5:43 AM ET Lewis Hamilton has explained what he meant when he told Mercedes they had put him in a “difficult position” while running behind teammate George Russell at the Australian Grand Prix. Hamilton had spent the race ahead of Russell until a late Safety Car allowed the Mercedes newcomer to have a pit stop
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7:05 AM ET Charles Leclerc will start the Australian Grand Prix from pole position after avoiding a penalty for driving unnecessarily slowly during qualifying. Leclerc beat Red Bull’s Max Verstappen to pole position on Saturday evening by 0.2s to set up another fight between the pair. However, on Saturday night it looked like that starting
6:39 AM ET Lewis Hamilton said driving Mercedes’ underperforming Formula One car at the moment is like trying to tame a rattlesnake. After failing to make it out of the first qualifying session in Saudi Arabia two weeks ago, Hamilton turned in an improved display ahead of Sunday’s Australian Grand Prix, where he will start
5:04 AM ET MELBOURNE, Australia — Fernando Alonso believes Alpine had a genuine chance of securing pole position at the Australian Grand Prix. If not, he says “top two or top three was guaranteed.” The Spaniard suffered a suspected hydraulics issue midway through the final phase of qualifying. It prevented him from dropping a gear
7:20 PM ET MELBOURNE, Australia — They may both hail from Australia, and share Italian heritage, but that doesn’t mean Oscar Piastri is banging down Daniel Ricciardo’s door to gain racing insights from the eight-time Formula One race winner. In fact, Piastri, the reigning Formula 2 champion and current Alpine reserve driver, says he only
8:27 AM ET Sebastian Vettel took an unorthodox way back to the pit lane during a Friday practice session at the Australian Grand Prix, and it cost him €5,000. Vettel was forced to stop his Aston Martin at Turn 10 of Melbourne’s Albert Park circuit after suffering a loss of power. To get back to
8:18 PM ET Volkswagen and its brands Porsche and Audi are open to entering Formula One, a Volkswagen spokesperson said on Thursday, after months of speculation that the two brands were in negotiation over partnerships to enter the highest class of international motor racing. The German carmaker, which has not previously been involved with Formula
6:20 PM ET MELBOURNE, Australia — The sullen look splashed across the sleep-deprived face of Australian Grand Prix Corporation chief Andrew Westacott confirmed what every person at Albert Park had been expecting. Flanked by Formula One CEO Chase Carey and AGPC chairman Paul Little, Westacott nervously swallowed, before raising a microphone to his lips to
7:25 AM ET On Thursday, Feb. 24, Russian military began an invasion of Ukraine that caused shock and outrage across the world. For Formula One, it cast the relationship of the Haas team with Dimitry Mazepin and title sponsor Uralkali in a different light. As various sports began banning Russian involvement and withdrawing from commercial
5:43 AM ET The organiser of the debuting Miami Grand Prix wants to create an event which stands out as completely unique on the Formula One schedule. Miami will host its first F1 race on May 8 on a circuit which surrounds Hard Rock Stadium, home of the Miami Dolphins. A computerised rendering of the