Formula 1

Alex Albon of Williams is the only Thai currently competing in F1 and only the second driver in history to hail from the kingdom.

Verstappen finished 13.7 seconds ahead of McLaren's Lando Norris with Red Bull teammate Sergio Perez third, a further six seconds back.

McLaren's Lando Norris pipped the Mercedes of Lewis Hamilton to pole position on Friday for the Chinese Grand Prix sprint race as rain played havoc with qualifying in Shanghai.

The trophy is also developed with the glorious heritage of the Chinese nation in mind as it has incorporated elements associated with a dragon, paying homage to the Year of the Dragon.

Toto Wolff has not ruled out Lewis Hamilton being replaced by Sebsatian Vettel for the next season. The Mercedes team principle believes that a break 'will allow you to re-evaluated what is important to you.'

He suggested in Saudi Arabia last month that he would consider leaving if the team parted company with long-term mentor Helmut Marko.

Wolff also mentioned double world champion Fernando Alonso, Sainz and Mercedes-backed F2 rookie Kimi Antonelli as possible options.

If reports are to be believed, the 29-year-old is on the radar of Red Bull, who are looking to enlist the services of the Spaniard under their banner for the 2025 season.

Team bosses and rival drivers followed with warm words for Bearman who was not only the youngest driver in Ferrari's F1 history, but the youngest Briton to race in the sport.

A look at three things we learned from the F1 season-opening Bahrain Grand Prix 2024.

Verstappen clocked a fastest lap of one minute and 29.179 seconds to beat Leclerc by 0.228 seconds in the final seconds of the session, securing his third Bahrain pole and the 33rd of his career.

On Thursday, a file of messages and pictures was emailed to leading figures in Formula One and dozens of international news organisations from an anonymous source.

An investigation into the sport's longest serving principal, and husband of former Spice Girls singer Geri Halliwell, has been ongoing since January although details only emerged publicly on Feb. 5.

Sebastian Vettel will be the Grand Prix Drivers’ Association director despite having announced his retirement at the end of the 2022 season.

Carlos Sainz has received a 10-place grid-penalty after using one more energy store than the assigned amount in the season when his car had undergone repairs.

Three-time champion Max Verstappen led from the start and won the Brazilian Grand Prix on Sunday.