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Ferrari got it wrong once again in the Netherlands

Ferrari need changes at the top, says Rosberg

Former world champion Nico Rosberg believes heads must roll at Ferrari and questioned the future of boss Mattia Binotto after the team's latest set of blunders at Sunday's Dutch Grand Prix.

Motorsport • 05 Sep 22

Verstappen has extended his drivers' championship lead to 109 points

Verstappen's title march continues with win at home GP

Red Bull's Max Verstappen won his home Dutch Grand Prix from pole position for the second year in a row on Sunday to take his 10th victory of the season and extend his Formula One lead into triple figures.

Motorsport • 04 Sep 22

Max Verstappen takes the applause from the crowd

Verstappen secures pole position for Dutch Grand Prix

Max Verstappen delivered the goods in front of 105,000 orange-clad fans by putting his Red Bull on pole position for the Dutch Grand Prix.

Motorsport • 03 Sep 22

Russell beat the times set by Leclerc and Sainz at the end of Q3

George Russell pips Ferraris to snatch Hungary pole

Mercedes' George Russell claimed the first pole position of his Formula One career for Sunday's Hungarian Grand Prix ahead of Ferrari duo Carlos Sainz and Charles Leclerc.

Motorsport • 30 Jul 22

Verstappen extends lead with victory in France

Max Verstappen won the French Grand Prix after championship rival Charles Leclerc crashed out from the lead.

Formula One • 24 Jul 22

Charles Leclerc kept his cool to win the Austrian GP

Leclerc survives a late scare to win Austrian GP

Charles Leclerc reignited his world championship hopes by racing to victory at the Austrian Grand Prix as team-mate Carlos Sainz emerged unscathed from his Ferrari after it caught fire.

Motorsport • 10 Jul 22

F1 are investigating reports of harassment at the Austrian GP

Hamilton slams abuse at Austrian GP

Formula One says it is investigating reports of "unacceptable" harassment reported by some fans attending the Austrian Grand Prix weekend.

Motorsport • 10 Jul 22

Hamilton hits out at Verstappen's 'mind-blowing' fans

Lewis Hamilton has taken aim at Max Verstappen's supporters by saying it is "mind-blowing" they cheered his crash at the Austrian Grand Prix.

Motorsport • 09 Jul 22

Carlos Sainz celebrates after securing pole position for the British Grand Prix

Sainz claims first-ever pole as fans boo Verstappen

Carlos Sainz edged out Max Verstappen to claim the first pole position of his Formula One career for Sunday's British Grand Prix.

Motorsport • 02 Jul 22

Max Verstappen repelled the late charge of Carlos Sainz at the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve

Verstappen claims Canadian Grand Prix

Max Verstappen held off a late challenge from Carlos Sainz to take victory at the Canadian Grand Prix and further extend his championship lead.

Motorsport • 19 Jun 22

Max Verstappen is bidding for a first Canadian GP win

Verstappen delivers peerless pole performance in Canada

Max Verstappen stormed to a scintillating pole position for the Canadian Grand Prix as he dominated in changeable conditions to continue his quest for a second world championship.

Motorsport • 18 Jun 22

Verstappen's 25th career win moves him into joint ninth in the all-time list of grand prix winners

Verstappen seals Red Bull Baku one-two to extend lead

Max Verstappen extended his Formula One drivers' championship lead after winning the Azerbaijan Grand Prix.

Motorsport • 12 Jun 22

Verstappen completes a hat-trick of victories

Verstappen takes Spanish victory, agony for Leclerc

Formula One world champion Max Verstappen won the Spanish Grand Prix in a Red Bull one-two and seized the overall lead in the standings on an agonising Sunday for Ferrari's luckless Charles Leclerc.

Motorsport • 22 May 22

The world champion was victorious in the inaugural event

Verstappen holds off Leclerc to win in Miami

Max Verstappen survived a late onslaught from Charles Leclerc to win Formula One's inaugural Miami Grand Prix.

Motorsport • 08 May 22

Verstappen is up to second in the Drivers' Championship

Verstappen wins weather-impacted Emilia Romagna GP

Max Verstappen won the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix as Lewis Hamilton finished 13th and a lap behind on a desperate afternoon for the British driver.

Motorsport • 24 Apr 22

Verstappen will start from No1 on Sunday

No stopping Verstappen as he secures pole position

Max Verstappen won Saturday's Sprint race after dramatically passing Charles Leclerc on the penultimate lap.

Motorsport • 23 Apr 22

Verstappen came out on top of a wet qualifying session in Imola

Verstappen pips Leclerc to pole after qualifying chaos

Reigning Formula One world champion Max Verstappen will start on pole for Saturday's sprint race at the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix after a qualifying session which was red-flagged five times.

Motorsport • 22 Apr 22

Carlos Sainz was the quickest in the first practice

Ferrari on top in first free practice at Australian GP

Carlos Sainz topped the timesheets ahead of Ferrari team mate Charles Leclerc in the first free practice at the Australian Grand Prix as the Formula One cars took to the revamped Albert Park circuit for the first time in three years.

Motorsport • 08 Apr 22

Verstappen wary of off-track demands

Formula One world champion Max Verstappen said he will try to keep his off-track commitments in check and focus on his day job as a racer, wary that his title defence might suffer with too many distractions.

Motorsport • 07 Apr 22

Max Verstappen of the Netherlands driving the (1) Oracle Red Bull Racing RB18 and Charles Leclerc of Monaco driving (16) the Ferrari F1-75 battle for track position

Verstappen pips Leclerc as Hamilton struggles

Max Verstappen passed Charles Leclerc with four laps to go to win Sunday's Saudi Arabian Grand Prix.

Motorsport • 27 Mar 22

Perez claimed his first pole position in his 12th season in the sport

Sergio Perez claims maiden pole in Saudi Arabia

Sergio Perez secured a maiden pole position in a crash-interrupted qualifying session on Saturday for the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix.

Motorsport • 26 Mar 22

$Verstappen said his relationship with Hamilton, which was fractious on occasion in 2021, is 'all good'$

Verstappen insists Hamilton's pessimism is unfounded

World champion Max Verstappen has dismissed Lewis Hamilton's claim that he will not be able to fight for victory at Sunday's Formula One curtain-raiser in Bahrain, saying that the seven-time champion's Mercedes team will be in contention.

Motorsport • 17 Mar 22

Fernando Alonso, Charles Leclerc, Carlos Sainz, George Russell, Lewis Hamilton and Max Verstappen

Formula One's radical reset tees up season to savour

Formula One is back after an enthralling and controversial 2021. With regulation changes in place, 2022 is expected to provide more thrills and spills. RTÉ Sport's Raf Diallo previews the new season.

Motorsport • 18 Mar 22

Max Verstappen (R) is congratulated by Lewis Hamilton after last December's race in Abu Dhabi.

F1 tweak safety car rules to avoid Abu Dhabi repeat

Formula One's governing body made a tweak to the safety car rules on Tuesday to avoid a repeat of the controversy that erupted after last year's title-deciding race in Abu Dhabi.

Motorsport • 16 Mar 22

Updated Red Bull boss claims new Mercedes design is 'illegal'

Lewis Hamilton's new Mercedes has been called "illegal" by Red Bull team principal Christian Horner as a rules row threatens to engulf the new Formula One season.

Motorsport • 10 Mar 22