The new sprint format, which will leave a sole practice session over the weekend as Saturday's sessions have been switched to sprint qualifying and race sessions, will be... read more »
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Following approval at this week's F1 Commission meeting, this weekend's Azerbaijan Grand Prix will witness a revamped schedule.Saturday's running will be... read more »
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F1 has changed up the Azerbaijan Grand Prix weekend, pulling qualifying to Friday and having a separate sprint Saturday lined up before Sunday's race. But why have they... read more »
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Guenther Steiner has admitted that he finds free practice sessions on Saturday 'boring'. read more »
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Kevin Magnussen believes drivers will be able to take additional risk in Formula 1 Sprint races this year after Saturday's sessions were split from impacting the race.... read more »
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The Azerbaijan Grand Prix will be the first race to feature a re-jigged sprint format, which was signed off at a meeting of the F1 Commission on Tuesday. read more »
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Everything you need to know about F1's new sprint race weekend format, which will feature at six races in 2023 -- starting with the Azerbaijan Grand Prix in Baku. read more »
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The new format will be used for the first time this weekend in Azerbaijan, the first of the six sprint weekends on the 2023 schedule, with the Austrian, Belgian, Qatar, USA and... read more »
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Baku is the first F1 sprint event to be held on a street circuit, and the chances of accidents occurring have been ramped up by the decision to make the sprint a standalone... read more »
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Mitch Evans came out on top of a chaotic and wild opening Berlin race to lead a Jaguar one-two in front of his teammate Sam Bird with home favourite Maximilian Guenther... read more »
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One-lap form will be especially important in Baku as the sprint event will have its own qualifying session on Saturday, so drivers and teams will have to get it right... read more »
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The Red Bull RB19s were in a class of their own at the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix. Even though Max Verstappen had driveshaft issues in qualifying on Saturday, which meant he had... read more »
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The revised rules have been agreed with the teams and are set to be formally approved next week and then used in Azerbaijan, the venue for the first of this season's six... read more »
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Lando Norris says he would be eager to head straight into qualifying after the first practice session on a permanent basis at Formula 1 race weekends. A traditional race... read more »
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For the six sprint rounds this season, starting in Azerbaijan later this month, the Saturday races are expected to transition to become standalone events with no bearing on the... read more »
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The timetable of a race weekend has been thrust into the limelight following comments from F1 CEO Stefano Domenicali that he is in favour of scrapping free practice... read more »
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From Baku onwards, the first of six sprints this year, teams have discussed a format change in which the sprint event and the grand prix each have their own qualifying... read more »
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Ferrari team boss Frederic Vasseur says that all 10 Formula 1 parties are backing changes to the Sprint format. The switch away from the traditional format was first introduced... read more »
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Sergio Perez endured a painful Saturday in Australia, with multiple trips to the gravel and a Q1 knockout in qualifying. But his Sunday? That was a different story... For more... read more »
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Max Verstappen won the Australian Grand Prix for the first time to extend his F1 World Championship lead to 15 points. But it wasn’t as straightforward as many of his previous... read more »
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Sergio Perez blames a technical issue with his brake balance that resulted in one of the worst days of his racing career. read more »
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What had been a consistent 0.4-second deficit in the dry to pacesetter Max Verstappen across Friday and Saturday morning practice in Melbourne was suddenly slashed in half... read more »
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Valtteri Bottas says he has been left "puzzled" to be the slowest driver in qualifying as he suffered a disappointing exit at the end of Q1 on Saturday at the... read more »
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We're happy with how today went. We needed a little bit of happiness and at least for Saturday, we've got some of that. read more »
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Fernando Alonso claims he was not surprised by the speed of the Mercedes cars in qualifying for the Australian Grand Prix. George Russell and Lewis Hamilton wound up second and... read more »
Japanese Grand Prix
29th of March 2026
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| Pos | Driver | Points |
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| 1 | George Russell | 51 |
| 2 | Kimi Antonelli | 47 |
| 3 | Charles Leclerc | 34 |
| 4 | Lewis Hamilton | 33 |
| 5 | Oliver Bearman | 17 |
| 6 | Lando Norris | 15 |
| 7 | Pierre Gasly | 9 |
| 8 | Max Verstappen | 8 |
| 9 | Liam Lawson | 8 |
| 10 | Arvid Lindblad | 4 |
| Pos | Team | Points |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mercedes | 98 |
| 2 | Ferrari | 67 |
| 3 | McLaren | 18 |
| 4 | Haas F1 Team | 17 |
| 5 | Red Bull Racing | 12 |
| 6 | Racing Bulls | 12 |
| 7 | Alpine | 10 |
| 8 | Audi | 2 |
| 9 | Williams | 2 |
| 10 | Cadillac | 0 |