Formula 1

5:25 AM ET McLaren’s Andreas Seidl has joined the Sauber Group as CEO in a surprise move which will see him oversee its Formula One partnership with Audi in 2026. The move was confirmed on a busy Tuesday in F1, which saw Fred Vasseur leave the Alfa post to join Ferrari as team boss for

3:15 AM ET Fred Vasseur has been signed to replace the outgoing Mattia Binotto as Ferrari’s Formula One boss for the 2023 season, the team confirmed Tuesday. Vasseur, who has been Alfa Romeo team principal since 2017, was widely expected to take the job after Binotto and Ferrari confirmed their split following the Abu Dhabi

11:54 AM ET Williams boss Jost Capito has stepped down as team principal after two years at the helm. The team confirmed his departure on Monday. Technical director François-Xavier Demaison will also leave the team. Capito joined Williams as CEO in December 2020, becoming boss of the Formula One 1 team in July the following

5:07 AM ET Max Verstappen’s home Dutch Grand Prix at Zandvoort will stay on the Formula One calendar until 2025 after a contract extension was announced on Thursday. The sport returned to the seaside circuit in 2021 on an initial three year deal but Verstappen’s huge local popularity has made it a sell-out event. The

2:16 PM ET Formula E will race in Portland, Oregon in 2023 for the first time, the championship announced on Wednesday. The race, set for June 24, was approved at Wednesday’s FIA World Motor Sport Council meeting. The all-electric racing series has raced in the United States since season one in 2015 with races in

6:52 AM ET Austin’s U.S. Grand Prix will be one of six Formula One races held under the sprint weekend format in 2023. Austin, Baku, Spa and Qatar will all host their first sprint in 2023, with Austria and Brazil retaining the format for another season. In 2021 and 2022 F1 had three events which

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