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Max Verstappen creates F1 history as the Dutch driver extends his lead in the drivers world championship, coming from 15th on the grid to win the Belgian Grand Prix while a irate Fernando Alonso has a costly tussle on lap one with former McLaren teammate Lewis Hamilton.

The Belgian Grand Prix marks the return of F1 after the summer shutdown and a run of nine races in just three months.

Daniel Ricciardo is adamant he has the 'fire in his belly' to succeed in F1 and that his exit from McLaren does not mean the end of his career in the sport while Formula 1 CEO Stefano Domenicali has defended Toto Wolff after former champion Mario Andretti attacked the Austrian over his opposition to admitting an 11th team.

The ten current F1 teams almost all have their own owner, company or group of owners who play an important role for the team, especially financially. But who exactly are these owners?

Red Bull advisor Helmut Marko has de the implications of Honda's U-turn decision to continue to supply power units to the team until the end of 2025 while Red Bull team principal Christian Horner has conceded last season' "heavyweight fight" with Mercedes was "frustrating" due to the behind-the-scenes shenanigans.

Red Bull Racing, thanks to Sebastian Vettel and Max Verstappen, has been very successful over the past 12 years with five world championships. Only Mercedes was more successful during that period. This is mainly due to owner Dietrich Mateschitz, owner of Red Bull Racing since 2004.

Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff has revealed the "unconventional" routes taken to speed up the development of the W13 this season. Meanwhile Charles Leclerc is adamant that the Ferrari team of this season is far removed from the outfit that has failed to take an F1 world championship since 2008.

Alpine team principal Otmar Szafnauer has conceded he "wouldn't be surprised" if the team's current driver debacle has been caused by the sharing of information while Red Bull team principal Christian Horner has conceded that until F1 is able 'address the economics' of adding an additional team to the grid, Michael Andretti's bid is unlikely to progress.

If you watch F1 or any motorsport really you’ll have heard of the FIA. But what is the FIA, what do they do, aside from rob lewis Hamilton of world championships according to some. We explain all.

Lewis Hamilton finally talking openly about the last race of last season saying how he felt cheated out of the world championship by the decisions made by Michael Massi last November.  Also Alpine principle Otmar Szafnauer has revealed he has 14 candidates lined up for the alpine 2023 seat with one of them still being Oscar Piastri.

Alpine has been hit with another twist in its driver situation for 2023 after Oscar Piastri denied he will drive for the team in F1 next year.

Carlos Sainz blamed the cool conditions rather than a bungled strategy for Ferrari missing out on another race victory this season.

Max Verstappen was at his imperious best to take a commanding lead in the drivers championship with victory at the Hungarian Grand Prix. His title rivals stumbled as once more the Ferrari pitwall cost Charles Leclerc a potential race win while Mercedes’ once more showed they can be best of the race with both drivers on the podium.

Charles Leclerc has insisted there were no concerns over a potential reliability fault during practice for the Hungarian Grand Prix. Max Verstappen has reflected that Red Bull "can't compete" with Ferrari in dry conditions at the Hungarian Grand Prix and is hoping for rain to intervene in qualifying.

The Hungarian Grand Prix brings the first phase of the season to a close but what can you expect from what is often a chaotic weekend?

Sebastian Vettel has confirmed he will retire from F1 at the end of the current season while Red Bull's worst-kept secret is close to formally being made public as Porsche is on the brink of acquiring a 50 per cent stake in the F1 team.

Red Bull team principal Christian Horner has claimed it is "too late to re-design a car" for 2023 with any rule change set to hurt smaller teams the most while Lewis Hamilton has offered some words of advice to Charles Leclerc after the Ferrari driver's retirement from the lead at the French Grand Prix.

Red Bull team principal Christian Horner has warned his Mercedes opposite number Toto Wolff against breaking F1’s code of conduct during the upcoming summer break while Ferrari team principal is confident the team can bounce back from a disappointing French Grand Prix with a one-two in Hungary this weekend and has insisted there is "no reason to blame" Charles Leclerc after his win-costing error.

After the French Grand Prix there’s plenty to sort out before next weeks race as Sergio Perez feels a failure in the FIA’s Virtual Safety Car System led to him being beaten to third place by George Russell, Carlos Sainz backs his Ferrari pitwall after they pitted him late on at Paul Ricard, costing him a possible third place finish, while Toto Wolff explains why he had to talk to his young driver...

Max Verstappen takes the crown in Paul Ricard and extends his lead in the championship. Meanwhile Leclerc makes an fatal error, by crashing out of the race, that could eventually cost him the title.

Max Verstappen has welcomed Mercedes' revival despite the added complication it provides to his hopes of retaining his F1 title this season while Lewis Hamilton has revealed which driver he has found it toughest to race against during his F1 career - after initially conceding he was unaware this weekend’s French Grand Prix will be his 300th race.

The second half of the F1 season begins with this weekend's French Grand Prix as Max Verstappen looks to return to winning ways after suffering back-to-back defeats for the first time this year.

Former F1 world champion Jacques Villeneuve has called for harsh punishments for teams found to exceed the budget cap in F1 while Christian Horner has suggested Red Bull will not need to make any amendments to its floor in order to comply with an impending FIA technical directive.

Sebastian Vettel has criticised the near-certain loss of the Belgian Grand Prix from the F1 calendar while Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff has suggested his F1 rivals have been breaking the rules this season with regard to the legality of the floors of their cars.

Although Ferrari is still in the title race, the team knows that the big concern is still the power unit. Last race in Austria, Carlos Sainz saw his car burn down after his engine exploded, typical of the unreliability of the Italian engine.