4:33 AM ET Connor McDonagh Mercedes boss Toto Wolff has wished Niki Lauda a safe and speedy recovery following his lung surgery on Thursday. Lauda — who has been Mercedes’ non-executive chairman since 2012 — had an operation in Vienna earlier in the week. ”Although we should enjoy the start of our summer holidays this
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6:33 AM ET Connor McDonagh Daniel Ricciardo says his switch from Red Bull to Renault for the 2019 Formula One season is one of the toughest decisions he’s made in his entire life. Ricciardo’s surprise switch to Renault shocked the F1 world when it was announced yesterday afternoon. It was widely expected that the Australian
9:44 AM ET Connor McDonagh McLaren CEO Zak Brown believes his team was ”pretty close” to signing Renault-bound Daniel Ricciardo for the 2019 Formula One season. Ricciardo surprised the F1 world yesterday when his switch from Red Bull to Renault was announced after many expected the Australian to remain at Red Bull alongside Max Verstappen.
8:38 AM ET Connor McDonagh Daniel Ricciardo will make the switch from Red Bull to Renault for the 2019 Formula One season. The Australian has signed a two-year deal with the French manufacturer, where he will partner Nico Hulkenberg. Ricciardo will leave Red Bull having spent the last five seasons with the team, winning on
4:56 AM ET Team boss Toto Wolff has urged Mercedes to match Ferrari’s recent gains in engine performance, and says he is not willing to accept that the Italian manufacturer has taken the upper hand in terms of power output. As F1 heads for its summer break, we reflect on some of the main talking
4:22 PM ET Austrian motor racing great Niki Lauda has had a successful lung transplant in Vienna, the hospital that treated him said Thursday. Lauda, who was badly burned in a near-fatal Formula One crash in 1976 and later became an airline entrepreneur, was taken ill recently. Austrian media had said he was being treated
5:47 AM ET Robert Kubica says he feels more at ease in a Formula One cockpit than he did when he made his return 12 months ago. Kubica tested for Williams at this week’s in-season test at the Hungaroring as part of his role with that team. The Budapest circuit was the scene of his
12:43 PM ET BUDAPEST, Hungary — Mercedes junior driver George Russell finished this week’s in-season test at the Hungaroring at the top of the timesheets after clocking a new track record on Wednesday afternoon. The F2 championship leader beat the record set by Antonio Giovinazzi in the Ferrari on Tuesday by 0.073s with a best
7:46 PM ET As F1 heads for its summer break, we reflect on some of the main talking points from the Hungarian Grand Prix and the 2018 season so far. Is Valtteri Bottas a glorified wingman for Lewis Hamilton? Valtteri Bottas helped Lewis Hamilton to victory in Hungary. Will Taylor-Medhurst/Getty Images NS: Although I think Mercedes
4:32 AM ET BUDAPEST, Hungary — Daniel Ricciardo says his new Red Bull contract will be signed by the time the Formula One season gets back underway at Spa-Francorchamps later this month. For the first time in his career Ricciardo is a free agent for next year, but with limited options elsewhere he is set