5:59 AM ET ESPN staff Max Verstappen hopes Red Bull will be able to regularly challenge Ferrari and Mercedes for race victories by the middle of the 2019 campaign. Red Bull has had a positive start to its Honda engine partnership but still remains adrift of the lead pair. As in previous seasons, its best
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9:36 AM ET ESPN staff Max Verstappen hopes Red Bull will be able to regularly challenge Ferrari and Mercedes for race victories by the middle of the 2019 campaign. Red Bull has had a positive start to its Honda engine partnership but still remains adrift of the lead pair. As in previous seasons, its best
Ahead of each race in 2019, ESPN is ranking every driver on the grid in our Formula One Power Rankings. 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 the race will go this
6:24 AM ET ESPN staff Formula One’s commercial boss Sean Bratches is due to meet with government officials in a number of Chinese cities to discuss the possibility of a new street race. Formula One has confirmed Vietnam will host its first grand prix in April 2020, with the race set to be held in
10:56 AM ET ESPN staff Haas boss Guenther Steiner says the team is struggling to find an answer for its lack of race pace at the last two races. The Chinese Grand Prix was the second race in a row Haas had both cars qualify in the top ten but fail to score any points
8:20 AM ET ESPN staff Mercedes made it three wins from three in China. Meanwhile, Ferrari endured another disappointing Sunday which saw it fall short of expectations and trip over on team orders and race strategy. For the third race in a row, Ferrari used team orders at the Chinese Grand Prix — but of
7:05 AM ET ESPN staff Although he sympathises with their situation, Mercedes boss Toto Wolff has warned Ferrari it might have set a dangerous precedent with its use of team orders so far in 2019. . Sebastian Vettel has criticised the media for what he feels has been unfair coverage of Ferrari’s implementation of team
5:19 AM ET Laurence Edmondson Close F1 Editor • Joined ESPN in 2009• An FIA accredited F1 journalist since 2011 Nate Saunders Close F1 Associate Editor • Previously worked in rugby union and British Superbikes • History graduate from Reading University• Joined ESPNF1 in February 2014 Another race, another head-scratching performance from Ferrari — compounded by a third consecutive one-two
12:02 PM ET SHANGHAI — Two third-place trophies. After the team’s most promising preseason in more than a decade, that’s all Ferrari has to show from the first three races of 2019. Meanwhile, Mercedes has become the first team since Williams in 1992 to start a season with three one-two victories. Sebastian Vettel has criticised
6:41 AM ET ESPN staff Sebastian Vettel has criticised the media for what he feels has been unfair coverage of Ferrari’s implementation of team orders so far in 2019. Another race, another head-scratching performance from Ferrari. A look at how Ferrari bungled another Formula One race and whether it is fair to assume the team