3:07 PM ET Formula One stewards dismissed Aston Martin’s request for a review of Sebastian Vettel’s Hungarian Grand Prix disqualification on Monday, a ruling that stretched Lewis Hamilton’s championship lead to eight points. The four-time world champion was stripped of second place after a required litre of fuel could not be extracted following the Aug.
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5:42 AM ET By the end of August, Valtteri Bottas should know where his future in Formula One lies. It’s no secret that world champions Mercedes are considering replacing him with Williams driver George Russell in 2022, but as of last weekend’s Hungarian Grand Prix, the world champions insisted no decision had been made. Bottas
9:02 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 With Formula One on its summer break in August, the season is on ice
10:39 AM ET Valentino Rossi, one of motorcycling’s greatest and most charismatic champions, announced on Thursday his retirement from MotoGP at the end of the 2021 season after a quarter of a century in grand prix racing. The 42-year-old Italian, who races with the number 46, is a nine times world champion with seven of
3:18 PM ET Aston Martin has confirmed it will press ahead with its appeal of Sebastian Vettel’s disqualification from the Hungarian Grand Prix. Vettel finished second in Budapest but was stripped of the result in the hours following the race due when his car was found to have less than one litre of fuel in
2:23 PM ET It was one of the most unusual sights in modern Formula One history as Lewis Hamilton lined up on an empty grid, waited for the lights to go out and raced himself down to Turn 1. 1 Related Such a situation has never happened before and is unlikely to ever happen again,
12:04 PM ET Charles Leclerc is highly likely to face grid penalties later this season after Ferrari declared his car’s current engine a write-off as a result of a collision at last Sunday’s Hungarian Formula One Grand Prix. 1 Related Leclerc was shunted off at the first corner by Aston Martin’s Lance Stroll on a
Aug 3, 2021 Williams driver George Russell will join Formula One world champions Mercedes for a test of next year’s tyres in Hungary on Tuesday, Pirelli said. The Briton has a long-term Mercedes contract and has been tipped to replace Valtteri Bottas as Lewis Hamilton’s team mate next year. The team have said a decision
Aug 1, 2021 Seven-time Formula One world champion Lewis Hamilton said he suspects he has long COVID-19, after suffering dizziness and fatigue in the aftermath of a hard-fought Hungarian Grand Prix on Sunday. “Everything got a bit blurry on the podium,” the 36-year-old said. Hamilton was looked over by his Mercedes team doctor after a
1:32 PM ET Red Bull’s Max Verstappen salvaged a point but lost his Formula One championship lead to Mercedes rival Lewis Hamilton at the Hungarian Grand Prix on Sunday after a first-lap collision left him with a badly damaged car. The mayhem was triggered by a mistake made by Hamilton’s teammate Valtteri Bottas, who collected