Briton hits a practice low but still completes Mercedes front row for Monaco GP

Nico Rosberg scored his third successive pole position as Mercedes locked out the front row for the second consecutive race.

Former champion says new engines will make ‘brain power’ as vital as horsepower for drivers

Fernando Alonso is rarely wrong when it comes to predicting form at grands prix, and his suggestion on Wednesday that Mercedes are a contender for victory in Monaco was borne out by the silver cars' speed again in practice.

The German has been on pole position at the last two races

The teams practice in Monte Carlo today

Red Bull sound like sore losers for complaining about the Formula One tyres, Ferrari's Fernando Alonso has suggested. The Spaniard, winner in China and Barcelona, said at the Monaco Grand Prix that it was up to the champions to explain their comments but offered a theory of his own anyway.

British driver was fascinating man whose epic duel with Niki Lauda in 1976 was typical of an era of glamour and glory – but also the ever-present threat of death

The Way I See It: Monaco is the race they all want to win and a dispiriting place to fail

Dani Pedrosa won the French Grand Prix yesterday, his second victory of the season, to take over the MotoGP championship lead from Marc Marquez.

Early glimpses of Ron Howard's film Rush suggest it will portray Hunt as a high-living lothario, with an insatiable appetite for partying.

The Japanese engine supplier will re-kindle an iconic partnership

Two giants of the sport rekindle the alliance that ruled when Senna and Prost were kings

The Japanese manufacturing giant quit the sport at the end of 2008

The Formula One chief executive, Bernie Ecclestone, says he is "100 per cent" relaxed following claims from Germany that he faces charges that could end his role at the head of the sport.