11:21 AM ET Big accidents often come with big consequences in Formula One. Fortunately, George Russell and Valtteri Bottas walked away unharmed from their 190 mph collision at the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix, but that didn’t stop egos being bruised in the aftermath. The accident, which was deemed to be a racing incident by the
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12:05 PM ET Red Bull team boss Christian Horner predicted great races ahead for Sergio Perez despite the Mexican failing to score from his first front row start in Formula One on Sunday. The 31-year-old driver, now a veteran of 193 races, finished 12th in the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix at Imola while Dutch team
6:25 AM ET McLaren’s Lando Norris celebrated the second podium of his Formula One career at the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix on Sunday, with team boss Andreas Seidl in no doubt that the youngster had raised his game. Told he had been voted driver of the day by fans, the 21-year-old Briton still feigned surprise.
12:01 PM ET George Russell and Valtteri Bottas were adamant the other was to blame for their dramatic crash at Imola’s Emilia Romagna Grand Prix on Sunday. Williams driver Russell was trying to pass Bottas’s Mercedes for ninth position when the pair made contact on the approach to Tamburello. Replays showed Russell had lost control
3:59 PM ET Fernando Alonso has scored the first points finish since his Formula One return after Kimi Raikkonen was handed a post-race penalty at the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix. Raikkonen had finished ninth, ahead of Alonso’s Alpine teammate Esteban Ocon. However, after the race he was deemed to have broken F1 rules around the
2:17 PM ET Mercedes team boss Toto Wolff said George Russell had “lots to learn” after the Mercedes junior driver clashed with Valtteri Bottas at the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix. Russell, who is on a long-term development contract with Mercedes but currently drives for Williams, collided with Bottas while attempting to take ninth position from
5:53 AM ET Formula One cars will race in Miami next year after the sport announced a ten-year deal to host a Miami Grand Prix, starting in 2022. 1 Related The long-awaited race will take place on a new 3.36-mile track that loops around Hard Rock Stadium, the home of the Miami Dolphins. The circuit
12:20 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 Lewis Hamilton’s 99th career pole position might look like business as usual on paper,
12:48 PM ET Antonio Giovinazzi has criticised Nikita Mazepin for disrespectful driving after having his final qualifying lap ruined by the Haas rookie at Imola. At the end of Q1, the opening qualifying segment, Mazepin followed Giovinazzi down the main straight and used the Alfa Romeo’s slipstream to overtake into Turn 1. That immediately compromised
2:35 PM ET After Mercedes defied the odds to beat a faster Red Bull to a narrow victory at the first in Bahrain, the world champions finished the first day of practice at Imola looking like the favourites. But was it a case of returning to business as usual or will Red Bull hit back