2:31 PM ET Former F1 driver Vitaly Petrov will be replaced as a steward at the Portuguese Grand Prix following the death of his father in Russia. Multiple Russian news outlets reported the death of Alexander Petrov at his home in Vyborg on Saturday evening. Vitaly Petrov was working as one of four stewards at
Formula 1
1:33 PM ET Sebastian Vettel had no explanation for the massive gap to Charles Leclerc in qualifying for the Portuguese Grand Prix other than to say his Ferrari teammate is performing on a different level. While Leclerc qualified fourth for Ferrari, Vettel could only manage 15th on the grid for Sunday’s race. The four-time world
12:58 PM ET Max Verstappen said his collision with Lance Stroll in the second practice session for the Portuguese Grand Prix was completely avoidable, although both drivers avoided punishment for the incident. Verstappen and Stroll made contact at Turn 1 late in the session. Verstappen had moved alongside Stroll on the run down to Turn
10:03 AM ET McLaren CEO Zak Brown says his team would have acted differently to Racing Point had one of its drivers showed the same symptoms Lance Stroll experienced at the Eifel Grand Prix. Stroll missed the race due to an upset stomach but was not tested for COVID-19 until he had travelled home on
Haas open to running two rookies in 2021, admits money is a factor Haas boss Guenther Steiner said the team is exploring all options for 2021 as it looks for drivers to replace Romain Grosjean and Kevin Magnussen, but admitted money is played a part in the decision to ditch its current line-up.
1:26 PM ET Six-time world champion Lewis Hamilton has questioned the FIA’s decision to employ Vitaly Petrov as a steward at this weekend’s Portuguese Grand Prix after the Russian recently made controversial remarks about Hamilton’s anti-racism stance. 1 Related Following the Tuscan Grand Prix, at which Hamilton wore a T-shirt saying “arrest the cops who
1:20 PM ET Haas boss Guenther Steiner said the team is exploring all options for 2021 as it looks for drivers to replace Romain Grosjean and Kevin Magnussen, but admitted money is played a part in the decision to ditch its current line-up. On Thursday, Haas confirmed Grosjean and Magnussen will not continue beyond this
12:39 PM ET Romain Grosjean was surprised that both he and Kevin Magnussen have been dropped by Haas for 2021, a decision explained to him as a financial one. Haas will have an all-new driver lineup in 2021 after having retained the Grosjean-Magnussen pairing since 2017. Well-backed Russian driver Nikita Mazepin, currently racing in Formula
1:05 PM ET Kevin Magnussen and Romain Grosjean will not remain with Haas next year, meaning the American Formula One team will have an all-new lineup for 2021. Magnussen and Grosjean had been retained since 2017 but the team has opted to go a different way for next year. Grosjean has been with the team
10:41 AM ET With six races left in F1’s 2020 season, it just so happens that it is possible to split the grid into six distinct groups when sorting the Power Rankings ahead of the Portuguese Grand Prix. This is not a ranking of who is F1’s best driver, nor how the championship would look