Formula 1 News

Renault lodged a protest against Racing Point, whose car has been dubbed the 'pink Mercedes' due to alleged similarities with the world champions' cars from last season.

Renault lodged a formal protest in the aftermath of Lewis Hamilton's victory in the Styrian Grand Prix, a race that saw Sergio Perez storm from 17th on the grid to sixth in his Racing Point.

Lewis Hamilton said that a number of drivers wanted to stop the pre-race anti-racism gestures and that he feels some teams are not doing enough to show solidarity with the movement.

In the race on Sunday, Sergio Perez and Lance Stroll finished sixth and seventh respectively in the Racing Point cars.

Max Verstappen was third for Red Bull, slowed by slight car damage in the final stages, ahead of his team-mate Alex Albon, who defended stoutly to finish fourth.

Sebastian Vettel started from 10th and was ahead on the opening lap when Charles Leclerc launched his attack, an ill-judged move that ruined the race for both men.

Lewis Hamilton delivered one of his greatest qualifying performances in treacherous rain-swept conditions.

Alain Prost rejected suggestions that Renault signed Fernando Alonso for marketing objectives, rather than his racing talent.

Ferrari-bound Carlos Sainz was fifth for McLaren ahead of an out-of-sorts six-time champion Lewis Hamilton in Mercedes.

Helmet Marko confirmed that Red Bull would not be able to offer Sebastian Vettel a seat next season.

Fernando Alonso left Formula One in 2018 after four fruitless years at McLaren and is due to make a third attempt to win the Indianapolis 500 with McLaren in August.

Alex Zanardi, who had both his legs amputated after a motor racing accident two decades ago, suffered serious head injuries after a crash during a road race in Tuscany in June.

Six of the 20 drivers remained standing during the protest before the start of the belated season-opening Austrian Grand Prix on Sunday.

It was the second collision between Lewis Hamilton and Alex Albon in three races and resulted in a five-second time penalty for the Briton that cost him a podium finish.

Formula One returned with a bang in a belated, dramatic and incident-strewn 2020 season-opening Austrian Grand Prix.

Ferrari's Charles Leclerc and Red Bull's Max Verstappen had confirmed a split among F1 drivers when they said they would not take a knee on the grid, but that they remained committed to fighting racism.

It is expected that the drivers will all wear t-shirts in support of their stance against racism, but Lewis Hamilton hinted their reluctance to go further and take a knee may be due to a lack of understanding of racism.

Max Verstappen wound up third behind pole-sitter Valtteri Bottas and six-time champion Lewis Hamilton in Saturday's qualifying at his team's Red Bull Ring home track.