Formula 1

Max Verstappen’s third championship has been a matter of when, not if, for several months now, but he has to wait at least one race more until he wraps it up. The Dutchman’s win at the Italian Grand Prix was a record 10th in a row and it would be a brave bet against him

Sep 9, 2023, 08:18 AM ET Red Bull motorsport consultant Helmut Marko, one of the leading figures in the dominant Formula One team, apologised on Friday for blaming Mexican driver Sergio Perez’s fluctuating form on his ethnicity. The 80-year-old Austrian, a former racer who was a close friend of Red Bull’s late owner Dietrich Mateschitz,

All 10 Formula One teams spent within the budget cap for the 2022 season, the governing FIA announced on Tuesday. F1 teams were restricted to a budget of $135 million last year and each has been handed a certificate of compliance to say they operated within that figure. The audit of the 2022 cap was

Laurence Edmondson, F1 EditorSep 3, 2023, 01:19 PM ET Close • Joined ESPN in 2009• An FIA accredited F1 journalist since 2011 MONZA, Italy — Ferrari’s decision to let its drivers fight over third position at Monza was the team’s way of thanking its fans for their support this weekend, according to team principal Fred Vasseur. Carlos

MONZA, Italy — Max Verstappen’s record-breaking dominance has forced Red Bull to buy a new trophy cabinet for its F1 headquarters in the UK. Verstappen claimed an unprecedented 10th straight win at the Italian Grand Prix, moving clear of the 2013 tally of nine set by Sebastian Vettel in 2013. It was his 12th win

Laurence Edmondson, F1 EditorSep 5, 2023, 05:58 AM ET Close • Joined ESPN in 2009• An FIA accredited F1 journalist since 2011 MONZA, Italy — Although it wasn’t the dream result the tifosi had hoped for, Ferrari’s third and fourth-place finishes at the Italian Grand Prix represented a significant step forward compared to its performance at the

Sep 4, 2023, 10:05 AM ET Lewis Hamilton apologised to McLaren’s Oscar Piastri on Sunday for an Italian Grand Prix collision that dumped the Australian rookie out of the points after he had to pit for a new front wing. Mercedes’ seven-times world champion, the sport’s most successful driver who finished sixth despite a five-second

Red Bull does not expect Daniel Ricciardo to recover from his broken hand in time to return for AlphaTauri at the Singapore Grand Prix in two weeks’ time. Ricciardo is seeing a specialist on Monday to continue treatment on the broken metacarpal he suffered in a crash during practice for the Dutch Grand Prix. Liam

Carlos Sainz was robbed of his £500,000 Richard Mille watch in Milan hours after finishing third at the Italian GP, but was able to chase down the robbers and retrieve it. The Ferrari driver, still wearing his team kit after leaving the Monza circuit, was targeted by thieves near the Armani hotel in Milan. Reports

Laurence Edmondson, F1 EditorSep 3, 2023, 02:07 PM ET Close • Joined ESPN in 2009• An FIA accredited F1 journalist since 2011 MONZA, Italy — Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff has labelled Max Verstappen’s record of ten consecutive wins “irrelevant”, saying it is simply a number for a Wikipedia statistics page. After tying Sebastian Vettel’s record of