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  • FILE: Ferrari's Kimi Raikkonen (centre) celebrates his victory at the US Grand Prix on 21 October 2018. @F1/Twitter

    Raikkonen shrugs off 300 race milestone

    Since his race debut with Sauber (now Alfa) in Australia in 2001, the Finn has won 21 grands prix but took two years out to go rallying.

    1139 days ago
  • Formula One legend Austrian Niki Lauda attends the "legends race" at the racetrack in Spielberg on 30 June 2018, ahead of the Austrian Formula One Grand Prix. Picture: AFP

    Former F1 champion Niki Lauda dies at 70

    Lauda's death comes eight months after he underwent a lung transplant.

    1142 days ago
  • Fernando Alonso in his McLaren Racing Chevrolet during a practice session at the 2019 Indy 500 on 15 May 2019. Picture: @McLarenIndy/Twitter

    Alonso uninjured after crash during Indy 500 practice

    The double Formula One world champion’s No. 66 McLaren Racing Chevrolet slid into the wall on the exit of Turn 3 before skidding across the track and into the interior barrier and striking the outside barrier again.

    1146 days ago
  • Mercedes' Valtteri Bottas (left), Lewis Hamilton (centre) and Ferrari's Sebastian Vettel on the podium after the Chinese Grand Prix in Shanghai on 14 April 2019. Picture: @MercedesAMGF1/Twitter

    Hamilton would rather fight Ferrari than battle with Bottas

    Champions Mercedes have won all five races so far this season in one-two formation, with Lewis Hamilton and Valtteri Bottas also taking a fastest lap each.

    1148 days ago
  • FILE: German Formula One world champion Michael Schumacher in January 2014. Picture: AFP

    Schumacher documentary in the works and headed to Cannes

    Schumacher turned 50 on 3 January but has not been seen in public since a skiing accident in the French Alps five years ago which left him with severe head injuries and in a medically-induced coma.

    1149 days ago
  • A Ferrari racing machine during testing on 2 March 2019. Picture: @ScuderiaFerrari/Twitter

    Ferrari need to recover their testing pace, says Vettel

    Ferrari dominated pre-season testing at the Circuit de Catalunya but Mercedes have won every race since then in one-two formation.

    1152 days ago
  • Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton during the second practice session in Melbourne on 15 March 2019, ahead of the Formula One Australian Grand Prix. Picture: AFP

    Hamilton favourite for Spain in big test for Ferrari

    Sebastian Vettel and Charles Leclerc dominated pre-season testing at Barcelona’s Circuit de Catalunya amid excited talk of Ferrari ending Mercedes’ five-year stranglehold on the sport.

    1153 days ago
  • A poster bearing a photo of Brazilian F1 driver Ayrton Senna signed by fans is displayed during a ceremony on 1 May 2019 marking the 25th anniversary of his death at the Imola circuit during the 1994 San Marino Grand Prix. Picture: AFP

    'Ciao Legend': Thousands remember Senna in Imola on 25th anniversary of death

    Twenty-five years ago to the day, Teddy Borring was already there in the pit lane.

    1160 days ago
  • FILE: Mercedes' British driver Lewis Hamilton (C) celebrates on the podium after winning the Formula One Bahrain Grand Prix. Picture: AFP

    Ferrari have to start delivering, says Hamilton

    The sport’s oldest, most successful and glamorous team flattered to deceive again in Sunday’s Azerbaijan Grand Prix, while Mercedes celebrated their fourth successive one-two finish.

    1162 days ago
  • Renault driver Daniel Ricciardo during the Azerbaijan F1 Grand Prix at the Baku City Circuit in Baku on 28 April 2019. Picture: AFP

    Ricciardo handed three-place grid penalty for Spain

    Ricciardo provided the bizarre incident of the day in Baku when he reversed into Daniil Kvyat’s Toro Rosso after trying to overtake the Russian and then going down the run-off area on lap 31.

    1163 days ago
  • George Russell encounters trouble with a drain cover with practice for the day being called off. Picture: Formula 1.com

    Practice abandoned after drain cover wrecks Williams car

    Only two cars had clocked lap times in the opening minutes before Briton Russell, at high speed, ran over a cover, which had been lifted slightly by a previous car, and suffered impact damage to the floor which sent debris across the circuit.

    1166 days ago
  • FILE: Mercedes' British driver Lewis Hamilton (C) celebrates on the podium after winning the Formula One Bahrain Grand Prix. Picture: AFP

    Lewis Hamilton humbled by F1 legend Senna comparison

    The late Brazilian triple champion’s former teammate Gerhard Berger has said that Hamilton was the only driver he ranked on a par with Ayrton Senna, who died in 1994.

    1166 days ago
  • Mercedes' Valtteri Bottas (left), Lewis Hamilton (centre) and Ferrari's Sebastian Vettel on the podium after the Chinese Grand Prix in Shanghai on 14 April 2019. Picture: @MercedesAMGF1/Twitter

    Formula One not on for a repeat of 1992, says Brawn

    The sport’s managing director for motorsport said on Tuesday that the situation was very different now to the last time a team started the campaign with three one-twos in a row.

    1175 days ago
  • Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc. Picture: @ScuderiaFerrari/Twitter.

    Young star Charles Leclerc eyes victory in F1’s 1,000th race

    The supremely talented 21-year-old upstaged five-time world champion Lewis Hamilton in Bahrain but ultimately limped home third when his Ferrari lost power with 10 laps left.

    1182 days ago
  • Michael Schumacher’s son Mick has followed in his father’s footsteps by signing a contract with Ferrari to join the Formula One team’s young driver academy. Picture: Facebook.

    Mick Schumacher makes Ferrari debut in Bahrain test

    The 20-year-old son of seven-time world champion Michael Schumacher got his first full experience of driving an F1 car at the start of a two-day test at the Sakhir circuit.

    1190 days ago
  • Formula One world champion Fernando Alonso. Picture: @McLarenF1/Twitter

    Alonso to test with McLaren in Bahrain next week

    The 37-year-old Spaniard left Formula One at the end of last season but remains close to the team as an ambassador and also as a driver competing in the Indianapolis 500 with a McLaren entry in May.

    1194 days ago
  • Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton during the second practice session in Melbourne on 15 March 2019, ahead of the Formula One Australian Grand Prix. Picture: AFP

    Hamilton warns Mercedes of Ferrari recovery in Bahrain

    Hamilton, who came home second in a damaged car behind in-form team-mate Valtteri Bottas, said he was delighted, but surprised by Mercedes' comprehensive maximum points showing in Melbourne.

    1195 days ago
  • Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton during the second practice session in Melbourne on 15 March 2019, ahead of the Formula One Australian Grand Prix. Picture: AFP

    Hamilton on top as Ferrari struggle in season's first exchanges

    The Briton led a Mercedes one-two in the second session as he powered round Melbourne's Albert Park circuit under clear skies with a best of one minute 22.600 seconds.

    1208 days ago
  • Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton. Picture: @MercedesAMGF1/Twitter

    Gearing up: Who's who on the Formula One grid for 2019

    Some drivers have switched teams, some are making their debuts while others have been dropped. AFP Sport guides you through the new grid.

    1211 days ago
  • Mercedes' British driver Lewis Hamilton steers his car ahead of Mercedes' Finnish driver Valtteri Bottas to win the Formula One Russian Grand Prix at the Sochi Autodrom circuit in Sochi on 30 September 2018. Picture: AFP

    Formula One approves point for fastest lap

    The governing FIA said on Monday that the Formula One Strategy Group and F1 Commission had given unanimous approval in an e-vote. The measure had already been approved by the FIA’s World Motor Sport Council on 7 March.

    1211 days ago
  • FILE: @McLaren.Racing/Facebook.com.

    Hard miles ahead for fallen greats McLaren and Williams

    McLaren, the team of the late Ayrton Senna and Alain Prost, ended up sixth and would have been seventh without the failure of Force India.

    1215 days ago
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