Formula 1 news

Toto Wolff has called on Mayor of London Sadiq Khan and UK prime minister Boris Johnson to get behind bringing a Formula 1 Grand Prix to London.
The British Grand Prix has been held at Silverstone since 1987, having alternated between the Northamptonshire circuit and Brands Hatch in the past.
The race’s current deal expires in 2024, although F1 managing director Ross Brawn stated in the past that any London race would “complement Silverstone, not replace it”.
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Azerbaijan Grand Prix organisers would be keen to host Sprint Qualifying sessions in future, if the format is carried over into next season.
The format, which will see traditional qualifying shifted to Friday and a sprint race introduced on Saturday, will be trialled at three race weekends this year, starting with the British Grand Prix in July.
The results of Friday qualifying will set the grid for Sprint Qualifying, which in turn sets the starting order for Sunday’s Grand Prix.
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In just his third race with Dale Coyne Racing, Romain Grosjean will lead a 25-car field to the yard of bricks Saturday in the Indianapolis Grand Prix.
The former Formula 1 driver turned a lap of 1 minute, 9.4396 seconds around the Indianapolis Motor Speedway road course Friday to beat two-time IndyCar champion Josef Newgarden.
It’s the 35-year-old Frenchman’s first pole since a 2011 GP2 Series race in Turkey and he celebrated flexing his arms in joy when he pulled into pit lane.
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Valtteri Bottas has admitted that he considered quitting Mercedes after enduring a difficult 2018 Formula 1 season with the team.
While teammate Lewis Hamilton drove to a fifth Formula 1 world title, Bottas finished fifth in the drivers’ championship without claiming a race victory.
The Finn was notoriously asked to move out of the way for Hamilton to claim victory at the Russian Grand Prix after taking pole and leading from the front, while a puncture cost him a likely win in Baku at the

Colton Herta is not going to drive in Formula 1 or for Roger Penske or Chip Ganassi or anywhere but Andretti Autosport for now.
The 21-year-old star signed a two-year contract extension inside the Indianapolis Motor Speedway press box Friday, ending speculation he could move to F1 or another IndyCar team next season.
Losing Herta to another series team would have put team owner Michael Andretti in an awkward position. Andretti competed with and against Herta’s father, Bryan, for years and