Formula 1

12:06 PM ET SILVERSTONE, Great Britain — Valtteri Bottas said he talked with other F1 teams before signing with Mercedes for 2021 but ultimately decided a one-year extension with the world champions was the best deal on offer. 1 Related Bottas started negotiations with Mercedes after the second race of the season, and his new

12:33 PM ET Formula One commentary legend Murray Walker believes Lewis Hamilton is better than Ayrton Senna and Michael Schumacher because he does not share their “highly debatable driving tactics”. 1 Related Hamilton is five victories away from overtaking Schumacher’s F1 record of 91 grand prix wins, while another world title would bring him level

1:40 PM ET SILVERSTONE, Great Britain — Four Extinction Rebellion protesters have been arrested after gaining access to Sunday’s closed-doors British Grand Prix and hanging a banner on the pit straight with the words “Act Now”. The four climate change protesters managed to break through Silverstone’s security and hang the pink banner over advertising hoardings

7:02 AM ET The hearing into Renault’s protest over the legality of Formula One rival’s Racing Point’s 2020 car will take place at Silverstone today. Renault has lodged an identical protest after the last three F1 races. The protest revolves around concerns about Racing Point’s collaboration with Mercedes, notably around the design of the brake

2:38 PM ET FIA president Jean Todt has praised Lewis Hamilton’s efforts to promote an anti-racism message in Formula One, but says other drivers should not feel forced into making gestures or statements they are not comfortable with. Hamilton, Formula One’s only Black driver, has been a prominent voice on matters of diversity and racism,

Aug 3, 2020 Lewis Hamilton described the final lap of Sunday’s British Grand Prix as the “most dramatic ending I can remember”, which is quite a statement from a driver who won his first world championship in the final corner of the final lap of the season. But as exciting as it was watching Hamilton

9:32 AM ET Formula One’s tyre manufacturer, Pirelli, has concluded that the failures it experienced at the British Grand Prix were related to a combination of high wear levels and extreme forces. Race winner Lewis Hamilton crossed the finish line on three wheels after his front-left tyre punctured on the final lap, seeing a lead

9:21 AM ET Mercedes boss Toto Wolff believes the double tyre failure it suffered at the British Grand Prix proves why it is wrong to assume his team will walk away with the 2020 championship. 1 Related Lewis Hamilton managed to crawl to victory despite sustaining a front-left puncture half-way round the final lap of

7:40 AM ET Sebastian Vettel was at a loss to explain his poor performance at the British Grand Prix, where he finished 10th as teammate Charles Leclerc claimed Ferrari’s second podium of the season on Sunday. 1 Related Vettel was on the back foot from the beginning of the weekend, with car issues robbing him

5:00 AM ET Formula One tyre supplier Pirelli has launched a comprehensive investigation into what caused the series of dramatic tyre failures at the end of the British Grand Prix. A look at how the British Grand Prix unraveled so dramatically and the key decisions made on the pit-wall which ensured a three-wheeled Lewis Hamilton