F1 Pickings

This article was initially published on 30 April 2024 Gorianstrasse is a small, dead-end street in Salzburg’s Riedenburg neighbourhood, around halfway between the old city nestling at the foot of the Hohensalzburg fortress and the airport on the western outskirts. There, in a new-build block, Roland Ratzenberger bought a two-storey apartment with beautiful views of Untersberg mountain from ... Keep reading

Gorianstrasse is a small, dead-end street in Salzburg’s Riedenburg neighbourhood, around halfway between the old city nestling at the foot of the Hohensalzburg fortress and the airport on the western outskirts. There, in a new-build block, Roland Ratzenberger bought a two-storey apartment with beautiful views of Untersberg mountain from the terrace. For 29 years now this has been the home of ... Keep reading

“It’s probably at the bottom of my list of preferred circuits,” said Lewis Hamilton, the dismissive tone and matching facial expression indicating that no elucidation would be forthcoming. Pity the poor scribbler who had clearly accepted a commission from some outlet or other to write a story talking up the Miami race, spending the most recent grand prix weekends doggedly working the ... Keep reading

“It’s probably at the bottom of my list of preferred circuits,” said Lewis Hamilton, the dismissive tone and matching facial expression indicating that no elucidation would be forthcoming. Pity the poor scribbler who had clearly accepted a commission from some outlet or other to write a story talking up the Miami race, spending the most recent grand prix weekends doggedly working the rounds ... Keep reading

Before switching to Mercedes in 2013 and becoming one of the most successful drivers in Formula 1 history, Lewis Hamilton kicked off his F1 career with McLaren where he won his first world title and, apparently, helped finesse the company’s road cars. Hamilton joined the Woking-based team in 2007 and won his first F1 race with Mclaren later that year. The following season, he went on to claim ... Keep reading

Ferrari fans have been treated to a number of special edition collections from PUMA in recent years and this time the drivers will also be setting the trends, joining a number of other famous Ferrari drivers who have raced in white over the years. The first driver to do so, according to our best research, was Jody Scheckter, who wore a white and blue suit reflecting the colours of his personal ... Keep reading

“Over the past five years, we have implemented a very targeted strategy to bring Formula 1 ever closer to the American fans,” F1 president and CEO Stefano Domenicali told Autosport when discussing the growth in the USA. Has the strategy been successful? Well, if Shakira had been a mathematician, there is no doubt she would have agreed that the numbers don’t lie because, to eek more out of ... Keep reading

Following talks with drivers in various championships, FIA president Mohammed ben Sulayem has said he is willing to review his controversial clampdown on swearing.

“Over the past five years, we have implemented a very targeted strategy to bring Formula 1 ever closer to the American fans,” F1 president and CEO Stefano Domenicali tells Motorsport.com when discussing the growth in the USA. Has the strategy been successful? Well, if Shakira had been a mathematician, there is no doubt she would have agreed that the numbers don’t lie because, to eek more ... Keep reading

This year, the level of competition is potentially even greater than last season, so we go to Miami focused on maintaining momentum and consolidating our progress.

It's 2023, and five grands prix in, Aston Martin has already secured four podium finishes and 102 points in the standings, establishing itself as the second-best team on the grid behind Red Bull. Two years later, and again, five weekends in — that tally has more than halved, with the British team earning a measly 10 points. It's a clear sign of regression from the Silverstone outfit. Although ... Keep reading

We have had a good start to the season but we have no sense of entitlement or complacency.

Bruno Senna drives the Lotus in which his late uncle Ayrton achieved his first F1 win and says the three-time world champion was his hero.

It's 2023, and five races in, Aston Martin has already secured four podium finishes and 102 points in the standings, establishing itself as the second-best team on the grid behind Red Bull. Two years later, and again, five races in — that tally has more than halved, with the British team earning a measly 10 points. It's a clear sign of regression from the Silverstone-based team. Although ... Keep reading

BBC Sport F1 correspondent Andrew Benson answers your latest questions before this weekend's Miami Grand Prix.

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Despite a lacklustre start to the season, Charles Leclerc insists that Ferrari must not give up on its 2025 title hopes in order to concentrate on 2026.

For the reasons previously explored in this writer's column last week, the RB21 has performance available to be extracted - but largely in a certain, admittedly narrow, window. When comparing how the drivers occupying Red Bull's rotating second seat had got on, it was evident that was something that Liam Lawson struggled with, while Yuki Tsunoda has been able to exploit that more, even without ... Keep reading

Red Bull's RB21 Formula 1 car has performance available to be extracted - but largely in a certain, admittedly narrow, window. When comparing how the drivers occupying Red Bull's rotating second seat had got on, it was evident that was something that Liam Lawson struggled with, while Yuki Tsunoda has been able to exploit that more, even without the benefit of pre-season testing. Lawson has ... Keep reading

In a further bid to cut spending and reshape the sport, Stefano Domenicali warns that technical innovation in F1 is under threat.

The championship standings tell of a Red Bull in third place, the only team able to break McLaren's domination at the start to this F1 world championship, thanks to Max Verstappen’s victory at the Japanese GP. And yet, the start of the season for the Milton Keynes stable has not been so straightforward and simple, thanks to an RB21 that has not exactly given the expected feedback. The aim ... Keep reading

The championship standings tell of a Red Bull in third place, the only team able to break McLaren's domination at the start to this F1 world championship, thanks to Max Verstappen’s victory at the Japanese GP. And yet, the start of the season for the Milton Keynes stable has not been so straightforward and simple, thanks to an RB21 that has not exactly given the expected feedback. The aim ... Keep reading

There are six sprint races in the 2025 season and here is all you need to know about how the format works.

All the key BBC coverage details for the Miami Grand Prix, which takes place from 2-4 May.

Exactly 50 years ago today, a chaotic Spanish Grand Prix came to an end after just 29 laps following a deadly crash. Half points were awarded to the top six finishers, which included Italian racer Lella Lombardi. The moment marked the first, and only, time that a woman racing in Formula 1 finished in points-paying positions in a grand prix, and fans have been asking when another woman could ... Keep reading

Champagne has been sprayed on the F1 rostrums since the 1950 French Grand Prix, becoming one of the sport's many cherished traditions. In F1 that ritual has had a unique flavour to it ever since circuit speaker Bob Constanduros came up with his now iconic 'Champaaaaaagne', the sign for drivers to douse each other in the delicate bubbly substance, and for dignitaries to duck out of the ... Keep reading

Red Bull GmbH managing director, Oliver Mintzlaff has dismissed talk of tension within the F1 team between Christian Horner and Helmut Marko.

The 20-year-old French-Algerian rookie has wasted no time standing out. He had a rocky start in Melbourne, where he crashed on the formation lap, but has since emerged as one of the most talked-about newcomers on the grid, with Q3 appearances in China and Japan, as well as points finishes in Japan and Saudi Arabia. His speed and consistency have already earned praise from Red Bull advisor Helmut ... Keep reading

The 20-year-old French-Algerian rookie has wasted no time standing out. He had a rocky start in Melbourne, where he crashed on the formation lap, but has since emerged as one of the most talked-about newcomers on the grid, with Q3 appearances in China and Japan, as well as points finishes in Japan and Saudi Arabia. His speed and consistency have already earned praise from Red Bull advisor Helmut ... Keep reading

Former F1 driver and Le Mans winner, Marc Gene, now an ambassador for Ferrari, is confident that Lewis Hamilton will come good at Maranello.

After Williams’ second double points finish of the season in Saudi Arabia, Alex Albon has now produced points finishes in four out of the first five race weekends in 2025. This includes three consecutive points finishes over the first three races, a feat Albon had never achieved during his time at Williams. At the Melbourne season-opener, the Thai driver also achieved his best-ever result ... Keep reading

Claire Dubbelman's love for motorsport started at an early age, thanks to her father Huub, who spent almost two decades in automotive journalism before working as a PR manager for brands, including Mercedes-Benz Netherlands. Dubbelman was five years old when she began watching Formula 1 in the early 1990s. "From the time I was little, my father would wake me up - at my own request, of course - to ... Keep reading

Claire Dubbelman's love for the pinnacle of motorsport started at an early age, thanks to her father, Huub, who spent almost two decades in automotive journalism before working as a PR manager for brands including Mercedes-Benz Netherlands. Dubbelman was four or five years old when she began watching Formula 1 in the early 1990s. "From the time I was little, my father would wake me up - at my own ... Keep reading

Ahead of a grand prix weekend, most of us like to share predictions or try and guess who will come out on top on a Sunday. Data scientist Mariana Antaya took those chats one stage further and built a machine learning model to try and predict F1 race results. So far, her model has correctly called the winners of three grands prix this season. “I'm a really big Formula 1 fan,” says Antaya ... Keep reading

Before the world had considered the word “lockdown” or the thought of hosting a family quiz on Zoom had crossed anyone’s mind, Formula 1 had lofty plans for 2020. The season was set to see F1 return to the Netherlands for the first time in 35 years and the series was planning its inaugural race in Vietnam. When Covid-19 hit, however, those plans were thrown out the window. While F1 did ... Keep reading

Organisers at the Madring, which will host the Spanish Grand Prix from next season have released an onboard simulation of the new street track.

The Mexican Grand Prix is set for a renewal to its Formula 1 race contract with a deal understood to be announced in the coming days, according to Mexico City's head of government Clara Brugada. Brugada, who was elected to the post last year, announced in a press conference on 24 April that "next week, we will be signing the agreement with F1" when questioned about the future of the ... Keep reading

Succession planning trips up many business leaders. Captains of industry, along with politicians and monarchs, naturally see themselves as irreplaceable – and, indeed, regard potential successors as threats to their eternal dominion. For many years in Formula 1, anyone identified by the media or insiders as “the next Bernie Ecclestone” immediately needed to keep their head down. Dr ... Keep reading

The Mexico City Grand Prix is set for a renewal to its Formula 1 race contract with a deal understood to be announced in the coming days, according to Mexico City's head of government Clara Brugada. Brugada, who was elected to the post last year, announced in a press conference on 24 April that "next week, we will be signing the agreement with F1" when questioned about the future of the race at ... Keep reading

Succession planning trips up many business leaders. Captains of industry, along with politicians and monarchs, naturally see themselves as irreplaceable – and, indeed, regard potential successors as threats to their eternal dominion. For many years in Formula 1, anyone identified by the media or insiders as “the next Bernie Ecclestone” immediately needed to keep their head down. Dr ... Keep reading

Formula 1 is the pinnacle of racing, or so the FIA, the teams, drivers, and fans all around the world love to say. The series has the technology, the gravitas, the charisma, and the speed that enthralls you at every stop on the calendar. And it’s present in the highlight reels from along the racetrack that just ooze this sense of speed.  Too bad MotoGP’s motorcycles are going faster than ... Keep reading

Formula 1 has raced at more than 70 tracks around the world, and stalwarts like Silverstone and Monza have hosted grands prix in almost every season of the series. Not every track has been quite so successful, however, and F1 decided never to return to some circuits for all manner of reasons. In total, 10 tracks have hosted just a single grand prix over F1’s 75-year history, including ... Keep reading

Red Bull GmbH managing director, Oliver Mintzlaff is confident that Max Verstappen will remain with the F1 team.

Formula 1 has raced at more than 70 different tracks around the world, and stalwarts like Silverstone and Monza have hosted grands prix in almost every season of the series. Not every track has been quite so successful, however, and F1 decided never to return to some circuits for all manner of reasons. In total, 10 tracks have hosted just a single grand prix over F1’s 75-year history ... Keep reading

Poker players have a word for Lando Norris’s response to adversity: “leaky”. In a game of bluff and counter-bluff, allowing emotions to manifest outwardly is certainly a disadvantage and a weakness. Is it also the case in a Formula 1 driver? There are those who would argue so, saying this is a brutal dog-eat-dog world of split-second decisions determined by self-interest, where the ... Keep reading

Poker players have a word for Lando Norris’s response to adversity: “leaky”. In a game of bluff and counter-bluff, allowing emotions to manifest outwardly is certainly a disadvantage and a weakness. Is it also the case in a Formula 1 driver? There are those who would argue so, saying this is a brutal dog-eat-dog world of split-second decisions determined by self-interest, where the ... Keep reading

Formula 1 CEO Stefano Domenicali has suggested he'd like to see more contention over the technical regulations in the championship, labelling a handful of examples from his own time at Ferrari as moments of "spice". In his previous role at the Maranello company, which encompassed roles in the commercial department before he became sporting director and, after Jean Todt's departure, team ... Keep reading

Our F1 correspondent Andrew Benson will do a weekly Q&A this season, so get your questions in now.

Leading rally team boss Malcolm Wilson is nominated as the new deputy president for sport at motorsport's governing body the FIA.

British Rally Championship winner and M-Sport founder Malcolm Wilson has been nominated by FIA president Mohammed Ben Sulayem as his preferred candidate to succeed Robert Reid as the governing body’s deputy president for sport. Members will vote on this at the extraordinary general assemblies and conference in Macau in June. Reid resigned from the role earlier this month, citing a ... Keep reading

British Rally Championship winner and M-Sport founder Malcolm Wilson has been nominated by FIA president Mohammed Ben Sulayem as his preferred candidate to succeed Robert Reid as the governing body’s deputy president for sport. Members will vote on this at the extraordinary general assemblies and conference in Macau in June. Reid resigned from the role earlier this month, citing a ... Keep reading

Formula 1 CEO Stefano Domenicali has suggested he'd like to see more contention over the technical regulations in the championship, labelling a handful of examples from his own time at Ferrari as moments of "spice". In his previous role at the Maranello company, which encompassed roles in the commercial department before he became sporting director and, after Jean Todt's departure, team ... Keep reading

Formula 1 will not return to V10 engines or any naturally aspirated powertrains in the near future, with the F1 Commission confirming its commitment to the power unit regulations that will come into force next season. Those regulations were discussed and approved by the FIA back in 2022, while engine manufacturers have been working on them for many years beforehand. However, the FIA has ... Keep reading

Helmut Marko claims that ongoing development of the RB21 should see Red Bull have the speed to beat the McLarens by Imola.

Formula 1 will not return to V10 engines or any naturally aspirated powertrains in the near future, with the F1 Commission confirming its commitment to the power unit regulations that will come into force next season. Those regulations were discussed and approved by the FIA back in 2022, while engine manufacturers have been working on them for many years beforehand. However, the FIA has ... Keep reading

The most significant change for both the forthcoming Miami and Emilia Romagna events is that the compounds are a step softer than last year.

After the first-lap safety car at Formula 1's Saudi Arabian Grand Prix, three cars chose to take a strategic gamble and make their tyre switches there and then: Esteban Ocon, Gabriel Bortoleto, and Jack Doohan. The three all started on the medium tyre, but made the swap to ensure they could theoretically go without making a further stop – so long as they could keep hold of the hard tyre ... Keep reading

Listen to Max Verstappen's exuberant reaction to taking a shock pole and victory in Suzuka, or pole again in Jeddah, and you still hear a man who likes in competing in Formula 1. Listen to his recent media interviews and you hear a man who seems to dislike being a Formula 1 driver. Verstappen has never been a man made for the limelight, but a racer who just cares about competing in the ... Keep reading

The upcoming Miami Grand Prix will be the first Formula 1 race not to be part of a double- or triple-header since last year’s Canadian Grand Prix on 9 June 2024. That is a consequence of the expansion of the calendar, which averaged 16 races per season in the 1980s and 1990s but gradually increased to the current 24 over the past two decades or so. Up until 2003, grands prix were ... Keep reading

Ferrari boss hits out at media for its unrelenting negativity over Lewis Hamilton.

As soon as Formula 1 driver Carlos Sainz became available for the 2025 season, Williams team principal James Vowles wanted him at Williams. It wasn't about the prestige of attracting a four-time race winner, but about acquiring a driver who offered a wealth of strategic and technical expertise. This year's race in Saudi Arabia encapsulated that. When his team-mate Alex Albon had Isack Hadjar ... Keep reading

As soon as Formula 1 driver Carlos Sainz became available for the 2025 season, Williams team principal James Vowles wanted him at Williams. It wasn't about the prestige of attracting a four-time race winner, but about acquiring a driver who offered a wealth of strategic and technical expertise. This year's race in Saudi Arabia encapsulated that. When his team-mate Alex Albon had Isack Hadjar ... Keep reading

Oscar Piastri received a surprise endorsement from Max Verstappen following the Australian’s win in Saudi Arabia. And world champion Verstappen knows he is in a fight to retain the title he has held for the past four seasons after Piastri won his third race of the season. Piastri, 24, now leads the championship by 10 points from his McLaren team-mate Lando Norris, who had started the season ... Keep reading

The main topic after Formula 1’s Saudi Arabian Grand Prix was Max Verstappen’s penalty for overtaking Oscar Piastri off the track – with the Dutchman arguing he was pushed off the track and should have been given racing room by the polesitter, so Motorsport.com found Red Bull advisor Helmut Marko in the paddock to discuss the latest developments involving the energy drinks giant’s ... Keep reading

BBC Sport F1 correspondent Andrew Benson answers your latest questions after the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix.

Oscar Piastri received a surprise endorsement from Max Verstappen following the Australian’s win in Saudi Arabia. And world champion Verstappen knows he is in a fight to retain the title he has held for the past four seasons after Piastri won his third race of the season. Piastri, 24, now leads the championship by 10-points from his McLaren teammate Lando Norris, who had started the season as ... Keep reading

Lewis Hamilton was in no mood for questioning after a disappointing Saudi Arabian GP where he finished seventh. After the highs of winning the sprint race in China last month, the seven-time world champion came into the race in Jeddah saying he needed “a brain transplant” in order to understand his new Ferrari F1 car. Despite the win in Shanghai, Hamilton has largely struggled with his ... Keep reading

Isack Hadjar says his Racing Bulls Formula 1 team-mate Liam Lawson has had a smooth adaptation back to the Faenza-based squad following his Red Bull demotion - which the New Zealander agrees on. Lawson outqualified Hadjar for the first time at last weekend’s Saudi Arabian Grand Prix, outpacing the rookie by 0.010s in Q1 and 0.227s in Q2. He eventually finished the race 11th on the road ... Keep reading

Claiming Ferrari's first race podium of the season, Charles Leclerc admits surprise at SF-25's pace.

The 2025 Saudi Arabian Grand Prix was arguably decided by the lap one incident between Max Verstappen and Oscar Piastri, which prompted a controversial penalty for the Red Bull driver. Piastri attacked down the inside of Turn 1, leading to Verstappen going off at the second part of the chicane to protect his lead thinking he was forced off by the McLaren. Stewards deemed otherwise and ... Keep reading

Toto Wolff dubs Jeddah Mercedes worst performance as George Russell insists that fifth was the best possible result.

Williams boss James Vowles has outlined how spreading income and expenditure across different currencies has protected the team from the global financial uncertainty created by the recent tariff announcements from Donald Trump. The United States president doled out higher tariffs on 57 countries on 2 April – ranging from 11% to 50% - before pausing them for all nations except China for at ... Keep reading

Lando Norris accuses the media of "talking crap" in terms of McLaren's superiority.

The Formula 1 Commission is set to discuss further tweaks to the energy deployment of the 2026 power units, which has not gone down well at Mercedes. Based on unease from certain parties over the side effects of F1's 50/50 split between internal combustion power and the electric element, the F1 Commission will discuss further tweaks to the engine regulations on Thursday. Fears are that with ... Keep reading

Max Verstappen echoes Jack Nicholson over first corner penalty, as he declares: "People can't handle the full truth!"

Oscar Piastri opened up a 10-point lead at the top of the drivers’ championship with his third victory of the Formula 1 season, but perhaps McLaren’s advantage is deceptive. More to the point, could it be that Red Bull is not as far off the pace as it has been presented? Much has been made of McLaren’s impressive resurgence, and the Woking team has built upon its excellent 2024 season ... Keep reading

Formula 1's Saudi Arabian Grand Prix has seen a safety car intervention after just one lap due to a collision between Pierre Gasly and Yuki Tsunoda, while polesitter Max Verstappen was penalised. Starting in eighth and ninth respectively, Tsunoda and Gasly tangled at Turn 4 as Gasly attempted to pass the Red Bull driver around the outside. Tsunoda's front-right corner made contact with ... Keep reading

Jeddah's fast and furious street race is shaping up to be an enthralling contest, thanks to several cars which are starting out of position. At the front there is Red Bull's pole sitter Max Verstappen, who will be desperately fighting off the faster McLaren of Oscar Piastri. Then there is Lando Norris - starting 10th after his Q3 crash - who is behind the likes of Williams' Carlos Sainz ... Keep reading

Upgrades haven't helped Ferrari, as "disappointed" Charles Leclerc insists that nothing's changed.

As Fernando Alonso bemoans Aston Martin's lack of progress, one wonders if the 'Alonso curse' is about to strike again.

The Formula 1 Saudi Arabian Grand Prix presents an intriguing race for Williams, with one driver planning to err on the side of caution and the other looking to rein in his own perceived over-confidence. Carlos Sainz will start a season-best sixth on the grid at the Jeddah Corniche Circuit on Sunday, while team-mate Alex Albon will set off down in 11th having just missed out on joining the ... Keep reading

Max Verstappen says he is "not very confident" of beating McLaren's Oscar Piastri in Jeddah on Sunday. The reigning world champion's Red Bull claimed pole by a mere 0.010s after the McLarens had looked faster all weekend, with Piastri joining him on the front row. The other McLaren of Lando Norris is starting from 10th after the Briton crashed on his first Q3 lap. Compared to last weekend's ... Keep reading

Williams boss, James Vowles doesn't believe that Max Verstappen would be a good fit for his former team.

Williams had no doubts about turning its full attention to the 2026 Formula 1 regulations before the current season began, and it won't be tempted to shift its approach now. In a midfield battle decided by tenths - if not hundredths of a second - with a potential fifth place in the constructors' standings up for grabs, it is extremely tempting to give 2025 development one final push before ... Keep reading

Red Bull boss, Christian Horner, dismisses talk of a crisis within his team.

Williams had no doubts about turning its full attention to the 2026 Formula 1 regulations before the current season began, and it won't be tempted to shift its approach now. In a midfield battle decided by tenths - if not hundredths of a second - with a potential fifth place in the constructors' standings up for grabs, it is extremely tempting to give 2025 development one final push before ... Keep reading

James Vowles caused quite the stir on Friday at the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix when the Williams Formula 1 boss suggested that Mercedes shouldn’t sign Max Verstappen. The future of the four-time world champion is currently under question, as Red Bull has regressed since starting the 2024 Formula 1 season as the most dominant outfit. Verstappen’s team is currently third in the 2025 ... Keep reading

James Vowles caused quite the stir on Friday at the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix when the Williams Formula 1 boss suggested that Mercedes shouldn’t sign Max Verstappen. The future of the four-time world champion is currently under question, as Red Bull has regressed since starting the 2024 Formula 1 season as the most dominant outfit. Verstappen’s team is currently third in the 2025 ... Keep reading

Lewis Hamilton says he will do well to make Saudi Arabia's Q3 after a low-key Friday in which getting his Ferrari Formula 1 car in the optimal window proved challenging. Hamilton finished 13th in second practice, held at the same time of day as qualifying and the race, shipping six tenths to Ferrari team-mate Charles Leclerc and 1.1 seconds to the leading McLaren of Lando Norris. While ... Keep reading

George Russell brushes off speculation over new Mercedes contract.

Just like last year’s Italian Grand Prix in Monza, the Bahrain Formula 1 race weekend turned out to be a low point for Red Bull. Max Verstappen spent large parts of the race battling with Alpine and Haas, although he managed to limit the damage by finishing sixth. That Monza misery served as a wake-up call for the team, even prompting changes to the development trajectory of the RB20. “Yes ... Keep reading

McLaren driver Oscar Piastri says he has developed a signature laid-back style in his Formula 1 career as he worries emotions can sometimes have a “negative impact” on his racing. From the outside, Piastri appears to be in the same mood whether he’s winning a race or retiring from one. It’s this laid-back vibe, and his excellent driving, that has won the young Australian fans up and ... Keep reading

Power unit elements used prior to the STC Saudi Arabian Grand Prix weekend.

Oscar Piastri is confident that McLaren will enable him to battle teammate Lando Norris for the 2025 title.

McLaren driver Oscar Piastri says he has developed a signature laid-back style in his Formula 1 career as he worries emotions can sometimes have a “negative impact” on his racing. From the outside, Piastri appears to be in the same mood whether he’s winning a race or retiring from one. It’s this laid-back vibe, and his excellent driving, that has won the young Australian fans up and ... Keep reading

Yuki Tsunoda admits he doesn't understand "even half" of how to best extract performance from Red Bull's Formula 1 car and says Max Verstappen's greater experience gives him the advantage. The recently-promoted Red Bull driver said the RB21 is particularly tricky to drive without prior experience, which gives Verstappen a major advantage.  “I’m quite happy with my confidence level ... Keep reading

Yuki Tsunoda is on a mission to close the Formula 1 experience gap between himself and team-mate Max Verstappen. The recently-promoted Red Bull driver said the RB21 is particularly tricky to drive without prior experience, which gives Verstappen a major advantage.  “I’m quite happy with my confidence level considering we’re only two races in, but I'm trying to understand how this car ... Keep reading

BBC Sport's Harry Benjamin looks ahead to the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix and the five things to look out for over the race weekend.

All the key BBC coverage details for the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix, which takes place from 18-20 April.

Last week, former rally co-driver and FIA deputy president for sport Robert Reid publicly announced his resignation – in an election year, the equivalent of rolling a grenade under the door. Now he has taken to Substack to clarify his reasons for quitting the post. In the published statement he thanked those within motorsport and the FIA member clubs who had sent him messages of support – ... Keep reading

Last week, former rally co-driver and FIA deputy president for sport Robert Reid publicly announced his resignation – in an election year, the equivalent of rolling a grenade under the door. Now he has taken to Substack to clarify his reasons for quitting the post. In the published statement he thanked those within motorsport and the FIA member clubs who had sent him messages of support – ... Keep reading

Almost seven years ago, Charles Leclerc clinched his first Formula 1 points driving for Sauber after keeping his head above water in a wild Azerbaijan Grand Prix - one turned on its head by Max Verstappen's collision with Daniel Ricciardo - to finish sixth. Until that point, it had been a tepid start to Leclerc's F1 career despite the acclaim he'd earned in his relatively uncontested run to the ... Keep reading

After letting his McLaren slide off the track on lap 44 in Melbourne and losing a lot of points, Oscar Piastri has been almost flawless since then. Two victories, in Shanghai and Bahrain, and a third place in Suzuka allowed him to regain almost everything he lost in the season opener. Piastri now sits just three points behind his team-mate and the driver who'd been tipped to win the title before ... Keep reading

The Sauber Formula 1 team is still searching for answers over Nico Hulkenberg's Bahrain Grand Prix disqualification. Hulkenberg crossed the finish in 13th after a tough evening trying to contend for points, but was disqualified because his skid plank had been ground down to 8.4mm, below the minimum thickness of 9mm. It is the second time this season a car has been thrown out of the results ... Keep reading

Christian Horner admits it feels like he is “looking at two different watches” as the Red Bull team principal revealed the RB21’s issues stem from a lack of correlation between wind tunnel and track data. Despite Max Verstappen winning the Japanese Grand Prix and with the Dutchman still the reigning Formula 1 world champion, Red Bull’s dominance of recent years ebbed away throughout ... Keep reading

There is no shortage of creativity at French Formula 1 broadcaster Canal+, which recently set up an interview – or should we say ‘questioning’ – with its own pundit Jacques Villeneuve, pretending he was in police custody. Looking back on his career, the 1997 world champion delved into a few noteworthy aspects and events of his time as a racing driver. Gilles’ unwanted legacy ... Keep reading

Formula 1 chief Stefano Domenicali says it is "crucial" for the new 2026 power unit regulations to allow manufacturers who are falling behind to catch up. Domenicali, the FIA and F1's present and future power unit manufacturers gathered in Bahrain last week to discuss possible future engine options for the series, as well as any tweaks to the incoming engine regulations for next year. Amid ... Keep reading

Formula 1 CEO Stefano Domenicali explained the championship's current position on hosting a race in Africa, stating that the efforts to put on a grand prix are not on hold but still missing certain guarantees. Efforts to restore F1's place in Africa, to race in all six permanently inhabited continents for the first time since 1993, have been ongoing over the past couple of years. Rwanda has ... Keep reading

"Not super fun so far" - either a pithy scrawled note penned by the late Roger Ebert part-way through a tepid, multi-million dollar blockbuster (Star Wars: Attack of the Clones, perhaps?) or Liam Lawson's assessment of his opening four races in 2025. As we're not Empire Magazine, you know it's probably the latter point. This was supposed to be Lawson's big break. Parachuted into the second Red ... Keep reading

Organisers of Formula 1's Madrid Grand Prix have eased concerns over the race's timeline by awarding a tender for the construction of the hybrid street circuit. On Tuesday, a contract was signed with Spanish construction firm ACCIONA (60%) and France's Eiffage Construction (40%), who will form a joint venture to construct the 5.47km circuit close to Madrid's Barajas airport, around the IFEMA ... Keep reading

Formula 1 chief Stefano Domenicali says it is "crucial" for the new 2026 power unit regulations to allow manufacturers who are falling behind to catch up. Domenicali, the FIA and F1's present and future power unit manufacturers gathered in Bahrain last week to discuss possible future engine options for the series, as well as any tweaks to the incoming engine regulations for next year. Amid ... Keep reading

Not many aspiring race drivers from Saudi Arabia will be aware of the 1980s British stock car scene – but those wet, windy days of 40 years ago inspired a passion in motorsport for one man now looking to boost interest in the Middle East. Ryan Trutch grew up watching all forms of motorsport with his father and was hooked on Nigel Mansell, Ayrton Senna and Alain Prost before going on to ... Keep reading

We must stay focused on ourselves, as that is the best way to try to extract the maximum from the package at our disposal and make steady progress to close the gap that still separates us from those ahead in the standings.

The question is one Max Verstappen became very well-practised at answering during the Belgian Grand Prix weekend. Following the shock revelation that he would make his Formula 1 debut for Scuderia Toro Rosso next season at the age of 17, how could a driver so young and in only their first season of car racing possibly be ready, even if he is excelling in the hugely competitive Formula 3 European ... Keep reading

Christian Horner feels he is “looking at two different watches” after revealing the Red Bull Formula 1 car's issues stem from limited correlation between wind tunnel and track data. Despite Max Verstappen winning the Japanese Grand Prix, and with the Dutchman still the reigning world champion, Red Bull’s dominance of recent years ebbed away throughout last season and has not returned at ... Keep reading

Prince Khalid bin Sultan Al-Abdullah Al-Faisal, chairman of the Saudi Automobile and Motorcycle Federation, has revealed that a Saudi-owned F1 team could be on the horizon.

Since letting his McLaren slide off the track on lap 44 in Melbourne and losing a lot of points, Oscar Piastri has been almost flawless. Two victories, in Shanghai and Bahrain, and a third place in Suzuka allowed him to regain almost everything he lost in the Formula 1 season opener. Piastri now sits just three points behind his team-mate and the driver who'd been tipped to win the title before ... Keep reading

As more countries seek to host races, F1 CEO, Stefano Domenicali admits his fears for the future of his home track Imola.

It’s easy to lose all awareness of the outside world when one is in the thick of covering a MotoGP weekend. But not even fundamentalist motorcycle people, who wouldn’t be seen dead in a car paddock, could pretend to not know that Formula 1 was running its circus roughly 400 kilometres from the Qatar Grand Prix. Gone are the days when MotoGP and F1 were unlikely to clash, or at least ... Keep reading

The circuit is fast, and the high-speed corners should hopefully play to our advantage, similarly to Bahrain.

Max has stood on the podium in all four GPs held in Saudi Arabia, never finishing below second.

As always, we keep focused and hope to close out this triple-header with another positive result for the team.

Saudi Arabia is open to buying a Formula 1 team as Prince Khalid bin Sultan Al-Abdullah Al-Faisal has admitted it is something he would like to see in the future. The Middle Eastern country has invested heavily in motorsport partnerships in recent years with Aramco and Maaden both sponsors of the Aston Martin F1 team and the Public Investment Fund working with Formula E. This weekend sees F1 ... Keep reading

The Sauber Formula 1 team is still searching for answers over Nico Hulkenberg's Bahrain Grand Prix disqualification. Hulkenberg crossed the finish line in 13th place after a tough evening trying to contend for points, but was disqualified because his skid plank had been ground down to 8.4mm, below the minimum thickness of 9mm. It is the second time this season that a car has been thrown out ... Keep reading

The choice of compounds for the first four races of this season were the same as last year's, but for round five, Pirelli has taken a softer step.

BBC Sport F1 correspondent Andrew Benson answers your questions following the Bahrain Grand Prix.

In 2024 George Russell and Lewis Hamilton finished over 45 seconds behind winner Max Verstappen as the season got under way in Bahrain. Thirteen months on, Russell split the supreme McLarens in second place as the Silver Arrows appeared to pass an important stress test. As Red Bull wrestles with car balance and grip woes and Ferrari is also struggling to keep up over a race distance, Mercedes ... Keep reading

Red Bull motorsport adviser Helmut Marko says he has "great concern" about Max Verstappen's future with the team.

George Russell’s strong start to the 2025 Formula 1 season appears to be paying off both on and off the track, as talks over a new Mercedes contract move forward. Russell currently sits fourth in the drivers’ championship after the opening four rounds, just 14 points behind leader Lando Norris. His campaign has included three podium finishes in four races, including a second place in ... Keep reading

Everything you need to know about the Gulf Air Bahrain Grand Prix... all the details, stats, pictures and quotes.

High incidences of thermal degradation offered plenty of strategic variation at Formula 1's Bahrain Grand Prix, as all three of Pirelli's nominated tyre compounds came into play during the course of the race. The C2 medium ended up being by far the most popular tyre used in the grand prix, having been responsible for 46% of the overall laps per Pirelli's post-race data. The softs were ... Keep reading