Kimi Antonelli goes back-to-back with victory in Suzuka – as it happened

Italian makes it two in a row with a dominant second half of the race in Japan with McLaren’s Oscar Piastri in second

Kimi Antonelli wins Japan Grand Prix to become youngest F1 championship leader

Italian leads Mercedes teammate George Russell by nine points with Australian Oscar Piastri second for McLaren in his first race of the season

Kimi Antonelli pips Mercedes teammate George Russell to pole for F1’s Japanese GP – as it happened

Mercedes lockout front row with Oscar Piastri third after Max Verstappen is knocked out of qualifying early in Suzuka

Kimi Antonelli on F1 Japanese GP pole in Mercedes lockout with George Russell

Italian finished 0.298sec ahead of George Russell as Oscar Piastri qualified third, with his McLaren teammate Lando Norris fifth

McLaren and Lando Norris aim to put horror start behind them at Japanese Grand Prix

Neither McLaren started the last race in China but Lando Norris, the world champion, said: ‘I believe we can get close’

Why Max Verstappen gave me my marching orders from press conference

Max Verstappen’s ultimatum blindsided me, but there are more serious issues than an F1 driver being cross with you for doing your job

Drama amid the deluge: 50 years since James Hunt won F1 world title in Japan

The flamboyant James Hunt won his first and only world championship in dramatic fashion in Japan in the last race of the 1976 season

Wheatley leaves Audi and clears path to become Aston Martin team principal

Jonathan Wheatley is expected to join Aston Martin as the team principal after Audi confirmed his immediate departure from the same role

‘I was struggling to feel my hands’: Aston Martin’s problems laid bare by Alonso’s woe in China

So severe is the vibration problem caused by the car’s Honda engine that the team principal feared his drivers suffering permanent nerve damage

Toto Wolff says Verstappen’s car is cause of driver’s misery, not new regulations

Toto Wolff, the Mercedes team principal, has pointed to the number of overtakes at the Chinese GP as an indication the new F1 rules are working

‘I’m back to my best’: Lewis Hamilton marks Ferrari revival with Chinese GP podium place

Lewis Hamilton believes ‘there is more to come’ after ending his wait for a Ferrari podium spot by finishing third in Shanghai

Kimi Antonelli wins F1 Chinese GP from pole as Lewis Hamilton claims first Ferrari podium

Kimi Antonelli took his first Formula One win with victory at the Chinese Grand Prix in Shanghai, ahead of George Russell and Lewis Hamilton

Formula One: Kimi Antonelli wins Chinese Grand Prix – as it happened

Lap-by-lap report: 19-year-old Italian Kimi Antonelli capitalised on the first pole position of his career to win the second race of the 2026 F1 season

F1 cancels Bahrain and Saudi Arabia GPs because of Middle East war

The Bahrain circuit is only 20 miles from a US base that has been the target of Iranian attacks, and the races are unlikely to be replaced because of logistics

‘Every lap is survival’: Max Verstappen reflects on F1 Chinese GP qualifying woe

The four-time F1 champion Max Verstappen cut a disconsolate figure after qualifying eighth in Shanghai, saying Red Bull ‘have never had it this bad’