Formula 1

The Alpine Formula 1 team has recruited female racing driver Alice Powell for a role in its development programme. Powell, 29, who races in the female-only W Series, has been named talent identification and development mentor for Alpine’s driver academy. She will act as a mentor to up-and-coming drivers, especially female racers, with racing and

German car companies Audi and Porsche have decided to enter Formula 1, the boss of their parent group Volkswagen said on Monday. VW chief executive Herbert Diess said discussions about F1 at board level had created divisions within the group. He said Audi and Porsche bosses, whose brands are VW’s biggest income generators, argued entering

Both Formula 1 race directors have tested positive for Covid-19 ahead of next weekend’s Miami Grand Prix. According to US immigration rules, Niels Wittich and Eduardo Freitas would be unable to travel to the race if they do not return a negative test in time. The FIA says it will not “disclose medical information regarding

Mercedes are aiming to have upgrades that they hope will begin to solve the car problems that have afflicted them this year at the next race in Miami. Trackside engineering director Andrew Shovlin said the new parts would “hopefully indicate whether we are moving in the right direction”. Mercedes, constructors’ champions for the past eight

Getty Images Formula One driver Lewis Hamilton has won a battle to chop down a “beautiful” tree at his £18m London mansion despite neighbours’ objections. Residents told Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea (RBKC) Council that Hamilton would be “destroying nature” if he cut down a sugarplum tree outside his home. A report by Hamilton’s

A plan to double the number of Formula 1 ‘sprint’ events next season is being held up by governing body the FIA. The teams unanimously backed a proposal from commercial rights holder F1 to hold six sprint events next year at Tuesday’s meeting of the F1 Commission. But the FIA said in a statement that

Have Formula 1’s new rules worked so far this year? McLaren driver Lando Norris certainly thinks so. “It’s 100% better,” Norris said after finishing third in Sunday’s Emilia Romagna Grand Prix. “It’s what they intended to do and the reasons for the changes are working. I think you have been seeing better races this year

Mercedes team boss Toto Wolff described their car as “undriveable” and said that Lewis Hamilton “deserves better from us” after the seven-time world champion could only finish 13th in the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix. Wolff apologised to Hamilton on team radio at the end of the race. Team-mate George Russell did manage to finish fourth

Red Bull’s Max Verstappen dominated a wet-dry Emilia Romagna Grand Prix to revive his title hopes as rival Charles Leclerc threw away third place with a costly error. The Ferrari driver was pushing to try to pass Verstappen’s team-mate Sergio Perez after a late pit stop when he lost control at the Variante Alta chicane

Red Bull’s Max Verstappen caught and passed Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc with two laps to go to win the sprint race at the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix. The result gives the world champion pole position for the start of the main race on Sunday, and reduces his deficit in the championship to 45 points. Verstappen started

Mercedes driver George Russell emerged fastest from the final practice session at the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix. Red Bull’s Max Verstappen, who starts Saturday’s sprint race from pole position ahead of Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc, was seventh fastest. Russell headed Red Bull’s Sergio Perez, Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc and Mercedes’ Lewis Hamilton. Practice was run in dry

Max Verstappen beat Charles Leclerc to pole position in an incident-packed qualifying session at the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix. There were five red flags in a rain-affected session and Verstappen ended up 0.8 seconds quicker than Leclerc. George Russell and Lewis Hamilton qualified only 11th and 13th before the rain came down in Mercedes’ least

Charles Leclerc led a Ferrari one-two ahead of Red Bull’s Max Verstappen in a wet first practice at the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix. Leclerc was 0.877 seconds quicker than Carlos Sainz, with Verstappen 1.465secs behind the championship leader. Haas drivers Kevin Magnussen and Mick Schumacher were fourth and fifth ahead of the second Red Bull

Lewis Hamilton said it would be a “dream” to be part of “something great” at Chelsea after backing Sir Martin Broughton’s bid to buy the Premier League club. “Chelsea is one of the biggest teams in the world,” said Hamilton. “When I heard about the opportunity, I was like wow, this is a great opportunity

Charles Leclerc says he and Max Verstappen “hated” each other at one point when they were younger because of their fierce rivalry. Ferrari’s Leclerc and Red Bull’s Verstappen have contested the win in all three races so far this season. Leclerc said: “It is going to be very close. It has always been very close.

Lewis Hamilton and Serena Williams are among the investors backing Sir Martin Broughton’s bid to buy Chelsea. The Broughton consortium is one of three groups in the running to purchase the Premier League club for £2.5bn. As first reported by Sky, seven-time Formula 1 champion Hamilton – an Arsenal fan – and 23-time Grand Slam

Carlos Sainz has signed a new contract with Ferrari until the end of 2024. The Spaniard joined Ferrari in 2021 as team-mate to Charles Leclerc and has impressed with his speed, consistency and collaborative philosophy. His new deal means his contract is as long as that of Leclerc, who signed a five-year deal before the

Charles Leclerc looked like a future world champion from very early in his Formula 1 career and that potential is becoming very real after his dominant victory in the Australian Grand Prix. The 24-year-old Ferrari driver’s second win in three races has moved him into a 46-point lead over the only man who at this