The Latest Breaking News from George Russell

As the only chance to get prepared for all of the competitive sessions to come this weekend, a big queue formed at the end of the pitlane ahead of the 60-minute session getting underway.

Hamilton and Russell were suffering brake issues in practice, while Pierre Gasly's Alpine caught fire, Yuki Tsunoda suffered a damaging puncture and Kevin Magnussen was also forced to end his session early

Rumours regarding the futures of both Hamilton and Leclerc have been rife in recent weeks, given the looming expiry of their respective contracts with Mercedes and Ferrari

A slow launch from George Russell to trigger contact with the AlphaTauri of Pierre Gasly sent the Mercedes spinning into Zhou on the approach to the Turn 1 right-hander.

For the first time in 2023 the F1 Sprint returns for the Azerbaijan Grand Prix weekend and, with double the number of Sprints set to take place this year, it remains a divisive subject

F1 has long been looking at format tweaks to enhance the entertainment, particularly with regards to reducing the standard grand prix format's three practice sessions and instead introduce some form of jeopardy from Friday onwards.

Mercedes endured another poor start to the season, though there were signs of green shoots last time out in Melbourne – and now team boss Wolff has some more good news

Mercedes ace Russell is regarded as one of the hottest talents in Formula 1 who has the ability to become world champion – and Red Bull rival Verstappen believes the hype

After persisting with its troubled 2022 concept, Mercedes found out even before the season started that it had likely made the wrong decision and instead devoted its development resources towards a changed floor and sidepod concept, which is being readied for next month's Emilia Romagna Grand Prix at Imola.