1:18 PM ET ZANDVOORT, Netherlands — Media day for the Dutch Grand Prix on Thursday was dominated by talk around the remaining seats on the 2023 grid, with Pierre Gasly increasingly looking like a major player in the driver market. F1 is waiting for clarification from the contract recognition board on whether Alpine or McLaren
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12:54 PM ET ZANDVOORT, Netherlands — Lewis Hamilton is impressed by the ability of Red Bull’s chief technical officer, Adrian Newey, to consistently oversee the design of front-running Formula One cars. Hamilton went head-to-head with Red Bull’s Max Verstappen for the title last year, but a regulation change this season has dropped Mercedes down the
8:21 AM ET Fernando Alonso plans to apologise in person to Lewis Hamilton at this weekend’s Dutch Grand Prix after calling the seven-time champion an “idiot” following a collision at last weekend’s Belgian Grand Prix. Hamilton and Alonso made contact while fighting for position at Les Combes on the first lap of the race. Hamilton
4:06 AM ET Lewis Hamilton literally put a cap on a verbal spat with Formula One rival Fernando Alonso in a teasing social media post on Tuesday. Alonso, a former team mate and fellow world champion, had branded the Briton an idiot after a first-lap collision at last Sunday’s Belgian Grand Prix. Mercedes’ seven-times world
6:56 AM ET The FIA hearing to settle the contract dispute between Alpine and McLaren over Formula 2 champion Oscar Piastri started on Monday. Over the summer break, Alpine released a statement confirming Piastri would replace Fernando Alonso in 2023, only for the Australian to later tweet that he had no contract with Alpine and
10:45 AM ET SPA-FRANCORCHAMPS, Belgium — Max Verstappen made winning from 14th on the grid look easy at the Belgian Grand Prix. Drivers have won from lower starting positions in F1 history, but rarely has it been made to look so effortless. He crossed the finish line 17.8s ahead of teammate Sergio Perez, who, driving
6:37 AM ET Charles Leclerc’s Belgian Grand Prix was ruined by a visor tear-off strip from title rival Max Verstappen’s helmet getting into the brake ducts of his Ferrari. Video footage has confirmed Verstappen tore off a visor in the opening stages and the small strip went into the right-front brake duct of Leclerc, who
Aug 28, 2022 Ferrari boss Mattia Binotto defended Charles Leclerc’s late pit-stop at the Belgian Grand Prix, saying the team will not stop taking a “brave” approach to strategy decisions. Leclerc appeared to be set for fifth position before pitting for fresh tyres on the penultimate lap. The decision was supposed to allow Leclerc to
Aug 28, 2022 Formula One has confirmed the Belgian Grand Prix will remain on its race schedule for 2023. The popular race at Spa-Francorchamps was under threat next year with the return of the Qatar Grand Prix, the addition of a race in Las Vegas and the potential return of the Chinese and South African
Aug 27, 2022 SPA-FRANCORCHAMPS, Belgium — Lewis Hamilton is looking forward to seeing the back of his current Mercedes car after admitting Ferrari and Red Bull were in a “different league” during qualifying for the Belgian Grand Prix. Hamilton qualified 1.8s off the fastest qualifier Max Verstappen — his biggest margin to the front all