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Toto Wolff: Only ‘brainless lunatics’ think we favour Antonelli over Russell

Red Bull emerge as early Bahrain GP favourites despite difficult 2026 season

It was on the Baku street circuit in 2024 that the Australian enjoyed one of his finest wins in Formula 1, but last year’s edition brought him down to earth with a spectacular bump when he appeared to be flying to the drivers’ title

Mercedes driver opens up an 81-point lead over teammate Russell

It's an incredible run, with only Sébastien Bourdais matching his four-straight title run, having done so in the mid-2000s before the Indy Racing League and the Champ Car World Series merger

Antonelli now leads the world championship by 66 points from Russell and 76 from Ferrari’s Lewis Hamilton with 10 meetings remaining and is in an enormously commanding position after what had been an inauspicious opening to his F1 career

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The British driver started on pole and managed to come out on top of a sensational three-way battle with current title leader Kimi Antonelli and seven-time world champion Lewis Hamilton

The grid drop for exceeding the season's allocation of parts will depend on how many power unit components Antonelli replaces but Wolff indicated that the change would be significant and necessary

George Russell launched an explosive rant following his retirement from the Belgian Grand Prix

At the top of the standings, George Russell’s challenge seemed to be forlorn after Monaco, when the racing gods conspired against him once more and he finished pointless while his Mercedes teammate, Kimi Antonelli, won again

Yellow helmet still on, Hamilton pumped his fists and took a running leap into the arms of his fellow crimson-clad crew members after parking his Ferrari in the No 1 spot on winner's row following his masterful race at the Barcelona-Catalunya Grand Prix on Sunday

Lewis Hamilton Claims An Emotional First Win In Ferrari Red In Barcelona As Kimi Antonelli Suffers Late Heartbreak

George Russell scorched to pole position for Sunday’s Barcelona-Catalunya Grand Prix after Lewis Hamilton narrowly failed to pip him with a thrilling last-ditch effort for Ferrari

A tangled legal and regulatory mess was developing at the Barcelona-Catalunya Grand Prix on Friday after Pierre Gasly of Alpine was dramatically restored to the Monaco podium, with the FIA conceding his pit lane speeding penalties last weekend were incorrect

Canadian GP Race Results: Mercedes rookie prodigy Andrea Kimi Antonelli secured a magnificent fourth consecutive Formula One victory following a highly attritional, rain-threatened Canadian Grand Prix

At just 19, he became the first Italian to win three races in succession since Alberto Ascari in 1952 and will head to Montreal with a 20-point lead as the youngest leader of the drivers’ championship in F1 history

Giulio Pellizzari, 22, came of age at this race two years ago, and now he’s back as one of the challengers to red-hot favourite Jonas Vingegaard

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His third straight win extends his lead at the top of this year's F1 world championship

But McLaren’s enthusiasm was then quickly dented when Piastri could only finish seventh and Norris fourth in qualifying for Sunday’s main race, while championship leader Kimi Antonelli reasserted Mercedes’ mastery by making it three poles in a row

Tweaks and rain could make it a more level-playing field threatening Mercedes’ dominance

Formula One returns after a five-week break with this weekend’s Miami Grand Prix

Tweaks and rain could make it a more level-playing field threatening Mercedes’ dominance

Following an online meeting between F1, its governing body FIA, and the sport’s team principals, tweaks to the rules have been finalised and are set to come in for the Miami Grand Prix on 3 May

F1’s new 50-50 electric-hybrid era has proved hugely controversial in the two months of the season to date

It was a miserable, unlucky afternoon for Russell at the Japanese Grand Prix — an untimely safety car after Ollie Bearman’s major 191mph shunt, wrecking any chance of victory

Mercedes continue to dominate the early stages of the 2026 campaign with Kimi Antonelli securing back-to-back pole positions after his first victory in China two weeks ago

The pair have won one ‌Sunday race each but Russell, winner of the season-opener in Australia and the Saturday sprint in China, leads his Chinese Grand Prix-winning teammate by four points

But, as fighting in the Middle East enters its third week, the region finds itself on the frontline of an increasingly intractable conflict

But, as fighting in the Middle East enters its third week, the region finds itself on the frontline of an increasingly intractable conflict

But, as fighting in the Middle East enters its third week, the region finds itself on the frontline of an increasingly intractable conflict

Beyond its religious roots, the holiday has evolved into a global celebration of Irish culture, marked by everything from shamrocks and leprechauns to corned beef and a spirited round (or two) of green beer

But, as fighting in the Middle East enters its third week, the region finds itself on the frontline of an increasingly intractable conflict

But, as fighting in the Middle East enters its third week, the region finds itself on the frontline of an increasingly intractable conflict

But, as fighting in the Middle East enters its third week, the region finds itself on the frontline of an increasingly intractable conflict

A Kotak Institutional Equities report views the current market correction, spurred by geopolitical conflict, as a prime opportunity for investors to rebalance portfolios by adding quality stocks and exiting overvalued 'narrative' stocks

Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff, meanwhile, suggested Verstappen’s frustrations stemmed from having a difficult car

19-year-old converted being the youngest pole-sitter in Formula One history into victory

With the 2026 Formula 1 Chinese Grand Prix returning to the Shanghai International Circuit this weekend, final preparations for the motorsport spectacle are underway

Ultimately they were not in the mix for the win after Mercedes took advantage of a virtual safety car to take a cheap pitstop while Ferrari chose not to do so

As crowds filtered into Melbourne's Albert Park on Friday for Formula 1’s first day of practice at its 2026 season opener, there were questions marks

F1 races at risk as Middle East war disrupts sport

That glamour has been a staple part of F1 throughout its 76 year history, with precisely engineered cars and luxury brands converging in desirable cities across the world