1:52 PM ET Ferrari hopes it can introduce some of the upgrades it intended to bring to the Hungarian Grand Prix at Formula One’s second race in Austria this weekend. Despite Charles Leclerc’s second-place finish, the opening race confirmed fears that Ferrari’s car is off the pace of Mercedes and Red Bull. Instead, it spent
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3:22 PM ET What a race! The Austrian Grand Prix was the perfect way for F1 to return after the long hiatus caused by the coronavirus pandemic. What at one point looked like being a fairly routine fight for victory between the Mercedes drivers exploded into life in the second stint. It was unlike any
3:21 PM ET Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff believes the decision to penalise Lewis Hamilton five seconds at the Austrian Grand Prix for a collision with Alex Albon was not justified. 1 Related The incident was key to deciding the result of the race, with Hamilton dropping from second to fourth as a result of
9:05 AM ET Max Verstappen, Charles Leclerc and Kimi Raikkonen were among the six drivers who declined to take a knee ahead of the Austrian Grand Prix on Sunday. Ahead of the race, the opening event of the 2020 season, drivers displayed T-shirts carrying the message “End Racism,” which was also written on the start-finish
1:50 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 We analyse the main talking points from the first competitive session of the 2020
2:39 PM ET Formula One’s drivers say they are unified in the anti-racism message the sport is promoting, although some may opt against taking a knee ahead of Sunday’s Austrian Grand Prix. On Saturday the Grand Prix Drivers’ Association (GPDA), made up of all 20 drivers, said competitors would have “the freedom to show their
7:48 PM ET Red Bull’s protest against Mercedes’ Dual Axis Steering (DAS) system has been rejected after the stewards of the Austrian Grand Prix declared the innovation legal. 1 Related The legality of the novel solution, which is unique to the Mercedes, has been debated since it was first spotted by rival teams during preseason
Feb 21, 2020 This article was written in February, during Formula One’s opening week of preseason testing at Barcelona’s Circuit de Catalunya. Mercedes has since changed its livery to an all black scheme for the new season. BARCELONA, Spain — The biggest talking point from the first week of Formula One’s preseason tests has been
3:02 PM ET The world may be a very different place compared to four months ago, but it seems some things never change: Mercedes is still the team to beat in Formula One. Perhaps it shouldn’t be a surprise that the reigning champions finished at the top of the timesheets after the first day of
12:35 PM ET Red Bull has launched a protest against rivals Mercedes over its use of its Dual Axis Steering (DAS) system during Friday practice at the Austrian Grand Prix. 1 Related Mercedes caught the attention of the F1 paddock in testing earlier this year when it first ran the system that allows the driver