4:37 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 The 70th Anniversary Grand Prix saw Max Verstappen end fears of Mercedes winning every
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12:05 PM ET Valtteri Bottas said Mercedes left the door wide open for Max Verstappen to win the 70th Anniversary Grand Prix at Silverstone. Bottas led away from pole position and controlled the early spell of the race, but Verstappen was on an alternate strategy and jumped ahead in the first pit-stop window. Bottas would
6:02 AM ET Sergio Perez should return for Racing Point at next week’s Spanish Grand Prix after the Mexican Formula One driver missed two races due to COVID-19, team boss Otmar Szafnauer said on Saturday. The 30-year-old Perez has tested positive in two tests but Szafnauer said recent samples showed the amount of virus in
2:09 PM ET Racing Point is confident an appeal process would clear its name in the copying controversy that has seen the team docked 15 points and fined $470,000. After rivals Renault launched a protest against the Racing Point car earlier this year, the design process of the RP20’s rear brake ducts was found to
1:09 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 Given Sunday’s 70th Anniversary Grand Prix — the name of the second event at
3:54 PM ET Ferrari and McLaren have both lodged their intention to appeal the sanctions handed to Racing Point following Renault’s successful protest of the team’s 2020 car. A look ahead to Silverstone’s second F1 race in eight days and what Pirelli’s response to the British GP drama means for the weekend’s action.Listen to the
10:32 AM ET Mercedes and Formula One are at loggerheads over the terms of the commercial deal that will bind the teams to the sport beyond the 2020 season. F1 is negotiating a new deal, known as the Concorde Agreement, with its 10 teams, as the current agreement expires at the end of 2020. An
11:14 AM ET SILVERSTONE, Great Britain — McLaren and Ferrari suspect Racing Point’s breach of Formula One’s regulations may go deeper than the stewards’ decision issued on its brake ducts. FIA stewards found that the design process of Racing Point’s rear brake ducts was in breach of F1’s sporting regulations as they were based on
5:05 AM ET Racing Point has had 15 championship points deducted and been fined 400,000 Euros ($472,942) after the FIA upheld Renault’s protest over its controversial car. Renault protested its midfield rivals over its controversial ‘pink Mercedes’ at the previous three races. The FIA seized Racing Point’s brake ducts after the first protest at the
2:17 PM ET SILVERSTONE, Great Britain — Formula One world champion Lewis Hamilton says he does not feel comfortable negotiating a new contract with Mercedes while people are losing their jobs as a result of the coronavirus pandemic. 1 Related Hamilton’s contract expires at the end of this season and he is expected to sign