2:11 PM ET Laurence Edmondson Close F1 Editor • Joined ESPN in 2009• An FIA accredited F1 journalist since 2011 Nate Saunders Close F1 Associate Editor • Previously worked in rugby union and British Superbikes • History graduate from Reading University• Joined ESPNF1 in February 2014 If Charles Leclerc had converted all of his pole positions into victories in 2022,
Formula 1
12:24 PM ET Seven-times world champion Lewis Hamilton on Friday said he would not appear in a film starring Brad Pitt based on Formula One that the Mercedes racer is co-producing as he does not want it to flop. Apple TV earlier this week said its studio arm had landed the rights to the feature
4:42 AM ET Seven-times Formula One world champion Lewis Hamilton said he was speechless after being made an honorary citizen of Brazil when the lower house of parliament passed a bill on Thursday. The move had been proposed by congressman Andre Figueiredo after last year’s Brazilian Grand Prix was won by the British driver who
7:52 AM ET Daniel Ricciardo has dismissed any suggestion he could lose his McLaren race seat before the end of 2023, when his current contract expires. Ricciardo’s poor recent form has prompted rumours about his future with the team. McLaren CEO Zak Brown heightened that speculation during the Monaco Grand Prix weekend, saying Ricciardo has
12:04 PM ET Haas boss Guenther Steiner has warned Mick Schumacher the F1 team will not continue with him as a driver if he continues to crash the team’s car. Schumacher’s heavy crash at the Monaco Grand Prix, which saw his car split in two and is likely to cost far in excess of $1
10:21 AM ET Alfa Romeo will run a revised livery featuring the colours of the Italian flag at the Azerbaijan Grand Prix to mark the release the company’s first all-electric SUV, the Tonale. For the Baku race Alfa has added green to the back of its existing 2022 livery to create the Italian tricolour. The
7:39 AM ET Formula One championship leader Max Verstappen has unfinished business to take care of at this weekend’s Azerbaijan Grand Prix while also looking to reassert himself as Red Bull’s lead driver. The Dutchman was heading for victory at the Baku street track last year when a tyre exploded and pitched him into the
3:54 PM ET Formula One would now welcome its first openly gay driver, according to Germany’s four-time world champion Sebastian Vettel. The championship, which started in 1950, has had only male drivers on the starting grid since 1976 but has made a push for diversity and inclusion with teams showing support for the LGBTQ community.
1:21 PM ET Mercedes will run its famous three-pointed star logo in Pride colours for the next three Formula One races. The reigning constructors’ champions will run the new-look logo, which it is calling the Pride Star, on the nose of its car at races in Azerbaijan (June 12), Canada (June 19) and Great Britain
4:55 AM ET Red Bull advisor Helmut Marko believes it is only a matter of time before Mercedes is challenging for victories every week. Mercedes has been off the pace of Red Bull and Ferrari this season but made clear progress with an upgraded car at the Spanish Grand Prix, although the team remained a