Formula 1

4:59 AM ET Oscar Piastri, the driver who was the focus of a tug of war between McLaren and Alpine over his services for 2023, says he chose to leave Alpine after a breakdown in trust with the team, adding that the way in which he was dealt with by team boss Otmar Szafnauer was

2:07 PM ET ZANDVOORT, Netherlands — Daniel Ricciardo and McLaren appear to disagree on the transparency surrounding the team signing Oscar Piastri to replace him. Piastri has finally been confirmed as the driver to replace Ricciardo next year after a protracted contract dispute between McLaren and Alpine. On Friday, the contract recognition board verdict revealed

9:52 AM ET Oscar Piastri will replace Daniel Ricciardo at McLaren in 2023 after the FIA’s contract recognition board (CRB) upheld the team’s contract with the Formula 2 champion. McLaren and Alpine both felt they had a valid contract for the Australian’s services for next season. On Friday the CRB upheld McLaren’s contract, revealing he

1:18 PM ET ZANDVOORT, Netherlands — Media day for the Dutch Grand Prix on Thursday was dominated by talk around the remaining seats on the 2023 grid, with Pierre Gasly increasingly looking like a major player in the driver market. F1 is waiting for clarification from the contract recognition board on whether Alpine or McLaren

12:54 PM ET ZANDVOORT, Netherlands — Lewis Hamilton is impressed by the ability of Red Bull’s chief technical officer, Adrian Newey, to consistently oversee the design of front-running Formula One cars. Hamilton went head-to-head with Red Bull’s Max Verstappen for the title last year, but a regulation change this season has dropped Mercedes down the

8:21 AM ET Fernando Alonso plans to apologise in person to Lewis Hamilton at this weekend’s Dutch Grand Prix after calling the seven-time champion an “idiot” following a collision at last weekend’s Belgian Grand Prix. Hamilton and Alonso made contact while fighting for position at Les Combes on the first lap of the race. Hamilton

4:06 AM ET Lewis Hamilton literally put a cap on a verbal spat with Formula One rival Fernando Alonso in a teasing social media post on Tuesday. Alonso, a former team mate and fellow world champion, had branded the Briton an idiot after a first-lap collision at last Sunday’s Belgian Grand Prix. Mercedes’ seven-times world

6:56 AM ET The FIA hearing to settle the contract dispute between Alpine and McLaren over Formula 2 champion Oscar Piastri started on Monday. Over the summer break, Alpine released a statement confirming Piastri would replace Fernando Alonso in 2023, only for the Australian to later tweet that he had no contract with Alpine and

10:45 AM ET SPA-FRANCORCHAMPS, Belgium — Max Verstappen made winning from 14th on the grid look easy at the Belgian Grand Prix. Drivers have won from lower starting positions in F1 history, but rarely has it been made to look so effortless. He crossed the finish line 17.8s ahead of teammate Sergio Perez, who, driving

6:37 AM ET Charles Leclerc’s Belgian Grand Prix was ruined by a visor tear-off strip from title rival Max Verstappen’s helmet getting into the brake ducts of his Ferrari. Video footage has confirmed Verstappen tore off a visor in the opening stages and the small strip went into the right-front brake duct of Leclerc, who