F1 season to start in Bahrain with Chinese, Australian events postponed
The normal curtain-raiser in Melbourne is now scheduled for November.
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The normal curtain-raiser in Melbourne is now scheduled for November.
Alexander Albon, who struggled to keep pace with Verstappen, will remain as a reserve driver for the team.
World champion Lewis Hamilton finished third under the lights at Yas Marina.
Seven-time world champion Lewis Hamilton will start in third, with his Mercedes team-mate Valtteri Bottas qualifying second.
Red Bull were out in front but Mercedes will hope to turn up the heat when qualifying begins at the Yas Marina circuit.
‘I hope I’m not dreaming,’ said the Mexican. ‘Ten years it has taken me and I don’t know what to say.’
A week ago he battled to escape the fireball inferno which stunned the world at the Bahrain Grand Prix.
Russell is deputising for Lewis Hamilton following the seven-time world champion’s positive Covid-19 test.
Russell is standing in for Lewis Hamilton.
Romain Grosjean managed to escape his blazing car at the Bahrain Formula One Grand Prix.
The 21-year-old German could wrap up the Formula Two championship in Bahrain this weekend.
The reigning champion will miss the second of back-to-back races in Bahrain.
Grosjean escaped from his burning cockpit in one the biggest accidents in Formula One’s recent memory.
The Frenchman miraculously walked away from a horror crash in which his car was sliced in two.
This marked Mercedes’ 11th front-row lockout of the campaign.
‘We have taken a step in that direction but we can always do more,’ the seven-time world champion said.
Hamilton claimed his 10th win from 14 rounds as he matched Michael Schumacher’s title haul.
Stroll is a surprise presence at the front of the grid.
The Mercedes man holds an 85-point lead in the championship after winning the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix.
Red Bull’s Max Verstappen was third.
Hamilton surpassed Michael Schumacher’s feat of 91 race wins after triumphing at Portimao on Sunday.
Hamilton beat Mercedes team-mate Valtteri Bottas to make F1 history.
Hamilton is looking to surpass Michael Schumacher’s all-time record and claim his 92nd race win in Portimao on Sunday.
The Finn edged out his Mercedes team-mate Lewis Hamilton in FP3.
An eventful second practice session in the Algarve also saw Pierre Gasly forced to leap from his burning car.
Jackie Stewart has said he could never regard Hamilton among the greatest drivers in the history of the sport.
The Mercedes driver claimed victory in the Eifel Grand Prix — keeping his cool to cross the line 4.4 seconds clear of Red Bull’s Max Verstappen.
Red Bull’s Max Verstappen qualified in third place.
Michael Schumacher’s son was set to drive for Alfa Romeo in Friday’s opening practice session.
The proposed Deodora circuit is planned to be in a forested area of Rio de Janeiro.
It’s part of the car industry’s move away from internal combustion engines.
Schumacher will take part in opening practice for the Alfa Romeo team at Nurburgring.
Hamilton will join Michael Schumacher with the most number of victories in Formula One history should he triumph for a 91st time tomorrow.
The Mercedes driver’s latest success moves him to within one victory of Michael Schumacher’s world record 90.
The quadruple world champion is starting afresh.
Charles Le Clerc’s crash brought a red flag to the race while Lewis Hamilton was issued a penalty
Hamilton flew around Monza’s 3.54 miles of asphalt in 164.267mph on his way to a new track record.
‘Today was really all about tyres. Everyone doing this one-stop thing — it’s really boring.’
The English driver delivered successive record-breaking laps to claim his sixth pole in Belgium.
The six-time world champion delivered the goods to put his Mercedes at the front of the grid.