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A 'landmark' moment - why has Rwanda been chosen to host F1?
How Rwanda has succeeded where Morocco and South Africa, among others, have failed by agreeing a deal to stage the African Grand Prix.
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BBC SportHow Rwanda has succeeded where Morocco and South Africa, among others, have failed by agreeing a deal to stage the African Grand Prix.
BBC SportHow Rwanda has succeeded where Morocco and South Africa, among others, have failed by agreeing a deal to stage the African Grand Prix.
BBC SportRwanda signs a 10-year deal with Formula 1 to host races in the African country, starting "in the early 2030s".
Motorsport.comValtteri Bottas was again hindered by Cadillac’s well-documented brake issues in Formula 1’s Singapore Grand Prix, although the veteran has described the problem as “almost solved”.Brake overheating has been an issue throughout the season on the MAC-26, causing four retirements on top of the occasional loss of performance due to the required management.F1’s new team brought ...Keep reading
Motorsport.comEvery time a team principal looks mildly stressed on television, Formula 1 fans immediately open Photoshop and start pasting Christian Horner into their team kit.Over the last few months, the Maranello rumour mill has gone into overdrive. Between Ferrari's messy strategy calls and Horner casually calling the Scuderia a "dream job" in an earlier interview, half the paddock seemed convinced he ...Keep reading
Motorsport.comManaging the immense pressure of a Formula 1 championship battle requires finding ways to disconnect between race weekends. For Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff, unwinding ahead of the United States Grand Prix apparently involves taking one of the rarest, most expensive, and most aggressive road cars ever built for a casual drive through Casino Square.Just days after a gruelling ...Keep reading
Motorsport.comValtteri Bottas was again hindered by Cadillac’s well-documented brake issues in Formula 1’s Singapore Grand Prix, although the veteran has described the problem as “almost solved”.Brake overheating has been an issue throughout the season on the MAC-26, causing four retirements on top of the occasional loss of performance due to the required management.F1’s new team brought ...Keep reading
Motorsport.comEvery time a team principal looks mildly stressed on television, Formula 1 fans immediately open Photoshop and start pasting Christian Horner into their team kit.Over the last few months, the Maranello rumour mill has gone into overdrive. Between Ferrari's messy strategy calls and Horner casually calling the Scuderia a "dream job" in an earlier interview, half the paddock seemed convinced he ...Keep reading
Motorsport.comManaging the immense pressure of a Formula 1 championship battle requires finding ways to disconnect between race weekends. For Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff, unwinding ahead of the United States Grand Prix apparently involves taking one of the rarest, most expensive, and most aggressive road cars ever built for a casual drive through Casino Square.Just days after a gruelling ...Keep reading
Motorsport.comClassic Formula 1 cars are racing around the Port of Nice, and the footage doing the rounds on Instagram is the clearest look yet at how Bradley Cooper's Ocean's prequel plans to put motorsport on screen once again. As you can see, the working harbour has been transformed into an early-1960s European road course. If you wanted proof that this film is treating its racing seriously, this is ...Keep reading
Motorsport.comMore than a year after his abrupt and highly controversial exit from the Red Bull Racing pitwall in July 2025, former team principal Christian Horner is finally shedding light on the exact circumstances surrounding his dismissal.In an interview with The Guardian, the 52-year-old executive stripped away the paddock rumours and placed the blame for his exit squarely on a massive corporate power ...Keep reading
Motorsport.comFerrari boss Fred Vasseur has refused to label Red Bull as the current best team in Formula 1 despite Max Verstappen winning the last two grands prix from pole.The four-time world champion took his first victory of 2026 with a dominant performance in Malaysia, before winning both the Singapore sprint and grand prix just one week later.It comes after Red Bull brought a large upgrade to Baku ...Keep reading
Motorsport.comClimbing from 19th to ninth on a street circuit sounds like a decent Sunday's work, and for George Russell it was. It also fell short of what Mercedes had pencilled in, and Toto Wolff has now laid out why. Wolff's argument is that Marina Bay punishes anyone who gets close to the car ahead."I think it's so difficult here to overtake. The moment you catch the car in front, you have such a ...Keep reading
Motorsport.comMcLaren is hoping its upgrade plan can do two things at once: close the gap to the front of the grid while also forming an understanding of which aerodynamic concept it should be targeting for next year's Formula 1 season. Team principal Andrea Stella has laid out his thinking on the team's upgrade plan following the Singapore race.Reigning champion Lando Norris said that he believed the ...Keep reading
Motorsport.comKimi Antonelli left the Marina Bay Circuit with another podium finish and a 102-point lead over team-mate George Russell. He is indeed in control of the drivers' championship with another great race under his belt. But he left the track and almost put his Mercedes into a barrier because the brake pedal started misbehaving.The third-place finish behind Red Bull's Max Verstappen and Ferrari's ...Keep reading
AutosportThe government of Rwanda and Formula 1 have announced a 10-year deal for a new African Grand Prix in capital Kigali, which will first be held in 2030 at the earliest.F1 will head to a yet-to-be-built natural road course 40km south of Kigali, next to the Rwandan capital's under-construction Bugesera international airport. The first edition of the race, which is officially billed as 'Formula 1 ...Keep reading