Motorsport

Lotus is confident it has the drivers and car to be quick at every track from now on, after finally delivering its first podium finish of the season in Bahrain. Despite having shown promising speed in the first few races …

Nico Rosberg scored his maiden Grand Prix victory and a first for Mercedes with an impressive victory in Shanghai. Rosberg, who had sauntered to pole position, pulled away at the start in style to lead into the first corner, and …

Last year’s Formula One race was cancelled amid a harsh government crackdown on protests. Opposition activists calling for democratic reform want it called off again, condemning the glamorous big-money international event as a “tool of repression”. Organisers of the Bahrain …