Formula 1

Getty Images Andrew Benson F1 Correspondent at Monza 2 hours ago Comments Toto Wolff says Mercedes expect “great things” of Andrea Kimi Antonelli, who has been named as Lewis Hamilton’s replacement next year. The 18-year-old will partner George Russell to give Mercedes what team principal Wolff describes as “two drivers who are very extraordinary”. Antonelli,

Reuters Andrew Benson F1 Correspondent at Monza 1 hour ago Andrea Kimi Antonelli crashed at high speed on his Formula 1 weekend debut in first practice at the Italian Grand Prix. The 18-year-old, expected to be confirmed as a Mercedes driver for 2025 in the coming days, lost control on his second flying lap of

Getty Images Andrew Benson F1 Correspondent at Monza 3 hours ago World Championship contender Lando Norris says he struggles to eat and drink on Formula 1 racedays because of the nerves and pressure he feels to do a good job. The McLaren driver, 24, who is hoping he can challenge Red Bull’s Max Verstappen for

Getty Images Andrew Benson F1 Correspondent at Monza 29 August 2024 Renault motorsport employees will go on strike on Friday in protest at plans to end the company’s Formula 1 engine programme after next year. A statement from a staff committee at the Renault motorsport base in Viry-Chatillon, near Paris, said the “vast majority” of

Famous faces from Formula One’s past and present gathered in London to discuss what the future of the sport could look like and what is important to them in the next decade. In the previous video in the ‘F1 in 10 Years’ series McLaren driver Lando Norris sat down with BBC Sport to discuss how

Getty Images Andrew Benson F1 Correspondent 1 hour ago Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff says he has an “open communication channel” with Max Verstappen regarding a potential future with the team. Wolff has abandoned hopes of signing the Red Bull driver for next season, and Mercedes are expected to confirm soon that Italian Andrea Kimi

Getty Images 27 August 2024, 18:40 BST Comments Updated 1 hour ago Williams have replaced Logan Sargeant with academy driver Franco Colapinto for the remainder of the 2024 season. Sargeant, 23, has been under pressure this year and in July it was announced Ferrari’s Carlos Sainz will join the team for the 2025 campaign to

Getty Images 3 hours ago The 2024 Formula 1 season continues with the Italian Grand Prix at Monza from 30 August-1 September. Last weekend at Zandvoort, Lando Norris beat Max Verstappen to win the Dutch Grand Prix by 22.8 seconds, with Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc in third place. Verstappen leads Briton Norris by 70 points in

BBC Sport 3 hours ago McLaren’s Lando Norris took a commanding victory at the Dutch Grand Prix to cut Max Verstappen’s lead at the top of the Drivers’ Championship to 70 points with nine races to go. BBC F1 correspondent Andrew Benson answers your questions following the race at Zandvoort. How realistic do you think

Getty Images Andrew Benson F1 Correspondent at Zandvoort 3 hours ago Lando Norris said after winning the Dutch Grand Prix that it was “pretty stupid” to think about winning the world championship – but his dominant victory on championship leader Max Verstappen’s home track certainly has Red Bull worried. Red Bull motorsport adviser Helmut Marko

Reuters Andrew Benson F1 Correspondent at Zandvoort 1 hour ago McLaren’s Lando Norris fought back to take a dominant victory in the Dutch Grand Prix despite losing the lead to Max Verstappen’s Red Bull at the start. Norris, for whom starts and first laps have been a weakness in recent races, was passed almost immediately

Getty Images Andrew Benson F1 Correspondent at Zandvoort 24 August 2024 Lando Norris says he took pole position for the Dutch Grand Prix with the “best lap” of his career and that he was “working hard” to turn it into a win on Sunday. The McLaren driver beat Red Bull’s Max Verstappen by 0.356 seconds

Getty Images Andrew Benson F1 Correspondent at Zandvoort 1 hour ago Lando Norris became the first person to beat Max Verstappen to pole position at the Dutch Grand Prix with a stunning lap in his McLaren. Verstappen has monopolised this race since it returned to the calendar in 2021 after a 36-year gap but Norris

Getty Images Andrew Benson F1 correspondent 45 minutes ago Alpine executive adviser Flavio Briatore insists the team is not for sale and that he has no plans to cut jobs at its UK base. The 74-year-old former Renault team boss, brought in to reverse Alpine’s declining fortunes, said: “Something is very clear. Nothing is for

Getty Images Andrew Benson F1 Correspondent 11 minutes ago McLaren’s Lando Norris headed Red Bull’s Max Verstappen in a first practice session at the Dutch Grand Prix that started in wet and wild conditions and ended under blue skies. A blustery wind, gusting at up to more than 70km/h, continued throughout the session but the

Getty Images Andrew Benson F1 Correspondent 23 minutes ago Australian Jack Doohan will make his Formula 1 debut with Alpine in 2025 after being promoted from his role as reserve driver. The 21-year-old son of five-time MotoGP champion Mick Doohan will partner Frenchman Pierre Gasly, who has raced for Alpine since 2023. Doohan replaces Frenchman

Getty Images Andrew Benson F1 Correspondent at Zandvoort 21 minutes ago Comments Lando Norris says he has “not performed at the level of a world champion” so far this season – but still believes he can challenge Max Verstappen for the title. The McLaren driver is 78 points behind Red Bull’s Verstappen with 10 races

Getty Images Andrew Benson F1 Correspondent at Zandvoort 8 hours ago Lewis Hamilton says he would have liked race engineer Peter Bonnington to join him at Ferrari next year if it had been possible. The seven-time champion said Bonnington, who has been with Hamilton throughout his 12-year career at Mercedes, was “like a brother”. But