Formula 1

Bottas announced on Monday that he would be joining Alfa Romeo for 2022 after signing a multi-year deal, paving the way for George Russell to be announced as his replacement at Mercedes. The exit of Bottas brings to an end a highly successful partnership with Hamilton at Mercedes over the past five seasons that has

The banking was designed with the intention that drivers could open DRS on entry and thus have a better chance of pulling off a passing move on the following straight. However, after studying simulations of grip and downforce levels, the FIA preferred to take a conservative approach for the first F1 event at Zandvoort for

Mercedes employed a strategy split between its two drivers at Zandvoort on Sunday in a bid to try to overhaul Verstappen’s Red Bull at the front of the field. Hamilton was put on to an aggressive two-stop strategy while Bottas tried to make a one-stop work. The hope from Mercedes was that by diverging the

Following an incident between the drivers over qualifying etiquette on Saturday, Mazepin and Schumacher had a near-miss during Sunday’s Dutch Grand Prix in the opening stages. As Schumacher looked to pass Mazepin on the right-hand side as they started the second lap, Mazepin moved across late, forcing Schumacher to back out. Schumacher also picked up

Verstappen held track advantage from the start and, although Lewis Hamilton was able to keep in contact with his title rival, there was no chance of being able to pass on track. The only possibility Hamilton had was in trying to undercut Verstappen by pitting first, and by Mercedes making use of Valtteri Botttas on

Q2 was ended prematurely as a result of two red flag interruptions, caused by Williams drivers Russell and team-mate Nicholas Latifi shunting into the barriers. Russell, running in 11th, caused the first stoppage when he suffered a spike of oversteer on the entry to the final corner. As he caught the slide, he spun into

It will be the Mexican’s fourth of the season, and a multiple change or elements will thus automatically send him to the back of the grid. However, it adds a fresh power unit to his pool just prior to the Italian GP at Monza, traditionally the race where teams prefer to run a low mileage

The Red Bull driver snared his 10th pole position, seven of which have arrived this season, at his home circuit of Zandvoort ahead of Mercedes rivals Lewis Hamilton and Valtteri Bottas. Verstappen, who had set the pace in Q2, delivered three flying laps in the final part of qualifying and remained at the top of

Albon looks set to make a full-time return to F1 next year as both Williams and Alfa Romeo have shown an interest in signing the Anglo-Thai driver, who raced for Red Bull from mid-2019 until the end of 2020. Red Bull F1 boss Horner said on Friday afternoon that a decision on Albon’s next step

This weekend marks the first Dutch Grand Prix since 1985 after changes were made to the Zandvoort track to bring it up to F1 spec, capitalising on the massive levels of support for Max Verstappen. As part of the changes, three corners – Turn 1 (Tarzanbocht), Turn 3 (Hugenholtzbocht) and Turn 14 (Arie Luyendijkbocht) –

The home hero endured a frustrating day at times on F1’s first visit to the circuit since 1985, as many of his quick laps had to be aborted because of the numerous red flags that were brought out in the two practice sessions. Ferrari duo Charles Leclerc and Carlos Sainz Jr ended up top of

The return of Zandvoort to the calendar for the first time since 1985 marks a home race for Max Verstappen. Perimeter roads by the seaside track have been lined with flags, overwhelmingly showing support of the Red Bull driver. Although there is no on-track action on Thursday, fans also queued up on the access roads

Formula 1 was a very different place the last time the coastal resort of Zandvoort hosted a grand prix. Three-time world champion Niki Lauda was in the twilight of his career, doing battle with rising stars like Alain Prost and Ayrton Senna. Nelson Piquet was right in the middle of his illustrious F1 career, heading

With F1 still analysing exactly what went wrong at the Belgian Grand Prix last weekend as it failed to run any racing laps, there have been some comparisons with how the series managed to pull off events in the past in even worse conditions. One of the most difficult wet races was the 2007 Japanese

The 2007 F1 world champion, Raikkonen was out of contract with Alfa Romeo at the end of the year and widely expected to leave the team. The Finn has now confirmed he will be leaving F1 at the end of the season, calling time on a career in the series spanning over 20 years. Raikkonen

It took a long time but Kimi Raikkonen has finally won the world championship title that he so clearly deserves. And, of course, it came at the expense of McLaren after his own two near misses with the British team in 2003 and ’05. This was an extraordinary season for the Finn that began with