2:13 PM ET MONZA, Italy — Lewis Hamilton says the halo cockpit protection device on his Mercedes saved his life after the car of title rival Max Verstappen ended up on top of him at the Italian Grand Prix on Sunday. The two drivers collided while racing for position into Monza’s tight first chicane, with
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12:55 PM ET Max Verstappen has been given a three-place penalty for the next race after his collision with Lewis Hamilton at the Italian Grand Prix. Championship rivals Verstappen and Hamilton collided while fighting for position at Turn 1 midway through the race. Hamilton held the inside line to Turn 1 and appeared to be
9:57 AM ET F1 title rivals Max Verstappen and Lewis Hamilton collided for the second time this season at the Italian Grand Prix, taking themselves out of the race in the process. The pair hit at Turn 1 after Hamilton had emerged from a pit stop, with Verstappen attempting to overtake. They had already banged
5:13 PM ET MONZA, Italy — Another sprint race, another underwhelming 100km of racing. The second running of Formula One’s experimental race format offered up a couple of spills but very few thrills at Monza on Saturday. It wasn’t helped by the fact that the driver who qualified first on Friday, won the sprint race
12:06 PM ET Lewis Hamilton expects title rival Max Verstappen to score a routine victory at the Italian Grand Prix. Verstappen will start the race from first of the grid after sprint qualifying winner Valtteri Bottas serves a grid penalty for an engine change made by Mercedes on Friday. Hamilton had been hoping to seize
2:53 PM ET MONZA, Italy — Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff says Valtteri Bottas will be expected to hand victory to Lewis Hamilton at Saturday’s Italian Grand Prix sprint race if he is still leading his teammate towards the end of the 18-lap race. After setting the fastest time in Friday qualifying, Bottas will start
2:16 PM ET Valtteri Bottas will start Saturday’s sprint race from pole position but will be at the back of the grid for Sunday’s Italian Grand Prix. Mercedes changed engine, turbocharger, MGU-H and MGU-K on Bottas’ car, all outside the allowed component allowance for each part. That automatically leads to a grid penalty. Shortly after
1:25 PM ET AlphaTauri rookie Yuki Tsunoda was brutally honest about his 2022 contract extension, saying it surprised him due to the amount of times he’s crashed this season. Tsunoda will continue racing alongside Pierre Gasly next season, the team confirmed this week. The Japanese driver arrived in F1 with significant hype and has shown
2:00 PM ET MONZA, Italy — Lewis Hamilton believes the arrival of George Russell at Mercedes will not automatically lead to divisions within the team, especially if it applies the lessons it learned between 2013 and 2016 when he partnered Nico Rosberg. The relationship between Hamilton and Rosberg turned toxic over the four years they
11:53 AM ET MONZA, Italy — George Russell was out for dinner the week before the Belgian Grand Prix when Toto Wolff’s name flashed up on his phone. The Williams driver had stayed late at the gym in preparation for the upcoming race, decided he couldn’t be bothered to cook and met a friend at