3:26 PM ET Formula One teams agreed to double the number of sprint races to six in 2023 in a meeting on Tuesday, but formal approval was stalled by the FIA who called for a further evaluation. The world governing body said in a statement that the proposal was to use the same format as
Formula 1
12:28 PM ET As Lewis Hamilton crossed the line in 13th place at the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix, Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff issued an apology to his driver over the pit-to-car radio. “Lewis, sorry for what you have needed to drive today,” Wolff said. “This is undriveable and not what we deserve to score
12:03 PM ET IMOLA, Italy — Ferrari will be reluctant to admit it, but the pressure ratchets up when it races on home soil. The expectations of victory are always significantly multiplied in Italy and the cost of mistakes become massively amplified. It’s a pressure no other team in F1 faces. Individual drivers may feel
6:27 AM ET IMOLA, Italy — Red Bull boss Christian Horner labelled the team’s one-two finish at the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix one of its best ever performances in Formula One. Red Bull arrived in Imola with a string of reliability issues at recent races which had looked like a serious early threat to its
Apr 24, 2022 IMOLA, Italy — Charles Leclerc admitted he got too greedy in trying to chase down Sergio Perez for second place at the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix after he spun off the track with nine laps remaining. Leclerc was running third behind the two Red Bulls when he launched his Ferrari over the
4:48 AM ET George Russell finished a surprising fourth for Mercedes in Sunday’s Emilia Romagna Grand Prix but said his car’s ‘porpoising’ problems were worse than ever and causing him real pain. The Mercedes is struggling to maintain downforce on the straights, noticeably bouncing as aerodynamic ground effects come and go. Other Formula One teams
1:03 PM ET IMOLA, Italy — Toto Wolff said Mercedes has not produced a car worthy of Lewis Hamilton’s status as a seven-time world champion after seeing him get lapped by Max Verstappen and finish 13th at Imola. In one of the most ordinary displays of his illustrious career, Hamilton found himself stuck behind AlphaTauri’s
2:50 PM ET IMOLA, Italy — Lewis Hamilton wrote off his chances of competing for the Formula One title this year after falling 50 points adrift of championship leader Charles Leclerc at Saturday’s sprint race at Imola. Hamilton finished 14th in the sprint race, which sets the grid for Sunday’s Emilia Romagna Grand Prix, after
1:40 PM ET IMOLA, Italy – Max Verstappen and Charles Leclerc‘s late battle for victory at the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix’s sprint race was the icing on the cake for Formula One boss Ross Brawn, who is already planning to roll out the format at twice as many races in 2023. Imola’s race is the
1:37 PM ET IMOLA, Italy — Lewis Hamilton is hoping to salvage a result from this weekend’s Emilia Romagna Grand Prix after qualifying 13th on the grid ahead of Saturday’s sprint qualifying race. The seven-time champion failed to make the top-ten shootout in Friday’s qualifying session after struggling for performance in wet conditions. Saturday’s sprint