6:38 AM ET Nate Saunders Close F1 Associate Editor • Previously worked in rugby union and British Superbikes • History graduate from Reading University• Joined ESPNF1 in February 2014 Laurence Edmondson Close F1 Editor • Joined ESPN in 2009• An FIA accredited F1 journalist since 2011 The Formula One paddock is a busy place that hosts a lot of serious
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1:32 PM ET Nate Saunders Close F1 Associate Editor • Previously worked in rugby union and British Superbikes • History graduate from Reading University• Joined ESPNF1 in February 2014 Laurence Edmondson Close F1 Editor • Joined ESPN in 2009• An FIA accredited F1 journalist since 2011 The Formula One paddock is a busy place — Thursday’s media day is perhaps
10:56 AM ET BAKU, Azerbaijan — As team orders continue to dictate the narrative at Ferrari this year, Charles Leclerc has hinted that he may not play along in all situations. 1 Related Ferrari has used team orders at all three of the opening races this year in an attempt to favour Leclerc’s teammate Sebastian
6:13 AM ET Back-to-back wins in Bahrain and China has given Mercedes’ Lewis Hamilton the world championship lead for the first time in 2019. Now it’s over to you, Ferrari. What time does it start? How can I watch it? This weekend’s Azerbaijan Grand Prix is set to get underway at 16:10 p.m. local time,
5:12 AM ET ESPN staff Honda has brought forward the introduction of the second specification of its 2019 Formula One engine to this weekend’s Azerbaijan Grand Prix 1 Related The decision was made after a quality control issue was discovered as the reason for a problem on Daniil Kvyat’s Toro Rosso at the Chinese Grand
1:06 PM ET ESPN staff Ayrton Senna’s former teammate Gerhard Berger says Lewis Hamilton is the only driver he rates on the same level as the Brazilian legend. Three-time world champion Senna is regarded by many to be the greatest driver in F1 history. Hamilton entered F1 in 2007 with a yellow helmet in tribute
11:02 AM ET Lewis Hamilton is not a man who needs a head start in Formula One these days, but the five-time world champion has had exactly that in 2019. 1 Related Two wins in the opening three races — one incredibly fortunate, one incredibly dominant — have helped him into the lead of the
5:42 AM ET ESPN staff The all-female racing championship W Series will be aired on Channel 4’s UK television station this year. The series’ inaugural season begins at German’s Hockenheim circuit on May 3-4. The championship grid consists of 18 female drivers who were selected from a pool of 28 after evaluation tests in Almeria,
6:01 AM ET Formula One’s inaugural esports champion Brendon Leigh crashed during his on-track racing debut at the weekend. Leigh, 19, has won both esports championships held by F1, in 2017 during its first championship and in 2018 as part of the Mercedes team he still belongs to. He became something of a viral sensation
9:08 AM ET ESPN staff Sebastian Vettel says he has not entertained the possibility of quitting Formula One at the end of the year and believes he is still driving at the top of his game. 1 Related After missing out on the championship last year in a straight fight with Lewis Hamilton, Vettel currently