Formula 1

Jun 13, 2023, 06:59 AM ET The auction of trophies that would have been awarded at this year’s cancelled Emilia Romagna Grand Prix have raised £247,171 ($310,666) for flood relief in the region. The race at Imola was called off last month after flooding in the Emilia Romagna region claimed 14 lives and displaced more

Laurence Edmondson, F1 EditorJun 12, 2023, 08:29 AM ET Close • Joined ESPN in 2009• An FIA accredited F1 journalist since 2011 Mercedes team boss Toto Wolff says he regrets not signing Max Verstappen when he had the chance but doubts a driver combination of Verstappen and Lewis Hamilton would have worked. Before Verstappen was announced as

Red Bull chief engineer Paul Monaghan said the team were annoyed by the pictures which circulated of its car floor design, but they do not think “ignorant copies” will make any of their rivals go faster. The underside of the dominant RB19 was photographed after Sergio Perez crashed out of qualifying and his car was

Jun 8, 2023, 12:11 PM ET Daniel Ricciardo and Will Arnett will host an alternate telecast on ESPN2 during next weekend’s Canadian Grand Prix. The debut episode of The Grandstand with Daniel Ricciardo and Will Arnett will air on June 18 on ESPN2 in the U.S., while regular race coverage of the Canadian Grand Prix

Jun 9, 2023, 04:40 AM ET The red and white helmet was a one-off creation for the Monaco Grand Prix, in which Charles Leclerc finished sixth. ANDREJ ISAKOVIC/AFP via Getty Images The Formula One helmet worn by Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc at his home Monaco Grand Prix last month sold for a record €306,000 ($329,960) in an

Laurence Edmondson, F1 EditorJun 8, 2023, 12:49 PM ET Close • Joined ESPN in 2009• An FIA accredited F1 journalist since 2011 Formula One has said the running of next weekend’s Canadian Grand Prix in Montreal is not at risk from the wildfires burning in Quebec. Smoke from more than 150 active wildfires has blown south from

Jun 8, 2023, 01:57 PM ET Next week’s Canadian Grand Prix in Montreal will be a bigger challenge for resurgent Mercedes than last Sunday’s Spanish Grand Prix, the team’s trackside engineering director Andrew Shovlin said on Thursday. Mercedes finished second and third at Barcelona’s Circuit de Catalunya with seven-time Formula One world champion Lewis Hamilton

Former McLaren technical boss James Key has joined Alfa Romeo in the same role, the team announced on Wednesday. Key, who left McLaren shortly after the start of the season, will begin his new role in September, replacing Jan Monchaux. The move marks a return to the Swiss-based Sauber operation, which currently races under the

Charles Leclerc has said he cannot understand why Ferrari is struggling to get the most out of its Formula One car at the moment. Leclerc finished 11th at the Spanish Grand Prix after qualifying 19th and starting from the pit-lane. Ferrari had made changes to the rear end of his car overnight after his struggles

Lewis Hamilton told ESPN in May that he was pushing for a South African race to be added to the Formula One calendar Joan Valls/Urbanandsport /NurPhoto via Getty Images Formula One’s plan to hold a South African Grand Prix in 2024 has fallen through, sources have told ESPN, meaning the popular Belgian Grand Prix at Spa-Francorchamps