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McLaren's Lando Norris started on pole for Saturday morning's 19-lap sprint race, but after going off at the start he fell down to seventh. That became sixth at the chequered flag due to Fernando Alonso's retirement, finishing in front of team-mate Oscar Piastri but behind both Ferraris.Its race pace relative to the Scuderia seemed in line with the Woking team's muted expectations for the weekend ...Keep reading

The 2016 F1 season had started with Daniil Kvyat and Daniel Ricciardo driving for the main Red Bull team, with Max Verstappen and Carlos Sainz, both directly contracted to the energy drinks giant, occupying the two seats at Toro Rosso.But ahead of the fifth round of the season in Barcelona, Red Bull took a bold decision to instigate a driver swap, promoting Verstappen to its primary team at the ...Keep reading

The reigning Formula 2 champion, Pourchaire is fresh off making his IndyCar Series debut on the Streets of Long Beach last weekend, where he started 22nd and finished a respectable 11th while substituting for the injured David Malukas in the No. 6 Arrow McLaren Chevrolet.While Malukas continues to recover from a left wrist injury and surgery following a mountain biking accident over the offseason ...Keep reading

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RB's hopes of a points finish in Shanghai were dashed within a dramatic few moments in Sunday's race after Ricciardo was hit from behind by Lance Stroll behind the safety car, while Tsunoda was involved in a race-ending clash with Kevin Magnussen at the restart.Neither driver was able to finish the race, and RB team principal Laurent Mekies felt that both of the incidents against his drivers could ...Keep reading

Mercedes boss Toto Wolff says “everybody is waiting for what [Max Verstappen] is going to do” regarding with which team he intends to race in Formula 1 in the future – but Red Bull boss Christian Horner responded by saying his rival boss’ “time would be better spent perhaps focusing on the team, rather than the driver market”.

Alpine drivers Esteban Ocon and Pierre Gasly were left encouraged by the team’s performance at the Chinese Grand Prix, with Ocon only just missing out on a top-10 result while running an upgrade package on the A524.

Porsche romped to a DTM championship treble in only its second season in the category last year, as it swept the drivers, teams and the manufacturers’ titles with Thomas Preining and the Manthey EMA team.The feat was particularly impressive as Porsche faced all three of its main German rivals, Audi, BMW and Mercedes, plus Italian supercar manufacturers Ferrari and Lamborghini, in a six-way fight ...Keep reading

The Scuderia is set to unveil a one-off look for the Miami Grand Prix which will make reference to the heritage of the manufacturer in a contemporary manner, with two shades of blue being brought back from the pages of history: Azzurro La Plata and Azzurro Dino.The change will be made to honour Ferrari’s historical place in the US motorsport environment, marking the manufacturer’s 70th ...Keep reading

Magnussen was handed a 10-second time penalty for hitting RB rival Yuki Tsunoda during the restart of the race following the first safety car period.As they exited Turn 6, Magnussen appeared to suffer a snap of oversteer and hit the right rear tyre of Tsunoda's car, sending the Japanese driver into a spin.The damage caused to Tsunoda's car forced him to retire from the race straight away while ...Keep reading

Nico Hulkenberg expressed his satisfaction after taking advantage of a drama-filled Chinese Grand Prix to give Haas another points finish and boost the team’s position in the constructors’ standings.

Was Max Verstappen’s victory at the Chinese Grand Prix his most dominant of 2024? How did Lando Norris beat the Red Bull of Sergio Perez and both Ferraris to claim P2? What did Zhou Guanyu make of his historic first home race? The F1 Nation gang are here to discuss all that and more after Formula 1 returned to Shanghai for an action-packed weekend.

However, with the fight in the F1 pack so intense this year, everyone equally knows that small gains can make a big difference in the pecking order.That is why several outfits did bring some new parts to Shanghai, with Alpine and Haas bringing pretty extensive updates, while Mercedes, Williams and RB all made smaller tweaks to their cars.With just one free practice session at the teams' disposal ...Keep reading

While the German manufacturer was buoyed by Lewis Hamilton taking the runner-up spot in the China sprint last weekend, it still endured a challenging Sunday race as it came home behind McLaren and Ferrari again.But with no notable uptrend in its form despite the efforts it has made to better understand its W15, Wolff thinks that it has to lift its game rather than think that glimmers of hope are ...Keep reading

BBC Sport's F1 correspondent Andrew Benson answers your questions after the Chinese Grand Prix.

The reigning Formula 2 champion, Pourchaire was called to substitute drive Arrow McLaren’s No. 6 Chevrolet in place of the injured David Malukas.A patient approach to both practice sessions built up to improved pace with every lap turned. Although qualifying left Pouchaire starting 22nd for the race, he converted that into a measured drive and progressed through the field to finish a respectable ...Keep reading

Formula 1 returned to China for the first time since 2019, with a sell-out crowd at the Shanghai International cheering home favourite Zhou Guanyu’s every move. While he didn’t get the fairytale finish he dreamed of, there were others who were very happy with their weekend’s work. We pick out our winners and losers from the Chinese Grand Prix.

Council says Gateshead FC has a 10-year lease to play at the International Stadium after being denied a chance of promotion.

Council says Gateshead FC has a 10-year lease to play at the International Stadium after being denied a chance of promotion.

Fresh off a runner-up finish the previous week at Texas, Keselowski found himself in contention for a win for the second consecutive week as the final laps unfolded at Talladega.After taking the white flag signaling one lap remaining, the Fords of Noah Gragson, Michael McDowell and Keselowski were able to get past Tyler Reddick and McDowell and Keselowski appeared poised to settle outcome between ...Keep reading