Formula 1

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

5:39 PM ET JEDDAH, Saudi Arabia — Charles Leclerc took little comfort from qualifying 0.155s off Sergio Perez’s pole position time at the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix, saying Ferrari’s gap to Red Bull is much bigger than Saturday’s session suggested. Leclerc was second fastest but will drop to 12th on the grid with a ten-place

1:45 PM ET JEDDAH, Saudi Arabia — Max Verstappen finished 15th in qualifying at the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix after he lost power in his Red Bull during the second part of the session. The reigning champion was the clear favourite for pole position after finishing 0.6s clear of his nearest rival in final practice

4:14 PM ET JEDDAH, Saudi Arabia — Toto Wolff would not blame Lewis Hamilton for leaving Mercedes if the team’s struggles continue for another year or two. Hamilton looks set for another disappointing season this year after Mercedes slipped further behind Red Bull over the winter and behind its engine customer Aston Martin. Hamilton has

11:52 AM ET JEDDAH, Saudi Arabia — Saudi Arabia is open to the possibility of hosting two Formula One races per season in the future, according to chairman of the Saudi Automobile & Motorcycle Federation Prince Khalid bin Sultan Al-Abdullah Al Faisal. The third running of the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix will take place this