Formula 1

7:32 AM ET Toto Wolff thinks Mercedes has missed the straightforward approach of former non-executive chairman Niki Lauda, especially during the struggles of the last year and a half. Three-time champion Lauda was an integral part of the dominant Mercedes team up until his death in 2019. Lauda was frequently at races in that role

9:45 AM ET McLaren have announced the departure of technical director James Key as part of a design team overhaul that will see the leadership of its technical department split between three people. The news follows a disappointing start to McLaren’s 2023 campaign, with the team failing to score a point in the opening two

6:45 AM ET Mercedes boss Toto Wolff said his team are “changing things” in a bid to improve their position ahead of the Australian Grand Prix on April 2. Speaking to reporters at the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix, team principal Wolff said he would have no shame if the revamped car ended up resembling a

5:33 AM ET Max Verstappen stayed top of the Formula One world championship in Saudi Arabia on Sunday but said he was still unhappy at having to settle for second in the race behind Red Bull teammate Sergio Perez. The Dutch driver paid the price for a drive-shaft failure in Saturday’s qualifying that left him

11:38 AM ET Nate Saunders Close Nate Saunders General Editor, F1 Laurence Edmondson Close Laurence Edmondson F1 Editor • Joined ESPN in 2009• An FIA accredited F1 journalist since 2011 Fernando Alonso’s podium at the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix was the 100th of his career, but will be remembered more for the confusing and farcical situation that

11:44 AM ET Ferrari drivers Charles Leclerc and Carlos Sainz struggled to find anything positive to say about their cars after a tough race in Saudi Arabia followed a disappointing start to the Formula One season in Bahrain. Sainz finished sixth and Leclerc seventh in Jeddah, behind Red Bull’s Sergio Perez and Max Verstappen, Fernando

8:18 AM ET JEDDAH, Saudi Arabia — Lewis Hamilton knows a thing or two about dominating in Formula One. From 2014 to 2020 he won over 50 percent of the races and secured six of the seven drivers’ championships on offer. At times his Mercedes car appeared unbeatable, but in all those years of supremacy

6:12 PM ET Fernando Alonso has been reinstated to third position at the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix to cap a farcical couple of hours which followed the podium ceremony. Alonso lifted the third place trophy after finishing behind the two Red Bulls, but shortly after celebrating on the podium he was given a 10-second penalty

5:01 PM ET After seeing one breeze past him at the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix, Lewis Hamilton said Red Bull’s current car is faster than anything he ever had during Mercedes’ dominant spell of a few years ago. Red Bull recorded a second straight one-two finish at Sunday’s Saudi Arabian Grand Prix, finishing comfortably clear

3:46 PM ET JEDDAH, Saudi Arabia — Lewis Hamilton has reiterated that he has no plans to leave Mercedes or quit Formula One as a result of his recent on-track struggles. After eight consecutive seasons at the very front of the grid, Mercedes dropped off the pace last year and appears to have slid further