12:25 PM ET Seven times Formula One world champion Lewis Hamilton said on Thursday he had opened contract renewal talks with Mercedes and gave a ringing endorsement of Valtteri Bottas as his teammate. The 36-year-old Briton and Bottas are out of contract at the end of the season, with Hamilton expected to continue but much
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7:58 AM ET Silverstone will be allowed a capacity crowd for the July 18 British Formula One Grand Prix, a home race for Mercedes’ seven times world champion Lewis Hamilton, the sport announced on Thursday. The last pre-pandemic race held at the circuit with spectators in 2019 saw a three-day attendance of 351,000 and 141,000
7:22 AM ET Mercedes team boss Toto Wolff is confident Lewis Hamlton will sign a new contract to stay at the team next year but says no decision has been made on who will be his teammate. 1 Related Mercedes currently has no drivers under contract for next year after Hamilton and teammate Valtteri Bottas
8:24 AM ET Ferrari’s French Grand Prix problems showed a long-standing weakness with front tyre wear has not gone away and they need to fix it for next season, according to team boss Mattia Binotto. Sunday’s race at Paul Ricard was the first time Ferrari had failed to score this year, with Spaniard Carlos Sainz
12:47 PM ET Valtteri Bottas does not believe he was too harsh in how he criticized Mercedes’ strategy at the French Grand Prix, which he thinks cost him a chance at victory. Red Bull’s decision to pit Max Verstappen a second time ultimately forced Mercedes to leave both Lewis Hamilton and Bottas out until the
11:33 AM ET The Abu Dhabi Grand Prix will tweak the layout to the Yas Marina Circuit in a bid to improve racing at the circuit set to host the 2021 season finale. Abu Dhabi has hosted a number of dull races since the circuit joined the calendar in 2009. Yas Marina offers limited overtaking
Jun 20, 2021 Mercedes’ seven-times world champion Lewis Hamilton played down the pain of his latest defeat by Formula One leader Max Verstappen in France on Sunday and said the race was a real reflection of Red Bull’s pace. The Briton had won at Le Castellet in 2018 and 2019, with no race last year
5:38 AM ET Jean Todt, the president of motor racing’s governing body, the FIA, says Formula One should not be concerned about racing in countries with human rights issues. The introduction of the Saudi Arabia to the 2021 race schedule has been controversial and raised questions from human rights groups. F1’s Bahrain Grand Prix has
6:52 PM ET Retired Formula One world champion Nico Rosberg criticised former Mercedes team mate Lewis Hamilton and Valtteri Bottas for ‘soft’ defending against Red Bull in the closing stages of Sunday’s French Grand Prix. 1 Related The German, at Le Castellet as a pundit for Sky Sports television, took aim after both were passed
3:43 PM ET As the wheels went up on Mercedes’ charter flight back to the U.K. on Sunday evening, the team’s engineers were still trying to figure out how, exactly, they had lost the French Grand Prix. Taking off from the airstrip that runs parallel to the pit straight at Circuit Paul Ricard, the view