Formula 1

Lewis Hamilton says he has not been in talks with Ferrari and he and Mercedes are close to agreeing a new contract to keep him at the team beyond this season. Hamilton’s deal with the Silver Arrows runs out at the end of this season. He said he had a team working with Mercedes team

Fernando Alonso says he starts this weekend’s Monaco Grand Prix “thinking I will try to win”. The 41-year-old believes the track’s unique demands could give his Aston Martin team a chance to challenge the dominant Red Bulls. Alonso said: “It is a very specific circuit. There is this kind of one-off opportunity which I try

The major car upgrade Mercedes bring in at this weekend’s Monaco Grand Prix will not be a “silver bullet”, team principal Toto Wolff says. It is the result of Mercedes’ decision to change design philosophy after starting a second season off the pace. Mercedes had intended to use it at the Emilia-Romagna Grand Prix in

Honda is to return to Formula 1 in a formal capacity in 2026 as engine partner for the Aston Martin team. The company officially pulled out of F1 at the end of 2021 but its engines are still used by the two Red Bull teams and are called Hondas again in 2023. Honda said on

BBC sports broadcaster Jennie Gow has spoken out about her recovery from a serious stroke. The 45-year-old, who covers F1 for BBC Radio 5 Live, said the stroke last December “badly” affected her speech and the right side of her body. The Southampton-born presenter has spent the past couple of months learning to talk and

Formula 1 says it will donate 1m euros (£867,000) to a relief fund for the Emilia-Romagna flooding disaster. The money will be used by the Emilia-Romagna region’s Agency for Territorial Safety and Civil Protection. F1 has also arranged for food that would have been used in hospitality to be distributed to those in need. It

McLaren has called for changes to Formula 1’s rules to make it easier for teams to pursue sustainability. McLaren Racing boss Zak Brown says F1’s budget cap forces teams into pitching sustainability against competitiveness. He added any changes would need to be planned to ensure they did not create loopholes that allowed extra spending. “There

The Emilia Romagna Grand Prix has been called off this weekend because of major flooding in the region. Discussions on Wednesday between local authorities and organisers of the race at Imola in Italy concluded that the event could not proceed safely. In addition, there was a desire not to dilute the efforts of emergency services

Charles Leclerc says Ferrari are “struggling like crazy” with a car they do not understand this year. Leclerc finished seventh in Sunday’s Miami Grand Prix, while team-mate Carlos Sainz dropped from third on the grid to finish fifth. “We have a car that is so incredibly difficult to be on the limit. We are very,

Max Verstappen arrived at the Miami Grand Prix determined to make amends for his defeat in Azerbaijan the previous weekend, and he left having made an emphatic statement of his superiority over Red Bull team-mate Sergio Perez. The Mexican, by contrast, started the weekend in Florida expressing his confidence that he could keep up his

Red Bull’s Max Verstappen was in a class of his own as he carved through the field to win the Miami Grand Prix from ninth place on the grid. It was a masterful performance from the world champion, using an off-set tyre strategy to beat team-mate Sergio Perez, who started from pole position. Verstappen ran

Max Verstappen and Charles Leclerc combined forces to give Sergio Perez a massive present heading into Sunday’s Miami Grand Prix. Perez, six points behind Red Bull team-mate Verstappen after his top-drawer victory in Azerbaijan a week ago, finds himself on pole position. Verstappen is down in ninth and Leclerc seventh after both made critical errors

Red Bull’s Sergio Perez took pole position for the Miami Grand Prix while team-mate and title rival Max Verstappen will start only ninth. Verstappen made a mistake on his first run in the final session and when Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc crashed there was no time to resume the session. Aston Martin’s Fernando Alonso will join

McLaren have brought back former IndyCar champion Gil de Ferran in a consultant advisory role as part of their ongoing restructure. Team boss Andrea Stella worked with the Brazilian during McLaren’s last reconstruction process in 2018-20. Stella told BBC Sport that De Ferran had qualities in “identifying and supporting talents, large experience of racing and

Lewis Hamilton said his Mercedes team “desperately” need car upgrades after a difficult Friday practice at the Miami Grand Prix. The seven-time champion was 0.928 seconds slower than Max Verstappen’s Red Bull, which set an imposing pace. Hamilton said: “It’s a kick in the guts and it’s a little bit difficult to take sometimes.” Mercedes

George Russell led Lewis Hamilton to a Mercedes one-two in first practice at the Miami Grand Prix with Red Bull’s Max Verstappen down in fourth place. The Mercedes drivers benefited from runs late in the session to leap ahead of Verstappen, who was also pipped by Charles Leclerc’s Ferrari. Russell beat Hamilton by 0.212 seconds

Lewis Hamilton has criticised plans to expand a controversial law on sexual education in Florida. “It’s not good. At all,” Hamilton said. “I stand by the LGBTQ community here and hope they continue to push back.” Hamilton said he would race in Miami this weekend with a rainbow flag in support of LGBTQ+ rights on

George Russell says his spat with Max Verstappen after they collided at last weekend’s Azerbaijan Grand Prix sprint race was “all a little bit pathetic”. Verstappen swore at Russell as they argued in the pits after the incident. “He has had his fair share of giving moves like that and being tough and hard at