5:48 AM ET Ferrari drivers Charles Leclerc and Carlos Sainz will both have a cameo role in international versions of the upcoming Disney feature film Lightyear. The F1 duo recently recorded voiceovers for the same character, with Monaco-born Leclerc doing the Italian version and Sainz doing the Spanish version. Leclerc and Sainz recorded their roles
Formula 1
May 23, 2022 Formula One’s top teams should spend less on development if inflationary pressures put them at risk of busting a budget cap, according to Alpine boss Otmar Szafnauer. Red Bull’s Christian Horner warned at the Spanish Grand Prix that a majority of the 10 teams would struggle to comply with financial restrictions imposed
12:18 PM ET BARCELONA, Spain — The Spanish Grand Prix hit the reset button on Formula One’s 2022 championship. After six rounds, just six points separate Max Verstappen and Charles Leclerc at the top of the championship and there is next to no margin between the performance of the Red Bull and Ferrari on track.
12:43 PM ET Sebastian Vettel was robbed in Barcelona after the Spanish Grand Prix, with thieves making off a bag belonging to the four-time world champion. Vettel was able to use GPS tracking data from his AirPods to locate the bag, only to find the headphones had been taken out of the bag and abandoned.
May 23, 2022 BARCELONA, Spain — Fernando Alonso has apologised to FIA president Mohammed ben Sulayem for the comments he made ahead of the Spanish Grand Prix in which he said one of F1’s race directors lacked the knowledge to do his job properly. Ahead of his home race, Alonso suggested Niels Wittich, who was
7:28 AM ET McLaren’s Lando Norris revealed after finishing eighth in the Spanish Grand Prix that he had been fighting tonsillitis all week and racing had been a huge struggle. The 22-year-old saw a doctor immediately afterwards for a full health check and was unable to attend his usual media duties. Television images immediately before
2:10 PM ET BARCELONA, Spain — Red Bull team principal Christian Horner has defended his decision to use team orders to move Max Verstappen ahead of Sergio Perez at the Spanish Grand Prix. Perez conceded the lead of the race to his teammate with 17 laps remaining after Red Bull told him to let Verstappen
1:52 PM ET BARCELONA, Spain — Lewis Hamilton and Mercedes boss Toto Wolff agreed he had the pace to win the Spanish Grand Prix were it not for an early collision with Kevin Magnussen. Mercedes’ much-anticipated upgrade package appears to have solved the worst of the bouncing issues the car has suffered this year and
10:08 AM ET BARCELONA, Spain — Charles Leclerc lost what looked like a routine Spanish Grand Prix win when his Ferrari car lost power mid-way through the race. Leclerc was leading comfortably until lap 27, when his Ferrari slowed dramatically. Leclerc brought the car into the pits to retire, opening up a huge opportunity for
1:39 PM ET BARCELONA, Spain — Mercedes is hopeful that the step up in performance it made at the Spanish Grand Prix will offer a platform for it to chase down Red Bull and Ferrari at the coming rounds. George Russell secured the team’s best qualifying result of the season with the fourth fastest time