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Australia F1 chief vows to keep race in Melbourne

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Oct 22 04:09 PM

Australian Formula One Grand Prix chief Andrew Westacott Friday vowed to fight to keep the race in Melbourne. Read more »

Aston Martin F1 team confirm Stroll and Vettel for 2022

Alan Baldwin, Reuters
Posted at Sep 16 07:39 PM

Four-times world champion Sebastian Vettel and Canadian Lance Stroll will race for Aston Martin next season. Read more »

Motorsports: Australian F1 Grand Prix and MotoGP round axed for 2021

Reuters
Posted at Jul 06 07:14 PM

MELBOURNE - The Australian Formula One Grand Prix and MotoGP round were cancelled for the second successive year on Tuesday because of the border controls in place to keep the novel coronavirus out of the country. Read more »

Motorsports: Now comes the acid test, says Red Bull F1 boss

Alan Baldwin, Reuters
Posted at Apr 29 01:13 AM

Lewis Hamilton won last year's Portuguese Grand Prix from pole position, with the fastest lap, but Formula One's most successful driver can take little comfort in that result ahead of this weekend's return to Portimao.   Read more »

Motor racing: Hamilton's team ahead of Rosberg's in Extreme E qualifying

Reuters
Posted at Apr 04 12:29 AM

Lewis Hamilton beat old Formula One rival Nico Rosberg in the battle of team owners in qualifying for the first race of the new electric off-road Extreme E series in Saudi Arabia on Saturday. Read more »

F1: Mercedes' Lewis Hamilton wins season-opening Bahrain GP

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Mar 29 03:17 AM

Hamilton produced another stunning demonstration of his supreme racing talent Sunday to resist Max Verstappen and win the Bahrain Grand Prix. Read more »

Motor racing: Verstappen puts Red Bull on pole in F1 season-opening Bahrain prix

Reuters
Posted at Mar 28 03:04 AM

Red Bull's Max Verstappen set himself up as favorite for the first race of the Formula One season after a perfect pole position in Bahrain on Saturday. Read more »

F1 unveils fastest street track for Saudi Grand Prix

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Mar 19 01:00 AM

Officials predict the Jeddah race will see average speeds of 250 kph and the circuit will run more than 6.175 km, making it the second longest track on the calendar. Read more »

Motorsports: Bahrain vaccine offer taken up by some F1 team members

Alan Baldwin, Reuters
Posted at Mar 10 11:01 PM

Most Ferrari Formula One team members have taken up Bahrain's offer of COVID-19 vaccinations ahead of testing and this month's season-opener, despite the sport's stated reluctance to jump any queues.   Read more »

Motorsports: Team boss Brivio leaves MotoGP champions Suzuki amid F1 speculation

Alan Baldwin, Reuters
Posted at Jan 07 07:00 PM

Team boss Davide Brivio announced his departure from MotoGP champions Suzuki on Thursday amid speculation the Italian was heading for a new senior role at the Renault-owned Alpine Formula One team.  Read more »

F1 world champion Lewis Hamilton positive for Covid-19

Agence France-Presse
Updated as of Dec 01 04:26 PM

(UPDATED) Lewis Hamilton has tested positive for coronavirus and will miss this weekend's Sakhir Grand Prix in Bahrain, Formula One's governing body FIA announced Tuesday. Read more »

Motorsports: 'Might not happen': Vietnam's F1 debut in doubt after scandal

Tran Thi Minh Ha, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Nov 10 06:44 PM

Vietnam's inaugural Formula One Grand Prix "might not happen" next year, a source told AFP on Tuesday, as a report said it had been dropped from the 2021 calendar following the arrest of a key official.   Read more »

No F1 Grand Prix this year in US, Brazil, Mexico, Canada

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jul 25 02:22 AM

But there will be an F1 debut for Portugal's Portimao track, and a return for Germany's Nurburgring and Imola in Italy.   Read more »

Formula 1 teams in prison threat over Hungarian lockdown

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jul 11 09:58 PM

An announcement by the Hungarian Government, with special focus on people from Britain and non-EU countries, was sent to the teams at the Red Bull Ring on Saturday.   Read more »

F1 drivers united against racism, if not taking a knee

Alan Baldwin, Reuters
Posted at Jul 05 04:03 PM

Formula One drivers expressed unity in the fight against racism on Saturday but said taking a knee before Sunday's season-opening Austrian Grand Prix would be a matter for each to decide. Read more »

Formula 1: Lewis Hamilton on top with new helmet, as season roars back

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jul 03 06:42 PM

The action signalled the return of Formula One for the first time in seven months – albeit behind closed doors and under strictly regulated conditions. Read more »

Formula 1: Eerie atmosphere for early arrivals at belated season opener in Austria

Agence France-Presse
Updated as of Jul 03 12:10 AM

This weekend's race is the first of two on successive weekends in Austria, followed by the Hungarian Grand Prix a week later as F1 holds nine races in 11 weeks.  Read more »

Formula 1: Singapore, 2 other grands prix cancelled

Sam Reeves, Agence France-Presse
Updated as of Jun 12 06:36 PM

Formula One's Singapore, Japan and Azerbaijan grands prix were cancelled on Friday over logistical problems caused by the coronavirus, officials said, in a new blow to the disrupted season. Read more »

Hamilton criticises F1 for staying silent on Floyd death

Reuters
Posted at Jun 01 10:37 AM

Lewis Hamilton has criticised his sport for its silence on the killing of George Floyd, an unarmed black man who died after a white U.S. police officer knelt on his neck. Read more »

Formula One: Disrupted season could end in tears, as world fights outbreak

Raphaëlle Peltier, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Apr 16 09:12 PM

Formula One has weathered financial storms before, but this time the blow to the sport and the global economy is harder and the sport may be less well equipped to deal with it. Read more »