“Not a big talking point” – Charles Leclerc downplays failed Lewis Hamilton F1 swap

Global music superstars Beyonce, The Black Eyed Peas, Simple Minds, ZZ Top and N.E.R.D have all been lined up by F1 supremo Bernie Ecclestone to rock the weekend of the Singapore Grand Prix next month - though ticket sales for the island city-state's second race are still struggling to get off the starting grid.

BMW has dropped hints that it may be willing to follow fellow German manufacturer Mercedes-Benz in supplying 'customer' versions of its engines to other F1 teams - with suggestions the Bavarian marque has Red Bull Racing as its prime target.

Flying in the face of the opinions expressed by both Ferrari and BMW over the past week, Ross Brawn has thrown his support behind the FIA's new optional ?40 million budget cap in Formula 1, warning that without it the top flight risks 'turning [engineers] into Swiss watchmakers' - but equally underlining that it will only be workable if it is embraced by all.

Who performed best across the 2025 F1 Azerbaijan Grand Prix weekend?

In finishing seventh, Lando Norris failed to capitalise on the crash which eliminated team-mate and world championship rival Oscar Piastri from the Azerbaijan Grand Prix. Of that there is no doubt.But could he have finished two places higher, but for the wheel gun issue which delayed his pitstop?Probably not, in fact.The circumstances of qualifying – Piastri crashing in Q3, Norris ...Keep reading

Max Verstappen is still not getting carried away by talk of a fifth Formula 1 world championship in 2025 after a remarkable turnaround for his Red Bull squad.The reigning champion has won the previous two grands prix in Monza and Baku from pole, leaving him 69 points behind leader Oscar Piastri, whose McLaren team-mate Lando Norris splits the pair with seven rounds remaining. It marks a ...Keep reading

Max Verstappen is still not getting carried away by talk of a fifth Formula 1 world championship in 2025 after a remarkable turnaround for his Red Bull squad.The reigning champion has won the previous two grands prix in Monza and Baku from pole, leaving him 69 points behind leader Oscar Piastri, whose McLaren team-mate Lando Norris splits the pair with seven rounds remaining. It marks a ...Keep reading

Max Verstappen is still not getting carried away by talk of a fifth Formula 1 world championship in 2025 after a remarkable turnaround for his Red Bull squad.The reigning champion has won the previous two grands prix in Monza and Baku from pole, leaving him 69 points behind leader Oscar Piastri, whose McLaren team-mate Lando Norris splits the pair with seven rounds remaining. It marks a ...Keep reading

Winner: Carlos SainzBefore we shower Max Verstappen with more praise - that kid is surely going to go far - Williams driver Carlos Sainz deserves his time in the sun after having been in the shadow of Williams team-mate Alex Albon during a tough first season for his new employer.Sainz needed more time than expected to get up to speed at Grove after his unwanted Ferrari swap, but the team ...Keep reading

Lewis Hamilton left disappointed by Ferrari's poor performance in Baku.

Was the Azerbaijan Grand Prix a big missed opportunity for Lando Norris?

British Touring Car Championship leader Tom Ingram was invincible in the second race of the penultimate round at Silverstone.The 2022 champion started his Excelr8 Motorsport Hyundai i30 N Fastback from seventh on the grid, the only driver in the top 10 on the soft option Goodyear tyres, and also had a surfeit of TOCA Turbo Boost over the half-dozen in front of him on the grid.Ingram was ...Keep reading

Mercedes nearly had to call upon Valtteri Bottas in Baku.

Lando Norris has rubbished suggestions that he has missed an opportunity to significantly close down the gap to Formula 1 world championship leader Oscar Piastri in the Azerbaijan Grand Prix.Norris finished seventh in Baku, meaning he is now 25 points behind McLaren team-mate and title rival Piastri, who crashed on the opening lap to cap off a mistake-riddled weekend. The Baku event ...Keep reading

Lando Norris has rubbished suggestions that he has missed an opportunity to significantly close down the gap to Formula 1 world hampionship leader Oscar Piastri in the Azerbaijan Grand Prix.Norris finished seventh in Baku meaning he is now 25 points behind McLaren team-mate and title rival Piastri, who crashed on the opening lap to cap off a mistake-riddled weekend. The Baku event ...Keep reading

Lewis Hamilton failed to follow a Ferrari team order to swap positions with Charles Leclerc in Baku.

Charles Leclerc was left frustrated after team-mate Lewis Hamilton failed to hand back a position at the end of the Azerbaijan Grand Prix, although slow communication by the Ferrari Formula 1 team appeared to be the main culprit.Leclerc was fighting Liam Lawson and Yuki Tsunoda for fifth in the closing stages of the Baku street race until he was passed by McLaren's Lando Norris. With Leclerc ...Keep reading

Max Verstappen moves level with Lewis Hamilton in key F1 milestone after Baku win.