F1

Nine months ago, at the end of March, the future of Formula 1 looked decidedly uncertain. The global pandemic had exploded, countries everywhere were shut down and people were dying in large numbers. Covid-19 struck just as the motor racing season was beginning. F1 sailed into the storm in Melbourne,

Too little. Too late. If only the 2020 grand prix season had begun the way it finished in Abu Dhabi, with Max Verstappen and Red Bull finally taking a win on merit from the Mercedes-AMG super-team. Mighty Max converted pole position into a solid success in the desert, even surviving

Yas Marina is echoing to the musical scream of a V10 Grand Prix engine through the final weekend of the 2020 Formula One season. Renault is using the end of its yellow era in F1, and the start of the Alpine generation in 2021, to create a little magic for

George Russell could be back in black in Abu Dhabi. After a hugely speedy and promising first start with Mercedes-AMG in Bahrain he was eventually left with little to show for his upgrade from Williams as a stand-in for world champion Lewis Hamilton. But Hamilton is unlikely to finish the

The second-generation raced has just locked-up the FIA Formula 2 crown to go with the F3 title he won in 2018, making him the best-credentialed of the youngsters who are preparing to graduate to F1. His place is reserved at Haas, where he will line-up alongside the mercurial – and highly

Lewis Hamilton picked the right weekend to take an F1 sickie. As the newly-crowned world champion stayed away from Bahrain with Covid-19 his Mercedes-AMG team imploded. What should have been a regulation 1-2 finish for Valtteri Bottas and speedy fill-in George Russell turned into the worst race for the Black