Formula 1

Mercedes AMG F1 By Nadia Lincoln Local Democracy Reporting Service An F1 team’s plans to expand its campus has been given council approval despite opposition from nearby firms. West Northamptonshire Council approved the Brackley-based site’s expansion at a meeting on Wednesday. Mercedes-AMG Petronas wants to relocate its principal staff access point from Lauda Drive to

Getty Images By Andrew Benson Chief F1 writer Haas team principal Guenther Steiner has left his role after 10 years leading the US-based team. The 58-year-old Italian will be replaced by the team’s former director of engineering, Ayao Komatsu. Team owner Gene Haas said: “Moving forward, it was clear we needed to improve our on-track

Leading engineer Tim Goss has left his role as the single-seater technical director of motorsport’s governing body the FIA, BBC Sport can reveal. Goss, who is expected to join a Formula 1 team, is the third senior figure to quit the FIA in the last month. His resignation follows that of sporting director Steve Nielsen

On an overcast day in Italy in late 2008, Franz Tost was sitting in his stationary car, engine running, listening intently to the instructions coming down the phone. Then, as now, Tost was a proud F1 team principal who had just presided over a dream maiden victory for his small Italian-based Formula 1 team in

Getty Images By Andrew Benson Chief F1 writer Gil de Ferran was a fantastic racing driver: winner of the Indianapolis 500, two-time Indycar champion and holder of the world closed-course speed record. But he was respected throughout motorsport just as much for being a wonderful person. De Ferran – as his great friend and mentor,

Getty Images Former Indianapolis 500 winner Gil de Ferran has died at the age of 56. The Brazilian Automobile Confederation (CBA) said De Ferran suffered a heart attack at a private motor racing club in Opa-locka, Florida, on Friday. In a statement, the CBA added he was “promptly taken to a local hospital but did

Any chef will tell you it is an extremely stressful job, so imagine catering for some of the biggest names in sport and taking your kitchen to a different country nearly every week. For about 20 years, that was the life of Dave Freeman, an ex-Formula 1 chef who now owns a golf course in

Steve Nielsen has resigned from his role as sporting director of Formula 1’s governing body the FIA less than a year since being appointed. He was appointed in January 2023 with a mandate to improve the FIA’s race control operations after a series of controversies in recent years. No reason has been given for Nielsen’s

The 2023 F1 season is over but it won’t be long until we are back in Bahrain for the start of the 2024 campaign. Now is your chance to test your knowledge on what happened this year. You have two minutes! Can you remember what happened in the 2023 F1 season? How to play Score:

Red Bull’s Max Verstappen says rival teams are “not stupid” and will close in on the runaway 2023 world champions next season. “The others will improve their cars and get closer to us,” said Verstappen. “I don’t think it’s that realistic to achieve that win rate again. But that’s fine. To already have a season

Getty Images By Matt Warwick BBC Sport Former Formula 1 world champion Jenson Button will return to top-level motorsport at the age of 44 in 2024. Button will drive the Jota Porsche 963 in the top hypercar class in the World Endurance Championship, which includes the famous 24 Hours of Le Mans race. The Englishman

The Swiss Sauber team have reverted to their original name for the 2024 season after racing as Alfa Romeo since 2019. Sauber’s naming rights deal with the Italian car brand ends this year as the team prepare for their transition into the factory Audi team for 2026. Audi does not want to be officially associated

Team principal Christian Horner says he does not believe Red Bull’s 2023 season will be repeated in his lifetime. Sergio Perez won twice as Red Bull clinched 21 wins from 22 races to claim back-to-back constructors’ crowns. The Singapore Grand Prix was Red Bull’s only defeat and Horner thinks the only way to improve next

Lewis Hamilton says the actions of Formula 1’s governing body have been “unacceptable” in launching an inquiry into Toto and Susie Wolff. Hamilton said it was “disappointing” the FIA had “sought to question the integrity of one of the most incredible female leaders we’ve ever had in our sport”. He said it had done so

Mercedes are considering all options after Formula 1’s governing body the FIA launched a compliance inquiry into their team principal Toto Wolff. Mercedes issued a statement from Wolff on Friday saying the company was “in active legal exchange with the FIA” . It said Mercedes “reserved all legal rights” and wanted “full transparency about what

Formula 1’s governing body has ended its compliance inquiry into Mercedes team boss Toto Wolff and his wife, the F1 Academy director Susie Wolff. But on Thursday the FIA said it was “satisfied” F1 had measures in place to protect against such issues. The statement added that there was “no ongoing investigation” into the matter.

Formula 1’s governing body has ended its compliance inquiry into Mercedes team boss Toto Wolff and his wife, the F1 Academy director Susie Wolff. But on Thursday the FIA said it was “satisfied” F1 had measures in place to protect against such issues. The statement added that there was “no ongoing investigation” into the matter.

Formula 1 teams have issued statements denying that they have made complaints about the behaviour of Toto and Susie Wolff. F1 governing body the FIA launched an inquiry on Tuesday into a magazine’s claims that rival team principals believe the married couple’s relationship represents a conflict of interest in the sport. The identically worded statements