9:18 AM ET Formula One is looking at altering its existing qualifying format in 2019 in the hope of creating more unpredictability. F1’s decision-making Strategy Group is considering expanding the current system, which currently involves three separate qualifying sessions. Five drivers are eliminated in Q1 and Q2, leaving 10 drivers the Q3 shootout for pole
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6:40 AM ET Brazilian football club Corinthians has unveiled a tribute kit to Ayrton Senna to mark the 30th anniversary of his first Formula One world championship. The kit has a mixture of homages to the legendary Brazilian, who is considered by many to be the greatest driver of all time. It follows the colours
8:29 PM ET After team orders decided the Russian Grand Prix in Lewis Hamilton‘s favour on Sunday, the four-time world champion says he would be willing to return the favour to teammate Valtteri Bottas later in the year. Bottas, however, said he would not be willing to accept it. It is laughable to suggest Mercedes
11:48 AM ET If the way in which Mercedes enacted team orders at the Russian Grand Prix seemed clumsy, it’s because it was. It is laughable to suggest Mercedes should have let Lewis Hamilton leave points on the table this close to the end of the season by allowing Valtteri Bottas to win the Russian
11:02 AM ET Connor McDonagh Formula E founder Alejandro Agag believes Formula E has the potential to overtake Formula One as the world’s leading motorsport series once the automotive industry becomes all-electric. Formula E is currently the only all-electric racing series and will enter its fifth season when it debuts its new Gen2 car in
4:38 AM ET Sebastian Vettel believes wins at the upcoming races could be enough to put pressure on Mercedes and force a dramatic turnaround in the drivers’ championship in the final five races. It is laughable to suggest Mercedes should have let Lewis Hamilton leave points on the table this close to the end of
2:36 PM ET SOCHI, Russia — Team orders are an unfortunate part of Formula One but Mercedes’ use of them at the Russian Grand Prix was entirely justified. Even Sebastian Vettel — the driver who arguably lost more from the decision than Valtteri Bottas — said as much after being dealt another hammer blow to
1:27 PM ET Although his Russian Grand Prix only lasted four laps before he retired with a brake issue on his Toro Rosso, Pierre Gasly said he experienced a “really scary” moment when his visor was struck by a piece of debris on the opening lap. Gasly was following Daniel Ricciardo, who sustained front wing
2:19 AM ET SOCHI, Russia — Bernie Ecclestone thinks Ferrari’s struggle to compete with Mercedes this year is because it has drifted too far away from the clear team structure that helped it dominate Formula One in the early 2000s. Lewis Hamilton and Mercedes have edged ahead of Sebastian Vettel and Ferrari in both championships
9:46 AM ET In a qualifying session reminiscent of Formula One circa 2014-2016, Ferrari had no answer for Mercedes over a single lap. Nate Saunders analyses the main talking points from the Sochi Autodrom. Shock: We have spent a lot of time talking about Sebastian Vettel’s mistakes this year but Lewis Hamilton made a pretty