Formula 1

Formula 1’s governing body has launched an investigation into Romain Grosjean’s fiery accident at the Bahrain Grand Prix. The FIA said it would conduct a “detailed” analysis of the incident, in which Frenchman Grosjean’s car penetrated the barriers. It said it would be six to eight weeks before the findings were published. FIA safety director

Former F1 driver Jolyon Palmer, who left Renault during the 2017 season, is part of the BBC team and offers insight and analysis from the point of view of the competitors. When I was racing in Formula 1 back in 2016 and 2017, I was one of several drivers who was against the introduction of

Mick Schumacher, the son of seven-time Formula 1 world champion Michael, has signed to race for Haas next season. The US-based team said the 21-year-old had signed a “multi-year contract”. He will partner Russian Nikita Mazepin, who was confirmed on Tuesday. Schumacher, a member of the Ferrari driver academy, leads the F2 series going into

Pirelli says it will press ahead with plans to introduce a new tyre design for 2021, despite criticism from Formula 1 drivers. Mario Isola, Pirelli’s motorsport boss, told BBC Sport introducing the tyre was “the right decision” for next season. Drivers complained the new tyres were slower, heavier and had worse handling than the 2020

Williams driver George Russell is the leading contender to replace Lewis Hamilton at Mercedes for this weekend’s Sakhir Grand Prix. Mercedes have guided Russell’s career since 2017 and have approached Williams to see if the team would release him. The fall-back position is for Mercedes to use their reserve driver Stoffel Vandoorne. He raced for

Romain Grosjean says he “saw death coming” in his fiery crash in the Bahrain Grand Prix and fought to get out “for his children”. The French Haas driver suffered burns to the back of his hands after crashing at 137mph and sustaining an impact of 53G on the first lap of Sunday’s race. Grosjean is

Seven-time world champion Lewis Hamilton will miss this weekend’s Sakhir Grand Prix in Bahrain after testing positive for coronavirus. His team, Mercedes, said the Briton woke with mild symptoms on Monday and returned a positive result at a subsequent test and again at a retest. Hamilton, who is new self-isolating, won the Bahrain Grand Prix

The British driver, who won his seventh F1 championship last week, completes a festive list including Bake Off judge Prue Leith and author Margaret Atwood.

Lewis Hamilton took his 11th victory of the season in a Bahrain Grand Prix notable for a violent, fiery crash by Haas driver Romain Grosjean. Grosjean was taken to hospital with minor burns and suspected rib fractures after his car pierced the barriers on the first lap. The burning Haas was trapped sideways in the

Romain Grosjean has been taken to hospital with minor burns and injuries after a terrifying, fiery accident at the Bahrain Grand Prix. The Frenchman’s Haas pierced the barrier, split in two and burst into flames on the first lap of the race, which was stopped. Grosjean’s car was embedded in the barrier on its side

Mick Schumacher remains on course to win the Formula 2 championship after extending his title lead over British rival Callum Ilott. Schumacher, the son of seven-time F1 world champion Michael, goes into next weekend’s season finale in Bahrain with a 14-point advantage over Ilott. Schumacher was only seventh in Sunday’s sprint race in Bahrain. But

Lewis Hamilton’s hunger has clearly been undimmed by his monumental achievement in becoming the most successful racing driver in history. Two weeks after clinching his seventh world championship, with three races still to go, the Mercedes driver has turned up in Bahrain as if nothing had changed and everything was still at stake. Another pole

World champion Lewis Hamilton took his 10th pole position of the season at the Bahrain Grand Prix. Hamilton, who clinched a seventh title in Turkey two weeks ago, was a comfortable 0.289 seconds clear of Mercedes team-mate Valtteri Bottas. Red Bull’s Max Verstappen, who looked a threat to Mercedes through practice, fell back to his

“We were in Safari Rally and we had to drink a lot of fluid and Colin needed a pee and was bursting, so he gave up and just had a pee in the car. “I ended up having to drive the car with my left hand on the steering wheel and him peeing in amongst

Alexander Albon suffered a heavy crash in second practice at the Bahrain Grand Prix, leaving his Red Bull career hanging by a thread. The British-Thai driver is trying to prove to Red Bull that he deserves to be kept on for 2021. But his crash, in which he was uninjured, was the latest in a

Lewis Hamilton, in the first race since becoming the most successful driver of all time, dominated first practice at the Bahrain Grand Prix. Hamilton was 0.449 seconds ahead of team-mate Valtteri Bottas in second place, with Racing Point’s Sergio Perez in third nearly a second off the pace. It was an unrepresentative session, not least

Lewis Hamilton says Formula 1 “needs to do more” to try to improve human rights issues in some of its host countries. Hamilton said he had received letters from rights groups on arriving in Bahrain and would “take some time to digest them”. “It is very important for all sports to use the platform they

Red Bull sporting director Jonathan Wheatley has become the third senior public-facing Formula 1 figure to contract coronavirus. Wheatley, 53, tested positive during mandatory testing in the UK last week and will miss this weekend’s Bahrain Grand Prix. He is not unwell and has since returned a negative test. It is not yet clear whether