Jul 12, 2018 Mercedes has announced a restructuring of its technical team ahead of 2019, which will see Aldo Costa step back from his role as Mercedes’ engineering director. When Mercedes needed a driver for a demonstration run at Imola, one man got the nod over both Lewis Hamilton and Valtteri Bottas. Costa, who joined
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7:45 AM ET Robert Kubica has revealed he had a deal signed to drive for Ferrari in 2012 before he suffered life-changing injuries in a rally accident in 2011. After seven years away from F1, the Polish driver has returned to the paddock as a test driver with Williams this year and still harbours ambitions
11:53 AM ET Circuit of the Americas owner Bobby Epstein expects to continue hosting the U.S. Grand Prix beyond its current deal despite the imminent arrival of a Miami street race. The Austin circuit has hosted F1 since 2012 but next year looks likely to share a space on the calendar with another U.S. race
8:33 AM ET After F1’s historic triple header and entertaining, championship-altering contests in Austria and Great Britain, ESPN’s F1 editors Laurence Edmondson and Nate Saunders, and columnists Maurice Hamilton and Kate Walker, weigh in on the biggest talking points after 10 races of the 2018 season. Does Haas need to replace Romain Grosjean? MH: He’s
5:05 AM ET Red Bull boss Christian Horner reckons Ferrari’s engine has replaced Mercedes as the benchmark engine in Formula One. Mercedes has owned the class-leading engine since the introduction of V6 power units in 2014. Ferrari fought Mercedes for the championship until the final stages of last season but has launched a stronger title
9:01 AM ET A round-up of the best radio soundbites from the British Grand Prix, where Ferrari and Sebastian Vettel ended Lewis Hamilton’s run of home victories. “Let’s try to be aggressive. Plan B is the only way to get ahead of him.”“Understood Kimi, we are trying, but the 10-second penalty is an issue…” Kimi
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
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