10:57 AM ET Paralympic champion and former racing driver Alex Zanardi has left hospital following injuries sustained in a handbike accident 18 months ago. Former F1 driver and Champ Car champion Zanardi suffered a severe head injury in a collision with a truck during the Obiettivo Tricolore handbike race in June 2020. Since then he

4:45 AM ET Susie Wolff said Formula One needs “a governing body with sporting integrity” by the start of next season after seeing how the championship was decided at the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. Wolff, wife of Mercedes boss Toto, is the first person in any way linked to the team to speak out publicly

Dec 16, 2021 Mercedes team boss Toto Wolff says he has no desire to talk to the FIA’s race director Michael Masi, saying his values and sense of integrity are not “compatible” with the decisions taken by Masi at the title deciding Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. Masi’s role in Max Verstappen’s championship victory over Mercedes

6:42 AM ET PARIS, France — Lewis Hamilton and his Mercedes team boss Toto Wolff will not attend the FIA’s prize giving ceremony in Paris on Thursday evening, ESPN understands. The decision not to attend comes in the wake of Mercedes’ decision not to appeal the result of the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, which saw

7:48 AM ET Mohammed Ben Sulayem of the United Arab Emirates has been elected successor to Jean Todt as the first non-European president of motorsport’s world governing body, the International Automobile Federation (FIA) said on Friday. The 60-year-old Dubai-born former rally driver was standing against British lawyer Graham Stoker, who has been Todt’s deputy president

8:16 AM ET Toto Wolff suggested he is unsure whether Lewis Hamilton will continue racing in Formula One as the seven-time champion is “disillusioned” with how he lost this year’s title at the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. Hamilton was denied a record eighth championship on the final lap of the race amid a controversial finish

5:17 AM ET Mercedes has opted not to appeal the result of the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, which saw Max Verstappen controversially beat Lewis Hamilton to the Formula One title Sunday. The decision removes any doubt about Verstappen’s status as 2021 world champion. Mercedes was furious at how the race finished, after FIA race director

7:24 AM ET Daniel Ricciardo said he never asked himself what might have been if he was still driving alongside Max Verstappen at Red Bull this season. Ricciardo joined Red Bull in 2014 and was Verstappen’s teammate from mid-2016 until he left for Renault at the end of 2018. Verstappen won the championship at Sunday’s

12:55 PM ET New Formula One world champion Max Verstappen said Mercedes are not as gracious in defeat as his Red Bull team. Verstappen claimed the title in dramatic fashion at the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, passing Lewis Hamilton on the final lap to win. 2 Related The circumstances around the finish are controversial and

3:06 PM ET The FIA has agreed to conduct a detailed analysis of the events that led up to Max Verstappen being crowned world champion at the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix amid concerns the sport is being tarnished by “misunderstandings” and “arguments”. The ending of a safety car period one lap from the end of