5:07 PM ET The legality of Lewis Hamilton’s Mercedes car was called into question and reported to the stewards on Friday following an alleged technical infringement during qualifying for the Sao Paulo Grand Prix. Hamilton set the fastest time in qualifying for Saturday’s sprint race, but during a post-qualifying inspection the opening of the Drag
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10:53 AM ET Lewis Hamilton will have a five-place grid penalty at Sunday’s Sao Paulo Grand Prix after his Mercedes team decided to fit a new engine to his car. Mercedes has struggled with engine issues all year and Hamilton has now used five for the season, which is two over the quota of three
5:34 AM ET Lewis Hamilton said the task of overhauling Red Bull’s Max Verstappen to win a record eighth Formula One title felt “as steep as it can be” with four races remaining and 19 points between them. The 36-year-old Mercedes driver has five wins to his Dutch rival’s nine this season, with Verstappen chasing
1:35 PM ET SAO PAULO, Brazil — Max Verstappen said he will run the number 1 on his car next season if he wins this year’s Formula One championship. Verstappen, who leads Lewis Hamilton in the championship by 19 points with four races to go, chose 33 as the number to accompany him for the
2:50 PM ET SAO PAULO, Brazil — McLaren’s Lando Norris revealed boyhood hero Valentino Rossi texted him ahead of what will be the Moto GP legend’s final race this weekend. Norris is well known as a Rossi fan and got to meet the Italian rider at an event in 2019. The two have remained in
10:27 AM ET Argentines lined the streets of Juan Manuel Fangio’s birthplace on Wednesday to applaud as the remains of the 1950s Formula One great went on one last lap to a new resting place in the museum housing his cars. Triple world champion Jackie Stewart joined the locals in Balcarce, some 415km south of
10:52 AM ET Formula One has banned celebrities from bringing bodyguards to the starting grid after an incident with commentator and former racer Martin Brundle at last month’s U.S. Grand Prix in Austin. The 62-year-old Briton, a former team mate of Germany’s seven times world champion Michael Schumacher, was doing his pre-race ‘grid walk’ for
7:09 PM ET Mercedes boss Toto Wolff was surprised the Mexican Grand Prix stewards did not investigate Daniel Ricciardo for his first-lap collision with Valtteri Bottas. Ricciardo hit the back of Bottas’ car at Turn 1, pitching the Finnish driver around into a spin. Ricciardo and Bottas both had to pit to fix the damage
8:48 AM ET Formula One’s governing body has said it is confident Saudi Arabia will be ready for its grand prix debut next month after media reports highlighted the amount of track work still to be completed. The floodlit night race along the Red Sea shore in Jeddah is scheduled for Dec. 5 as the
3:42 AM ET Lewis Hamilton has clarified comments he made about Mercedes teammate Valtteri Bottas and Red Bull’s Sergio Perez in the aftermath of the Mexican Grand Prix. Hamilton finished second behind title rival and championship leader Max Verstappen in Mexico City. After the race, Hamilton joined Mercedes boss Toto Wolff in criticising Bottas’ lack