Formula 1

7:54 AM ET Just one week on from the final round of the Formula One season in Abu Dhabi, and Mercedes’ chief strategist James Vowles was back at a race track. As if his day job of chasing on-track performance around the globe for 22 weekends a year wasn’t enough, Vowles took the earliest opportunity

7:16 AM ET It may not have come down to the final lap of the final race like 2021, but 2022’s Formula One season still threw up plenty of drama. There were plenty of standout performers and a handful of disappointments from the 20 drivers who make up the grid. Here’s our full driver rankings,

6:01 AM ET The Chinese Grand Prix will not take place in 2023 due to the country’s ongoing situation dealing with COVID-19, Formula One confirmed on Friday. China’s F1 race, slated for April 16 next year, has been in doubt for some time due to the country’s zero-COVID policy, and sources have told ESPN recent

6:25 AM ET Haas boss Guenther Steiner will release a book, “Surviving to Drive”, in April next year to take readers inside his team’s rollercoaster 2022 season. Steiner, who has gained huge popularity through Netflix’s successful “Drive to Survive series on Formula One, is known for his outspoken interviews and colourful language. The book, written

4:01 AM ET Mattia Binotto has resigned as the boss of Ferrari’s Formula One team after its disappointing season. Ferrari came into 2022 as strong favourites for the championship and won two of the opening three races, but their challenge soon faded. Binotto’s team won just three more times as Max Verstappen and Red Bull

3:52 AM ET Only two teams have won a Formula One world championship since 2010: Red Bull and Mercedes. Go back one year further, to 2009, and both titles were won by Brawn GP, which was independent at the time but then morphed into the Mercedes F1 the following year. During the last 14 years,

6:09 AM ET Esteban Ocon has taken a parting shot at former Alpine teammate Fernando Alonso, saying the Spaniard barely did any work to push the team forward. Alonso is joining Aston Martin next year and has already predicted his new team can beat Alpine in 2023. The Spaniard grew increasingly critical of Alpine and

6:46 AM ET The 2022 Formula One season is over — Red Bull took the championship but all 10 teams had at least one good thing to shout about, as well as moments which didn’t go to plan, across the season. Here we look at the best and worst of every team’s season, in championship

8:09 AM ET Red Bull has confirmed Daniel Ricciardo will join its team as a third driver next season — a role that will include testing, simulator work and commercial activity. Ricciardo had his McLaren contract cut one year short over the summer after a lack of on-track performance convinced the team to sign fellow

4:43 AM ET Shaila-Ann Rao, the lawyer who joined the FIA from Mercedes earlier this year and was a key figure in the cost cap investigation into Red Bull, has left her interim position at the governing body. Rao, who worked as the FIA’s legal director between 2016 and 2018, returned to the governing body