5:27 AM ET Formula One race director Michael Masi warned championship leaders Red Bull on Sunday that any repeat of Max Verstappen’s finish line victory tyre burnout at the Styrian Grand Prix would not be tolerated. The 23-year-old Dutch driver slowed by his team’s pitwall as he took the chequered flag at Austria’s Red Bull
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1:57 PM ET Laurence Edmondson Close F1 Editor • Joined ESPN in 2009• An FIA accredited F1 journalist since 2011 Nate Saunders Close F1 Associate Editor • Previously worked in rugby union and British Superbikes • History graduate from Reading University• Joined ESPNF1 in February 2014 Had it not been for a Pirelli tyre failure at the Azerbaijan Grand Prix
2:16 PM ET SPIELBERG, Austria — Another qualifying session, another Max Verstappen and Lewis Hamilton front row. This one was nearly different as Valtteri Bottas set the second-fastest time, but the Finn will start fifth due to a penalty for spinning in the pit lane during Friday practice. The good news for those hoping for
1:55 PM ET Red Bull simply have the quicker car at the moment, Mercedes boss Toto Wolff said at the Styrian Grand Prix on Saturday after his Formula One champions missed out on pole position for the fourth race in a row. Red Bull have taken the last two poles, after a double for Ferrari’s
Jun 26, 2021 Britain’s Alice Powell won the W Series season-opener in Austria on Saturday and compatriot Sarah Moore celebrated an LGBTQ+ first as the all-female championship began a new link-up with Formula One. The series, which hopes to help a female driver graduate to the Formula One grid for the first time since 1976,
12:04 PM ET SPIELBERG, Austria — Valtteri Bottas believes his three-place grid penalty for spinning in the pit lane during practice for the Austrian Grand Prix was too harsh and suspects complaints from rival teams led to the decision. Bottas finished second in qualifying on Saturday but will drop to fifth on the grid for
4:08 AM ET The Russian Grand Prix will move to a new venue outside St Petersburg in 2023, making next year’s event in Sochi the last at the Olympic Park. The Igora Drive, which is located 54km outside St Petersburg, made the announcement on Saturday, confirming that an agreement had been reached with Formula One.
12:38 PM ET SPIELBERG, Austria — Valtteri Bottas has received a three-place grid penalty at the Austrian Grand Prix after spinning in the pit lane following a routine tyre change during second practice. Bottas spun as he crossed the painted line that divides the pit boxes and the pit lane, leaving his car parked across
9:11 AM ET SPIELBERG, Austria — Red Bull team principal Christian Horner believes the FIA’s plans to slow down pit stops from the Hungarian Grand Prix onwards could result in making them more dangerous. On the grounds of safety, the sport’s governing body circulated a technical directive — essentially a clarification of the rules —
2:17 PM ET Ahead of this weekend’s Styrian Grand Prix in Austria, ESPN joined a Zoom call with Mercedes CEO and team principal Toto Wolff to discuss his early days in racing as a driving instructor at the old Osterreichring (now the Red Bull Ring) and why he still loves the sport 30 years later.