Jun 15, 2022 Melbourne will host the Australian Grand Prix until 2035 in a new deal that will also see Formula Two and Formula Three added to the schedule for the first time next year, organisers announced on Thursday. The contract for the race at Albert Park was due to expire in 2025, with Sydney

6:14 AM ET Lewis Hamilton was clearly in pain as he parked his Mercedes F1 car after the Azerbaijan Grand Prix and gingerly lifted himself out. For the past 95 minutes, his body had taken a beating within the cockpit, with his back subjected to the full brunt of the car smashing into the track

6:54 AM ET Formula One is moving closer to securing a South African Grand Prix at former race venue Kyalami, which could be on the schedule as early as next year. F1 CEO Stefano Domenicali has flown straight from Baku, host of Sunday’s Azerbaijan GP, to South Africa for talks over the potential return. 2

10:53 AM ET Max Verstappen had little sympathy for title rival Charles Leclerc at the Azerbaijan Grand Prix after the Ferrari driver retired from the race with an engine failure. Verstappen and Leclerc looked set to fight each other for victory in Baku and were on different tyre strategies when the Ferrari broke down on

5:16 AM ET Lewis Hamilton has said he will be at the Canadian Grand Prix this weekend and “would not miss it for the world,” despite enduring severe back pain at Sunday’s Azerbaijan Grand Prix. The seven-time world champion described Baku as “the toughest race” of his career after suffering more bouncing issues, with Mercedes

Jun 13, 2022 Christian Horner suspects teams such as Mercedes are overplaying the dangers of their cars bouncing at high speed to force a rule change. Lewis Hamilton hobbled away from his Mercedes car with back pain after the Azerbaijan Grand Prix, where he spent much of the race being violently bounced around in his

8:05 AM ET Ferrari suffered a nightmare double retirement at the Azerbaijan Grand Prix to hand another huge opportunity to Max Verstappen and Red Bull. Ferrari had claimed pole position through Charles Leclerc on Saturday, with Carlos Sainz starting fourth, but within just 20 laps of Sunday’s race both its cars were out of the

10:22 AM ET Lewis Hamilton said the pain he felt from his bouncing Formula One car during the Azerbaijan Grand Prix was so bad he was “praying for it to end,” while McLaren’s Daniel Ricciardo compared it having your head bounced around like a basketball. Hamilton was seen struggling to get out of his Mercedes

Lewis Hamilton avoided a penalty for driving too slowly at the end of Q2. Hamilton had been driving slowly, but off the racing line. The stewards found it was not a dangerous situation, a conclusion likely helped by Lando Norris — the car behind Hamilton at the moment in question — saying he felt what

3:44 PM ET Mercedes driver George Russell believes it is just a matter of time until the traits of the latest generation of Formula One cars result in a major accident. F1 introduced new regulations this year to help cars follow each other more closely and improve the racing spectacle. In order to maximise performance