Formula 1 News

Claire Dubbelman's love for the pinnacle of motorsport started at an early age, thanks to her father, Huub, who spent almost two decades in automotive journalism before working as a PR manager for brands including Mercedes-Benz Netherlands. Dubbelman was four or five years old when she began watching Formula 1 in the early 1990s. "From the time I was little, my father would wake me up - at my own ...Keep reading

Ahead of a grand prix weekend, most of us like to share predictions or try and guess who will come out on top on a Sunday. Data scientist Mariana Antaya took those chats one stage further and built a machine learning model to try and predict F1 race results. So far, her model has correctly called the winners of three grands prix this season.
“I'm a really big Formula 1 fan,” says Antaya ...Keep reading

During a Formula 1 race, stewards can hand out all manner of punishments to drivers that breach the regulations. Time penalties, fines and reprimands are often dished out for incidents like causing a collision or speeding in the pitlane, but the stewards can also issue drivers with penalty points that accrue on their superlicence.
The penalty points system was brought in as a way of monitoring ...Keep reading

During a Formula 1 race, stewards can hand out all manner of punishments to drivers that breach the regulations. Time penalties, fines and reprimands are often dished out for incidents like causing a collision or speeding in the pitlane, but the stewards can also issue drivers with penalty points that accrue on their superlicence.
The penalty points system was brought in as a way of monitoring ...Keep reading

Carlos Sainz believes Madrid's Madring Formula 1 circuit will have its own character as it combines street sections with fast and flowing swoops.
On Friday, the organisers and local authorities presented Madrid's 5.47km layout that will take over the running of the Spanish Grand Prix from September next year, joining Barcelona on the calendar in 2026 before likely becoming Spain's sole grand ...Keep reading

Carlos Sainz believes Madrid's Madring circuit will have its own character as it combines street sections with fast and flowing swoops.
On Friday the organisers and local authorities presented Madrid's 5.47km layout that will take over the running of F1's Spanish Grand Prix from September next year, joining Barcelona on the calendar in 2026 before likely becoming Spain's sole grand prix ...Keep reading

Ferrari driver Lewis Hamilton brought central London to a standstill this morning. The seven-time world champion was attending the opening of the new Fanatics store on Regent Street, and hundreds of fans camped out all morning to try and catch a glimpse of the F1 star.
Hamilton has appeared at the opening of a new Fanatics flagship store on London’s Regent Street on Friday 25 April. The ...Keep reading

The circuit that will host the Madrid Formula 1 Grand Prix for 10 years from 2026, the so-called Madring, has been officially presented to the public at an event on Friday.
Full details of the circuit were unveiled at an event attended by Isabel Diaz Ayuso, president of the Community of Madrid and Jose Luis Martínez Almeida, mayor of the capital, among other personalities from sport and ...Keep reading

The circuit that will host the Madrid Formula 1 Grand Prix for 10 years from 2026, the so-called 'Madring', has been officially presented to the public on Friday.
Full details of the circuit were unveiled at an event attended by Isabel Diaz Ayuso, president of the Community of Madrid and Jose Luis Martinez Almeida, mayor of the capital, among other personalities from sport and politics, as well ...Keep reading

Before the world had considered the word “lockdown” or the thought of hosting a family quiz on Zoom had crossed anyone’s mind, Formula 1 had lofty plans for 2020. The season was set to see F1 return to the Netherlands for the first time in 35 years and the series was planning its inaugural race in Vietnam.
When Covid-19 hit, however, those plans were thrown out the window. While F1 did ...Keep reading