Formula 1

Alpine laments ‘882 toxic’ social media comments after sprint

Alpine says it received ‘882 toxic comments’ on its social media channels and has threatened action against those committing online abuse

Formula 1

Hamilton and others escape start penalties for unusual reason

Mercedes’ first front row sweep of the 2022 Formula 1 season has been saved after Lewis Hamilton and other drivers under investigation escaped a penalty for a start violation which the FIA has put down to the small Interlagos grid boxes

WEC/Le Mans

Toyota wins yet another WEC title, but it’s getting tougher

Toyota continued its run of World Endurance Championship titles, but only after a big scare from Alpine. And some major new hypercar rivals are about to arrive

Formula 1

Alonso given penalty for causing ‘dangerous’ Ocon clash

Fernando Alonso has been penalised for hitting Alpine Formula 1 team-mate Esteban Ocon in the Brazilian Grand Prix sprint race at a “dangerous” speed and location

Formula 1

The happiest you’ll see an F1 driver who lost seven places

Few drivers can ever have looked as happy after losing seven places in a F1 race as Kevin Magnussen did following the Brazilian Grand Prix sprint, and it might prove to be a huge result for his Haas team

Formula 1

Alpine: Drivers ‘let the team down’ with race-wrecking clashes

Alpine Formula 1 boss Otmar Szafnauer says drivers Esteban Ocon and Fernando Alonso let the team down with their sprint race-wrecking collisions at the Brazilian Grand Prix

Formula 1

Gasly escapes stewards visit with warning not penalty points

Pierre Gasly has escaped moving closer to a Formula 1 race ban at the Brazilian Grand Prix after receiving only a warning for driving too slowly on the reconnaissance laps to the sprint race grid

Formula 1

‘Eating tyres alive’ – Sprint collapse has Verstappen worried

Two-time Formula 1 champion Max Verstappen believes he’d have finished only fourth in the Brazilian Grand Prix sprint race regardless of his clash with Ferrari’s Carlos Sainz, because Red Bull just didn’t have Mercedes pace and suffered worse tyre woes on mediums than soft-shod rivals

Formula 1

Alpine team-mates called to stewards over sprint clash

Alpine Formula 1 team-mates Esteban Ocon and Fernando Alonso have been summoned to the stewards at the Brazilian Grand Prix over the second of two sprint race clashes.

Formula 1

Ban-threatened Gasly gets another F1 stewards summons

Pierre Gasly has been summoned to see the Brazilian Grand Prix stewards for an infringement prior to the sprint race, putting him at risk of edging closer to a Formula 1 race ban

Formula 1

Russell battles to Brazil sprint win, Verstappen only fourth

George Russell passed Max Verstappen to win his first Formula 1 race in a thrilling Interlagos sprint, as Verstappen’s tyre gamble and contact with Carlos Sainz led to him falling from first to fourth

Formula 1

All you need to know about Alpine-led Brazilian GP practice two

Alpine topped the least informative session of the current Formula 1 format as Esteban Ocon led practice two at the Brazilian Grand Prix