Formula 1

Audi said on August 26 that it will enter Formula One beginning with the 2026 season, committing to a sporting and prestige project that might cost hundreds of millions of dollars. Audi stated it will disclose which team it would collaborate with for races by the end of the year. F1 President Stefano Domenicali described the event as "a major… read-more

Ferrari's Charles Leclerc won pole position for Azerbaijan Grand Prix 2022, defeating Red Bull's Sergio Perez and Max Verstappen by three-tenths of a second. It was his fourth successive pole and his sixth of the season. "I probably did not expect it, because I thought Red Bull were stronger, especially in Q1 and Q2, but then in the last lap, everything came together," said Leclerc after qualification on June 11. 

Making a big announcement, Formula 1 said it has decided to extend the contract with the Chinese Grand Prix to conduct the championship in China until 2025. It had made its debut at the Shanghai International Circuit in 2004 and the last race was conducted in the country on 2019. ''This is great news for all of our fans in China,'' said Formula 1's President and CEO Stefano Domenicali. 

Formula One champion Lewis Hamilton has signed a one-year contract with Mercedes on February 9. While Hamilton's contract expired in December 2020 and was a free agent until now, the Mercedes-AMG Petronas Team expressed gratitude by welcoming and continuing in 2021. Meanwhile, the 36-year-old British F1-racer is eyeing for a victory in a unique eighth world title, as he will contest in the upcoming season starting in March at Bahrain.