Oct 11, 2021 Max Verstappen played down his Formula One championship advantage on Sunday and said his Red Bull team needed to find more pace to fend off Lewis Hamilton and Mercedes in the last six races of the season. The championship lead has swung between Verstappen and Hamilton all season, with the title battle
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12:08 PM ET Mercedes were right to pit Lewis Hamilton at the Turkish Grand Prix on Sunday as his tyres would likely not have made the end of the race, according to Formula One supplier Pirelli. Hamilton was upset with Mercedes’ decision to bring him in seven laps from the finish, a decision that dropped
12:40 PM ET Sebastian Vettel took full responsibility for his short-lived switch to dry tyres midway through the Turkish Grand Prix, a decision which lasted just a single racing lap. The Istanbul race featured the intermediate wet-weather tyre throughout the race except for lap 36, when Vettel pitted and Aston Martin surprisingly fitted medium dry
11:58 AM ET Fernando Alonso has escaped a grid penalty at the Turkish Grand Prix after being investigated for speeding under double-waved yellow flags. Alonso qualified fifth for Alpine after moving up one place on the grid once Lewis Hamilton’s grid penalty for an engine change was applied to the qualifying results. He passed the
3:25 PM ET Overruling Lewis Hamilton on tyre strategy is always a bold call. With nearly 15 years of experience in F1 and seven world championships to show for it, Hamilton’s racing intuition is arguably one of the most valuable weapons Mercedes has in its strategic armoury, but at Sunday’s Turkish Grand Prix it was
7:31 AM ET U.S.-based Andretti Autosport is in takeover talks with Swiss-based Sauber, owners of the Alfa Romeo Formula One team, according to media reports. American motorsports website Racer.com reported that ‘significant talks’ were set for the U.S. Grand Prix in Austin later this month. Motorsport.com cited multiple sources on Saturday saying Andretti Autosport was
4:55 AM ET Lewis Hamilton will receive a ten-place grid penalty at the Turkish Grand Prix after Mercedes decided to fit a new engine to his car, taking him over his quota for the season. 1 Related For cost-saving reasons, drivers are only allowed to use three engines per year and any additional units over
5:12 AM ET Double Formula One world champion Fernando Alonso suggested on Thursday that some drivers were being treated differently to others when it came to track behaviour during races. 1 Related The Spaniard told reporters at the Turkish Grand Prix that the fact he was being asked about an incident at the previous race
8:37 AM ET Max Verstappen insists he is not feeling any pressure as his title battle with Lewis Hamilton enters its final phase. 1 Related Verstappen is three points behind Hamilton with seven races left to run this year and is facing his first real opportunity to challenge for the championship since making his Formula
7:00 AM ET Formula One doctor Ian Roberts and medical car driver Alan van der Merwe have tested positive for COVID-19 and will be replaced for this weekend’s Turkish Grand Prix, the sport said on Thursday. Formula One and the governing FIA said the pair had not travelled to Istanbul and a team from the