Formula 1

The 2020 Formula 1 season-opener in Austria proved to be worth the wait as the Red Bull Ring threw up an eventful and chaotic finish. In a race that featured several teams struggling with issues on their cars and a number of drivers clashing, just 11 cars made it to the finish. It was the

Robert Kubica will make his Formula 1 race weekend return with an opening practice outing for Alfa Romeo at this weekend’s Styrian Grand Prix. Kubica, who left Williams at the end of his comeback campaign in 2019, is Alfa’s reserve driver for the 2020 season. He will drive Antonio Giovinazzi’s C39 in the first practice

Two-time Formula 1 world champion Fernando Alonso is set to make a sensational return to Renault, with a two-year deal expected to be announced as early as Wednesday. Alonso raced for Renault in 2003-06, winning the F1 world championship in the last two seasons, before returning to the team in 2008-09. While much has changed

Autosport first picked out Lewis Hamilton’s 10 greatest Formula 1 victories after his 50th success at the 2016 United States Grand Prix. Remarkably, since then he has added another 34 wins, some of which have been among his best, so it seemed right to revisit the list as the 2020 season finally gets going. Michael

The Ferrari Formula 1 team is now hoping to fast track some, if not all, of its major Hungarian Grand Prix update package to this weekend’s Styrian Grand Prix. The Italian outfit braced for last weekend’s F1 season opener in Austria aware that it was on the backfoot, with its car in the same specification

Mercedes has rubbished any talk that it used Multi 21 tactics of cryptic team orders in the Austrian Grand Prix to call off the battle between its drivers. Valtteri Bottas had been leading the 2020 Formula 1 season opener from Lewis Hamilton when both faced critical gearbox issues that Mercedes feared could cause them to

Mattia Binotto believes it will be “very difficult” for Ferrari to rectify its straight-line speed disadvantage this season after losing 0.7 seconds per lap to Mercedes in Austria. Ferrari endured a disastrous qualifying at the Red Bull Ring on Saturday as Charles Leclerc qualified almost one second off the pace in seventh, one year on

Lewis Hamilton says the safety car that triggered a round of pitstops in the Austrian GP spoiled the strategy gamble he’d planned to use to jump Valtteri Bottas. Hamilton knew that when stuck behind Mercedes team-mate Bottas during the Formula 1 opening race the only way to beat him was to run a different strategy.

Mercedes boss Toto Wolff thinks Lewis Hamilton’s five-second penalty for a late clash with Alex Albon in the Austrian Grand Prix was “too harsh”. Hamilton was battling Albon after the final safety car period of the race when they clashed at the Turn 4 right-hander as the Red Bull driver tried to take second around

The FIA has confirmed the full details on how Formula 1’s new podium procedure will work for Sunday’s Austrian Grand Prix, taking place on the start/finish straight. As part of the new “closed event” protocols for F1 amid the COVID-19 pandemic, it was confirmed last month that the podium ceremony would be heavily revised to

Red Bull and Ferrari have been issued a reminder of Formula 1’s strict coronavirus protocols after Sebastian Vettel was spotted speaking to Christian Horner and Helmut Marko without face masks. Photographs and video footage of Vettel in conversation with Christian Horner and Helmut Marko in the Red Bull Ring paddock were shared widely on social

Max Verstappen says balance issues with his Red Bull meant the gap to Mercedes in qualifying for the Formula 1 Austrian Grand Prix was bigger than it should be. The Dutchman has spent the weekend trying to get the best out of a new wing philosophy that his team has brought to the Red Bull

Racing Point CEO Otmar Szafnauer has no concerns about any possible protest from the team’s rivals over the legality of its RP20 car, dubbed as a ‘pink Mercedes’. Racing Point opted to follow the design lead of Mercedes’ 2019 title-winning W10 car with the design of its 2020 model, much to the frustration of its

The Austrian Grand Prix stewards have rejected Red Bull’s protest against Mercedes’ dual-axis steering (DAS) system ahead of this weekend’s Formula 1 season opener, calling it “not founded”. Mercedes debuted the innovative steering solution, which allows drivers Lewis Hamilton and Valtteri Bottas to adjust the toe angle of their front wheel from within the cockpit

Max Verstappen says Red Bull’s true pace in Formula 1 Austrian Grand Prix practice was disguised by him breaking his front wing on his fastest lap of the day. With Red Bull having headed into the F1 season opener with high hopes after what it has called its best winter of preparation since it last

Max Verstappen says he missed out on Red Bull simulator days as well as driving a Formula 1 car during the coronavirus lockdown due to travel restrictions in Europe. The Dutchman, who lives in Monaco, says a combination of limits on leaving the principality early on along with quarantine rule changes in the UK left

Reigning Formula 1 world champion Lewis Hamilton has unveiled his new helmet design, switching to a black base colour and carrying support for the Black Lives Matter movement. Hamilton – the only black driver in F1 history – has been vocal about the ongoing activism around the world against racial injustice, calling on those within

Racing Point’s Sergio Perez has “no doubt” the soon-to-be rebranded Aston Martin team can challenge Formula 1’s leading squads in the future thanks to the championship’s new cost cap rules. No team other than Mercedes, Ferrari or Red Bull has won an F1 race since the turbo hybrid era began in 2014, with an unofficial

A first glimpse of the new Formula 1 emerged on Wednesday as teams began work at the Red Bull Ring ahead of the Austrian Grand Prix. Following a 110-day gap since the F1 season was shut down on the Friday of the Australian GP, teams are now back at work in the paddock getting prepared

McLaren Formula 1 chief Andreas Seidl is confident new protocols in place for this weekend’s Austrian Grand Prix should prevent a repeat of the team’s race withdrawal in Australia. McLaren pulled out of the planned 2020 season-opening Australian Grand Prix on the Thursday night before the race after one of its team members tested positive

Christian Horner says Red Bull is emerging from the coronavirus lockdowns and starting the 2020 Formula 1 campaign “the best we’ve been prepared” since 2013, the team’s most-recent title-winning season. The first two races of 2020 will take place at Red Bull’s home track – the Red Bull Ring – where Max Verstappen has triumphed

Ferrari will “recalibrate” the entire upgrade programme for its 2020 Formula 1 car, and is set to introduce a full revamp of the SF1000 at the Hungarian Grand Prix. In pre-season testing, Ferrari’s latest car appeared to have a number of fundamental issues, with a performance shortfall with its power unit combining with a car

Circuit of the Americas boss Bobby Epstein says it’s too early to make a call on whether his track will host a Formula 1 grand prix this year. The US GP is still theoretically on the calendar in its original 25 October date, and will potentially form part of a run of up to four

McLaren insists that there was never a risk of the team being unable to continue in Formula 1 next year, despite the financial difficulties it has faced over recent weeks. With the McLaren Group’s income having been hit hard by a stop in road car sales and a lack of racing action, it went to

OPINION: Mercedes has revealed it will run a black livery for the 2020 Formula 1 season as a show of support for the Black Lives Matter push for racial equality. In doing so, it is taking Lewis Hamilton’s desire for change to the “top” in more ways than one “Bernie is out of the sport

Fans have been warned by the police to stay away from Silverstone when it hosts its two Formula 1 races in August, as their presence could jeopardise both events. With F1 beginning its season with closed door events that spectators are banned from, there are concerns that supporters may still try to get close to

McLaren has agreed a £150 million loan arrangement with the National Bank of Bahrain to ease short-term cash flow problems which could have impacted its Formula 1 operation. The McLaren Group, which includes both the F1 team and its road car business, has been hit hard by the economic fallout of the coronavirus pandemic. But

Renault Formula 1 chief Cyril Abiteboul fears one positive test for COVID-19 striking at the wrong time could bring down a team and force it to miss a race. F1’s delayed 2020 season will start next weekend in Austria after the COVID-19 pandemic forced the cancellation of the first 10 races of the year. The

With the COVID-19 pandemic forcing the majority of the world to abandon their offices and adjust to working from home, video meetings have become the new normal. The video platform Zoom has become one of the most-used apps in the world, hosting everything from high-level government meetings to weekly quizzes between family and friends. And

Racing Point Formula 1 boss Otmar Szafnauer doesn’t believe a closer field in the future will jeopardise the team’s technical partnership with Mercedes. Along with its power unit Mercedes provides a gearbox and other systems to Racing Point, as well as usage of the Brackley wind tunnel. Renault boss Cyril Abiteboul suggested recently that such