Ferrari are wrong to be using team orders to favour Sebastian Vettel over Charles Leclerc, their former driver Gerhard Berger says. The Austrian, 59, who had two spells at Ferrari during a career in which he won 10 races, said the team should be allowing the drivers an “open game”. “Much as I like Sebastian

Former F1 driver Jolyon Palmer, who left Renault during the 2017 season, is part of the BBC team and offers insight and analysis from the point of view of the competitors Three races, three one-two finishes for Mercedes. On paper, this new Formula 1 season already looks like a story of Mercedes domination. But the

Formula 1 is seeking to establish a second race in China to grow the sport in one of its most important markets. Sean Bratches, the sport’s commerical boss, said he favoured a street race and was meeting delegates from six potential host cities this week. “We would be highly interested in a street race,” he

Lewis Hamilton took a comfortable victory in the Chinese Grand Prix to take the championship lead for the first time in 2019. The Mercedes driver passed team-mate Valtteri Bottas, who had taken pole position, off the line and controlled Formula 1’s 1,000th race from there. Ferrari’s Sebastian Vettel took third, after the team ordered team-mate

Could the Chinese Grand Prix be an epic battle to live up to its status as the 1,000th race in the history of the Formula 1 World Championship? It looks like a decent probability. Valtteri Bottas, the world championship leader after two races so far this season, heads Mercedes team-mate Lewis Hamilton, the two Ferraris

Valtteri Bottas fended off team-mate Lewis Hamilton in a tight battle for pole position at the Chinese Grand Prix as Mercedes out-paced Ferrari. Bottas, the quicker Mercedes driver all weekend in Shanghai, found his advantage cut by Hamilton to just 0.023 seconds as the world champion finally found pace. Ferrari’s Sebastian Vettel was third fastest,

This weekend’s Chinese Grand Prix is Formula 1’s 1,000th race. There have been many ups and downs, thrills and spills over the years but which of the previous 999 grand prix was best? We have complied a shortlist below. Choose your favourite and we’ll reveal the winner before Sunday’s race. If you are viewing this

Sebastian Vettel will continue to be given priority as Ferrari’s number one driver, team boss Mattia Binotto says. The policy had been questioned after team-mate Charles Leclerc dominated the Bahrain Grand Prix until a late engine problem cost him a maiden victory. During the race, Leclerc ignored a team order to stay behind Vettel. Binotto

Media playback is not supported on this device Formula E on the BBC Watch the Rome E-Prix from 14:30 BST on Saturday, 13 April on the BBC Red Button, Connected TV, the BBC Sport website and BBC iPlayer. Six races, six different winners, from six different teams. It has been a thrilling Formula E season

Mercedes driver Valtteri Bottas headed Ferrari’s Sebastian Vettel by just 0.027 seconds in second practice at the Chinese Grand Prix. Max Verstappen’s Red Bull was third fastest, 0.221secs off the pace despite running wide at the final corner. Lewis Hamilton’s Mercedes was fourth, 0.707secs off, while Renault’s Nico Hulkenberg and McLaren’s Carlos Sainz made it

Sebastian Vettel set the pace in first practice as Ferrari hinted they could be the team to beat at the Chinese Grand Prix this weekend. Vettel finished the first session 0.207 seconds ahead of Mercedes’ Lewis Hamilton – but the German was running harder tyres which should be slower. Team-mate Charles Leclerc was third ahead

Nico Rosberg has backed Sebastian Vettel to bounce back from his poor form, saying it is “just a phase”. Vettel’s number one status at Ferrari remains in doubt after his latest error at the Bahrain Grand Prix. The German lost control while challenging Lewis Hamilton for position – his fifth such error in the past

A landmark moment is reached in Formula 1 this weekend as China hosts the 1,000th grand prix. There have been a plethora of highs and lows since the first official race of the World Championship in 1950. From sensational wins at Silverstone and agonising defeats in Brazil to wet-weather madness at Spa – F1 has

Formula 1 reaches its 1,000-race milestone at this weekend’s Chinese Grand Prix in Shanghai, where Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc will try to erase his Bahrain heartache with a maiden victory. How do you mend a broken Ferrari heart? If ever there was a grand prix that brought F1 fans together in collective sympathy, then Charles Leclerc’s

Former F1 driver Jolyon Palmer, who left Renault during the 2017 season, is part of the BBC team and offers insight and analysis from the point of view of the competitors Sebastian Vettel’s performance at the Bahrain Grand Prix has raised serious questions – about his series of unforced errors, about his status within Ferrari

Charles Leclerc will use the same engine at the next race in China as the one that developed a problem that cost him victory in Bahrain on Sunday. Ferrari said they had traced the issue that dropped Leclerc from first to third behind the two Mercedes to “a short circuit within an injection-system control unit”.

Mick Schumacher said he “enjoyed” his first Formula 1 outing after setting the second fastest time in a Ferrari at the official Bahrain test. The 20-year-old, son of the seven-time champion Michael Schumacher, completed 56 laps and was set to be fastest until pipped by Red Bull’s Max Verstappen. Schumacher said he found Ferrari’s 2019

Renault boss Cyril Abiteboul has criticised the “increasingly frustrating and unacceptable” engine problems that have blighted their start to the new season. Drivers Nico Hulkenberg and Daniel Ricciardo retired at the same time with different issues three laps from the end of Sunday’s race in Bahrain. Both were set for points despite also having engine