1:55 PM ET Aggrieved Aston Martin boss Otmar Szafnauer wants to talk to Formula One’s governing body about changing the aerodynamic rules with the season barely started. 1 Related The Mercedes-powered team argue that subtle regulation tweaks introduced this year have targeted low-rake cars, like Aston Martin and champions Mercedes, while favouring high-rake rivals like
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12:57 PM ET Formula One champions Mercedes are chasing rather than being chased now that Red Bull have a faster car, according to Valtteri Bottas. 1 Related Although the Finn’s seven-times champion team mate Lewis Hamilton won last month’s Bahrain season opener, Red Bull’s Max Verstappen was quickest in every practice session and started on
12:47 PM ET Red Bull driver Max Verstappen has called on Formula One’s governing body, the FIA, to come up with a single rule regarding the abuse of track limits after the issue caused controversy at the opening round of the season in Bahrain. While Verstappen accepts that his overtaking move on Lewis Hamilton for
1:46 PM ET Seven-times world champion Lewis Hamilton hailed Sebastian Vettel on Thursday as his favourite Formula One rival over the years. 1 Related Without mentioning former Mercedes team mate Nico Rosberg, who beat the Briton to the 2016 title in a fierce and often bitter battle between the pair, Hamilton praised the ex-Ferrari driver.
7:21 AM ET Formula One has altered the timings of this weekend’s practice and qualifying sessions at the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix out of respect to the funeral service of Prince Philip, which will take place in the U.K. on Saturday afternoon. A minute of silence will also be held ahead of Saturday’s qualifying session
7:36 AM ET Mike Elliott will take over from James Allison from July 1 as technical director of Formula One champions Mercedes, the team announced on Friday. Allison will stand back from day-to-day management of technical operations and take on the newly created role of chief technical officer, working closely with the factories at Brackley
6:32 AM ET Daniel Ricciardo has hit out at the “idiots” behind Formula One’s strategy of showing crash footage on its social media accounts. Ricciardo was unhappy to see a montage of 2020’s best moments including several crashes, saying it isn’t something adults should want to watch. It is not the first time Ricciardo has
11:56 AM ET Sebastian Vettel has revealed he completed an internship on organic farming during lockdown in 2020. Vettel is the only one of F1’s 20 drivers without a social media account and managed to keep a low profile through lockdown ahead of the delayed 2020 season start. The four-time F1 champion, who is racing
10:09 AM ET Nico Hulkenberg will be reserve driver for both Aston Martin and Mercedes during the 2021 Formula One season. Hulkenberg impressed as F1’s “super-sub” in 2020, deputising for Racing Point at three different events — doing so twice for Sergio Perez, once for Lance Stroll after positive COVID-19 tests. He failed to land
12:25 PM ET Reuters and ESPN Nico Rosberg’s team won the first race of the new electric Extreme E off-road series in Saudi Arabia on Sunday while Lewis Hamilton’s X44 outfit hit problems and finished third in a cloud of dust. Retired 2016 Formula One champion Rosberg was in Al Ula to celebrate the Desert