10:04 AM ET Carlos Sainz and Sebastian Vettel are among the drivers who have been blocked from testing for their new teams at an event which follows the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. The “young driver” test take places on Tuesday, Dec. 15 and is usually reserved for drivers who have no more than two grand
Formula 1
11:57 AM ET Sunday’s Sakhir Grand Prix wasn’t supposed to be a showdown between Valtteri Bottas and George Russell … at least that’s what Mercedes’ team principal Toto Wolff kept saying before the race. 2 Related But regardless of the intentions, a showdown quickly became the reality. After qualifying 0.026s off Bottas, Russell took the
Lewis Hamilton is hoping to recover from COVID-19 in time to race at this weekend’s Abu Dhabi Grand Prix after posting his first video message on Instagram since he started his isolation. The seven-time world champion tested positive for COVID on Monday last week and missed last weekend’s Sakhir Grand Prix while he isolated in
5:06 AM ET The all-female W Series will start its eight race 2021 season at France’s Le Castellet circuit in June and end in Mexico City in October as part of its new role supporting Formula One, organisers said on Tuesday. 1 Related The single sex series started in 2019 with the aim of helping
8:21 AM ET Even by 2020 standards, Sergio Perez has had a roller-coaster year. His win on Sunday was his first in 190 attempts in F1, a dubious new record but one he’d much rather have than no win at all. It’s also remarkable for someone so talented. Perez has long been dubbed one of
7:55 AM ET Valtteri Bottas admits he might have looked “like a fool” at the Sakhir Grand Prix to anyone who did not understand the context of his and George Russell‘s race. Bottas narrowly beat stand-in teammate Russell to pole position but was beaten into Turn 1 and played second fiddle for most of the
3:25 PM ET Sergio Perez said he felt like he was dreaming after claiming an astonishing first Formula One victory at the Sakhir Grand Prix. Having dropped to last position on the first lap after contact with Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc, Perez found himself leading the race ahead of a Safety Car restart in the closing
Even seven-time world champions make mistakes — and the problem with being the best team on the grid is that when mistakes happen, they tend to be huge. As was the case on Sunday evening, when a simple mix up of identical-looking tyres cost George Russell his first win in Formula One and Mercedes an
8:09 AM ET Mick Schumacher has won the Formula 2 championship ahead of his step up to Formula One with Haas next year. The son of seven-time world champion Michael Schumacher beat fellow Ferrari Driver Academy member Callum Ilott to the title after the championship battle went down to a dramatic final race in Bahrain.
6:28 AM ET Romain Grsojean has been ruled out of next weekend’s Abu Dhabi Grand Prix as he prepares to fly home to Switzerland to continue to receive treatment for the burns he suffered in an accident at last weekend’s Bahrain Grand Prix. 1 Related Grosjean was lucky to escape the accident alive after his