Japanese Grand Prix Highlights: Max Verstappen reigned supreme at Suzuka on Sunday, becoming the first Formula 1 driver to win four back-to-back Japanese Grand Prixs.

Charles Leclerc and Lewis Hamilton had finished fifth and sixth respectively in the 2025 Chinese Grand Prix.

Driver Kush Maini on Tuesday was picked as a Reserve and Test driver by Formula One team Alpine.

Lewis Hamilton's move from Mercedes to Ferrari is just one of numerous intriguing subplots in a season that gets underway in Australia this Sunday.

Maini's car stalled on the grid during the Azerbaijan GP, leading to a horrifying crash

With the team's reserve driver role up for grabs, F2 driver Maini could be involved in the scheme of things.

Alpine sit a lowly eight out of 10 teams in the constructors' championship, with Pierre Gasly scoring just six points this term thanks to two ninth spots and two tenths.

Oliver Oakes will start in his new role after the summer break and will report to Renault Group CEO Luca de Meo.

Formula One driver Esteban Ocon and constructor Alpine have agreed to part ways at the end of the 2024 season, the French constructor announced Monday in a statement.

Esteban Ocon on Thursday confirmed his "strong links" with Mercedes F1 Team following Lewis Hamilton's dramatic switch to Scuderia Ferrari after the end of the 2024 season.

Despite brushes with the track walls, the Dutch Red Bull driver finished comfortably ahead of Spanish veteran Fernando Alonso in an Aston Martin with Frenchman Esteban Ocon third for Alpine

Max Verstappen held off a revived Lewis Hamilton to steer his Red Bull to a chaotic win at the Australian Grand Prix on Sunday and tighten his grip on the world championship

The longest season in Formula 1 history starts this weekend with the Bahrain Grand Prix

Esteban Ocon topped the times for Alpine ahead of Red Bull's Sergio Perez in Saturday's uneventful second practice at this weekend's Brazilian Grand Prix

Alpine team chief Otmar Szafnauer on Friday accused the team's reserve driver Oscar Piastri of lacking "integrity" as a row over his future continued to dominate paddock gossip at the Belgian Grand Prix.

Lewis Hamilton claimed a thrilling last-gasp pole position on Saturday to give him the perfect launchpad for his bid to win a record 92nd race in Sunday's Portuguese Grand Prix.

Lewis Hamilton appeared to be at loggerheads with Formula One's ruling body again on Thursday, when he criticised the selection of Vitaly Petrov as a race steward for this weekend's Portuguese Grand Prix.

Cyril Abiteboul will remain as team principal and the team's cars will be given a makeover in the red, white and blue of the French flag.