5:44 AM ET Lewis Hamilton‘s domination of Formula One is “getting a bit boring” and it is time for the younger generation to take over at the top, Red Bull’s Max Verstappen has said. The Dutch driver hopes he and Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc, also 22-years-old, will be fighting for the Mercedes driver’s throne next year.
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5:31 AM ET Formula One has set out its first ever sustainability plan with the aim of achieving a net zero-carbon footprint for the sport by 2030. The championship, which will have a record 22 grand prixs next year with the 10 teams flown around the world, said carbon reduction projects would start immediately. 1
3:51 AM ET Mercedes boss Toto Wolff will miss Sunday’s Brazilian Grand Prix, making it the first race he has not attended since 2013, now that his team have won both Formula One championships for an unprecedented sixth year in a row. A Mercedes spokesman said technical director James Allison will be the most senior
8:48 AM ET Maurice Hamilton Close • Veteran F1 journalist, covering the sport since 1977• Motor racing correspondent for the Observer for 20 years• Has written several books and covered F1 for BBC Radio 5 Live James Mangold’s latest movie is variously titled ‘Ford v Ferrari’ or ‘Le Mans ’66’, depending in which part of the world you
5:01 AM ET W Series champion Jamie Chadwick has taken a step closer to Formula One this year but her dream of one day competing at the pinnacle of motor racing feels further away than ever. The Briton, who collected $500,000 for winning the inaugural all-female single-seater title, celebrated her 21st birthday in May with
7:38 AM ET All the focus has been on Lewis Hamilton after he secured his sixth title in Austin, but in doing so he also put an end to the championship hopes of Mercedes teammate Valtteri Bottas. Bottas started the season well and had the same car as Hamilton throughout the year, so at what
3:36 AM ET German Touring Cars (DTM) boss and former Formula One driver Gerhard Berger has unveiled a proposed electric series with high-performance cars racing at Formula One speeds and battery changes carried out by robots. If the concept, which was unveiled on Thursday, catches on with manufacturers, Berger said the series could run alongside
8:01 AM ET Lewis Hamilton became a six-time world champion in Austin, but that wasn’t the only news story doing the rounds at the Circuit of the Americas. Our regular writers — Laurence Edmondson, Nate Saunders, Maurice Hamilton and Kate Walker — discuss the main talking points from that emerged from the U.S. Grand Prix.
10:29 AM ET AUSTIN — Lewis Hamilton says he is downplaying the prospect of matching Michael Schumacher’s record of seven championships as it still remains such a far-fetched idea to him. Hamilton is now second on the all-time list of F1 champions having clinched his sixth title at the U.S. Grand Prix. The British driver
1:56 PM ET AUSTIN — After securing his sixth world championship on Sunday, Lewis Hamilton stands alone as the second most successful driver in Formula One history. Only Michael Schumacher’s seven world championships and 91 wins outranks him, but at this rate — and with talk of a new contract keeping him at Mercedes beyond