4:06 AM ET ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates — Haas driver Nikita Mazepin will miss the final race of the season in Abu Dhabi after testing positive for COVID-19. Mazepin, who was due to start from last place on the grid, is asymptomatic but the timing of the positive test result means he will not
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11:41 AM ET ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates — Max Verstappen’s pole position lap at the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix was “insane” and one of the best he’s had, said Red Bull boss Christian Horner. Verstappen put himself in the perfect position to win his first world championship on Sunday, out-qualifying title rival Lewis Hamilton
1:20 PM ET ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates — Max Verstappen and Lewis Hamilton will start alongside each other on the front of the grid at the title-deciding Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. Any other front row would not have seemed right ahead of Sunday’s winner-takes-all showdown, and given the performance of the two title rivals
6:36 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 ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates — Max Verstappen and Lewis Hamilton are battling for
12:00 PM ET Mercedes team boss Toto Wolff and his Red Bull rival Christian Horner put on a display of sportsmanship ahead of the Formula One title showdown at the season-ending Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, after months of trading bitter barbs. Facing the media with the constructors’ championship trophy between them, the pair shook hands
8:52 AM ET ABU DHABI – This build-up to this weekend’s Abu Dhabi Grand Prix has been dominated by Max Verstappen and Lewis Hamilton’s title decider, but there’s plenty going on across the paddock worthy of attention. As the final race of the current season the race marks the end of several things, including the
9:30 AM ET ABU DHABI – Max Verstappen said his opinion of Lewis Hamilton and the Mercedes team has gone down during their championship fight in 2021. Verstappen and Hamilton have collided on track three times this season and go into the final race of the year, the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, level on points.
10:34 AM ET ABU DHABI — Lewis Hamilton insists this year’s title showdown does not feel different to previous seasons after he refused to be drawn on the likelihood of a collision with championship rival Max Verstappen at the season finale in Abu Dhabi. Hamilton and Verstappen go in to the final round of the
5:48 AM ET Kimi Raikkonen’s first memory of racing a car dates back 32 years. He didn’t have a driving licence at the time (he was only 10), but in the Finnish town of Espoo in the early 1990s, that didn’t seem to matter. The car was an old Lada, which may or may not
7:53 AM ET ABU DHABI — Max Verstappen believes the FIA treated him unfairly at the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix after he was penalised twice by the race stewards at last weekend’s race. Verstappen will win his first world title at this weekend’s Abu Dhabi Grand Prix if he finishes the race ahead of championship