Formula 1

Carlos Sainz sealed his maiden victory in Formula 1 at a breath-taking British Grand Prix, overtaking team mate Charles Leclerc to seal a sensational ...

Max Verstappen had to make do with damage to his floor, finishing in seventh. Behind Leclerc, in fourth, was the Alpine of Fernando Alonso, in P5, ahead of Lando Norris in sixth. After starting on pole, Sainz pitted from second place for the soft tyre under the Safety Car – brought about by Esteban Ocon stopping on track.

Sainz was in the lead with Charles Leclerc close behind and, while Ferrari at first said they were “free to fight,” the Italian team then asked Sainz to let ...

Verstappen is dating Piquet’s daughter, Kelly, and faced criticism from fans when he said Piquet was not a racist despite using “very offensive” language. F1 said they were being “dealt with by the local authorities.” “I gave it everything," said Hamilton, who was third in Canada two weeks ago and hoped Mercedes is on a comeback. Zhou’s car flipped upside-down and cleared a tire barrier before smashing into a fence. But a safety car came out and Ferrari brought Sainz into the pits for fresher, grippier soft tires. It began with a frightening first-lap crash and ended with intense wheel-to-wheel battles for the podium positions.

First corner mayhem brought out a red flag at the Silverstone Circuit where Zhou went barreling into the barriers in a frightening accident.

The rookie and son of 7-time world champion Michael has now managed to score his first career points after fighting the Dutchman to the chequered flag and teammate Magnussen enabled Haas to celebrate a double points finish. It was the adverse for current championship leader and reigning world champion Max Verstappen who suffered floor damage after riding the curbs and only managed to stave Mick Schumacher off for 7th position after some expectedly abysmal pace. With a red flag immediately waved before the pack had completed the first sector and the carnage had finally come to a rest, it was Zhou, Albon and Russell who retired from damage.

Drivers Roy Nissany and Dennis Hauger collided on the opening F2 lap at Silverstone as Hauger's car was sent airborne, while Zhou Guanyu's car was flipped ...

In practice, this has proved to not be an issue. Afterwards, Hamilton said: "I feel very, very fortunate today. 100%." Thanks everyone for your kind messages!" He said: "I'm ok, all clear. The race was red-flagged and George Russell, one of the drivers involved in the crash, ran to check on the Chinese driver.

Carlos Sainz became the 104th driver in Formula One history to take pole position as he pipped Red Bull's Max Verstappen to top spot during qualifying for ...

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Will Superstar Lewis Hamilton score his first win of the season on his home track? We'll have to tune in to see.

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The British Grand Prix will take place on Sunday afternoon with the race starting at 15:00 UK time. Carlos Sainz will try to win it from pole position, ...

It has also provided a bit of a change in the standings. Mercedes believe they have got a grip on this now and there are strong suggestions they will be in the mix. In the early races, they seemed to be on top but Red Bull are currently on a winning streak.

Minute by minute updates from the Formula 1 British Grand Prix on Sunday.

Join Alex Hess for updates from Silverstone, where the race is restarting an hour late after a major crash on turn one.

And Bernie Eccleston says he would “take a bullet” for Putin, that the war in Ukraine is “unintentional” and that Hamilton could have “brushed aside” Piquet’s remarks. And the drivers head off for the formation lap. Among the spectators at Silverstone is Tom Cruise. I’m sure he’d agree that there are a few good men on the grid today but Verstappen – a driver without limits – is far and away the favourite. Lap 1/52: We’re under way – and the cars have barely left the grid before we see a huge crash. An official statement has said: “The FIA advises that following the start of the race, emergency crews were immediately in attendance and the drivers of Car 23 (Albon) and Car 24 (Zhou) have been taken to the medical centre. Controversially, it looks like the drivers will restart in grid order, which puts Verstappen – who had moved past Sainz in the early moments – back to second and Hamilton, who was third when the red flag came out, back to fifth. Lap 1/52: Albon is also out, while Tsunoda and Ocon look to have damage. Lap 6/52: Leclerc is doing his best to hunt down Verstappen, the gap between them a tight half a second. These people were immediately removed and the matter is now being dealt with by the local authorities.” Lap 14/52: And it looks like the issue with Verstappen’s car hasn’t been entirely fixed. Verstappen trundles into the pits and emerges in sixth. Lap 17/52: So then, we have the two Ferrari drivers in first and second, with Leclerc not happy about being stuck behind his teammate.

Zhou was stuck in the car for some time after the accident as rescue crews struggled to reach him in such an unusual position. Russell called the crash " ...

"It was a big crash and I'm glad I'm OK," he said. Yeah, something to learn," said Russell, who is a director of the Grand Prix Drivers' Association. Russell called the crash "an incredibly scary incident" and added "it was horrible" for the fans close by.

Chinese driver Zhou Guanyu is trapped under his car after flipping following an incident at the first corner of the British Formula 1 Grand Prix at ...

Russell, Zhou and Albon were unable to restart the race, with Albon taken to hospital for further checks, while Zhou and Russell were treated at the circuit. In front of a record crowd of 142,000, the race was red-flagged after an incident at the very first corner after the Alpha Romeo of Zhou Guanyu was left upside down behind a wall. A huge crash marred the start of the Formula 1 British Grand Prix at Silverstone, forcing the race to be stopped after just one lap.

After finishing third at Silverstone, a delighted Lewis Hamilton revealed his pleasure at being able to compete with the Red Bull and Ferrari drivers on ...

"It's not a strange feeling at all. What followed was a stunning battle to conclude the race, in which Hamilton, Perez and fourth-placed Ferrari driver Leclerc went wheel-to-wheel. The Safety Car gave Hamilton, second-place driver Perez and eventual winner Sainz a chance to fit softs for the final restart.

Charles Leclerc was looking well-placed in the British Grand Prix to take his first victory since Melbourne back in April. That was until a late Safety Car ...

I was just trying to do my best to keep the cars behind but obviously on a new soft and a used hard, it’s quite a big difference. But obviously with the Safety Car at the end, we decided to leave the lead car out and to pit the [trailing] car, which was myself and Carlos, and it didn’t pay off for me, so it’s a big disappointment. I saw the front wing fly off and I was like, ‘that doesn’t look good.’

Max Verstappen (somehow). Motor Racing Formula One World Championship British Grand Prix Race Day Silverstone, England. The placement of a frontrunning driver ...

The omens weren’t great for Schumacher, starting 16th at a track Haas never looked that competitive at in all conditions this weekend. Of course, Fernando Alonso’s going to be sticking his nose in there somewhere. When he signed that 2022 Mercedes deal, Russell may very well have imagined himself winning his home grand prix. Schumacher has had a few races that looked like promising opportunities to end his wait for an F1 points finish. There will not be many more open goals like this, and Leclerc knows it. – JS We were premature, it turns out. Points on the board, Ferrari failing to capitalise with Leclerc, Perez having proven second-best to Verstappen all weekend. Yet, well, it feels like what transpired after Verstappen ran over the AlphaTauri debris and hobbled his RB18 was more or less the best-case outcome. – Scott Mitchell Funny how F1 works isn’t it? And the pace was, of course, there – there was every chance he was going to streak away from Sainz and into the distance after that initial pass.

The drivers and teams report back on all the action from Silverstone, for the Formula 1 British Grand Prix 2022...

The cars were fast, the guys did a good job, the pit-stops were good, so what we need to do now is a very good qualifying and a very good race and then we’re back in the game.” Luckily, I only damaged my front wing and was able to get back to the pits with the red flag and continue to race with the restart. "We lost a little bit of time in the pit stop, and then I was chasing, and chasing, and chasing, but the pace was great on both sets of tyres and then at the end there it was just a little bit difficult. I had a really great run on the second restart and could see the fans cheering for me in the stands, which was awesome to see. In addition, he experienced a DRS failure that required an additional pit-stop mid race and required him to run without the DRS in the second half of the race. Lewis on the other had a great start moving to 3rd so it was a shame that he was put back into fifth for the restart from where we dropped a further position. On the other hand, we can be pleased that we were fighting at the front after a very tough start to our season and a lot of hard work from everyone in Brackley and Brixworth to recover a huge performance gap. I asked the marshals to leave the car and next thing, when I got back, the car was on the back of the flatbed which meant I couldn’t restart. This year is going to be a pretty tough one to win but we just need to get our house in order to be properly on top of the car’s performance. It was unfortunate because I think it would have been a fantastic race for him today, but every point counts and he fought as hard for P7 as he would for the win. "The car was a handful to drive, I tried to find a good aero balance but it was difficult. “To get back to winning, especially at such a demanding track as Silverstone, is particularly pleasing and confirms that we have worked well this season, both at the track and back in Maranello. Carlos had a great weekend, in which he also secured his first pole position.

Fans at Silverstone watched the Ferrari driver hold onto his victory as a three-way battle ensued behind him late in the incident-packed grand prix.

And there’s no doubt we had the pace to come back to P6 today.” After barrel-rolling over the barrier, Zhou was stuck between the metal fence and tire barriers, a narrow gap with nowhere to go. The rookie and Williams driver Alex Albon, who was involved in a separate wreck, were both sent to the medical care center. “I don’t want the focus to be pointed towards my disappointing race but more towards his incredible race win and obviously a first win in Formula 1 is always extremely special. Pierre Gasly was between Russell and Zhou, but as the gap started to disappear, the AlphaTauri driver pulled back. Sainz was brought in for softs, and Leclerc commented over the radio how it would be “hard” to chase cars on soft tires in the closing stages. Binotto felt that the team’s strategy calls were “the right and proper ones at each single time,” and the only possible miscue was Leclerc staying out. “I’ve always been a team player, I will always be a team player and especially in Ferrari, I know the team is in front of me and my personal interests. “I gave myself the best chance to stay ahead, by pushing as much as I could, but to a point that I was destroying so much my front tire that it made total sense for Charles to go through, and I let him by as soon as the team told me to do so,” Sainz said. “Then we were hoping for more tire degradation on the softs, to give Charles, yeah, maybe a difficult three or four laps initially but then recovering later on, but the soft didn’t degrade as we were hoping.” Leclerc, who was the race leader, remained out on his hard tires—the only driver to still have them on when the rest of the field emerged. “I needed to stay in the race like I was trying to and then all of a sudden the safety car gave me the opportunity to get back on it.

Zhou's Alfa Romeo was catapulted upside down, the Chinese rookie's head saved by his car's roll hoop-halo as it skidded off across a gravel trap and over ...

Sports He later returned to the pits to watch Carlos Sainz register his maiden F1 win, tweeting to his fans: "I'm ok, all clear. Sports In a radio statement, Alfa Romeo told Zhou's teammate Valtteri Bottas: "Zhou is conscious, he is talking, there are no fractures. Sports Thanks everyone for your kind messages!"

Formula 1 narrowly avoided disaster twice within minutes at the British Grand Prix, with both Guanyu Zhou's crash and the on-track protest.

Sebastian Vettel sympathised with the environmental 'fears and anxieties' of the protesters who invaded Sunday's race at Silverstone, but recognised they ...

"So yes, I support the cause, I think Formula 1 is doing a great job already to try and go carbon zero by 2030. "On the other hand, I see the other side. It later confirmed that seven people had been arrested for the incident.

George Russell described the collision at the start of the British Grand Prix, with Zhou Guanyu, that sent the Alfa Romeo driver sliding upside down into ...

I asked the marshal to make sure that they didn’t pick the car up and as it turned out there was nothing wrong with the car bar a puncture. “I ran back to the team to check and when I came back, the car was on the flat bed [truck] already. When I came back, I couldn’t get the car turned on, but I don’t know, there was no reason why I shouldn’t have been able to because the car was fine.

Formula 1's return to South Africa has taken a massive boost with the provisonal inclusion of Kyalami on the 2023 calendar.

For the time being, the Miami Grand Prix, which copped little in the way of positive fan response following its debut race this year, moves to May with plans of running it after the Canadian Grand Prix as part of the sport’s decision to avoid cross-continental travelling form a logistical standpoint. Formula 1’s return to Las Vegas for the first time since 1984 will take place on 18 November with Bahrain confirmed as the season opener on 5 March. According to the paper, Kyalami’s inclusion comes at the cost of the provisional exclusion of the Belgian Grand Prix at Spa-Francorchamps and the much-criticised French Grand Prix at Paul Ricard.

If the crash was five years ago, the British Grand Prix could have resulted in a fatal crash for Zhou who would have been head first on the track and gravel ...

He took to Twitter to say: “Glad I followed my convictions in imposing the Halo, despite a strong opposition!” Zhou Guanyu’s crash at the British Grand Prix was a harrowing moment for all watching whilst we waited to hear how he was after seeing his car fly across the surface upside down. It’s constructed from aerospace industry Grade 5 titanium, it can withstand the weight of a double-decker London bus which is 12,000kg.

Protesters stormed onto the track at the British Grand Prix at Silverstone on Sunday with Gary Lineker and Martin Brundle having differing opinions ...

Carbon reduction projects will begin immediately to start the journey of becoming a more sustainable sport." In a statement, Formula 1 said: “We can confirm that after the red flag, several people attempted to enter the track. F1 cars were making their way round the circuit after an early red flag and marshals frantically ran out the circuit, dragging off the individuals.

Chinese driver Zhou Guanyu credited the 'halo' for keeping him alive following his harrowing first-corner crash at Sunday's British Grand Prix.

According to a report, the 2023 F1 schedule will be made up of 24 races, begin in March and excludes the usually annual races at Spa and Paul Ricard ...

For example, if possible, they hope to arrange the Miami Grand Prix so that it is immediately followed by the race in Canada – a much shorter trip than heading elsewhere. Its current contract also expires this year, leading to speculation that the Monaco race would be the one axed if F1 bosses needed to make room on the schedule. According to de Telegraaf, F1 bosses are planning to run 24 races next year, which would be a new record for the sport.

We are only halfway through the Formula 1 season, but behind the scenes the organisation is already busy shaping the calendar for next racing year.

Furthermore, Formula 1 wants to start the season on 5 March in Bahrain, where it wants to hold a three-day winter test a week earlier. It is reported that Spa-Francorchamps may be added to the calendar for another year, provided the South African GP is cancelled. In doing so, the motorsport class is taking some tough decisions, The Telegraph announced.

Exactly 68 years ago today, Mercedes-Benz entered its first F1 race, took its first pole position, and won its first Grand Prix, all the same race.

As such, they went on to claim first and second position in the grand prix. Almost exactly like the 2015, 2017, 2018 and 2019 seasons of F1! Better yet, a lot of the items are already on sale anyway.

Formula One driver Zhou Guanyu said the halo cockpit saved his life after a horrific crash during the British Grand Prix.

F1 originally intended to introduce halo cockpits to the sport in 2017, but the plan was delayed, citing the “relatively short timeframe” to implement the requirement. Since F1 is considered the the most prestigious racing series, many have looked to it to lead the way in this area, and in some ways it has. The concept leaked in 2015, following the death of IndyCar driver Justin Wilson during a race when his head was struck by debris.

F1's Zhou Guanyu thankfully endured had no lasting damage from the horrific crash on the opening lap fo the British Grand Prix which sent him spinning off ...

The Red Bull proved to be too quick, as Perez created a gap and secured second place quite comfortably. As Sainz sped off into the distance to take the chequered flag, Hamilton was left to fight for second with Perez and Charles Leclerc. In a statement, the FIA said: "We also confirm that after the red flag, several people attempted to enter the track.