7:59 AM ET The huge turnout at the British Grand Prix showed why Formula One cannot turn its back on Silverstone, according to managing director Ross Brawn. A bumper crowd of 140,000 attended the race on Sunday, with the tally for the entire weekend coming in at 340,000. Despite regular big crowds the future of
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5:15 AM ET Haas junior Santino Ferrucci was blocked from running President Donald Trump’s “Make America Great Again” slogan on the side of his Formula Two car at the weekend. In an unrelated incident, the American driver has been banned for four races after deliberately crashing into Trident teammate and fellow Haas junior Arjen Maini
5:58 AM ET Hours after Lewis Hamilton suggested her husband had deliberately driven into him during the British Grand Prix, Minttu Raikkonen took a swipe at people who “cry like a girl” when they lose. Lewis Hamilton’s hopes of a fifth consecutive Silverstone victory went up in smoke within moments of the start: after a
11:58 AM ET It was Sebastian Vettel’s fourth victory of the season, but it was clear this one meant more. The win — on a track eight miles from Mercedes’ Brackley factory – was laden with emotion and after he crossed the finish line it spilled out over the team radio. Ferrari boss Maurizio Arrivabene
4:57 AM ET Connor McDonagh Toto Wolff stands by his team’s decision not to pit Valtteri Bottas and Lewis Hamilton under the Safety Car at the British Grand Prix. Mercedes opted to keep both of its drivers out when the Safety Car was deployed due to Marcus Ericsson’s crash at Turn 1. This gave Bottas
3:02 PM ET SILVERSTONE, U.K — Toro Rosso driver Pierre Gasly has labelled F1’s penalty system as “bulls–t” after a post-race investigation dropped him from tenth to 13th in the final standings for the British Grand Prix. Gasly collided with Force India driver Sergio Perez in Turn 17 towards the end of the race as
2:21 PM ET SILVERSTONE, U.K. — Fernando Alonso has called the stewards at the British Grand Prix “soft” after they decided not to investigate an incident involving Kevin Magnussen towards the end of the race. Alonso was battling with Esteban Ocon for seventh position after the second Safety Car period when he went deep at
6:19 AM ET SILVERSTONE, U.K. — Mercedes will not adopt a cautious approach to race strategy at the British Grand Prix despite its strategy error in Austria, according to team boss Toto Wolff. A round-up of the main talking points from qualifying from the British Grand Prix, where Lewis Hamilton claimed a slice of history
1:50 PM ET SILVERSTONE, U.K. — Fernando Alonso says Formula One now has “three Ferraris on the track” because Sauber appears to have drawn level with Haas in terms of raw performance. Sauber turned in a strong performance in qualifying for the British Grand Prix, with Charles Leclerc claiming ninth, but still did not get
1:06 PM ET SILVERSTONE, U.K. — Max Verstappen says Red Bull was losing over a second per lap in qualifying at the British Grand Prix due to a 80bhp power deficit to rivals Mercedes and Ferrari. Verstappen qualified fifth on Sunday’s grid and was 0.710s off the pole position time set by Lewis Hamilton. He