Formula 1 Mazepin ruled out of F1 season finale with COVID Nikita Mazepin will miss the Formula 1 season finale after testing positive for COVID-19
Formula 1 Wolff advises against Aston Martin building its own F1 engine Mercedes Formula 1 boss Toto Wolff would not advise Aston Martin to pursue building its own engine in the future, amid speculation Lawrence Stroll might be interested in that
Formula 1 ‘Respect’ and a joke – Wolff’s response to Horner claims Mercedes boss Toto Wolff has shrugged off critical comments from Red Bull counterpart Christian Horner ahead of the Formula 1 title decider
Formula 1 ‘We pale into insignificance’ – Red Bull’s underdog fixation Red Bull is determined to portray itself and Max Verstappen as upstart underdogs in the Formula 1 title fight against the mighty ‘machine’ of Mercedes and Lewis Hamilton
Formula 1 Atypical penalty would make ‘mockery’ of F1 policing – Horner Red Bull boss Christian Horner has suggested an unusual penalty for a collision between Formula 1 title rivals Max Verstappen and Lewis Hamilton would “make a mockery of the policing of the championship”
Formula 1 The specific agitation replacing Verstappen’s usual focus As he enters the decisive weekend of F1’s season, Max Verstappen couldn’t have made it any clearer that he feels unfairly singled out
Formula 1 How Verstappen/Hamilton handled a forced F1 title weigh-in Formula 1’s attempt at a boxing-style weigh-in between its two heavyweight championship protagonists fell a little flat, as Scott Mitchell explains
Formula 1 Verstappen: Title fight changed my view of Hamilton/Mercedes The 2021 Formula 1 title battle has changed Max Verstappen’s view of Mercedes and his championship rival Lewis Hamilton
Formula 1 FIA issues points deduction warning ahead of F1 title decider FIA Formula 1 race director Michael Masi has reminded Max Verstappen and Lewis Hamilton they could be hit with a points deduction if they drive unfairly in the title decider
Formula 1 What happens if a collision decides the 2021 F1 championship? Mercedes says the title battle doesn’t deserve it, Red Bull says it cares about the Formula 1 championship being settled the right way – but what happens if a collision decides the Max Verstappen/Lewis Hamilton fight?
Formula 1 One milestone, one blunder – AlphaTauri’s F1 year in one race Why is what’s often Formula 1’s third-fastest team only sixth in the championship? Last weekend offered more evidence
Formula 1 McLaren reveals special F1 livery for Abu Dhabi GP McLaren has unveiled a specially adapted version of its Formula 1 livery that it will run at the Abu Dhabi 2021 season finale
Formula 1 The vicious circle souring the Verstappen vs Hamilton F1 duel A few months ago the suggestion the Formula 1 title fight could turn ugly was dismissed by both Lewis Hamilton and Max Verstappen. Now they face a winner-takes-all showdown in Abu Dhabi, and the rivalry has soured considerably. During the run of four consecutive races with wheel-to-wheel fights but
Formula 1 F1 must learn from Saudi GP or risk title-deciding crash – Wolff The F1 title risks being decided in a “messy” way with a collision if lessons aren’t learned from the Saudi GP, says Mercedes boss Toto Wolff
Formula 1 Masi explains his offer for Red Bull to forfeit restart pole Race director Michael Masi making Red Bull an “offer” to give up Max Verstappen’s restart pole was one of the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix’s odder moments
Formula 1 ‘Wily’ Hamilton does the same as Verstappen – Horner Red Bull Formula 1 boss Christian Horner rejects the suggestions Max Verstappen is driving unfairly and says a “very wily” Lewis Hamilton “gives just as good as he gets”
Formula 1 Verstappen penalised for ‘erratic’ braking in Hamilton contact Max Verstappen has been given a 10-second time penalty and two licence penalty points for “erratic” braking that caused a collision with Formula 1 title rival Lewis Hamilton in the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix
Formula 1 How Verstappen braked earlier but crashed on ‘lap of the year’ Data from Max Verstappen’s final Saudi GP qualifying lap reveals he’d braked earlier than previous laps in the moments before the crash.
Formula 1 Verstappen set to avoid gearbox change and grid penalty Formula 1 championship leader Max Verstappen is understood to have avoided a gearbox change following his qualifying crash in Saudi Arabia.
Formula 1 Wolff: Kingspan deal backlash ‘a matter of urgency’ for Mercedes Mercedes Formula 1 boss Toto Wolff says he is dealing with the backlash over the team’s Kingspan partnership as a “matter of urgency”
Formula 1 Mercedes: Verstappen would’ve been on pole by ‘almost 0.5s‘ Mercedes reckons Max Verstappen would have been on pole position by almost half a second had he not hit the wall at the end of Saudi Arabian Grand Prix qualifying
Formula 1 Hamilton was unaware of new Mercedes sponsor’s Grenfell link Lewis Hamilton says he had no idea Mercedes’ new sponsor Kingspan was linked to the Grenfell tragedy and added “we shall see” if the association remains
Formula 1 Hamilton escapes with reprimand for Mazepin incident Lewis Hamilton has only received a reprimand for his Saudi Arabian Grand Prix practice incident with Nikita Mazepin and an alleged yellow-flag breach was dismissed
Formula 1 Saudi F1 track creating ‘danger zone’ with speed offsets Formula 1 qualifying at the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix track is expected to be badly impacted by traffic and the speed offsets are “getting into a bit of a danger zone”
Formula 1 Revelations from resigned Sauber chairman ‘a shame’ – Vasseur A fallout over Alfa Romeo’s 2022 Formula 1 driver line-up is believed to have prompted the recent resignation of Sauber’s chairman – whose subsequent media conduct has disappointed team boss Frederic Vasseur
Formula 1 Fresher engine will give Hamilton ‘measurable step’ for qualifying Lewis Hamilton will benefit from a “measurable step” in Saudi Arabian Grand Prix qualifying with the return of his fresher Mercedes Formula 1 engine
Formula 1 ‘Blink and you’re in the wall’ – F1 drivers’ Jeddah verdict Formula 1 drivers labelled the new Jeddah circuit “incredibly fast”, “a maze” and “quite hardcore” – with parts so intense “if you blink, you’re in the wall”
Formula 1 Sorry Wolff wants to meet Grenfell United after partner backlash Mercedes Formula 1 boss Toto Wolff has offered to meet a group of survivors and bereaved families from the Grenfell tragedy after apologising for the “hurt” caused by a new team partnership
Formula 1 Jeddah track a ‘high-speed-plus-walls experiment’ for F1 The new Jeddah Formula 1 track “looks like an experiment of high-speed circuit plus walls” and has been likened to the high-speed sections of Macau and Baku
Formula 1 Hamilton and Vettel are both leading by example in Saudi Lewis Hamilton and Sebastian Vettel’s comments on the eve of the inaugural Saudi Arabian Grand Prix showed contrasting approaches, but both were effective in delivering a crucial message
Formula 1 Hamilton: Terrifying Saudi LGBTQ+ law shows F1 must try to help Lewis Hamilton has called on Formula 1 to do more to raise awareness of social issues in countries like Saudi Arabia, citing the “pretty terrifying” law against homosexuality as an example
Formula 1 Female karters, a ‘positive weapon’ – Vettel on Saudi issues Sebastian Vettel held a female-only karting event ahead of Formula 1’s inaugural Saudi Arabian Grand Prix because he wants to address the country’s social problems with positivity rather than “just focus on the negatives”
Formula 1 F1’s Middle East presence will ‘stabilise’ at four races Grands prix in the Middle East now make up a significant percentage of the Formula 1 calendar, but the latest additions put F1 under pressure over accountability
Formula 1 How F1’s snubbed future star will turn injustice to his advantage It’s crazy that Oscar Piastri isn’t getting a Formula 1 seat for 2022. But he’s letting others get outraged for him and focusing on how he can still use next year to ensure he’s on the grid in 2023, as Scott Mitchell found out
Formula 1 Has Ricciardo’s ‘downward spiral’ been as bad as it looks? Just after seemingly turning his first McLaren Formula 1 season around, Daniel Ricciardo’s had his worst run of results of 2021 so far. Have his problems returned, was the Monza win deceptive, or is this new slump an anomaly?
Formula 1 F1 already has interest for second race in China Formula 1 already has interest in a second race in China and expects Alfa Romeo’s signing of Guanyu Zhou to have a “huge impact” on the championship’s presence in the country
Formula 1 Fitter than ever with ‘superpowers’ – Hamilton in crunch time Lewis Hamilton’s Mercedes team is in awe of the seven-time world champion as the 2021 Formula 1 championship battle reaches its conclusion
Formula 1 Sainz’s reward for shifting the last of his McLaren hangover Carlos Sainz’s impressive first season as a Ferrari driver continues, in part due to him shifting the last of his McLaren hangover, as Scott Mitchell explains
Formula 1 The picture formed by Aston Martin’s F1 hiring spree The hiring of Mercedes’ chief aerodynamicist is the latest move showing how serious Aston Martin is about its F1 ambitions
Formula 1 Piastri on his F1 snub and losing out to Zhou Oscar Piastri says he has “99% made peace” with not racing in F1 next season, with his peer Guanyu Zhou having snapped up the final seat
