa managing his tyres en route to third place. Verstappen spent every single lap of the race running third as he struggled to take the fight to the Mercedes pair of Lewis Hamilton and Valtteri

Ferrari was left “disappointed and angry” by its display in Sunday’s Formula 1 Belgian Grand Prix after failing to score any points, according to team principal Mattia Binotto. After slumping to its worst qualifying result of the season so far on Saturday, Ferrari’s struggles continued into the race at Spa as both Charles Leclerc and

Ferrari Formula 1 boss Mattia Binotto suspects his team’s struggles at the Belgian Grand Prix are a one-off caused by track characteristics. The Italian outfit has endured its most difficult race weekend of the campaign so far, with Charles Leclerc (13th) and Sebastian Vettel (14th) qualifying outside of the top 10. But even getting out

Daniel Ricciardo says Renault’s strong form at the Belgian Grand Prix is the result of his Formula 1 car feeling much “happier” in lower downforce trim. Just two weeks after Renault endured a tough time in Spain as both drivers failed to make it into Q3, Ricciardo qualified fourth at Spa-Francorchamps with team-mate Esteban Ocon

Williams is hopeful it can fight the beleaguered Ferrari squad during Formula 1’s 2020 Belgian Grand Prix after George Russell finished just behind Charles Leclerc and Sebastian Vettel in qualifying. The team’s head of vehicle performance, Dave Robson, said Williams was encouraged after Ferrari appeared to show poor form during the FP2 long runs on

Lewis Hamilton beat Esteban Ocon to take top spot in the final practice session for Formula 1’s Belgian Grand Prix, where light rain at Spa meant little running took place. Valtteri Bottas and Max Verstappen finished fifth and sixth after abandoning their final qualifying simulation efforts, as Ferrari’s Spa misery continued with Charles Leclerc finishing

Carlos Sainz Jr says the “super quick” Renault Formula 1 team is too fast “for comfort” at the Belgian Grand Prix, as he reckoned Daniel Ricciardo’s practice pace was genuine. With Ricciardo having set the second fastest time in the second free practice session, despite a late hydraulic issue, Sainz believes that the Spa-Francorchamps circuit

The FIA has finalised a package of Formula 1 aero regulation changes for 2021, creating an overall downforce cut of around 10%. Around half of that figure had already been accounted for by a change to the floor rules agreed earlier this year. However the British GPs prompted the FIA and F1 to make further