9:09 AM ET HOCKENHEIM, Germany — The Formula One paddock is a busy place that hosts a lot of serious business over a race weekend, but we’ll try to bring you some of the news stories you might otherwise miss ahead of the German Grand Prix. A new look… Mercedes has paid tribute to its
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8:12 AM ET Ahead of each race in 2019, ESPN is ranking every driver on the grid in our Formula One Power Rankings. 1 Related In compiling these standings, we have taken out the car factor and focused solely on the drivers and how each has been performing. This is not a prediction for how
10:13 AM ET After each race Valtteri Bottas makes a point of looking himself in the mirror. It isn’t a metaphor for the soul searching most drivers do as they fly home on a private jet, he actually does it. Staring back at himself, he goes through the weekend’s events — good or bad —
4:49 AM ET ESPN staff Mercedes has teased the first pictures of a one-off livery that will run on its cars at the German Grand Prix to celebrate the brand’s 125th year in motorsport. The German car giant is the title sponsor of this weekend’s race at Hockenheim and is using the event to celebrate
2:55 PM ET Daniel Ricciardo is facing a legal claim from his former manager of £10 million in allegedly unpaid fees. Ricciardo made the shock decision to leave Red Bull for the French manufacturer ahead of the current season. According to Glenn Beavis, that deal included commissions which he is yet to receive. Beavis’ lawsuit,
12:06 PM ET Lewis Hamilton has no doubts Sebastian Vettel will recover from his recent run of high-profile mistakes. This weekend Vettel returns to the Hockenheim circuit for the German Grand Prix, where he infamously crashed out of the lead in the closing stages of last year’s race. Hamilton won that dramatic race to claim
11:31 AM ET Haas’ title sponsor has renamed itself Lightning Volt after a bizarre internal struggle under its former guise, Rich Energy, captured headlines over the past two weeks. The saga has featured numerous twists and turns — most recently, the removal of Rich Energy’s former CEO, William Storey, from his position — and still
9:16 AM ET The organisers of the Vietnam Grand Prix have released the first images of how the circuit will look like ahead of its first Formula One race next year. The race will be held around the country’s capital city Hanoi on a 5.565km street circuit featuring purpose-built sections and a newly constructed pit
2:19 PM ET The Australian Grand Prix has extended its race contract for a further two years, keeping the race in Melbourne until at least 2025. It has become F1’s traditional season opener, hosting the first race of the season every year since 1996 apart from 2006 and 2010. The Australian Grand Prix Corporation already
5:53 AM ET Mercedes’ engineers are still struggling to understand how Lewis Hamilton was able to set the fastest lap of the British Grand Prix on a set of tyres that should have been well past their best. 1 Related A new rule this year awards a bonus point to the driver who sets the