6:28 AM ET LE CASTELLET, France — FIA president Jean Todt has revealed he is not a fan of Formula One’s plans to introduce sprint qualifying races at a number of rounds later this year. The proposal received unanimous support from F1’s ten teams and will see the grid for the British and Italian Grands
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1:28 PM ET Separated by just four points in the championship and by 0.245s in qualifying at Paul Ricard on Saturday, there is no let-up in the championship battle between Max Verstappen and Lewis Hamilton this year. On Sunday afternoon, the two drivers will vie for position on the run down to Turn 1 at
11:46 AM ET Esteban Ocon has no exit clause in his new three-year contract with Alpine that would allow him to switch to Mercedes, the Formula One team’s boss Laurent Rossi said on Friday. The 24-year-old Frenchman is managed by Mercedes and served as that team’s reserve driver before joining Renault-owned Alpine. Mercedes could be
Jun 17, 2021 Valtteri Bottas admitted on Thursday that speculation was mounting about his Formula One future with Mercedes but denied anything had been decided. The Finn has not scored a point from the last two races, although Monaco’s disappointing 19th place was due to the team’s poor pitstop. Bottas has dropped to sixth overall
9:47 AM ET Mason Mount and his England teammates have Lando Norris in their sights after the McLaren Formula One driver’s brother set up racing simulators at their Euro 2020 training camp. Norris told reporters at the French Grand Prix at Le Castellet that some of the players had messaged to say they were trying
12:39 PM ET LE CASTELLET, France — Valtteri Bottas is confident he has rediscovered his form at this weekend’s French Grand Prix after beating teammate Lewis Hamilton in both Friday practice sessions. 1 Related Bottas was 0.008s off Max Verstappen’s fastest time in second practice at Circuit Paul Ricard on Friday and 0.245s faster than
4:34 AM ET Formula One will seek to avoid a scenario where a new points-paying Saturday sprint race format being trialled this season could decide the title, according to managing director Ross Brawn. The sport wants to host three sprint races in 2021, with the first at Silverstone in July and the second scheduled for
9:51 AM ET Formula One world championship leader Max Verstappen said on Thursday he was unhappy with Pirelli’s explanation for the high-speed tyre blowout that cost him victory at the Azerbaijan Grand Prix. Red Bull’s Verstappen suffered a left-rear failure on the straight while leading towards the end of the June 6 race in Baku.
9:46 AM ET Lewis Hamilton has hinted that Max Verstappen’s tyre failure in Baku was down to the way Red Bull was running its tyres and not the fault of Formula One tyre supplier Pirelli. Verstappen crashed out of the lead of the Azerbaijan Grand Prix two weeks ago after his left rear tyre exploded
7:45 AM ET You don’t need to be an expert in human relationships to work out Mercedes boss Toto Wolff and Red Bull boss Christian Horner don’t like each other very much. While there’s clearly a mutual respect between the two, Wolff and Horner have never shied away from taking jabs at the other in