Kimi Raikkonen said he was not surprised Daniel Ricciardo received a penalty after putting all four wheels off the track while overtaking him on the final lap of the French Grand Prix. Advert | Become a Supporter & go ad-free Ricciardo picked up two penalties seconds apart: one for running wide at the chicane while … Read more

Formula 1 drivers have urged the Miami Grand Prix organisers to replace the concrete barrier at the corner where Carlos Sainz Jnr and Esteban Ocon suffered heavy crashes. The Miami International Autodrome is staging its inaugural grand prix this weekend, and the concrete barrier at turn 14 has drawn sharp criticism after two separate incidents … Read more

Ferrari team principal Maurizio Arrivabene rejected the idea that mistakes by the team or its drivers cost them a shot at this season’s championships. Advert | Become a Supporter & go ad-free Mercedes secured the constructors’ title at the final race in Brazil and Lewis Hamilton clinched the drivers’ championship a round earlier. Speaking in … Read more

On paper, Baku doesn’t immediately read like a Red Bull circuit. Yet last year they claimed a chaotic victory there with a car that was noticeably less competitive than this season’s package. As on Friday last year, they finished the day quickest today. Daniel Ricciardo topped the timesheets by under a tenth of a second … Read more

Pierre Gasly experienced a frightening near-miss when debris struck his helmet visor near the eye on the opening lap of the Russian Grand Prix. The Toro Rosso driver said a piece from Daniel Ricciardo’s car hit him at the start of the race. Advert | Become a Supporter & go ad-free “At turn one Daniel … Read more

Mercedes made a rare appearance at an event in South Korea featuring an official Formula 1 team, the first such presence since the country’s brief spell on the F1 calendar. Advert | Become a Supporter & go ad-free Reserve driver Valtteri Bottas demonstrated a Mercedes W13 chassis, the model the team raced during the 2022 … Read more

Red Bull team principal Christian Horner believes Formula 1’s new Sprint Qualifying races could add an engaging new dimension to race weekends and says the sport should experiment further with the concept. Following last week’s confirmation that Sprint Qualifying will be introduced at three rounds this season, Horner said the format is worth trying to … Read more

Formula 1 teams have been unusually secretive about their 2021 car designs because the scope for innovation is tightly limited this year. Advert | Become a Supporter & go ad-free To reduce costs, teams have been allocated a maximum of two development “tokens,” which restrict how much they can modify their 2020 designs. In addition, … Read more

Oliver Rowland has been declared the winner of the first Misano E-Prix after Antonio Félix da Costa was disqualified for a technical infringement. Advert | Become a Supporter & go ad-free Da Costa had crossed the line less than half a second ahead of Rowland in Saturday’s race, but the Porsche driver was later removed … Read more

Who do you first think of when you hear the name ‘Mosley’? Advert | Become a Supporter & go ad-free For many motorsport fans and people outside Britain, the name evokes Max Mosley, the former FIA president whose final years were shadowed by controversy, including a sensational newspaper exposé about his private life. Yet Max … Read more