Formula 1

Drivers say the poor quality of Formula 1’s ‘extreme’ wet tyre is adding complications when starting races in bad visibility. They also backed the race officials’ call to delay the start of the Belgian Grand Prix sprint because of spray. But Max Verstappen, George Russell and Charles Leclerc all called for improvements to Pirelli’s wet

Max Verstappen caught and passed McLaren’s Oscar Piastri to win an incident-packed wet sprint race at the Belgian Grand Prix. Piastri, who started second behind Verstappen, took the lead as a result of stopping for a change to intermediate tyres as soon as the race was started following five laps behind the safety car. Verstappen

Alain Prost says he hopes the major changes at Alpine will be an “electroshock” to a team suffering from too much corporate interference. The four-time champion made swingeing criticisms of the Renault-owned team in an interview with L’Equipe newspaper. Prost said history showed F1 teams needed “a simple structure detached from an industrial organisation chart”.

Max Verstappen pipped McLaren’s Oscar Piastri to pole position for the Belgian Grand Prix sprint race by just 0.011 seconds. The world champion was the very last driver to cross the line on a drying track, the condition of which was improving consistently throughout the session. Nevertheless, Piastri’s performance continued the strong impression the Australian

Valtteri Bottas is travelling down the start-finish line at Interlagos, Brazil, at almost 200mph. It is pouring with rain and he can’t see a thing. Ahead of him and stranded on the left of the track is Kimi Raikkonen, who has lost control and crashed. Bottas gets closer and closer until he flies past the

Max Verstappen set the fastest time in Belgian Grand Prix qualifying but a grid penalty means Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc will start from pole position. The Red Bull driver beat Leclerc by 0.820 seconds on a drying track but has a five-place grid drop for using too many gearbox components this season. Leclerc edged the second

Formula 1’s governing body has postponed a ban on tyre-warming blankets that was due to be introduced next season. Drivers have expressed concerns in recent weeks that removing tyre blankets was a safety risk. The decision by the FIA had been made on sustainability grounds. Testing on tyres that can generate grip sufficiently quickly from

Alpine will part ways with team principal Otmar Szafnauer and sporting director Alan Permane after the Belgian Grand Prix. The latest in a series of management changes at the team come after a disappointing performance by the Renault-owned team this season so far. Alpine are also losing chief technical officer Pat Fry, who will start

George Russell believes Formula 1 faces a “challenging” weekend with rain predicted at the Belgian Grand Prix. The Mercedes driver said officials needed to make “bold decisions” to avoid putting drivers at risk at one of the world’s most challenging circuits. “Everybody wants a race but when you’re going down that straight at 200mph and

All 10 Formula 1 teams will have one chosen driver in the all-female F1 Academy from next year. Each team will also have their livery on a car in the junior series for up-and-coming female racers. F1 Academy managing director Susie Wolff called it a “landmark moment” for females in motorsport. The Academy is in

Max Verstappen’s dominant victory at the Hungarian Grand Prix set a wins record for his Red Bull team. The Dutchman’s seventh victory in a row and ninth of the season was Red Bull’s 12th consecutive win, dating back to the final race of 2022 in Abu Dhabi. The achievement broke the record of 11 straight

Date: Sunday, 23 July Venue: Hungaroring Coverage: Live text and online-only radio commentary on BBC Sport website and app Lewis Hamilton beat Max Verstappen in Hungarian Grand Prix qualifying to take his first pole position since the penultimate race of the 2021 season. Hamilton snatched pole position from the world champion by just 0.003 seconds

Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc set the pace in a Friday practice at the Hungarian Grand Prix which offered few clues as to the true competitive picture. Leclerc was 0.015 seconds quicker than McLaren’s Lando Norris but world champion Max Verstappen was only 11th fastest and Mercedes close to the back. The Alpines of Pierre Gasly and

Red Bull’s Sergio Perez crashed on his very first lap of practice at the Hungarian Grand Prix. The Mexican put his outside wheels on the grass when turning into the Turn Five hairpin and spun into the wall. Perez’s error prevented the other drivers from getting any dry running as rain started to fall during

Dates: Fri 21-Sun 23 July Venue: Hungaroring Coverage: Live text and online-only radio commentary on BBC Sport website and app Laurent Rossi has been replaced as chief executive officer of Alpine by Renault executive Philippe Krief. Rossi had led the transformation of Renault’s Formula 1 team into the Alpine name since 2021, a strategy aimed

Daniel Ricciardo says he has “fallen in love” with Formula 1 again as he prepares to return to the grid at this weekend’s Hungarian Grand Prix. Ricciardo, dropped by McLaren last year, said he was refreshed after seven months out and is “hungry and ready to go – pretty pumped”. He added: “I feel like

Nyck de Vries has said losing his seat at Alpha Tauri just 10 races into his Formula 1 career “hurts”. The 28-year-old Dutchman was dropped by team owners Red Bull last week and replaced by Daniel Ricciardo from this weekend’s Hungarian Grand Prix. “Of course it hurts that the F1 chance I dreamed of for

Daniel Ricciardo hopes to use his return to Formula 1 with Alpha Tauri to earn a Red Bull seat in the future, team principal Christian Horner says. Max Verstappen’s deal runs to 2028 but Red Bull team-mate Sergio Perez is out of contract at the end of 2024. “Daniel firmly wants to be pitching for