6:48 AM ET Sebastian Vettel says the Mugello circuit in Tuscany deserves to have its own grand prix after testing a 2018 Ferrari at the Italian circuit earlier this week. 1 Related Mugello is among the circuits being considered as a back-up option if Formula One is unable to secure 15 races at venues with
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Feb 19, 2020 ESPN staff ESPN is the exclusive home of Formula One in the U.S., having extended its TV deal until the 2022 season. 1 Related After a four-month delay caused by the global coronavirus pandemic, F1 is ready to start the season. At present it has an eight-race calendar, but it hopes to
7:27 AM ET Ferrari drivers Sebastian Vettel and Charles Leclerc put a Formula One car through its paces for the first time since preseason at a test at Mugello on Tuesday. Vettel and Leclerc split duties in the team’s 2018 car, the SF71H, at the Tuscany circuit, which has been slated as a possible late
8:58 AM ET Former Formula One driver and twice Champ Car champion Alex Zanardi will remain in an induced coma until at least next week, according to the neurosurgeon who operated on him. The 53-year-old Italian suffered severe head injuries in a road accident while racing his handbike in Italy on Friday. “Zanardi is in
4:37 AM ET Lewis Hamilton said he is proud of NASCAR’s show of solidarity with Bubba Wallace at Talladega Superspeedway. 1 Related On Monday Wallace, NASCAR’s only Black full-time driver, was joined by all 39 other drivers and their crews in a march down pit road as they pushed his No. 43 to the front
5:20 PM ET Lewis Hamilton has shared a message of support for NASCAR’s Bubba Wallace after a noose was found in the stock car driver’s garage stall Sunday at Talladega Superspeedway. Wallace, who is NASCAR’s only Black full-time driver, successfully pushed the racing series to ban the Confederate flag at its tracks and facilities earlier
10:26 AM ET Lewis Hamilton attended a Black Lives Matter protest in London’s Hyde Park at the weekend and said he left “feeling extremely positive that change will come”. Hamilton, F1’s only black driver and its reigning champion, has been outspoken in his support of the movement. On Sunday, a day after launching the Hamilton
5:28 AM ET Formula One will use the season-opening Austrian Grand Prix to launch a new initiative against racism, which includes a diversity and equality task force. On Monday F1 said it will return at the July 5 event with “added purpose” to recognise the issues facing modern society. Ahead of the start of the
6:09 AM ET Six-times Formula One world champion Lewis Hamilton is launching a commission to help motorsport engage more young people from black backgrounds and drive diversity. 1 Related The Briton, 35, said in a column in the Sunday Times newspaper that he had been working with the Royal Academy of Engineering to create a
6:48 AM ET Former Formula One driver and twice Champ Car champion Alex Zanardi remained in serious condition in intensive care on Saturday after suffering severe head injuries in a road accident while racing his handbike in Italy the day before. The 53-year-old Italian, who lost both legs and nearly his life in a 2001