The 2022 season is just three races old but Max Verstappen already finds himself with a mountain to climb if he is going to fight for this year's Formula 1 world... read more »

Max Verstappen has insisted there is currently "no reason to believe" in defending his world championship after a second retirement in three races plunged the... read more »

Two retirements in the opening three grands prix of this season is not the start to his F1 title defence Max Verstappen could possibly have envisaged. read more »

Max Verstappen is not thinking about the defence of his world championship after suffering a second DNF in three races at the Australian Grand Prix. read more »

A huge blow for Max Verstappen's title defence as he exited the Australian Grand Prix on lap 39. read more »

Max Verstappen's F1 title defence was dealt another blow in the Australian Grand Prix after the Red Bull driver retired for the second time this year. read more »

Esteban Ocon says the "best defence is the attack" after going wheel-to-wheel with Fernando Alonso in Saudi Arabia. read more »

Max Verstappen's title defence is up and running, the Red Bull driver winning the Saudi Arabian GP ahead of Charles Leclerc. read more »

After Friday's attack on an oil facility outside Jeddah, which caused FP2 to be delayed, one of the key discussion points during a series of meetings involving the local... read more »

Verstappen will begin his F1 title defence in Bahrain this weekend after clinching his maiden world championship in dramatic fashion at the end of last season.The Red Bull... read more »

Max Verstappen believes Ferrari is "very close" to Red Bull at Formula 1's season-opening Bahrain Grand Prix. Verstappen opened his title defence with the... read more »

Max Verstappen has expressed his excitement for the coming season and his F1 championship defence after three months without racing. read more »

F1's new era begins with this weekend's Bahrain Grand Prix when Max Verstappen will begin the defence of a title he won in controversial circumstances last year. read more »

Max Verstappen will begin the defence of his world title this weekend at the Bahrain Grand Prix, as the 2022 season gets underway. read more »

Lewis Hamilton was forced to launch a stout defence of his Mercedes team during his first media appearance at the Barcelona pre-season test. read more »

Mercedes trackside engineering director Andrew Shovlin believes the Silver Arrows made made "good progress" on the first day of pre-season testing in Spain. read more »

Red Bull team principal Christian Horner has claimed F1 world champion Max Verstappen's confidence is "sky-high" ahead of pre-season testing. read more »

Red Bull team principal Christian Horner has conceded defending Max Verstappen's F1 world title will be "incredibly difficult" despite motivation within the team... read more »

Sebastian Vettel has come to the defence of race director, Michael Masi as he claims that F1 is rapidly becoming an entertainment show as opposed to sport. read more »

Max Verstappen's car for his 2022 Drivers' World Championship title defence, the RB18, has been launched online by Red Bull. read more »

Red Bull has unveiled its RB18, the car with which Max Verstappen will defend his Formula 1 title. Verstappen was crowned World Champion for 2021 after prevailing against Lewis... read more »

Max Verstappen has unveiled the helmet design he will use for his first season as the defending Formula 1 world champion.  read more »

Former F1 supremo Bernie Ecclestone has jumped to the defence of the FIA's under-fire race director Michael Masi. read more »

There is a new "minister of defence" at Red Bull, and his name is Sergio Perez. read more »

Andreas Seidl thinks Michael Masi is working well with the teams - and disagrees with "not fair" comparisons with Charlie Whiting. read more »