Formula 1 News

Formula 1 drivers called for changes to protect their safety after Haas's Ollie Bearman slammed into a barrier at high speed at Sunday's Japanese Grand Prix.

Four-time world champion Max Verstappen suggested he could quit Formula 1 at the end of the season after enduring another frustrating race on Sunday in Japan.

Mercedes' Kimi Antonelli won the Japanese Grand Prix on Sunday for his second straight victory as the 19-year-old Italian became the youngest driver in Formula One history to lead the world championship standings.

A despondent Max Verstappen labelled his Red Bull car "undriveable" after the four-time world champion qualified a lowly 11th for Sunday's Japanese Grand Prix.

Mercedes driver Kimi Antonelli took the pole for Sunday's Formula 1 Japanese Grand Prix, just two weeks after he led qualifying and won the first race of his career in China.

The Japanese Grand Prix is only the third race of the new Formula 1 season, but it will be last one for five weeks with events in Bahrain and Saudi Arabia called off because of the war in Iran.

"I'm not speaking before he's leaving," Verstappen said, indicating reporter Giles Richards of British newspaper The Guardian, as the question-and-answer session was due to begin in Red Bull's hospitality area.

India's 11-year-old Formula 1 hopeful, Atiqa Mir, has surpassed expectations in her first year of karting in the age 12-14 category on the highly competitive European circuit.

Max Verstappen took a break from a frustrating Formula One season by driving in a four-hour race at the Nuerburgring in Germany on Saturday where he won only to be disqualified.

Kimi Antonelli said Monday that he is eyeing further Formula 1 success after the teenage Italian announced himself on the world stage with victory in the Chinese Grand Prix.

An emotional Kimi Antonelli won a grand prix for the first time on Sunday in China ahead of Mercedes teammate George Russell and Lewis Hamilton, who made his maiden podium for Ferrari.

The FIA didn't explicitly rule out rescheduling the races in Bahrain and Saudi Arabia.

Andrea Kimi Antonelli erased the record of Sebastian Vettel, who was 21 when he took pole for the Italian Grand Prix in 2008.

Ferrari's Charles Leclerc was second and his teammate Lewis Hamilton, who won the sprint in Shanghai 12 months ago, crossed the line third to complete the podium.

Sources have told NDTV that the F1 races in Bahrain and Saudi Arabia, scheduled for consecutive weekends in April, are unlikely to go ahead this season.

Championship pacesetter George Russell took pole position on Friday for the Chinese Grand Prix sprint race, leading a Mercedes one-two ahead of Kimi Antonelli.

As Formula 1 returned with sweeping technical changes and a fresh competitive edge, former South African and RCB star AB de Villiers weighed in on the new season.

George Russell kept his cool to win a frantic season-opening Australian Grand Prix on Sunday from Mercedes teammate Kimi Antonelli, with Ferrari's Charles Leclerc third.