10:41 AM ET Lewis Hamilton became the first Formula One driver to score 100 pole positions ahead of Sunday’s Spanish Grand Prix. Hamilton out-paced title rival Max Verstappen by just 0.036s at Barcelona’s Circuit de Catalunya to reach the landmark. Hamilton is completely unmatched in this category. The next nearest number of career pole positions
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1:27 PM ET Kimi Raikkonen suffered teasing from his six-year-old son as well as Formula One colleagues after colliding with Alfa Romeo team mate Antonio Giovinazzi at last weekend’s Portuguese Grand Prix. The 2007 world champion said after the race that he was distracted trying to change a switch on the steering wheel, a confession
4:37 AM ET Seven-times Formula One world champion Lewis Hamilton defended Valtteri Bottas as an ‘amazing team mate’ on Thursday after the Finn faced questions about his future at Mercedes and the possibility of being replaced mid-season. Bottas is already 37 points behind championship leader Hamilton after three races, and fourth overall in the drivers’
10:31 AM ET Valtteri Bottas shot down media speculation on Thursday that he could be replaced as Lewis Hamilton’s Mercedes teammate midway through the season and said such talk was just part of being in Formula One. 1 Related The Finn is out of contract at the end of the year and already 37 points
8:15 AM ET Red Bull has signed five more people from Mercedes to key roles in its new Formula One engine division. Red Bull will manufacturer its own engines from 2022 onwards following the withdrawal of Honda at the end of this season. It has already poached one of Mercedes’ senior power unit enginers, Ben
3:17 AM ET Romain Grosjean will drive a Formula One car for the first time since his dramatic accident at last year’s Bahrain Grand Prix after world champions Mercedes organised a one-off test for the French driver. Grosjean will drive the 2019 title-winning Mercedes W10 in a private test day at Paul Ricard on June
9:48 AM ET If the first three races of the 2021 season have taught us anything about this year’s championship battle, it’s that tiny mistakes have the potential to be very costly. It may seem unfair to point out errors rather than moments of brilliance from the racing we’ve seen so far (although we will
8:25 PM ET ESPN News Services FORT WORTH, Texas — Pato O’Ward passed Josef Newgarden with 23 laps to go Sunday at Texas, and the Mexican-born driver stayed in front for his first IndyCar victory at what he considers his home track. O’Ward celebrated four days before his 22nd birthday while driving for Arrow McLaren
3:53 PM ET The Alfa Romeo Formula One team failed on Sunday to overturn a penalty that cost Kimi Raikkonen points at last month’s Emilia Romagna Grand Prix. Stewards had accepted a team request for a review at the Portuguese Grand Prix based on the emergence of new elements, but later issued a statement upholding
5:29 PM ET Red Bull’s Max Verstappen completed an unwanted ‘track limits’ triple when he was stripped of a fastest lap bonus point at the Portuguese Grand Prix on Sunday. The deletion for going too far off the track came a day after the Dutch 23-year-old missed out on pole position when he also ran