At the start, Bottas’s soft tyres appeared to give him considerably better grip off the line, as he powered alongside Verstappen despite appearing to react slightly slower to the lights going out.The Finn was alongside the polesitter at the apex of Turn 1 and surged ahead, as Verstappen quickly came Read more
The entire race weekend format has been shaken up to accommodate the new format, which will be used at three grands prix this season as an initial trial, with the first having taken place at the British GP in July and the second at the Italian GP in September.Lewis Hamilton Read more
On Wednesday, it emerged that some teams were still waiting for their freight to arrive in Brazil and the FIA has now moved to give all squads more time that usual to submit their cars for scrutineering ahead of the race at Interlagos.F1’s sporting rules usually require this process and Read more
After trailing Red Bull in practice, Mercedes turned the tables by taking a front row lockout in qualifying as Bottas pipped Hamilton to pole.But Verstappen managed to sweep into the lead from third on the grid after a late-braking move around the outside at Turn 1, gaining an advantage that Read more
The track is being constructed on a site next to the Red Sea, and is expected to be the fastest street venue yet seen.Masi conceded that the organisers still have a lot of work to do before the F1 circus arrives next month, but he has no doubts about it Read more
Tsunoda found himself in the firing line after qualifying at the Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez when he was accused of wrecking the Q3 hopes of Red Bull duo Sergio Perez and Max Verstappen.Both Perez – who had to abort his run after following the Japanese rookie into the Turn 10 runoff – Read more
Red Bull Formula 1 team-mate Max Verstappen took a dominant victory at the Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez, leaving Perez to challenge Mercedes rival Hamilton for second place.Perez sat within two seconds of Hamilton when Mercedes brought him into the pits, prompting Red Bull to go long with its strategy and open Read more
On a weekend when Red Bull had looked to be in a class of its own, Mercedes turned the tables on it main F1 rival in qualifying with Bottas and Lewis Hamilton locking out the front row of the grid.Having struggled to extract pace from the Mercedes over a single Read more
After finishing one-tenth of a second behind pace-setter Bottas in FP1 at the Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez, Verstappen struck back by comfortably topping FP2 for Red Bull.Verstappen set the early pace on the medium compound tyre in the session, running over a second clear of the field at one stage and Read more
Formula 1 has had its fair share of driver rivalries since the first world championship in 1950.Some have been fought out fairly, others have been filled with controversy, many have been brief, while a handful have been almost career-long. The best have decided world championships.For this list, we’ve picked out Read more