Formula 1

Fernando Alonso has been reinstated to third place in the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix after stewards overturned their earlier decision to demote him. The Aston Martin driver had been dropped to fourth after it was ruled his team had worked on the car while he was serving a five-second penalty. But his team successfully argued

Lewis Hamilton says he is “at a bit of a loss” with this year’s Mercedes car. The seven-time champion qualified eighth fastest at the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix, four places and 0.366 seconds behind team-mate George Russell. Hamilton said: “George did a great job and is right up there on the second row. The car

Red Bull’s Sergio Perez took pole position for the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix after team-mate Max Verstappen suffered a power problem. Aston Martin’s Fernando Alonso will line up second on the grid because Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc, who qualified second, has a 10-place grid penalty for engine usage. Verstappen’s driveshaft failed in the second session and

Red Bull picked up at the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix where they left off in Bahrain two weeks ago by dominating first practice in Jeddah. Max Verstappen set the pace, 0.489 seconds ahead of team-mate Sergio Perez, with Fernando Alonso’s Aston Martin third, 0.698secs off. Alonso’s team-mate Lance Stroll was fourth fastest, ahead of the

Carlos Sainz says his Ferrari team are in a “bad situation” at the start of the Formula 1 season. He said the start to the season had been “tough”, the team were “relatively concerned” and their difficulties had “caught us by surprise”. Ferrari lagged behind Red Bull at the season-opening race in Bahrain. Sainz’s team-mate

Lewis Hamilton and a number of fellow Formula 1 drivers have made it clear they are uncomfortable about being back in Saudi Arabia. Last year’s race was dominated by a missile strike by Yemeni rebels against an oil refinery close to the track, after which drivers had misgivings about racing. On Thursday’s media day, Hamilton

Follow live text and radio commentary of the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix at the Jeddah Corniche Circuit in Jeddah from 17-19 March. Red Bull’s Max Verstappen started the new season as he ended the last, with a dominant victory at the season-opening Bahrain Grand Prix. Sergio Perez made it a Red Bull one-two, ahead of

Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc will receive a grid penalty at this weekend’s Saudi Arabian Grand Prix. He will have at least a 10-place drop as a result of his retirement from the season-opening race in Bahrain. Team principal Frederic Vasseur said on Wednesday that Leclerc’s car had two problems with the electronics control unit (ECU) on

The Austrian Grand Prix will be on the Formula 1 calendar until at least 2027 after circuit owners Red Bull signed a new four-year contract with the sport. Austria is one of a core of historic European circuits that have become fixtures on the calendar as F1 seeks to expand globally. This year, it will

Former Formula 1 world champion Jenson Button will race in three Nascar Cup Series meetings this year. The 43-year-old Briton, who won the 2009 title, will make his debut in the stock car series in Texas on 26 March. Button will also take part in the inaugural Chicago Street Race on 2 July and compete

Lewis Hamilton says Mercedes “didn’t listen” to him over the development of their 2023 Formula 1 car. “Last year, there were things I told them. I said the issues that are with the car,” said the 38-year-old Briton. “I’ve driven so many cars in my life. I know what a car needs. I know what

Lance Stroll raced in the Bahrain Grand Prix just 12 days after receiving medical treatment for fractures in his hands, wrist and foot. Stroll, 24, revealed the extent of his injuries in an Instagram post. The Aston Martin driver had “a fracture and displacement in my right wrist, a fracture in my left wrist, a

In the third part of BBC Sport Africa’s series examining the history of South African Grand Prix racing, Ben Sutherland looks at how one team changed the look of F1 racing. The lights are out and the 2023 F1 season is under way, with new cars bedecked, as ever, with bright sponsor logos to catch

Mercedes’ George Russell says Red Bull are already unbeatable this year as his team considers what to do to close their huge deficit to the front. Max Verstappen dominated the Bahrain Grand Prix while Lewis Hamilton finished as the best Mercedes in fifth. Russell, who was seventh, said: “They have this championship sewn up. I

Red Bull’s Max Verstappen started the new season as he ended the last, with a dominant victory in the Middle East. The two-time champion led the Bahrain Grand Prix almost from start to finish, initially lapping at a pace beyond his rivals and then controlling the race. The drive, Verstappen’s 36th victory, underlined his status

Fernando Alonso says qualifying fifth ahead of both Mercedes cars in his first race for Aston Martin felt “too good to be true”. The Spaniard will start the Bahrain Grand Prix behind only the Red Bulls and Ferraris driving for a team that finished seventh in the 2022 standings. Alonso said: “It was amazing. It

Max Verstappen led a Red Bull one-two as he took pole position for the season-opening Bahrain Grand Prix. The Dutchman beat team-mate Sergio Perez by 0.138 seconds, with the Ferraris of Charles Leclerc and Carlos Sainz locking out the second row. Fernando Alonso made an impressive start to his time at Aston Martin with fifth

New Williams Formula 1 boss James Vowles says the task of leading the team back to the front is even tougher than he expected it to be. Vowles faces his first race in charge of William in Bahrain this weekend, after joining from Mercedes. Two weeks into his new role, Vowles said the job in