4:13 AM ET Seven years ago, Vicky Piria felt like she was on the verge of achieving something special. The Italian racer was talking to F1 boss Bernie Ecclestone and the Caterham team about the possibility of a test role for 2013. Just 18 years old, she was racing in the GP3 series, two steps
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7:11 AM ET ESPN staff Despite four straight defeats to Mercedes in the first four races of the 2019 season, Sebastian Vettel says there is good reason to keep the faith in his Ferrari team. 1 Related After two promising weeks of pre-season testing, Ferrari was being billed as the team to beat in 2019.
4:45 AM ET Reuters and ESPN Staff Two-time Formula One world champion Fernando Alonso will be replaced by New Zealander Brendon Hartley in the Toyota World Endurance Championship (WEC) team after the 24 Hours of Le Mans in June, the Japanese manufacturer announced on Wednesday. 1 Related Toyota said Alonso “will explore new motorsport adventures
Reigning world champion Lewis Hamilton has led the tributes to Ayrton Senna 25 years after the Brazilian driver’s death. Senna, regarded by many to be the greatest driver in Formula One history, was killed in an accident at the Italian circuit Imola, host of the 1994 San Marino Grand Prix. It was a tragic weekend
4:39 AM ET ESPN staff The Spanish Grand Prix has designed a Brazilian-Austrian flag it will display on the podium of its race next weekend as a nod to a poignant tribute which fate prevented from happening. May 1 is 25 years since Ayrton Senna, widely regarded as the greatest driver in F1’s history, died
8:12 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 Prior to the 1994 San Marino Grand Prix and the loss of Roland Ratzenberger and Ayrton Senna in one terrible weekend, motor
10:39 AM ET ESPN staff Valtteri Bottas reclaimed the lead of the championship in Azerbaijan as his Mercedes team defied the odds — and broke a record — by extending its run of one-two victories at the start of the 2019 season to four. 1 Related Does this mean we have a intra-team battle on
8:20 AM ET ESPN staff The Automobile Club d’Italia claims to have reached a commercial agreement with Formula One to keep the Italian Grand Prix at Monza until 2024. Monza’s current contract due to expire after this year’s running of the Italian Grand Prix, making the circuit one of five races up for renewal at
10:18 AM ET BAKU, Azerbaijan — Another race weekend, another missed opportunity for Ferrari. This one may not have been the open goal missed in Bahrain, but on pure pace Ferrari had the potential to win in Baku and once again it came up short. A series of interwoven errors, mainly on Saturday, were to
7:30 AM ET BAKU, Azerbaijan — Lewis Hamilton said he respected a gentleman’s agreement with Mercedes teammate Valtteri Bottas in their fight for victory at the Azerbaijan Grand Prix out of respect for his team. Hamilton had a good getaway off the line and appeared to have the advantage going into Turn 1, going in