6:25 AM ET Williams deputy team principal Claire Williams has revealed Esteban Ocon is on the team’s shortlist to partner George Russell next year. George Russell will race in Formula One next year with Williams and, alongside McLaren’s 2019 driver Lando Norris, promises to be the next big British name in Formula One. Russell, who
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6:25 AM ET Reuters and ESPN Formula One’s governing body the FIA has signed off on the 21-race calendar for the 2019 world championship following a World Motor Sport Council meeting on Friday. The calendar confirms the provisional schedule released by F1’s owners Liberty Media in August. The season will begin on March 17 at
6:15 AM ET George Russell will race in Formula One next year with Williams and, alongside McLaren’s 2019 driver Lando Norris, promises to be the next big British name in Formula One. We take a look at his story so far, including a diversion via Citroen 2CV racing and a career-defining decision between BMW and
6:04 AM ET George Russell has been confirmed as a Williams race driver for 2019 after signing a multi-year deal with the British team. Russell is a Mercedes junior driver and currently leads the Formula 2 championship by 37 points with just two races remaining. He has tested for Mercedes and Force India over the
10:11 AM ET Red Bull team principal Christian Horner says good progress is being made by his team’s future engine partner, Honda, and says a large amount of resource has already been invested into the 2019 car. Despite winning three races earlier this year and competing regularly with Mercedes and Ferrari, Red Bull looks destined
7:42 AM ET Plans to launch an all-women racing series next year have divided opinions among existing female racing drivers. A new international racing series exclusively for female drivers, W Series, will launch next year in a bid to give women an easier pathway to Formula One. W Series will be a free-to-enter, single-seater racing
5:52 AM ET Mercedes team boss Toto Wolff says he is not taking anything for granted as Lewis Hamilton closes in on a fifth world title. Sebastian Vettel is about to lose a championship he should have won, and it could taint his career forever. Our F1 team discusses the major talking points from the
4:52 AM ET Formula One champions Mercedes also dominated the sport’s virtual racetracks on Wednesday with British gamer Brendon Leigh starting the defence of his F1 Esports title with two wins in three races. The 19-year-old former kitchen porter, winner of the first Esports championship in Abu Dhabi last November before teams got involved, had
11:01 AM ET ESPN staff After Lewis Hamilton moved closer to securing his fifth world championship in Japan, we reflect on the main talking points to come out of Suzuka, which once again centre around Sebastian Vettel’s faltering championship campaign. Our F1 editors Laurence Edmondson and Nate Saunders join columnists Kate Walker and Maurice Hamilton
9:09 AM ET Ferrari boss Maurizio Arrivabene says the team will not give up on its 2018 championship hopes while mathematically still in the hunt. Sebastian Vettel and Ferrari’s mistakes at the Japanese Grand Prix were borne out of an increasingly desperate situation that has slowly been developing since Singapore, writes Laurence Edmondson. The Japanese