Formula 1

4:24 PM ET Alpine teammates Fernando Alonso and Esteban Ocon blamed each other for the collisions that will see them start at the rear end of the grid for Sunday’s Brazilian Grand Prix. Alonso, who is leaving Alpine for Aston Martin next year, twice made contact with his teammate on the opening lap of Saturday’s

Nov 11, 2022 McLaren’s Lando Norris will drive as normal at the Brazilian Grand Prix despite contracting food poisoning earlier this week. Norris skipped Thursday’s media sessions after falling ill in Sao Paulo, but McLaren said it had no concerns about him missing track time on Friday. Returning to the car on Friday was more

5:00 PM ET In the heat of the moment, Charles Leclerc labelled Ferrari’s decision to send him out on the wrong tyres in qualifying for the Brazilian Grand Prix as “f—ing unbelievable,” but later revealed he had accepted the tyre choice before heading out on track in Q3. Using intermediate tyres when the rest of

4:30 PM ET Kevin Magnussen said he never even dreamed pole position was possible in Brazil and praised his Haas team for making it happen at Interlagos. Magnussen claimed a popular first pole for himself and Haas in a dramatic qualifying session affected by the rain. In the opening moments of Q3, Magnussen got out

11:22 AM ET Carlos Sainz will drop five places on the grid at the Brazilian Grand Prix after Ferrari incurred a penalty for fitting a new engine to his car. Sainz will use his sixth engine of the season this weekend, meaning he is three engines over his original quota of three for the year.

3:00 PM ET Double Formula One world champion Max Verstappen said he was not a big fan of sprint races, despite winning both of the ones held this season, as the sport discusses future format changes. Sprint qualifying is held on Friday to determine the starting grid for a race on Saturday in which the

3:33 PM ET Seven-time champion Lewis Hamilton has praised his former rival Max Verstappen for his dominant championship-winning performance this year. Verstappen secured his second title last month with victory at the Japanese Grand Prix and has won 14 of the 20 races so far this year, breaking the record for the most wins in

1:11 PM ET AlphaTauri driver Pierre Gasly says he is embarrassed to be one incident away from a potential race ban after amassing ten penalty points on his superlicence this year. If Gasly notches up another two points on his licence before May next year, when the first of his points will expire, he will

6:04 AM ET The head of Formula One’s governing body warned on Tuesday that online abuse, including death threats, against volunteers and officials would destroy the sport if left unchecked. International Automobile Federation (FIA) President Mohammed Ben Sulayem said a female steward recently received death threats while staff had been targeted with harassment and hate

3:45 AM ET Seven-times Formula One world champion Lewis Hamilton was made an honorary citizen of Brazil on Monday by the country’s lower house of Congress and dedicated it to his boyhood idol, the late Brazilian triple world champion Ayrton Senna. “I feel like now I’m one of you,” the Mercedes driver said in a