4:57 AM ET LE CASTELLET, France — Red Bull boss Christian Horner used the latest bout of speculation about Daniel Ricciardo’s future to take a jab at the current competitiveness of Renault and McLaren. Ahead of this weekend’s French Grand Prix Red Bull’s motorsport chief Helmut Marko claimed McLaren has made several big-money offers for
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4:33 PM ET ESPN staff ESPN rounds up all the reaction from up and down the Le Castellet paddock following practice for the 2018 French Grand Prix. Mercedes Charles Coates/Getty Images Lewis Hamilton: “This place is beautiful, it’s really stunning down here. It’s always a challenge when you come to a new circuit, but you’re
12:17 PM ET LE CASTELLET, France — Fans attending the first day of action at the French Grand Prix were forced to wait for hours in traffic jams as road management around the circuit proved woefully inadequate. The traffic was particularly bad between 10am and 1pm as fans attempted to arrive in time for the
1:11 PM ET LE CASTELLET, France — Lewis Hamilton will find out on Friday whether Mercedes is able to deliver its latest specification of engine at this weekend’s French Grand Prix. The upgrade was originally planned for the Canadian Grand Prix but was delayed after dyno testing threw up some reliability concerns back at the
12:53 PM ET LE CASTELLET, France — Sebastian Vettel is expecting Mercedes to be a serious threat at the French Grand Prix regardless of whether it is able to run its latest engine upgrade. Mercedes made a last-minute decision not to introduce its planned engine upgrade ahead of the Canadian Grand Prix due to reliability
12:14 PM ET LE CASTELLET, France — Daniel Ricciardo says he is not aware of a big-money offer to join McLaren next year, but admits he is still weighing up his options for 2019. A report in Sports Bild ahead of this weekend’s French Grand Prix quoted Ricciardo’s Red Bull boss Helmut Marko saying McLaren
8:56 AM ET LE CASTELLET, France — Max Verstappen insists he has no concerns about Red Bull’s decision to join forces with Honda in Formula One next season. 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
7:25 AM ET McLaren’s senior management is confident the team has the right people in place to help turn its fortunes around in 2018. McLaren’s switch to Renault power has not achieved the step up the grid the team predicted at the start of the season. While it is in a much healthier position in
7:38 AM ET The future of the Belgian Grand Prix has been secured until the end of 2021 after F1 signed a new contract with Spa Grand Prix. The race takes place on one of the calendar’s most fearsome and impressive circuits — Spa-Francorchamps — and its current contract was due to expire after this
4:58 AM ET Haas boss Guenther Steiner expects the team to get back to its early-season form at the French Grand Prix this weekend. Haas established itself as ‘best of the rest’ on raw pace in the opening rounds, but failed to capitalise and convert that performance into the points it deserved. The team has