11:34 AM ET Former Aston Martin team principal Otmar Szafnauer has joined rivals Alpine as their new team boss as part of a wider restructuring of the French Formula One outfit’s management, the Renault-owned manufacturer said on Thursday. The Romanian-American, who left Aston Martin last month, will assume the role of team principal, which was
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4:35 AM ET Mercedes has launched the car Lewis Hamilton and George Russell will drive in this year’s Formula One world championship. Named the W13, it has been designed to F1’s new technical regulations for 2022 as Mercedes attempts to push its winning streak of eight constructors’ championships to a ninth consecutive year. After the
8:28 AM ET Lewis Hamilton said he “lost a little bit of faith” in the fair policing of Formula One after missing out on last year’s title in controversial circumstances at the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. Hamilton was beaten to the 2021 title by Max Verstappen in Abu Dhabi after race director Michael Masi bent
5:57 AM ET Formula One is braced for disputes over teams’ interpretations of this season’s new rules, but will now have the power to crack down swiftly on any outfit trying to use loopholes to circumvent them, the sport’s motorsport head Ross Brawn said. The series is set for its most radical regulatory overhaul in
8:13 AM ET Ferrari has launched the car it hopes can return to the front of the Formula One grid as a championship contender in 2022. Ferrari’s new car, the F1-75, retains the team’s iconic red colours but has gone back to a more 1990s look with black front and rear wings. Ferrari On the
8:22 AM ET Michael Masi has been removed from his position as F1 race director after the investigation into his handling of the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix in December. Masi botched the finish of the title decider between Max Verstappen and Lewis Hamilton last year. The race was settled by a one-lap sprint, which saw
9:30 AM ET Williams has removed the Ayrton Senna logo from its 2022 car, citing a desire to move forward and have a break from the past. The team has carried a tribute to Senna on the nose of its cars since the three-time world champion was killed in an accident at the 1994 San
5:49 AM ET Reuters and ESPN Red Bull have signed a multi-year partnership with cryptocurrency exchange Bybit in what the Formula One team said was the largest annual crypto deal in international sport so far. The Milton Keynes-based team did not reveal a deal value in their statement issued on Wednesday but an informed source
6:37 AM ET Nate Saunders Close F1 Associate Editor • Previously worked in rugby union and British Superbikes • History graduate from Reading University• Joined ESPNF1 in February 2014 Laurence Edmondson Close F1 Editor • Joined ESPN in 2009• An FIA accredited F1 journalist since 2011 We’ve seen six of the ten cars (in some form) that will contest the
1:01 PM ET Williams driver Nicholas Latifi was so worried about the death threats he received after the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix he hired bodyguards to protect him and his girlfriend. Latifi’s crash in the closing stages of the Abu Dhabi title decider brought out the safety car which ultimately cost Lewis Hamilton the championship,