4:49 AM ET Red Bull team boss Christian Horner has blamed social media for “exploiting” his criticism of AlphaTauri’s Japanese rookie Yuki Tsunoda at the Mexico City Grand Prix. Horner told Sky television that his drivers Max Verstappen and Sergio Perez had been “Tsunoda’d” in qualifying after their final flying laps were affected by the
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10:01 PM ET Ferrari hauled themselves back above McLaren in the battle for third place in the Formula One constructors’ championship after both drivers finished in the points at the Mexico City Grand Prix on Sunday. From starting the race 3.5 points adrift, the Italian team moved 13.5 clear of their British rivals and with
7:44 AM ET Lewis Hamilton has blamed Mercedes teammate Valtteri Bottas for leaving the “door open” to title rival Max Verstappen at the first corner of the Mexican Grand Prix on Sunday. After Mercedes locked out the front of the grid for the first time this season, Verstappen passed both Hamilton and pole-sitter Bottas as
6:33 AM ET MEXICO CITY — With four races remaining, Max Verstappen’s grip on the 2021 Formula One title is looking stronger than ever. His ninth win of the season on Sunday moved him 19 points clear of Lewis Hamilton in the championship standings, with a maximum of 107 points (including those for the Brazil
6:17 AM ET With four races left of the F1 season, Max Verstappen appears to be on the verge of a first world championship title. He leads title rival Lewis Hamilton by 19 points with 109 to play for. Here’s the run-in: Nov. 14: Brazilian Grand Prix Nov. 21: Qatar Grand Prix Dec. 5: Saudi
5:56 PM ET Mercedes boss Toto Wolff said Valtteri Bottas and Lewis Hamilton “seemed to open the sea” for Max Verstappen to lead into Turn 1 of the Mexican Grand Prix. Verstappen had a brilliant getaway in Mexico City and got alongside Bottas and Hamilton heading down to Turn 1. With Bottas braking and giving
MEXICO CITY — Throw away the Formula One formbook, it’s not worth anything this year. Just as it looked as though Max Verstappen was clearing a path towards his first world title, Lewis Hamilton and Mercedes hit back in qualifying for the Mexican Grand Prix. You would have struggled to find anyone in the F1
6:56 PM ET Christian Horner said Max Verstappen and Sergio Perez’s hopes of pole position were thwarted by Yuki Tsunoda’s mistake at the end of qualifying. Tsunoda, who drives for Red Bull junior team AlphaTauri, ran wide through the middle sector of the Mexico City circuit and drove slowly along a run-off area which runs
7:25 PM ET Red Bull boss Christian Horner emphasised on Friday that team orders were a part of Formula One and refused to rule out telling Mexican Sergio Perez to give up a home victory this weekend. No Mexican driver has ever won a home grand prix but Perez has a winning car and has
1:34 PM ET Formula One announced on Saturday that the Chinese Grand Prix in Shanghai, which will be absent from the calendar for the third year in a row in 2022 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, had extended its contract until 2025. The race was first held in 2004 and China is seen as an