10:16 AM ET MELBOURNE, Australia — After smashing the Albert Park lap record by 0.6s and beating Ferrari by 0.7s, it was not immediately clear to Mercedes how it had managed to gain such a massive advantage on the eve of the first race of the season. Lewis Hamilton and Mercedes’ surprising and ominous pace
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10:13 AM ET MELBOURNE, Australia — Twelve months ago Haas left the season-opening Australian Grand Prix distraught after suffering a double DNF and failing to capitalise on their best ever qualifying performance. Kevin Magnussen and Romain Grosjean were running in P4 and P5 respectively before a pair of botched tyre changes in successive laps saw
1:06 PM ET ESPN staff A new Formula One season is upon us, with this weekend’s Australian Grand Prix kicking off the 2019 campaign. At this stage, it’s hard to know anything for certain, but that’s never stopped people making wild predictions before. F1 editor Laurence Edmondson and deputy Nate Saunders have joined columnists Maurice
5:31 AM ET ESPN staff Charlie Whiting, the FIA’s director of Formula One and one of the most influential people in the sport, has died at the age of 66. The news comes just three days ahead of the season-opening Australian Grand Prix on Sunday. The FIA, F1’s governing body, confirmed Whiting died on Thursday
8:32 AM ET MELBOURNE, Australia — Although the sight of two Mercedes at the top of the timesheets is a familiar one in Formula One, it doesn’t fit with the narrative that emerged from testing two weeks ago. According to all the data we saw in over eight days of running in Barcelona, Ferrari had
Charlie Whiting obituary: He was loved by all — in an ego-driven world like F1, that speaks volumes Following the death of F1 race director Charlie Whiting, Maurice Hamilton remembers a man who lived and breathed motor racing and was a constant voice of calm and reason in an often-explosive environment.
9:31 AM ET Eight days of winter testing is in the books. Ferrari appear the strongest, but Mercedes’ late gains in Barcelona means the season-opening Australian Grand Prix is wide open. What time does it start? How can I watch it? This weekend’s Australian Grand Prix is set to get underway at 4:10 p.m. local
11:20 AM ET Daniel Ricciardo is clearly already enjoying the freedom afforded to him outside of the Red Bull system. The Australian will make his race debut for Renault this weekend and ahead of his home race in Melbourne has unveiled his new helmet design for the upcoming campaign. And it’s quite something, too. PETER
9:39 PM ET ESPN staff Charlie Whiting, the FIA’s director of Formula One and one of the most influential people in the sport, has died at the age of 66. The news comes just three days ahead of the season-opening Australian Grand Prix on Sunday. The FIA, F1’s governing body, confirmed Whiting died on Thursday
12:18 PM ET When Lewis Hamilton said 2019 would be his biggest challenge since joining Mercedes, he wasn’t kidding. Lap times from testing can be misleading, but within his team there is a genuine concern that the new car, known as the W10, has already given away precious tenths of a second to Mercedes’ main