11:00 AM ET Nico Hulkenberg was having coffee with a friend in Cologne, an hour’s drive from the Nuburgring, when Racing Point asked him to step in for the unwell Lance Stroll at this weekend’s Eifel Grand Prix. Hulkenberg’s participation in the weekend was confirmed just half an hour before qualifying started on Saturday afternoon.
Formula 1
1:31 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 It was 24 hours later than planned, but Formula One’s return to action at
10:17 AM ET Mercedes has ruled out the possibility of supplying Red Bull with Formula One engines. 1 Related Honda’s decision to leave the sport at the end of the 2021 season means Red Bull and its sister team Alpha Tauri will need to find a new engine supplier to power their cars from 2022
10:55 AM ET Bad weather denied Mick Schumacher his Formula One practice debut and wiped out track action at the Eifel Grand Prix on Friday, with the medical helicopter grounded by fog and cars unable to run. Organisers had set the clock running for the 90-minute opening session at a cold and damp Nurburgring but
11:06 AM ET Friday practice for this weekend’s Eifel Grand Prix was cancelled when fog prevented the medical helicopter from operating during the morning and afternoon sessions. 1 Related The two 90-minute practice sessions failed to get underway and were eventually called off by the sport’s governing body, the FIA. Low clouds in the local
7:02 AM ET Mercedes has confirmed that another team member has tested positive for COVID-19 at this weekend’s Eifel Grand Prix, following news of its first positive case on Thursday. After the initial case was detected, all team members present at the Nurburgring this weekend were retested for the virus on site. One positive and
1:30 PM ET Lewis Hamilton has urged Formula One to reconsider its plans to move the Brazilian Grand Prix from Interlagos in Sao Paulo to a new circuit in Rio de Janeiro. A letter from F1 CEO Chase Carey to the acting governor of Rio de Janeiro, Claudio Castro, was leaked last week saying the
9:27 AM ET A member of the Mercedes Formula One team has tested positive for COVID-19 ahead of this weekend’s Eifel Grand Prix at the Nurburgring. The team confirmed the positive case on Thursday and a spokesman said it was being handled in accordance with FIA protocols. No further details were given. ESPN understands the
2:30 PM ET In an exclusive interview with ESPN, Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff rewinds the clock to April 15, 2009 and the day he nearly killed himself attempting a new lap record at the Nurburgring’s legendary Nordschleife… The Porsche 911 RSR was doing 189mph when the right rear tyre exploded and spat the car
10:56 AM ET Haas boss Guenther Steiner said the team is wary of drivers with a “sell-by date” when picking the team’s F1 line-up for 2021. Haas drivers Kevin Magnussen and Romain Grosjean have been teammates since 2017 but as of yet neither has been re-signed for next season. Haas has plenty of options, with