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
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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
Jul 24, 2022 LE CASTELLET, France — Ferrari driver Charles Leclerc crashed out of lead of the French Grand Prix, dealing a critical blow to his title chances. Leclerc was in a commanding position and was expected to pit for fresh tyres when he ran wide at the high-speed Turn 11 and spun into the
Jul 24, 2022 Lewis Hamilton said he reckons he lost three kilos after a water bottle malfunction left him sweating to second place in the French Grand Prix at Le Castellet on Sunday. The seven-times Formula One world champion said he felt fantastic despite the hitch, with teammate George Russell finishing third in the best
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
8:28 AM ET Ferrari boss Mattia Binotto leapt to the defence of Charles Leclerc after he crashed out of the lead of the French Grand Prix and backed the Monaco native to come back from the mistake as a better driver. Leclerc took full responsibility for his unforced error at Paul Ricard, which handed a
5:37 PM ET Carlos Sainz defended Ferrari’s French Grand Prix strategy on Sunday after making a late pitstop to finish fifth rather than pushing for the podium. The Spaniard went from 19th on the grid to third but had a five second penalty hanging over him for an unsafe release from his first pitstop, and
5:07 PM ET Lewis Hamilton said he had “plenty of fuel left in the tank” after his 300th race in Formula One on Sunday. Only the sixth driver to reach the milestone, the 37-year-old Briton was asked after finishing second at the French Grand Prix at Le Castellet whether he might extend his contract with
4:14 AM ET Carlos Sainz backed Ferrari team mate Charles Leclerc to win Sunday’s French Grand Prix from pole position despite having both Red Bull drivers right behind on the starting grid. The Spaniard, who played a big part in helping Leclerc to pole by giving him a slipstream ‘tow’ down the straight, can be
1:53 PM ET LE CASTELLET, France — Toto Wolff said Mercedes’ qualifying performance at the French Grand Prix felt like a “slap in the face” after the team failed to meet expectations. The layout of the track and its smooth surface was expected to favour Mercedes, which has won all but one of the races