A controversial figure in the story of Lewis Hamilton's heart-breaking 2021 world championship loss has returned to the Formula 1 paddock in Australia. read more »

Martin Brundle has admitted his confusion as to why Max Verstappen is labelled as 'the villain' by some fans in Formula 1. read more »

Martin Brundle has advised F1 world champion Max Verstappen to be more diplomatic and balanced with his opinions about the sport.  read more »

The 2023 Formula 1 summer break is almost at an end, but the opportunity to take stock of how each side’s season has unfolded ahead of the season’s resumption remains. To quote... read more »

Sebastian Vettel has been many things in F1 but few drivers have transitioned so successfully from hero to villain and back again. read more »

Max Verstappen's reception in Austria will be like night and day to the one he got at Silverstone. read more »

Has Romain Grosjean's past reputation as being F1's bad boy followed him across to IndyCar after recent criticism? Chad Smith investigates... read more »

Red Bull team principal Christian Horner has poked fun at Mercedes boss Toto Wolff, saying the Austrian would make a good pantomime villain. read more »

Red Bull reserve driver Alex Albon believes the "villain role" given to his team is a "misconception". read more »

Albon is set to return to the F1 grid in 2022 with Williams after being dropped by Red Bull at the end of last year, having completed just one full season with the team.He was... read more »

Alex Albon says the portrayal of Red Bull being a "villain" in Formula 1 is a misconception, and insists the team is "nowhere near like that" in reality.  read more »

Helmut Marko is not the "villain" in the driver story he is all too often cast as, says Alex Albon. read more »

Helmut Marko has a huge amount of power at Red Bull, and how he's yielded it has made him something of a pantomime villain to many. read more »

A four-time World Champion who was expected to challenge the record of seven, instead Sebastian Vettel became the pantomime villain in one too many story. read more »

Everyone enjoys a good villain, a common enemy they can rally against and Formula 1 fans are no different. read more »

Over the past week since the Mexican Grand Prix, Max Verstappen has been painted as the pantomime villain or Formula 1 after getting involved in a couple of near-scraps at the... read more »

Emanuele Pirro, the drivers steward on the panel that handed Sebastian Vettel his Canadian Grand Prix penalty, says he is hurt by criticism he has received from former racers.... read more »

A bullish Valtteri Bottas says he is determined to beat Lewis Hamilton in 2019. The Finn was disappointed with his performance last year, as he failed to win a single race, and... read more »

The hero on-track, the villain off it - Sunday's Brazilian Grand Prix brought out the best and worst of Max Verstappen. read more »

Italian Grand Prix winner Lewis Hamilton said he is happy to play the villain for the partisan Monza crowd after being booed on the Formula 1 podium read more »

"If I wasn’t driving today and neither was Valtteri the Ferrari would have won. We are the villains but some days I’m really happy to be the villain." read more »

MONZA, Italy -- After receiving boos on the podium at the Italian Grand Prix, race winner Lewis Hamilton said he enjoyed playing the villain at Ferrari's home race.... read more »

After creating headlines for all the wrong reasons in Belgium, ESPN charts the good and the bad races of Red Bull wonderkid Max Verstappen. The good Hungary 2015 The first big... read more »

For the sake of argument, let's assume that Max Verstappen is a moustache-twirling evil villain of motorsport who weaves more than an Arabian carpet-maker, leaving a... read more »

Good novels with a motor sport theme are hard to come by. There were many excruciating examples in the Fifties and Sixties when, fitting the period perhaps, drivers were all... read more »