The Mercedes Formula 1 team is set to switch team clothing partner next year as it moves to Adidas, Motorsport.com has learned.The deal comes as the German sportswear brand looks for a high-profile replacement for the loss of its iconic…
Red Bull Formula 1 team boss Christian Horner has labelled criticism aimed at Max Verstappen by McLaren counterpart Andrea Stella as "wrong and unfair".Horner also insisted Verstappen is "not going to change" his aggressive approach after…
Team boss Fred Vasseur hopes Ferrari can perform a "sanity check" when Formula 1 returns to its traditional weekend format at the British Grand Prix.Carlos Sainz picked up his first podium since Monaco at the Austrian Grand Prix last…
Damon Hill says Lando Norris has silenced critics following his first Formula 1 victory in Miami.Speaking ahead of this weekend's British Grand Prix, 1996 world champion Hill stated that Norris breaking through at the 110th attempt will…
Carlos Sainz insists he won't be rushed into deciding his Formula 1 future despite pressure from the teams willing to sign him.The Spaniard is understood to have tabled offers from Sauber, Williams, and now Alpine, as he embarks on the…
Former Mercedes Formula 1 engine chief Andy Cowell will replace ex-McLaren team boss Martin Whitmarsh as Aston Martin’s group CEO from 1 October, the team announced on Tuesday.Cowell is best known for overseeing Mercedes’ High Performance…
The crash between Max Verstappen and Lando Norris in the Austrian Grand Prix reignited the debate about the limits of defensive driving and the consequences the drivers should face when they go too far.So is it time for the FIA to clamp…
Former Formula 1 driver Nikita Mazepin has completed a GT3 test in Hungary after the sanctions imposed against him by the European Union were lifted at the start of the year.In a ruling by the European Union's General Court on 20 March,…
Formula 1’s Austrian Grand Prix was never likely to produce a huge list of updates as being a sprint in the middle of a triple header made it far from ideal to bring new parts.Nonetheless, some teams bucked the trend as they continue to…
‘Silly season’ is a common term in F1 referring to the time of year in which many teams announce their driver line-up for the following season.It usually takes place during the summer as that’s when the market is at its most frantic, with…
Formula 1 fans have been snapping up the remaining tickets for this weekend's British Grand Prix following Lando Norris's explosive collision with Max Verstappen in Austria.British Grand Prix bosses have noticed a surge in ticket sales for…
Max Verstappen says Red Bull put itself in the fight with Lando Norris by doing "everything wrong" in an "awful" Austrian Grand Prix.Polesitter Verstappen looked set to dominate proceedings at the Red Bull Ring, building up an eight-second…
Formula 2 racer Franco Colapinto will make his official Formula 1 practice debut for Williams at the British Grand Prix this weekend, replacing Logan Sargeant in first practice.Williams sporting director Sven Smeets said the call-up was a …
The biggest talking point from Formula 1's 2024 Austrian Grand Prix was, of course, Max Verstappen and Lando Norris colliding in the main race's final laps, which decided the contest in George Russell's favour.The result made the Mercedes…
The end of Formula 1’s 2024 Austrian Grand Prix was horribly familiar for motorsport purists – those who feel the world’s best drivers really shouldn’t be driving into each other. But it was thrilling again for so many other observers.…
Mercedes boss Toto Wolff says interrupting George Russell with an excitable radio message about winning F1's Austrian Grand Prix was the "single dumbest" thing he has done at the team.As it became clear that the late-race collision between…
Formula 1 should seek to “fix” clear flaws with the racing rules that emerged from the Austrian Grand Prix, reckons McLaren boss Andrea Stella.He thinks such action is essential if F1 is to deliver a good spectacle on track rather than the…
Lando Norris says he will "lose respect" for Max Verstappen if the Dutchman maintains he did nothing wrong in their controversial clash in Formula 1's Austrian Grand Prix.After a knife-edge battle for several laps, Norris and Verstappen…
Red Bull's failure to warn Max Verstappen that Lando Norris faced a track limits investigation might have avoided their late 2024 Formula 1 Austrian Grand Prix crash, reckons Helmut Marko.Verstappen and Norris collided in the closing…
Austrian Grand Prix winner George Russell reckoned he "almost crashed" when Mercedes boss Toto Wolff told him he could win over his team radio, en route to securing his second Formula 1 victory.Russell capitalised on the raging lead battle…
McLaren Formula 1 team principal Andrea Stella believes Max Verstappen’s collision with Lando Norris in the Austrian Grand Prix was a result of his 2021 clashes with Lewis Hamilton not being properly punished.Verstappen and Norris crashed…
Max Verstappen denies he was "aggressive" towards Lando Norris in their 2024 Formula 1 Austrian Grand Prix crash and that he was moving under braking throughout their battle.The pair collided as the final laps of the main event at the Red…
Lando Norris has called Max Verstappen's driving in Formula 1's 2024 Austrian Grand Prix "reckless" and "desperate" after the collision between the pair cost them both a victory shot.Norris and Verstappen made contact as the final stages…
Russell beat McLaren’s Oscar Piastri and Ferrari’s Carlos Sainz.Verstappen’s first issue was a near-miss with Norris as he exited his pitbox in the first cycle of stops, but stewards decided it wasn’t worthy of a penalty.A slow second stop…
George Russell won an Austrian Grand Prix that was transformed dramatically when long-time leader Max Verstappen collided with long-time pursuer Lando Norris.The Red Bull and McLaren pair made contact at the Red Bull Ring's tight, uphill…
Formula 1 drivers have come out in favour of the FIA's track limits experiment at the Austrian Grand Prix.At Turn 9 and 10, which was the site of hundreds of track limits offences last year, the FIA and the Red Bull Ring have installed…
Oscar Piastri’s spectacular post-Austrian Grand Prix qualifying rant has put the focus back on Formula 1’s track limit problem at the Red Bull Ring.This reached a farcical point in 2023, when the FIA was left unable to police about 1,200…
Carlos Sainz’s Formula 1 options for 2025 could be narrowing, with teams that have been holding on for him to make a call on his future now assessing other routes.The Spaniard has been weighing up for weeks clear offers he has from both…
Those hoping that Max Verstappen's challengers would use the three-hour tinkering time between the Austria sprint race and grand prix qualifying to close the gap might feel, to put it lightly, a little downbeat.A frisson of excitement…
McLaren’s protest against Oscar Piastri’s penalty for an alleged track limits infringement during Austrian Grand Prix qualifying has been rejected by the FIA stewards because it was inadmissible.The Woking-based team had lodged a formal…