5:46 AM ET ESPN staff Kimi Raikkonen’s son, Robin, has driven his first laps in a go-kart, marking what could be the start of a career following in his father’s wheel tracks. Raikkonen posted images and video of his four-year-old son driving around a wet go-kart track on Instagram with the caption “ACEMAN BEGINS”. He
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8:26 AM ET American Formula 2 driver Juan Manuel Correa will make his Formula One debut in a private test with Alfa Romeo on Aug. 24. Correa, 20, is an Alfa Romeo development driver and has been racing for the Sauber Junior Team by Charouz in F2 this year. The test will take place at
6:26 AM ET Although the decision to replace Pierre Gasly with Alex Albon seems harsh from the outside, it is supported by one simple fact: Red Bull is 44 points behind Ferrari in the constructors’ championship this year and Gasly’s lacklustre performances have cost the team more than that over the first 12 races. But
6:44 AM ET Alex Albon will take Pierre Gasly’s seat at Red Bull for the second half of the 2019 season, with Gasly moving back to Toro Rosso. Gasly joined Red Bull from Toro Rosso at the start of the year but has struggled for performance, scoring just 63 points to teammate Max Verstappen’s 181.
11:52 AM ET Jamie Chadwick won the inaugural W Series championship Sunday, with her fourth-place finish in the series finale at Brands Hatch proving enough to secure the title. With Alice Powell crossing the finish line first in Kent for her maiden win in the six-race series, Chadwick needed to finish fourth to be crowned
8:59 AM ET McLaren will return to full-time IndyCar racing in 2020 in partnership with Arrow Schmidt Peterson Motorsports and Chevrolet. The British team will be renamed Arrow McLaren Racing SP, entering two Chevrolet-powered cars in next year’s championship. No drivers were mentioned. Former Indianapolis 500 winner Gil de Ferran, the sporting director of McLaren
8:09 AM ET F1’s summer break is traditionally the time when decisions are made over driver line-ups for the following year, and as F1 left the paddock in Hungary last weekend, there were as many rumoured changes as confirmed drivers for 2020. Below, we outline the situation at each team and attempt to cut through
12:09 PM ET The Mexican Grand Prix has secured a three-year deal to remain in Formula One until the end of 2022 despite losing its public funding. The future of the race was in doubt after the federal government announced it would no longer subsidise the grand prix once the existing contract expired at the
7:50 AM ET Valtteri Bottas says he has a “Plan B” and “even a Plan C” in case he is not retained by Mercedes as Lewis Hamilton’s teammate next year. 1 Related The Finnish driver is second in this year’s drivers’ championship but faces an uncertain summer break as he waits on Mercedes to decide
11:34 AM ET The mayor of Mexico City has revealed the Mexican Grand Prix will remain on the Formula One calendar beyond 2019, with details of the new contract due to be announced on Thursday. 1 Related The Mexican Grand Prix returned to the F1 calendar in 2015 and October’s race in Mexico City will