Sports Personality of the Year: Lewis Hamilton receives award The 2021 Formula One season will have a new curtain-raiser after the Australian Grand Prix, which was scheduled to kick off the campaign on March 21, was pushed back until November. The showdown in Melbourne has been the traditional season opener since 1996 – excluding in 2006, 2010 and last year, […]

Lewis Hamilton compared to Schumacher by David Coulthard Former Formula One racer Pedro de la Rosa had a clear warning for Lewis Hamilton when looking ahead to the 2021 season, which gets underway in March, for Movistar’s Fernando Alonso-centred documentary. But the seven-time world champion needn’t take much notice, knowing his biggest threat to an eighth title comes from elsewhere. […]

F1: Lewis Hamilton goes for a seaside run Seven-time Formula One world champion Lewis Hamilton’s future in the sport is still uncertain, with talks regarding a new deal at Mercedes yet to come to fruition. The Stevenage-born driver is technically a free agent after the expiry of his previous contract, but is widely expected to continue his working relationship with […]

Long-time Renault Formula 1 boss Cyril Abiteboul has left the company and will not head up the rebranded Alpine team in 2021 as expected. Abiteboul had led Renault’s F1 operation since before they re-joined the grid five years ago and was thought to be tasked with bringing the French team into a new era as Alpine F1, their new name […]

The Daily Star’s FREE newsletter is spectacular! Sign up today for the best stories straight to your inbox Lewis Hamilton is leaving Mercedes "ready for curveballs”, according to team chief Toto Wolff, over his £120m contract dilemma. The Brit has not yet signed a new deal with the team that he won a record-equalling seventh Drivers’ Championship with last season […]

LONDON (REUTERS) – Organisers of the Chinese Grand Prix say they have asked Formula One management to move the Shanghai race from April to later in the 2021 calendar, Motorsport.com has reported. “We have been in contact (with F1) via conference call almost every week,” Yang Yibin, the general manager of race promoter Juss Event, was quoted as saying by […]

Max Verstappen reacts to Honda's departure from Formula 1 Max Verstappen is heading into his fifth season in Formula 1 this year. He came second in the drivers’ standings in 2020 following two race wins and 11 podiums. Despite being just 23, Verstappen has already had four different team-mates in F1. His career in the sport’s top tier started with […]

George Russell 'gutted' to miss out on Sakhir GP victory George Russell moving to Mercedes ‘would suit Williams’, according to reports. The Silver Arrows are still confident of reaching an agreement over a new contract for Lewis Hamilton but, with that deal taking a while to strike, speculation continues to rumble on. Russell impressed when he appeared for Mercedes in […]

F1: Hamilton knighted in New Year's Honours List Lewis Hamilton may have comfortably won a fourth consecutive F1 World Championship last season with Valtteri Bottas struggling to keep pace with him, but the British racing superstar made it clear at the Bahrain Grand Prix how he felt about the competition from his team-mate. Mercedes were forced into making a switch […]

F1: Lewis Hamilton goes for a seaside run Red Bull Racing star Max Verstappen has revealed that he is confident of establishing dominance over team-mate Sergio Perez next season. The Mexican was announced as the team’s newest recruit last month, with Verstappen’s former partner Alex Albon having been dropped after failing to trouble the Dutchman last year. Perez brings a […]