Formula 1

Sep 21, 2023, 05:13 AM ET Formula One should be tougher on drivers who impede others because “no one seems to care enough,” McLaren’s Lando Norris said on Thursday. Red Bull’s runaway championship leader Max Verstappen received three summons to the stewards in Singapore last weekend for impeding in qualifying and was handed two reprimands

Laurence Edmondson, F1 EditorSep 21, 2023, 03:38 AM ET Close • Joined ESPN in 2009• An FIA accredited F1 journalist since 2011 SUZUKA, Japan — Max Verstappen believes anyone who is unable to appreciate Red Bull’s dominance of Formula One this year is not a true fan of the sport. Prior to Carlos Sainz’s victory at the

Daniel Ricciardo and Yuki Tsunoda will stay with AlphaTauri in 2024, sources have told ESPN, leaving impressive rookie Liam Lawson’s immediate future in doubt. Red Bull had been weighing up three options for two seats but are understood to have settled on a decision this week. The decision extends the F1 career of eight-time grand

Laurence Edmondson, F1 EditorSep 21, 2023, 05:00 AM ET Close • Joined ESPN in 2009• An FIA accredited F1 journalist since 2011 SUZUKA, Japan — McLaren team principal Andrea Stella believes Oscar Piastri has similar traits to two-time champion Fernando Alonso and seven-time champion Michael Schumacher. This week, Piastri, who is in his rookie season in F1,

McLaren has extended rookie Oscar Piastri’s contract through to the end of 2026. The deal will keep Piastri and Lando Norris together as teammates for at least two more years, with the latter’s contract running until 2025. Piastri has impressed in his first F1 season so far, scoring 42 points and finishing second in the

Sep 19, 2023, 09:26 AM ET Formula One risks disarray in the unlikely event of Felipe Massa winning a threatened legal claim for the 2008 world championship, according to Mercedes team boss Toto Wolff. Former Ferrari driver Massa, now 42, has alleged he was denied the title by a “conspiracy” because the sport’s leaders knew

Sep 17, 2023, 06:24 AM ET Red Bull’s Singapore Grand Prix qualifying woes had nothing to do with a recent move by the governing FIA to tighten the rules on flexible bodywork, team boss Christian Horner said on Saturday. Championship leader Max Verstappen, riding a wave of 10 wins in a row, qualified only 11th

Sep 17, 2023, 05:23 PM ET AlphaTauri stand-in Liam Lawson scored his first Formula One points at the Singapore Grand Prix on Sunday and, in only his third race, also chalked up the team’s highest finish of the season. Despite that, the 21-year-old New Zealander managed to find fault in his weekend. Editor’s Picks 2

George Russell had to fight back tears after crashing out of the Singapore Grand Prix, saying he felt like he’d let himself and his Mercedes team down. Russell crashed on the final lap while running in third, narrowly behind Lando Norris and race leader Carlos Sainz. Editor’s Picks The Brit clipped the inside wall on

Sep 17, 2023, 12:39 PM ET Max Verstappen’s record run of 10 wins in a row ended in Singapore on Sunday but the Formula One leader had no doubt his Red Bull would be back up to speed in Japan next weekend, and rivals agreed. The Dutch 25-year-old finished fifth in a race won by