Formula One News — December 2021

Bernie Ecclestone has questioned whether seven time world champion Lewis Hamilton really deserves his knighthood.

Renault is not giving up on the goal of winning the world championship once again.

Davide Brivio will "decide" whether to stay in Formula 1 with Alpine or return to the familiar environment of MotoGP, team owner Renault's CEO Luca de Meo admits.

Alex Wurz has backed Formula 1's under-fire race director Michael Masi.

Dr Helmut Marko has urged Mercedes to drop its threat to appeal the outcome of the 2021 world championship.

Ferrari will consider Carlos Sainz's future over the winter, team boss Mattia Binotto has revealed.

Former F1 driver Sebastien Bourdais has slammed Red Bull and Sergio Perez for interfering in the world championship fight last Sunday.

Bernie Ecclestone has admitted he could slide back into an influential position in Formula 1.

2022 rookie Guanyu Zhou has fended off criticism of his impending Formula 1 debut.

The president of France has admitted he is keen for the country to remain on the Formula 1 calendar.

Indycar frontrunner Pato O'Ward has raved about his first experience of life at Formula 1 speeds.

Max Verstappen has revealed that Mercedes boss Toto Wolff finally offered belated congratulations for his title win the day after Sunday's epic and controversial 2021 season finale.

Bernie Ecclestone has defended Formula 1's under-fire race director, but he says some elements of the way the sport was run this year were "a disaster".

The first act in Fernando Alonso's 2021-2022 'off season' is to head into hospital for an operation.

Nikita Mazepin will sit out this week's post-season tyre test, but the Russian driver is in good health.

Max Verstappen's mother admits she "begged the angels" for a miracle to help her son become Formula 1 world champion on Sunday.

Dr Helmut Marko admits seeing Max Verstappen become world champion on Sunday provoked "much more intense" emotions even than Red Bull's first ever title with Sebastian Vettel.

The Formula 1 paddock is split down the middle as the sport collectively digests the incredible last-lap climax to the 2021 world championship.

Dr Helmut Marko has described his Mercedes counterpart Toto Wolff as an "unworthy loser" after the incredible and controversial 2021 season finale in Abu Dhabi.

Drivers who thrived in Formula 2 are likely to also thrive next year, as Formula 1 prepares to race into the future with its next-generation cars for 2022 and beyond.

Audi bosses are still yet to decide if the Volkswagen-linked German carmaker will launch a Formula 1 project.

Abu Dhabi GP - Sunday Press Conference

Abu Dhabi GP - Sunday Photos

The second of the two protests - a breach of Article 48.12 of the 2021 FIA Formula One Sporting Regulations, by restarting the race without giving one more lap under the safety car without allowing the lapped cars to catch back up to the pack, and instead restarting straight away on the same lap - has been dismissed.

One of the two protests that Mercedes lodged, a breach of Article 48.8, that Max Verstappen overtook Lewis Hamilton during the Safety Car period, has been dismissed by the Stewards of the race.