Formula 1

Jul 28, 2022 Sebastian Vettel’s retirement from Aston Martin has left a sizeable void on next year’s grid — a lucrative seat at one of Formula One’s most ambitious teams. With the grid’s biggest names — Max Verstappen, Lewis Hamilton and Charles Leclerc — locked down for the foreseeable at their present teams, the top

2:52 PM ET BUDAPEST, Hungary — Lewis Hamilton has said Sebastian Vettel is “one of the greatest people” Formula One has ever had, crediting the German for being one of few people who has joined him in being outspoken on social issues in recent years. On Thursday four-time champion Vettel announced he will leave F1

3:59 PM ET BUDAPEST, Hungary — The morning after this year’s Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, Sebastian Vettel will wake up as a former F1 driver. There will be no contract for next year, no car to develop over the winter and no chance — no matter how slim — of standing on the top of

6:09 AM ET Four-time world champion Sebastian Vettel has announced his retirement from Formula One at the end of the year. Vettel is out of contract with Aston Martin at the end of this season and, after weeks of speculation about his future, has now confirmed he will be stepping away from the sport at

Jul 26, 2022 Unlapped is ESPN’s new Formula One show. Join our host Katie George and ESPN’s F1 writers Nate Saunders and Laurence Edmondson as they geek out about F1 and the personalities behind it. Each Unlapped episode will serve both the new F1 fan and the seasoned motorhead. We’ve got nerdy race analysis, driver

2:32 PM ET Haas will run its first upgrade of the season on Kevin Magnussen’s car at the Hungarian Grand Prix this weekend. Haas is the only one of F1’s ten teams not to have upgraded its car in any significant way this year and had originally targeted last weekend’s French Grand Prix for its

6:09 PM ET Formula 1 is on schedule to use 100% sustainable fuel in its race cars by 2026, according to managing director of motorsports Ross Brawn. F1 cars are using E10 fuel this year that includes 90% fossil fuel and 10% ethanol. Meanwhile, a “drop-in” fully sustainable fuel is being developed with a goal

1:20 PM ET Formula One driver Sergio Perez is entering his own Mexican team in an all-electric racing boat championship due to start next year, organisers said on Tuesday. The series is the brainchild of Alejandro Agag, founder of the electric Formula E and Extreme E motor racing and off-road series. Agag was Perez’s boss

Jul 23, 2022 Williams look set to hand American racer Logan Sargeant a Formula One Friday free practice slot this season, with team boss Jost Capito hailing him on Saturday as a prospect for the future. The 21-year-old Florida native is part of the Williams young driver academy and has won the last two Formula

5:16 AM ET LE CASTELLET, France — The devastation was audible in Charles Leclerc’s voice as he screamed over team radio. His car was nose into the barriers at Turn 11; his championship chances were in pieces. What made it so difficult to bear was that this moment was on him. On a weekend when