A definitive layout has been revealed for the planned Rio de Janeiro circuit that wants to take over Formula 1’s Brazilian Grand Prix slot, but only once Interlagos’s deal expires. US consortium Rio Motorsports claims that on Monday it won a tender to build the new track. It says it has been awarded a 35-year

A South African Grand Prix at Kyalami could rejoin the Formula 1 calendar amid interest from championship bosses and a desire from the redeveloped circuit to host F1 again. South Africa has not been part of the F1 calendar since 1993, the last of Kyalami’s 20 F1 races. Kyalami hosted the FIA Sportscar finale three

Hockenheim wants to host the German Grand Prix in 2020 and has funding in place, but the venue is reliant on Formula 1 to approve an extension within its contract. After last year’s race, Hockenheim signed a one-year deal for this season, helped by backing from Mercedes. However, the contract also includes an option for

Ferrari, McLaren, Mercedes and several Formula 1 and motorsport personalities are among those to have paid tribute to three-time world champion Niki Lauda, who died on Monday. Lauda won two of his titles with Ferrari before claiming his third with McLaren after coming out of retirement. More recently, he served as the Mercedes team’s non-executive

Red Bull thinks its early 2019 Formula 1 performance has been hit by the aero rules overhaul and a change to tyres simultaneously hurting areas that were its strengths. Although the team is now making good progress with its car, and Max Verstappen is the Mercedes drivers’ closest challenger in the world championship, Red Bull

The Monaco Grand Prix has traditionally been a happy hunting ground for the Red Bull Formula 1 team, but has it already been consigned to playing second fiddle this weekend? The low-speed nature of the street circuit means engine performance is less of a differentiator, and also places a heavy emphasis on chassis performance –

Lewis Hamilton says it is “very difficult” to see himself leaving Mercedes despite discussing the appeal of a Ferrari move with his Formula 1 team boss Toto Wolff last year. When Hamilton was negotiating with Mercedes to stay with the team beyond 2018, Wolff said they talked about Ferrari’s appeal because “probably it’s in every

Formula 1 must have a German Grand Prix if Mick Schumacher follows in the footsteps of his seven-time world champion father Michael, according to Hockenheim circuit chiefs. The German GP’s future remains under threat as it continues to negotiate an extension to the one-year reprieve it earned for 2019. Hockenheim is seeking a multi-year agreement

As Mercedes Formula 1 team-mates Lewis Hamilton and Valtteri Bottas’s title battle develops, there has been a special focus on how they get off the line differently. More than once this season they have swapped places as grands prix begin, with each of them winning and losing on the run to the first corner. Bottas

The first French Grand Prix in 10 years thrilled last year, so Motorsport Live delves into the stats to explain why a Formula 1 race at Paul Ricard is simply unmissable and considers the key action areas on the track What’s a Grand Prix without action? Overtakes, crashes, safety cars and a lack of retirements

Red Bull team principal Christian Horner says Pierre Gasly is “getting stronger” despite his low-key start to the 2019 Formula 1 season. Gasly’s promotion to Red Bull was earlier than planned, following Daniel Ricciardo’s switch to Renault, with the team vowing it would give the 23-year-old time to adapt. But Gasly has scored just 21

Petrobras is seeking to end its partnership with the McLaren Formula 1 team at the request of Brazil’s national government, the country’s new president has claimed. McLaren announced a new technology tie-up with Petrobras at the start of 2018, to begin in ’19. As well as branding on McLaren’s F1 car, the Brazilian company is

Mercedes may have won the opening five rounds of the 2019 Formula 1, but each of its triumphs have come at different types of track. By removing the circuit variety and simply expressing the pace of each F1 team as a percentage from the fastest laps each set at each race, the true competitive spread

Formula 1 should continue to use Barcelona for pre-season testing even if the circuit falls off the race calendar in 2020, reckons Red Bull team boss Christian Horner. Spanish Grand Prix bosses are negotiating with F1 over the future of the race, which is under threat following the return of the Dutch Grand Prix at

Formula 1 teams are being reduced to “playing games with the thermometer” by 2019 tyre behaviour, says Gene Haas. The Haas team has struggled all season to stay in the optimum tyre operating window in races, despite often showing promise in qualifying. Warmer conditions and the nature of the Barcelona track contributed to an improved

Max Verstappen’s performances in Formula 1 have been “phenomenal” since he “selected another gear” after last year’s Monaco Grand Prix, his Red Bull team boss Christian Horner believes. Verstappen passed both Ferraris on the opening lap to finish third in Sunday’s Spanish Grand Prix, earning his second podium of the season and moving back ahead

Formula 1’s commercial boss Sean Bratches says a return to the African continent is a priority for Liberty Media, and that Marrakech has expressed an interest in holding a race. Morocco hosted a round of the world championship on a single occasion – the 1958 season finale – on a road course in Casablanca. Stirling

The Spanish Grand Prix is usually accompanied by Formula 1’s band of teams bringing their first large upgrade packages of the season, and the 2019 edition was no exception. Every team on the grid brought something new to Barcelona; the culmination of the early season’s hard work, the engineers could now assess if the long

The new Montreal pits and race control building was officially unveiled at Formula 1’s Canadian Grand Prix circuit after a particularly hard winter delayed the construction works. The city and the race promotion organisation committed to the $39m new facility after signing a contract that runs until 2029, in one of the last deals agreed

Carlos Sainz Jr believes Formula 1 must become “more attractive” to prevent events like the Spanish Grand Prix from losing more spectators as a consequence of predictable results. It is widely anticipated that the Spanish race will fall off the calendar in 2020, with the Dutch Grand Prix at Zandvoort set to occupy its traditional

Zandvoort organisers are hoping that a revised final corner with steeper banking will contribute to increased overtaking opportunities when the Dutch Grand Prix returns to the track in 2020. The changes to the right-hander named after Arie Luyendyk, which leads onto the pit straight down to the heavy braking zone at the famous Tarzan first

Formula 1 test debutant Callum Ilott says he was caught off guard by the “weird” moment that led to him spinning his Alfa Romeo and crashing at high speed. Ilott had just set his best time of the day at Barcelona when the rear snapped in the fast Turn 3 right-hander, leading to a rear

Valtteri Bottas topped the first day of the Barcelona Formula 1 test with a laptime just a tenth of a second slower than his Spanish Grand Prix pole position mark. The Mercedes driver topped the morning running, but improved his time in the afternoon using the Pirelli C5 tyres, which are two steps softer than

Haas Formula 1 team title sponsor Rich Energy Ltd and its CEO William Storey have lost a copyright infringement claim filed by specialist bicycle manufacturer Whyte Bikes. The Sussex-based company took action to defend its stag logo, claimed that the Rich Energy logo was a copy of its own and was being used without authorisation.

Lewis Hamilton became only the second Formula 1 winner to score 26 points as he added fastest lap to his Spanish Grand Prix race victory. But before the late safety car at Barcelona, he had resigned himself to missing out on it. Hamilton has downplayed the significance of chasing the new bonus point, especially because

Daniel Ricciardo says Renault “underachieved” in Formula 1’s Spanish Grand Prix by failing to score any points. The Australian started 13th courtesy of a three-place grid penalty for reversing into Daniil Kvyat in the Azerbaijan GP, and spent the opening part of the Barcelona race in 12th, bottled up behind the McLaren of Carlos Sainz

An official documentary feature film about Michael Schumacher, which has been fully supported by the seven-time Formula 1 world champion’s family, is to be released later this year. Titled SCHUMACHER, the film is backed by a major production company and features interviews with Michael’s father Rolf, his wife Corinna, his children Gina and Mick, and

Ferrari Formula 1 boss Mattia Binotto believes team orders were deployed at “the right moment” in the Spanish Grand Prix and doubts there was reason to swap its drivers earlier. Sebastian Vettel flatspotted his right-front tyre with a lock-up at the start of the race, which dropped him back from the leading Mercedes drivers and

Max Verstappen believes Red Bull’s car is “not really better in any corner than Mercedes” after his team’s Formula 1 rival’s fifth consecutive one-two in the Spanish Grand Prix. Verstappen scored his second podium of the season at Barcelona after overhauling both Ferraris, but could not challenge the Mercedes of Lewis Hamilton and Valtteri Bottas.

Lewis Hamilton moved into the Formula 1 points lead after beating team-mate Valtteri Bottas to win the Spanish Grand Prix, as Mercedes continued its perfect start to the season. Hamilton’s victory ahead of Bottas clinched Mercedes’ fifth one-two in a row and put Hamilton seven points clear of Bottas in the world championship. Max Verstappen