Formula 1

Racing Point have withdrawn their appeal against their punishment in Formula 1’s “copying” row. The team were docked 15 points and fined 400,000 euros (£356,000) for illegally copying Mercedes’ 2019 brake ducts for use on their car this season. Team owner Lawrence Stroll had said the accusations were “completely unacceptable and not true”. But a

Renault will rename its Formula 1 team after its Alpine brand for the 2021 season. Alpine is a niche French sportscar marque that has long associations with Renault. The company is aiming to promote it as the performance end of its road-car range. Renault’s F1 car will be known as an Alpine, and will change

There is just no stopping Lewis Hamilton and Mercedes at the moment – not even a rule change some hoped might peg them back. Hamilton took his sixth pole position in eight races at the Italian Grand Prix on Saturday, and assuming he makes a good start will almost certainly follow it up with his

Lewis Hamilton beat Mercedes team-mate Valtteri Bottas to pole position at the Italian Grand Prix. Hamilton’s margin of 0.069 seconds was his sixth pole in eight races and puts him in the best place to score his 90th Grand Prix victory on Sunday. It was the fastest qualifying lap in Formula 1 history, at 164.286mph,

Lewis Hamilton was fastest in second practice at the Italian Grand Prix as Mercedes dominated yet again. Hamilton was 0.262 seconds quicker than team-mate Valtteri Bottas after they completed laps in line astern, each trying to benefit from a slipstream. Daniel Ricciardo was third in the Renault but had his lap time deleted for running

Valtteri Bottas led Lewis Hamilton to a Mercedes one-two in first practice at the Italian Grand Prix after Max Verstappen crashed his Red Bull. The Dutchman – second in the championship, between Hamilton and Bottas – lost control through the fast Ascari chicane and spun into the wall. Verstappen managed to return to the pits

Ferrari’s Sebastian Vettel says Formula 1 faces “big challenges” to secure its future in the context of the world’s environmental problems. “Being critical, you could ask where F1 is and what place it fills – you need to be serious about that,” Vettel said. “There are some big questions to be answered to make sure

This weekend will mark the end of a significant era in Formula 1 as the Williams family steps down from the Williams team. Sixteen different drivers have won while racing for them – can you name them all? You’ve got five minutes… Can you name every winning driver for Williams? How to play Score: 0

The Williams family will leave the team founded by Sir Frank Williams more than 40 years ago after this weekend’s Italian Grand Prix. Sir Frank founded Williams in 1977 and turned it into one of the sport’s most successful teams. But after a series of difficult years, the team was sold to US investment group

Pierre Gasly’s stirring recovery drive to eighth place at the Belgian Grand Prix was confirmation of the Frenchman’s renaissance in Formula 1. In the past year, Gasly has gone from being demoted from Red Bull to their junior team, his career apparently hanging by a thread, to being one of the standout performers on the

Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton dominated the Belgian Grand Prix to take his fifth victory in seven races this year and the 89th of his career. Hamilton headed team-mate Valtteri Bottas to a Mercedes one-two, from Red Bull’s Max Verstappen. The victory puts Hamilton 48 points – almost two clear wins – ahead of Verstappen in

This one meant a lot – and for Lewis Hamilton it was all about the context. Not the context of being more than half a second quicker than Mercedes team-mate Valtteri Bottas around Spa-Francorchamps, the archetypal drivers’ circuit. Although that was important. No, it was what it said about the strength of Formula 1’s only

Championship leader Lewis Hamilton set pole position for the Belgian Grand Prix half a second clear of Mercedes team-mate Valtteri Bottas. Hamilton was fastest on both laps in the final session and beat Bottas by 0.511secs. Red Bull’s Max Verstappen was just 0.015secs off the Finn. Daniel Ricciardo excelled with fourth place on the grid,

Red Bull’s Max Verstappen was fastest in second practice at the Belgian Grand Prix, with Daniel Ricciardo’s Renault also ahead of the Mercedes. Lewis Hamilton was third fastest as the top three were separated by only 0.096 seconds. Mercedes’ Valtteri Bottas was down in sixth, behind Red Bull’s Alexander Albon and Racing Point’s Sergio Perez.

Formula 1 is to use a brand new layout of Bahrain’s Sakhir track for the second race to be held in the Gulf state this year. The first will be held on the usual Grand Prix circuit, while the second will be on what is known as Sakhir’s “Outer Circuit”. This shortens the track to

World champion Lewis Hamilton “stands with” US sports stars boycotting events to fight racism but does not think his missing a race would have an effect. Basketball, baseball and football games have been postponed in the US after police shot Jacob Blake, a black man, seven times in the back on Sunday. Hamilton said: “It’s

Renault have decided to withdraw their appeal against the verdict in Formula 1’s “copying” controversy. Racing Point were docked 15 points and fined 400,000 euros (£360,000) for illegally copying Mercedes brake ducts. Renault appealed because they felt the verdict did not make it clear the rules required originality in car design. But on Tuesday, the

Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc says it will be “difficult” to return to Spa-Francorchamps this weekend, a year after his friend Anthoine Hubert died. Frenchman Hubert, 22, was killed in a high-speed crash during a Formula 2 race at last year’s Belgian Grand Prix. Leclerc said: “Spa-Francorchamps has a special place in my heart. “While it is