Formula 1

BBC Sport presenter Jennie Gow says the “supportive” Formula 1 atmosphere will help her as she returns to the paddock at the Dutch Grand Prix. Gow, 46, suffered a serious stroke in December and has been raising awareness for stroke sufferers as part of her recovery. She has not featured in the BBC’s F1 radio

Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc says it will be “very, very difficult” to catch Red Bull before the end of the 2025 season, when the current set of Formula 1 regulations will change. Leclerc is one of only two non-Red Bull drivers to set a pole position this year, and Red Bull have won every race. Two-time

The Haas team will keep Nico Hulkenberg and Kevin Magnussen as their drivers for a second Formula 1 season in 2024. Team principal Guenther Steiner said: “We’ve had an extremely solid driver pairing this season and ultimately there was no reason to look to change that.” Both Hulkenberg and Magnussen are vastly experienced drivers whose

Ferrari team principal Frederic Vasseur believes it would be “strange” to change the results of the 2008 world championship 15 years later. Former Ferrari driver Felipe Massa is taking legal action against Formula 1 bosses and is seeking compensation for the ‘crash-gate’ scandal. Massa’s lawyers claim he lost the title to Lewis Hamilton because Renault

Fernando Alonso is discussing perception and reality, the difference he sees between his wider public image and his assessment of himself. “This,” he says of Formula 1, “is a great show – inside, and off track as well. And you need to play a character, you know? Whatever is assigned to you. “You need to

Max Verstappen is toying with Formula 1 at the moment. The Dutchman won the Belgian Grand Prix for Red Bull at a canter from sixth on the grid while barely appearing to extend himself. When he wanted to overtake Sergio Perez for the lead, he lapped two seconds faster than his Red Bull team-mate at

Max Verstappen was in imperious form as he came from sixth on the grid to win the Belgian Grand Prix. The Red Bull driver’s eighth consecutive victory in the final race before the summer break extended his championship lead to 125 points. Verstappen led Sergio Perez home to a Red Bull one-two but was in

4. His decision to dedicate his life to motorsport came out of the blue “We were invited by a friend to watch him racing in Formula 3, which is a junior series,” says Toto. “I ended up on the track and… walking onto the grid, this is where [I felt] this massive explosion within me

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