Formula 1

Protesters invaded the circuit during the start of the British Grand Prix at Silverstone. Around five people, wearing T-shirts protesting against global oil usage, walked on to the Wellington straight as cars passed at low speeds, before being removed by police. The race had been red flagged following a large crash on the opening lap.

Ferrari’s Carlos Sainz took his first Formula 1 victory at the end of an extraordinary British Grand Prix packed full of incident and drama. The Spaniard benefited from questionable strategy calls from Ferrari, which cost his team-mate Charles Leclerc the win and a chance to revive his title hopes. Lewis Hamilton was in the battle

MurWalls A mural at Silverstone depicting Sir Frank Williams has provoked an “emotional” reaction at this weekend’s Grand Prix meeting. The founder of the Williams Racing Formula 1 team died in November, aged 79. The 56ft (17m) long art work features a 7ft (2.1m) high portrait of Sir Frank and thousands of tribute messages from

Lewis Hamilton says he disagrees with fans at the British Grand Prix booing his rival Max Verstappen, saying: “We’re better than that.” The Dutchman received jeers from a section of the crowd while he did his interview after qualifying second to Ferrari’s Carlos Sainz at Silverstone. Hamilton, who was booed by Verstappen fans during their

Ferrari’s Carlos Sainz snatched pole position for the British Grand Prix from Max Verstappen with the last lap of a thrilling wet qualifying session. Verstappen looked favourite for pole in treacherous conditions at Silverstone after topping the first two sessions. But Sainz snuck ahead by just 0.072 seconds at the end of the top-10 shootout,

Reigning champion Jamie Chadwick won her third consecutive race this season in the W Series at Silverstone. The 24-year-old Briton beat Finn Emma Kimilainen to the chequered flag, extending her lead in the all-female series with Jenner Racing. Kimilainen and Britain’s Abbi Pulling clashed on the final lap in the battle for second, with Kimilainen

Lewis Hamilton set the second-fastest time in practice at the British Grand Prix to encourage his struggling Mercedes team at his home race. He was 0.176 seconds slower than pace-setter Carlos Sainz’s Ferrari, and ahead of McLaren’s Lando Norris and Red Bull’s Max Verstappen. Mercedes introduced several aerodynamic upgrades at Silverstone that they hope will

Alfa Romeo’s Valtteri Bottas headed Mercedes’ Lewis Hamilton in an inconclusive wet first practice session at the British Grand Prix. They were the only two drivers to set a lap time on dry-weather tyres at the before it was curtailed by a red flag caused by Aston Martin’s Lance Stroll. The Canadian lost control on

British McLaren Formula 1 driver Lando Norris sits seventh in the F1 world title standings having scored one podium so far this season. Here he talks about why he loves the British Grand Prix, strange fan requests, golf and Monaco. British fans are just much cooler and much better than other fans… I grew up

Formula 1’s governing body has acted to limit the amount cars can “bounce” on safety grounds. The moves comes after the drivers collectively asked the FIA to intervene on the topic, which has arisen as a result of new rules this year. The FIA has determined a metric that defines the maximum amount of bouncing

Lewis Hamilton has called for “older voices” with offensive views to be refused a platform on which to make comments. Mercedes driver Hamilton said: “Discrimination is not something we should be giving a platform. “We need people to be bringing people together.” He added: “We are all the same and the comments we are seeing

Formula 1 says comments by the sport’s former boss Bernie Ecclestone on Vladimir Putin and racism are in “stark contrast” to “modern values”. On Thursday, Ecclestone said he would “take a bullet” for Russia’s president. The 91-year-old, who was removed as chief executive when US group Liberty Media bought F1 in 2017, added that the

The Alpine team have launched a programme aimed at discovering a competitive female Formula 1 driver within eight years. The French car manufacturer wants to “debunk the myths” around women in F1 as part of a wider diversity programme across the F1 team and company. Alpine CEO Laurent Rossi said F1 was “exacting” and required

Juri Vips has kept his seat in Formula 2 despite being sacked by backers Red Bull for using a racist slur. Vips was dropped from Red Bull’s driver programme and as their Formula 1 test and reserve driver after using offensive language during an online game. The Estonian’s Hitech team have decided to retain him

Nelson Piquet says his racially abusive remark about Lewis Hamilton was “ill thought out”. The 69-year-old said he “strongly condemned any suggestion the word was used by me with the aim of belittling a driver because of his skin colour”. “I apologise wholeheartedly to anyone that was affected, including Lewis,” three-time world champion Piquet said.

Red Bull have terminated the contract of their test and reserve driver Juri Vips after he used offensive language in an online gaming stream. Red Bull suspended the 21-year-old Estonian last week after used a racist slur in a live-streamed game he was playing with fellow junior Liam Lawson. And on Tuesday they announced that

Formula 1 has condemned three-time world champion Nelson Piquet for using racially abusive language about Lewis Hamilton. The 69-year-old Brazilian, who won the world title in 1981, 83 and 87, used a racially offensive term in referring to Hamilton on a Brazilian podcast. An F1 statement said: “Discriminatory or racist language is unacceptable in any

Formula 1 has developed a synthetic sustainable fuel to be introduced in 2026 as part of its programme to be net-zero carbon by 2030. Synthetic fuels are manufactured by an industrial process and emit in their burning only the carbon that was taken out of the atmosphere to make them. The fuel can be used