Formula 1

12:23 PM ET MARANELLO, Italy — The main road running into Maranello from the north has become a point of pilgrimage for Ferrari fans at this time of year. Roughly half a mile from the team’s famous factory gates the road rises up to cross a ring road and — although Maranello’s town planners never

6:11 AM ET Ferrari has launched the car it hopes will end its 15-year title drought in Formula One, the SF23. The new car retains Ferrari’s famous red livery with added black along the front of the chassis and on the rear wing, where the team name is written in white letters. Ferrari Ferrari launched

Feb 13, 2023 Aston Marrtin has unveiled the car new Formula One recruit Fernando Alonso will be racing in 2023 alongside Lance Stroll. Two-time champion Alonso, the grid’s oldest driver at 41, joined the team in place of Sebastian Vettel, who retired at the end of last season. Alonso, who last won a title in

10:37 AM ET McLaren is targeting a top four finish in the Formula One constructors’ championship this year, but says it could take a few races before the full potential of its new car is released. The new MCL60 — which breaks McLaren’s naming convention of recent years to mark 60 years since Bruce McLaren

12:26 PM ET Lando Norris has likened the FIA’s threat of clamping down on Formula One drivers making political protests or carrying political slogans to being treated like school kids. The FIA updated the International Sporting Code last December with a clause requiring prior written permission for drivers to make or display “political, religious and

4:59 AM ET Formula One CEO Stefano Domenicali has issued a warning to prospective F1 team owner Michael Andretti, saying some of his recent comments in the media were “not smart”. Andretti has joined forces with American car manufacturer Cadillac in the hope of setting up a new F1 team in 2026, but the project

5:30 PM ET Red Bull sister team AlphaTauri has introduced flashes of red to its colour scheme for the 2023 season. The Italian team, named after Red Bull’s fashion brand, launched their car at New York’s Fashion Week on Friday to continue the company’s U.S-themed start to the new season. AlphaTauri AlphaTauri Reigning champions Red

6:43 AM ET Jean-Eric Vergne of DS Penske won an action-packed Hyderabad E-Prix on Saturday, marking a successful return of a high-profile motorsport event in India. Vergne held off a strong challenge from Envison Racing’s Nick Cassidy to cross the chequered flag in the first place despite having less than 0.5 percent energy left in

11:44 AM ET Six protesters who were involved in a track invasion on the opening lap of last year’s British Grand Prix have been convicted after a two-week trial. Prosecutors claimed the members of the Just Stop Oil environmental campaign group, five of whom briefly sat on the circuit while the race was going on,

8:21 AM ET FIA president Mohammed Ben Sulayem, head of motorsport’s governing body, has stepped back from overseeing Formula One in a day-to-day capacity. Ben Sulayem was elected on a manifesto which included the restructure of race control and the FIA’s F1 operation as a whole. FIA single-seater boss Nicholas Tombazis will take over that