Formula 1 The winners and losers from F1’s Sakhir Grand Prix There were major talking points everywhere you looked on Sunday evening as Formula 1 took to the quirky Bahrain Outer circuit for the Sakhir Grand Prix. Here are our picks for those who had a weekend to remember or one to forget
Formula 1 Wolff: Switching Bottas for Russell next year not realistic Mercedes bringing in George Russell for the 2021 Formula 1 season is not currently “realistic”, according to team boss Toto Wolff
Formula 1 There is now no case for Red Bull keeping Albon over Perez There is no competitive justification for Red Bull not signing Sakhir Grand Prix winner Sergio Perez to replace Alex Albon for the 2021 Formula 1 season, writes Scott Mitchell
Formula 1 Verstappen blames Leclerc for ‘reckless’ lap one crash Max Verstappen says he cannot understand why Charles Leclerc was ‘so aggressive and so reckless’ in their Sakhir Grand Prix first lap tangle, which put both drivers out of the race
Formula 1 What F1 looked like the last time Hamilton wasn’t on the grid With Lewis Hamilton having never missed a grand prix in his Formula 1 career up to now, the Sakhir GP will be the first race without him on the grid since the end of 2006. We take a look at how much has changed about F1 in that time
Formula 1 Mercedes would give Grosjean car for farewell F1 test Mercedes has pledged to give Romain Grosjean a final run in a Formula 1 car if he cannot race in the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix and no one else is willing to offer him a private test
Formula 1 Hamilton ‘devastated’ and ‘gutted’ by positive COVID result Formula 1 world champion Lewis Hamilton says he is “devastated” and “gutted” to be missing the Sakhir Grand Prix due to his positive COVID-19 test result
Formula 1 Why Bottas had a pitstop with only three tyres changed Valtteri Bottas’s final pitstop in the Bahrain Grand Prix featured a change of only three tyres because he returned to the set that picked up a puncture on the opening lap
Formula 1 Verstappen accepts Algarve radio outburst was ‘not correct’ Red Bull Formula 1 driver Max Verstappen says he accepts that the language he used over the radio following his Friday practice collision with Lance Stroll during the Portuguese Grand Prix was “not correct”
Formula 1 Nine lost F1 wins that stopped Schumacher reaching 100 Could Michael Schumacher have reached three figures? We reckon so, and we’ve gone back through his time in F1 to pick out nine lost victories that stopped him getting to a century of wins
Formula 1 Wolff has Russell back-up plan but thinks he won’t need it Toto Wolff says he has a plan for George Russell if he loses his Williams Formula 1 seat to Sergio Perez, but doesn’t expect it to be needed
Formula 1 How two laps wrecked Albon’s reaction to Red Bull ultimatum A miserable first two laps in the Portuguese Grand Prix wrecked Alex Albon’s attempt to respond to the ultimatum he has been handed over his Red Bull Formula 1 future
Formula 1 Racing Point to raise ‘big issue’ of Perez reprimand Racing Point Formula 1 team principal Otmar Szafnauer says he’ll bring up the “big issue” of Sergio Perez’s Portuguese Grand Prix reprimand, which he feels will restrict Perez to “driving like a saint”
IndyCar Newgarden wins IndyCar finale, Dixon takes sixth title Josef Newgarden won the IndyCar season finale at St Petersburg in an action-packed race, but Scott Dixon’s third place gave him a sixth championship with Chip Ganassi Racing
Formula 1 Raikkonen baffled during first lap that stunned F1 rivals Kimi Raikkonen said he was left wondering “what the others are doing” on an electric first lap of the Portuguese Grand Prix that left his Formula 1 rivals stunned
Formula 1 Does Gasly deserve another shot with Red Bull? Our verdict If Alex Albon loses his Red Bull Formula 1 drive for 2021, should Pierre Gasly be considered a contender for a second chance with the team that dumped him during 2019?
Formula 1 Gary Anderson: How Algarve points to a key Red Bull strength Mercedes is on pole position for the Portuguese Grand Prix, but it’s Red Bull – or should that be the Red Bull teams – that have impressed Gary Anderson the most
IndyCar Herta tops St Pete practice, title rivals 8th and 16th In-form Andretti Autosport driver Colton Herta topped the first and only practice session ahead of the IndyCar season finale at St Petersburg, with championship contenders Josef Newgarden eighth and Scott Dixon 16th
Formula 1 FIA responds to criticism over Petrov’s appointment The FIA says it does not “discriminate” in its process of choosing stewards for views they make outside their official roles, in response to criticism over Vitaly Petrov’s Portuguese Grand Prix appointment
Formula 1 Does Magnussen have a realistic shot at an IndyCar drive? Kevin Magnussen has expressed an interest in racing in IndyCar in the future, but his options look limited there for 2021
Formula 1 How Vettel can end his Ferrari F1 stint ‘with dignity’ Sebastian Vettel is aiming “to close the chapter here with dignity” and “get myself back together” in his final six Formula 1 outings with Ferrari. But while he is certain to do so off track, achieving that on track might prove more difficult
Formula 1 Drivers committed 125 track limits offences in F1 practice All 20 Formula 1 drivers racked up 125 track limits offences between them during Friday practice ahead of the Portuguese Grand Prix
Formula 1 Ferrari’s updates and a 2021 trial explained Ferrari has continued its recent push to make its 2020 Formula 1 car more competitive, and tried out a 2021 concept in Portuguese GP practice
Formula 1 Williams refuses to rule out Perez replacing Russell in 2021 Williams acting team principal Simon Roberts refused to extinguish speculation that it could sign Sergio Perez next season to replace one of its drivers, further fuelling the rumours that George Russell’s place at the team in 2021 is under threat
Formula 1 Tsunoda could get FP1 run ahead of likely 2021 race seat Yuki Tsunoda could take part in Friday practice sessions before the end of the 2020 Formula 1 season as the likelihood of landing an AlphaTauri race drive for 2021 grows
Formula 1 Grosjean v Magnussen: how they’ve stacked up at Haas Romain Grosjean and Kevin Magnussen are both hard-chargers who have tried their best for Haas since 2017, but maybe four years without a clear direction of progress for the team was too much
Formula 1 ‘I was crying like a baby’: the day da Costa’s F1 dream died Formula E champion Antonio Felix da Costa came close to making an FP1 appearance at the Portuguese Grand Prix this weekend. The F1 chance he missed out on at the end of 2013 was much more painful
Formula 1 The factors disguising Ferrari’s recent upgrade gains Ahead of Ferrari introducing the final stage of its three-part upgrade to its troubled 2020 Formula 1 car, we take a look at how well the first two phases of new parts really performed
Formula 1 Red Bull clashing with rivals over Honda engine plan demand Red Bull is clashing with Formula 1 rivals over its desire to implement an engine development freeze in 2022, to help it take over Honda’s abandoned programme, with discussions set to take place on Monday after the Portuguese GP
Formula 1 Why F1 is losing a frustrating enigma with Grosjean’s exit It’s unbelievable that a driver of Romain Grosjean’s pace is set to slide out of Formula 1 after the final six races of 2020 without a victory to his name, and yet perhaps inevitable given the trials and tribulations of his career
Formula 1 Racing Point launches strong defence of its COVID processes Racing Point is adamant its testing processes are sufficient following Lance Stroll’s positive COVID-19 case after the team opted not to test him for the virus despite him feeling unwell
Formula 1 Perez has clear the air talks with Racing Point Sergio Perez has held clear the air talks with Racing Point to explain what he meant by comments that “some people inside the team tend to hide things” amid his departure from the Formula 1 team
Formula 1 Ex-Ferrari boss Domenicali to replace Carey as F1 CEO Former Ferrari team principal and current Lamborghini CEO Stefano Domenicali will replace Chase Carey as Formula 1 CEO before the start of next year
Formula 1 What caused Racing Point’s surprise disappointment Racing Point failed to live up to its high expectations and its good previous form at Spa in Belgian GP F1 qualifying. Edd Straw explains why
Formula 1 Why Renault is on the pace at the Belgian GP Daniel Ricciardo’s fourth place on the grid for the Belgian Grand Prix was the team’s best performance of the season, after it has looked strong all weekend. So is this the sign of a breakthrough?
Formula 1 Did Ferrari avoid humiliation at Spa? Our verdicts Ferrari scraped through Q1 in F1 qualifying for the Belgian Grand Prix. Our writers give their verdicts on if that performance was good enough given the circumstances of the team’s 2020 season
Formula 1 Who wins from F1’s new Concorde deal and how it’ll work Formula 1’s confirmation that all 10 teams have signed the Concorde Agreement is a watershed moment. Ferrari is clearly pleased with the outcome, but there’s plenty for others to be celebrating too
Formula 1 Sainz gets new monocoque to tackle cooling mystery McLaren has made a raft of changes to Carlos Sainz’s Formula 1 car for the Spanish Grand Prix weekend, including a change of monocoque, to attempt to solve the cooling problems he had at Silverstone last weekend
Formula 1 What we learned from Alonso’s first day back at Indy On-track action in the build-up to the Indianapolis 500 is back and Fernando Alonso is already one step ahead of last year
Formula 1 Gary Anderson: Vettel’s new car could fix another problem Ferrari was right to replace Sebastian Vettel’s F1 chassis, even if that wasn’t the cause of his problems, says Gary Anderson
