Formula 1

9:04 AM ET In the hours after Sunday’s Bahrain Grand Prix some of Max Verstappen’s rivals seemed ready to hand him this year’s title with 22 races still to run. The Red Bull driver won the opening race of the season by 11 seconds from his teammate Sergio Perez and by a massive 38 seconds

3:24 AM ET Red Bull boss Christian Horner praised Aston Martin’s remarkable climb up the Formula One order this year, saying that it is a compliment to how close the team’s design looks to his own. Fernando Alonso’s podium finish in Bahrain confirmed the huge steps forward made by Aston Martin, who finished seventh last

Mar 5, 2023 SAKHIR, Bahrain — George Russell offered a bleak assessment about the 2023 Formula One season, predicting Max Verstappen‘s easy win in Bahrain will be the norm this year. Max Verstappen scored a dominant victory at the first race as Mercedes and Ferrari, the only other two teams to win a race in

Mar 5, 2023 SAKHIR, Bahrain — Mercedes boss Toto Wolff described his team’s result at the Bahrain Grand Prix as “one of the worst days in racing” after Lewis Hamilton finished 50 seconds adrift of race winner Max Verstappen. Red Bull barely pushed the limit of its two cars on the way to a dominant

11:27 AM ET SAKHIR, Bahrain — Max Verstappen won the race, but the Bahrain Grand Prix belonged to Fernando Alonso. Alonso’s podium on his Aston Martin debut not only showed the excitement around the team’s car was justified (if not slightly overblown at points this week), but has also seen one of the most talented

7:08 AM ET Formula One will experiment with the format of qualifying at two races this season, the first is likely to be Imola in May, but double world champion Max Verstappen and other drivers see no need for change. The plan is to restrict tyre choice for the Saturday session so the first phase

1:27 PM ET SAKHIR, Bahrain — Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff has told his engineers to go back to the drawing board after conceding the team’s car concept is not good enough to fight for the title this year. George Russell and Lewis Hamilton qualified sixth and seventh for the opening race of the 2023

12:48 PM ET SAKHIR, Bahrain — Eight months after gambling on a move to Aston Martin, Fernando Alonso said he could not believe he has a car to fight for a podium at the Bahrain Grand Prix — even if Saturday’s qualifying performance didn’t quite live up to the hype of the past 24 hours.

Mar 3, 2023 Formula One champions Red Bull could be racing against themselves in Bahrain this weekend judging by preseason testing, according to Mercedes’ George Russell. Red Bull’s double world champion Max Verstappen and Mexican teammate Sergio Perez have been sounding confident after their new car was quickest at the Sakhir circuit last week. Editor’s

12:27 PM ET SAKHIR, Bahrain — Fernando Alonso has played down his chances of taking his first pole position in Formula One since the 2012 German Grand Prix after he topped Friday practice for the opening race of the 2023 season in Bahrain. Alonso doubled down on the excitement surrounding Aston Martin’s new car after