1:52 PM ET SILVERSTONE, U.K. — Lewis Hamilton says he will be on the first plane to Russia if England makes it to the World Cup final on July 15. This weekend’s British Grand Prix coincides with the English national team’s biggest game in recent memory: the quarter-final against Sweden, which starts the moment qualifying
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1:32 PM ET SILVERSTONE, U.K. — Daniel Ricciardo has still not given up on challenging for the 2018 title but admits Red Bull’s up and down season makes it difficult to believe it is possible. Ricciardo’s teammate Max Verstappen claimed a surprise win at the Austrian Grand Prix last week. Although it was helped by
11:55 AM ET The Austrian Grand Prix produced another thrilling contest in Formula One’s 2018 season, and another with an unexpected result. Our F1 editors Laurence Edmondson and Nate Saunders are joined by columnists Kate Walker and Maurice Hamilton to discuss some of the biggest talking points from the weekend. After another strategy blunder in
9:35 AM ET With Eric Boullier resigning on Tuesday night, McLaren announced a senior management restructure on Wednesday. We take a look at the key people in the team’s new “simplified technical leadership”. Gil de Ferran – Sporting director Gil de Ferran worked with Fernando Alonso when McLaren returned to the Indy 500 in 2017. James
8:56 AM ET Christian Horner says only a shock Lewis Hamilton retirement would stop Daniel Ricciardo signing a contract extension with Red Bull now. Ricciardo’s future has been the subject of much speculation this season, the final year of his existing contract. The Australian was strongly linked with Mercedes and Ferrari and made no secret
3:51 AM ET Red Bull boss Christian Horner has labelled the way Mercedes dealt with its strategy error at the Austrian Grand Prix as “bizarre” and says he would not expect one of his strategists to make an apology on team radio in the same circumstances. Mercedes failed to score points at last weekend’s grand
12:22 PM ET Mercedes technical director James Allison believes the way his team dealt with its strategy mistake at the Austrian Grand Prix shows a healthy attitude towards failure within Mercedes. Mercedes’ double retirement was a dark day for the team, but they might not be the ones regretting the result of the Austrian Grand
9:33 AM ET Christian Horner believes Red Bull would currently be leading the Formula One world championship if it hadn’t dropped so many points in the opening nine races of 2018. Max Verstappen has his sights on challenging for the drivers’ title after winning the Austrian Grand Prix. Mercedes’ double retirement was a dark day
4:30 AM ET On the face of it, the Austrian Grand Prix was a hammer blow for Mercedes’ championship. Not only did the team fail to score on a circuit where it had looked dominant all weekend, it showed clear weaknesses in both reliability and race strategy during a championship battle in which the smallest
11:34 AM ET Connor McDonagh Valtteri Bottas has described his recent run of bad luck in 2018 as a ”bad joke”. The Finn has arguably been Formula One’s unluckiest driver in 2018 with his recent retirement in Austria the latest dose of bad luck. Most notably, he had been on for the win in Baku