1:38 PM ET Mercedes have postponed a Formula One test with French driver Romain Grosjean due to travel restrictions and quarantine requirements, the seven-time world champions said on Wednesday. “We’re committed to giving Romain his chance in a Mercedes F1 car and we’re working to reschedule the test later this summer,” Mercedes said in a
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12:01 PM ET Esteban Ocon will race in Formula One with Alpine until the end of 2024, the team confirmed on Wednesday. Ocon, 24, joined the team formerly known as Renault last year. 1 Related The deal will keep Ocon with current teammate Fernando Alonso until next year, with the two-time world champion signed to
3:11 PM ET Pirelli on Tuesday ruled out any production or quality defects as the cause of high-speed blowouts suffered by Formula One championship leader Max Verstappen and Lance Stroll at the Azerbaijan Grand Prix. The company said in a statement that Verstappen’s Red Bull and Stroll’s Aston Martin teams had followed Pirelli’s prescribed parameters
7:13 AM ET McLaren will enter Extreme E, an all-electric off-road championship, in 2022 as it expands its McLaren Racing brand into new series. 1 Related McLaren will race alongside teams owned by seven-time F1 world champion Lewis Hamilton and 2016 world champion Nico Rosberg. The series aims to raise awareness of environmental issues by
2:00 PM ET The new Extreme E electric off-road series has cancelled races in Brazil’s Amazon and Argentina’s Patagonia regions due to the coronavirus pandemic, with Scotland now a possible alternative, it said in a statement on Friday. The Amazon round was scheduled for Oct. 23-24 with the Glacier X Prix listed for Dec. 11-12.
4:32 PM ET The boss of the U.S. Grand Prix is open to hosting two races in 2021 to fill the void left by the cancellation of the Singapore Grand Prix if Formula One requests it. Austin’s Circuit of the Americas (COTA) is set to host this year’s event on Oct. 24. The start of
6:58 AM ET Ferrari has named Benedetto Vigna as its new CEO, taking on the role that was left vacant when Louis Camilleri suddenly retired from the car company six months ago. Ferrari Chairman John Elkann occupied the role temporarily but has now appointed Vigna, who will join the car company on September 1. Vigna
6:19 AM ET Simon Roberts will stand down as Williams team principal following an internal restructure that will result in CEO Jost Capito taking over the role. 1 Related A team statement on Tuesday said the move is part of streamlining exercise aimed at moving Williams back to the front of the grid. Roberts joined
8:13 AM ET Red Bull boss Christian Horner has continued his war of words with Toto Wolff, criticising the way his Mercedes counterpart has criticised his own team’s recent performances. Mercedes has scored just six points over the past two races, Monaco and Azerbaijan, its worst performance over two consecutive races since the end of
Jun 6, 2021 Lewis Hamilton said he ruined his chance of winning the Azerbaijan Grand Prix by mistakenly hitting the wrong button on his steering wheel. At the restart which followed Max Verstappen’s crash out of the lead, Hamilton made a better start from second position than Sergio Perez on pole position. However, the seven-time