Formula 1

Getty Images By Andrew Benson Chief F1 writer The woman who accused team principal Christian Horner of inappropriate and controlling behaviour has been suspended by Red Bull. Horner denies the allegations, and Red Bull’s board dismissed the complaint after an internal investigation. “The company cannot comment on this internal matter,” a Red Bull spokesperson said

Reuters By Andrew Benson Chief F1 writer Max Verstappen says his father is “not a liar” in the wake of his claim that the controversy around Christian Horner is “driving people apart”. Jos Verstappen said last weekend in Bahrain that the situation at Red Bull “is not good for the team”. Three-time world champion Verstappen

Getty Images By Andrew Benson Chief F1 writer Championship-winning engineer Bob Bell has left his advisory role with the struggling Alpine team. Bell was technical director when Alpine won their last world titles, as Renault with Fernando Alonso in 2005 and 2006. He had been in an advisory role since 2018, but is the latest

PA Media By Andrew Benson Chief F1 writer George Russell and Max Verstappen are leading calls from drivers for Formula 1 cars to be raised for the sake of their health and safety. Russell said the violence drivers experience when cars hit bumps on track at high speed was “unsustainable”. World champion Verstappen raised the

Getty Images By Andrew Benson Chief F1 writer Mohammed Ben Sulayem, president of Formula 1’s governing body, allegedly told officials not to certify the Las Vegas circuit for its race last year. The claim is from the same whistleblower who accused Ben Sulayem of allegedly telling officials to overturn a penalty to Fernando Alonso in

The 2024 Formula 1 season started in Bahrain at the weekend with a dominating win for Red Bull’s Max Verstappen – and we want to know what the big talking points were. BBC Sport’s chief F1 writer Andrew Benson answers your questions. Who will define F1’s ‘ultra-marathon’ 2024 season? ‘Verstappen win sets chilling tone for

Getty Images By Andrew Benson Chief F1 writer Mohammed Ben Sulayem, president of motorsport’s governing body the FIA, is under investigation for allegedly interfering over a Formula 1 race result. A whistleblower has told the FIA that Ben Sulayem allegedly intervened to overturn a penalty given to Aston Martin’s Fernando Alonso at the 2023 Saudi

Getty Images By Andrew Benson Chief F1 writer The Alpine team have reorganised their design department in the wake of a poor start to the season and the departure of their technical boss. Esteban Ocon and Pierre Gasly qualified on the back row of the grid at the first race of the season in Bahrain

MET POLICE By Samantha Jagger & PA Media BBC News A rare Ferrari stolen 28 years ago from an ex-Formula One driver in London has been recovered by police. The red Ferrari F512M was shipped to Japan after it was taken from Gerhard Berger in 1995, the Metropolitan Police said. The car, worth £350,000, was

Getty Images By Andrew Benson Chief F1 writer The controversy surrounding Red Bull boss Christian Horner is “driving people apart”, says the father of the team’s F1 champion Max Verstappen. An anonymous email including messages purporting to involve Horner were leaked on Thursday, a day after Red Bull dismissed a complaint of inappropriate behaviour against

Getty Images By Andrew Benson Chief F1 writer in Bahrain Mercedes driver George Russell summed up what many people in Formula 1 felt after Max Verstappen’s imperious victory for Red Bull in the season-opening Bahrain Grand Prix. “Max is the favourite,” said Russell, who finished fifth, behind a Red Bull one-two and Ferrari’s Carlos Sainz

Getty Images By Andrew Benson Chief F1 writer in Bahrain Red Bull team boss Christian Horner has refused to say whether messages leaked this week are genuine. An anonymous email including messages purporting to involve Horner were leaked a day after Red Bull dismissed a complaint of inappropriate behaviour against him. Horner said: “I’m not

Getty Images By Andrew Benson Chief F1 writer in Bahrain Red Bull’s Max Verstappen sent out a chilling message to his Formula 1 rivals with a crushing victory in the season-opening Bahrain Grand Prix. He brushed off controversy surrounding his team principal Christian Horner to dominate after a brief challenge at the start from Ferrari’s

Getty ImagesCopyright: Getty Images Lewis Hamilton, who starts from ninth today: “I wasn’t comfortable with my race pace [during practice] so I changed the car to hopefully make the race pace better, but we’ll see if that’s really the case. “There is lots of [tyre] degradation with the rears and race pace is everything but

Getty Images By Andrew Benson Chief F1 writer in Bahrain Max Verstappen has given qualified support to Christian Horner as Red Bull team boss after setting pole position for the Bahrain Grand Prix. Horner has again denied allegations of inappropriate behaviour after a series of alleged messages were leaked. Verstappen was asked whether he had

Getty Images By Andrew Benson Chief F1 writer in Bahrain Red Bull’s Max Verstappen put in a crushing performance to set pole position for the season-opening Bahrain Grand Prix. The world champion was 0.228 seconds quicker than Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc in second. Mercedes’ George Russell was third from Ferrari’s Carlos Sainz. Mercedes’ Lewis Hamilton was

Getty Images By Andrew Benson Chief F1 writer in Bahrain Red Bull team principal Christian Horner has again denied allegations of inappropriate behaviour after a series of alleged messages were leaked. Horner was cleared on Wednesday after an internal investigation into his behaviour towards a female colleague. An anonymous email with a link to messages

Getty Images By Andrew Benson Chief F1 writer Mercedes team boss Toto Wolff has called for “more transparency” from Red Bull after the company rejected a complaint against Christian Horner. A female colleague had complained about inappropriate behaviour from Red Bull’s team principal. The company said they had “dismissed” the grievance after a “fair, rigorous