Formula 1

Jan 4, 2024, 02:46 PM ET Former Brazilian Formula One driver Wilson Fittipaldi Jr. suffered a cardiac arrest on Christmas Day, his wife said on Thursday. Fittipaldi Jr., who is the brother of two-time F1 world champion Emerson Fittipaldi, was celebrating his birthday — which also falls on Dec. 25 — at the time. “During

Jan 1, 2024, 06:11 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Sauber has unveiled the new logo for its Formula One team, which will race as Stake for the next two seasons. Stake has replaced Alfa Romeo as the title partner of the long-running Sauber team in the interim years before it partners up with Audi from

Open Extended Reactions Steve Nielsen’s appointment was seen as a good move within F1. Bryn Lennon – Formula 1/Formula 1 via Getty Images FIA sporting director Steve Nielsen has quit his role with racing’s governing body after less than a year in the position. Nielsen was appointed in January to oversee and improve the FIA’s race

Open Extended Reactions On paper, Sergio Perez was a shoo-in for a slot in our top ten F1 drivers of 2023. He was one of two not named Max Verstappen to win a race and he finished second to the Dutchman in the world championship. And yet, he’s not made the cut on ESPN’s list,

Open Extended Reactions McLaren CEO Zak Brown has raised concerns about the relationship between Red Bull and its junior team, AlphaTauri, as “something that needs to be addressed in the future”. Red Bull has owned two F1 teams since the mid-2000s — it bought the Jaguar team for the 2005 season, before purchasing Italian-based Minardi

Laurence Edmondson, F1 EditorDec 18, 2023, 10:55 AM ET Close • Joined ESPN in 2009• An FIA accredited F1 journalist since 2011 Open Extended Reactions Construction of a new Red Bull wind tunnel will get underway next year, team principal Christian Horner has confirmed, with the team hoping to have it up and running by 2026. The

Laurence Edmondson, F1 EditorDec 17, 2023, 08:10 AM ET Close • Joined ESPN in 2009• An FIA accredited F1 journalist since 2011 Open Extended Reactions After his first year in charge at Ferrari, team principal Fred Vasseur believes many of the assumptions made about his team — including some of the ones he held before taking the

Laurence Edmondson, F1 EditorDec 17, 2023, 08:27 AM ET Close • Joined ESPN in 2009• An FIA accredited F1 journalist since 2011 Open Extended Reactions Ferrari team principal Fred Vasseur used the word “embarrassing” to sum up the saga surrounding the FIA’s recent compliance investigation into F1 power couple Susie and Toto Wolff. Last week, F1’s governing

Open Extended Reactions The Alfa Romeo Formula One team will race with the official name of Kick Sauber for the 2024 and 2025 seasons, the entry list for the next F1 season has revealed. Alfa Romeo has been the title partner of Sauber’s long-established F1 team since 2019 in a deal which expired with the

Dec 15, 2023, 05:30 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Red Bull‘s world championship winning Formula One team has demonstrated its pit stop prowess by completing a stop in pitch black conditions in just 2.84 seconds. Until this year’s Qatar Grand Prix, Red Bull held the world record for the fastest ever F1 pit stop at