7:05 AM ET Maurice Hamilton Close • Veteran F1 journalist, covering the sport since 1977• Motor racing correspondent for the Observer for 20 years• Has written several books and covered F1 for BBC Radio 5 Live Ronnie Peterson would have turned 74 this year. It’s difficult to imagine what he might have looked like since the Swede with
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9:05 AM ET We’ll probably never know for certain what would have happened to Charles Leclerc had Sunday’s Turn 1 accident played out in Formula One cars without the Halo device. The truth is, we don’t really need to. The fact a car can fly over another at that part of the cockpit so violently,
8:58 AM ET ESPN staff After the resumption of the 2018 Formula One season in Belgium, our F1 editors Laurence Edmondson and Nate Saunders join columnists Maurice Hamilton and Kate Walker to talk through the most pressing issues lingering since the race at Spa-Francorchamps. Seeing the gains being made by Honda this year, has Daniel
7:00 AM ET Max Verstappen does not think Red Bull will be able to fight for the title when it makes its switch to Honda power next year. On the face of it, a switch from the third most competitive engine of the turbo-hybrid era to the least competitive engine doesn’t sound great. But Red
9:28 AM ET Daniel Ricciardo will face a grid penalty at this weekend’s Italian Grand Prix after Red Bull team boss Christian Horner confirmed a new power unit would be fitted to his car. Ricciardo has used three of each power unit component already this year and had to take a grid drop at the
8:45 AM ET Fernando Alonso says he turned down an offer from Red Bull to replace Daniel Ricciardo because the team could not offer him the level of performance he desired to stay in Formula One. Fernando Alonso’s comments to the media are increasingly difficult to take seriously… Nate Saunders delves deeper into the words
6:36 AM ET Although it goes against his “racing instinct” to use Valtteri Bottas to aid Lewis Hamilton’s championship challenge, Toto Wolff admits Mercedes may have to consider the use of team orders soon. Bottas is 87 points behind championship leader Hamilton, who is locked in a title fight with Ferrari’s Sebastian Vettel. Hamilton was
11:10 AM ET Connor McDonagh Stoffel Vandoorne believes McLaren hasn’t made any progress since the start of the season. The under-pressure Belgian finished last of the 15 classified finishers at Spa-Francorchamps after qualifying last of all on Saturday. McLaren struggled for pace all weekend and its non-score in Belgium means it has scored just 12
10:09 AM ET Connor McDonagh Retired Formula One star Felipe Massa is the latest driver to praise the Halo cockpit protection device after seeing the role it played in the Turn 1 crash at the Belgian Grand Prix. Fernando Alonso said the Halo was “a very good thing to have” on F1 cars after his
5:12 AM ET SPA-FRANCORCHAMPS, Belgium — Gene Haas is frustrated at the concessions made to the rebooted Force India outfit since its takeover during the summer break. In August, Force India was saved from financial uncertainty and administration by a consortium led by Canadian billionaire Lawrence Stroll. On Thursday ahead of the Belgian Grand Prix