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
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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
1:42 PM ET LE CASTELLET, France — Charles Leclerc said the slipstream he picked up from his teammate in qualifying for the French Grand Prix was helpful but not the defining factor in him taking pole position ahead of Max Verstappen on Saturday. Leclerc beat his title rival to pole by 0.304 seconds at Paul
7:51 AM ET LE CASTELLET, France — Carlos Sainz and Kevin Magnussen will start from the back of the grid at the French Grand Prix due to power unit penalties. Sainz was already due to drop ten places on the grid after exceeding his quota of power unit control electronics on Friday, but will now
9:43 AM ET World champion Max Verstappen has said that Formula One must retain “iconic” tracks such as Belgium’s Spa-Francorchamps, even if the trend is towards more lucrative street circuits. Spa, and the southern French Le Castellet circuit where Formula One races this weekend, face uncertain futures with new venues such as Miami, Las Vegas,
8:47 AM ET LE CASTELLET, France — Ferrari driver Carlos Sainz will take a grid penalty at the French Grand Prix after exceeding his quota of power unit components for the year. Sainz retired from the Austrian Grand Prix with an engine fire, damaging the power unit in his car beyond repair. 1 Related Ahead
6:04 PM ET LE CASTELLET, France — Red Bull driver Sergio Perez has joined calls to issue lifetime bans to spectators responsible for discriminatory, abusive behavior at Formula One races. At the Austrian Grand Prix two weeks ago, multiple accounts of anti-gay, racist and sexist abuse were shared on social media by fans in the
6:20 PM ET One team is stalling on Lewis Hamilton’s diversity charter for Formula One, the seven-times world champion revealed on Thursday. The Mercedes driver would not name the team. “We are very close to getting this diversity inclusion charter going and I think it’s still one team, still the same team, is not willing
12:48 PM ET Fernando Alonso (L) won the 2010 Bahrain Grand Prix with Ferrari, while ex-McLaren teammate Lewis Hamilton came third. Paul Gilham/Getty Images LE CASTELLET, France — Ahead of his 300th Formula One race, Lewis Hamilton has named his former McLaren teammate Fernando Alonso as the toughest competitor of his career. In Sunday’s French Grand
8:12 AM ET Nicholas Latifi will have the same performance upgrades on his car as his Williams Formula One teammate Alex Albon at this weekend’s French Grand Prix. The team said on Tuesday it now had parts for both cars after Albon tried them out in Britain and Austria. 1 Related “Although the weather in