Formula 1

The Chinese Grand Prix has extended its contract with Formula 1 until 2025. The race in Shanghai, which has not been held since 2019, will not take place again next year as a result of coronavirus restrictions. But China’s contract was running out at the end of this season so a new deal was required.

Red Bull’s Max Verstappen set an imposing pace in Friday practice at the Mexico City Grand Prix. The world championship leader was 0.424 seconds quicker than Mercedes’ Valtteri Bottas, with Verstappen’s title rival Lewis Hamilton 0.509secs off the pace. Hamilton trails Verstappen by 12 points before Sunday’s race. Red Bull’s Sergio Perez was fourth quickest,

Valtteri Bottas led Lewis Hamilton in a Mercedes one-two ahead of Red Bull’s Max Verstappen in first practice at the Mexico City Grand Prix. Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc and Verstappen’s team-mate Sergio Perez both crashed at the final corner and damaged their rear wings. Bottas led Hamilton by 0.076 seconds. Verstappen was 0.123secs off the Finn.

Title rivals Lewis Hamilton and Max Verstappen say they will race fair and clean for the remainder of the season. Hamilton trails by 12 points heading into the Mexican Grand Prix this weekend. “I always want to win it in the right way and if you’re going to lose it, you lose it in the

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Pirelli says it is on target to deliver the more durable and raceable tyres Formula 1 has requested to accompany next year’s new cars. F1 has asked for tyres that allow drivers to push hard throughout races as part of a plan to promote closer racing in 2022. Pirelli F1 boss Mario Isola said the

Formula 1’s new ‘sprint’ format could eventually become the standard approach to a grand prix weekend, says managing director Ross Brawn. Brawn said F1 “wants to take progressive rather than radical steps” with the format. But he said there was “no reason” why having a one-third distance race in addition to qualifying and the grand

Jamie Chadwick believes her dream of racing in Formula 1 is a “step closer” after winning her second consecutive W Series championship. The Bath-born racer, who won the inaugural all-female competition in 2019, won four rounds of this year’s eight-race series. She sealed the title with victories in the final two rounds in Austin, Texas.

Red Bull’s Max Verstappen fended off a late challenge from title rival Lewis Hamilton to win the US Grand Prix. Verstappen’s victory, taken in impressively mature and controlled style in a tense strategic fight, extended his championship lead to 12 points with five races to go. Hamilton took the lead at the start, lost it

A little over 24 hours before he set pole position for the United States Grand Prix in one of the best qualifying sessions of this gripping Formula 1 season, Max Verstappen was a worried man. His Red Bull team arrived in Austin as aware as everyone else in F1 that Mercedes appeared to be on

Red Bull’s Max Verstappen snatched pole position from title rival Lewis Hamilton with his final lap in qualifying at the US Grand Prix. Hamilton had eclipsed Verstappen’s earlier pace-setting time with the world champion’s own final lap but the Dutchman leapfrogged back in front. Verstappen beat Hamilton by 0.209 seconds after a gripping session. Red

Title rivals Max Verstappen and Lewis Hamilton clashed in second practice at the US Grand Prix as Red Bull’s Sergio Perez emerged with the fastest time. Verstappen called Hamilton a “stupid idiot” over the team radio after an incident in which the two raced side by side down the pit straight. Verstappen then gave Hamilton

Valtteri Bottas headed Lewis Hamilton as Mercedes set an imposing pace in first practice at the United States Grand Prix. Bottas, who has a five-place grid penalty following an engine change, was 0.045 seconds quicker than Hamilton. Hamilton’s title rival Max Verstappen was a massive 0.932secs off the pace in his Red Bull, ahead of

Defending 2019 W Series champion Jamie Chadwick knows the pressure is on to earn back-to-back championship victories. The 2021 W Series champion will be crowned this weekend at a double-header finale to the series at the Circuit of the Americas (Cota) in Austin, Texas, and it’s all come down to two Britons. Chadwick, 23, and

Max Verstappen admits his Red Bull team need to find more pace as they seek to beat Lewis Hamilton and Mercedes to the Formula 1 title. Verstappen leads Hamilton by six points before this weekend’s US Grand Prix but Mercedes have made a marked step forward in recent races. Verstappen said: “We know we still

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The Chinese Grand Prix is expected to be dropped from the 2022 Formula 1 calendar when next year’s schedule is published on Friday. The Shanghai race has not been held since the coronavirus pandemic began and restrictions surrounding Covid in China mean holding it is impossible. It will be replaced by the Emilia Romagna GP

Williams have committed themselves to becoming climate positive by 2030 as part of a new sustainability strategy for the Formula 1 team. And Williams have become the first F1 team to sign up to the United Nations Sports for Climate Action Framework. Climate positive means an organisation is removing more carbon from the atmosphere than