10:31 AM ET Max Verstappen has confirmed he will run the number one on his car in 2022 as Formula One world champion, something no driver has done in F1 since 2014. There has not been a number one car on the F1 grid since Sebastian Vettel’s in 2014, when the Red Bull driver was

5:05 AM ET Seven-time Formula One world champion Lewis Hamilton has received a knighthood at Windsor Castle. Hamilton, 36, was named in the Queen’s Honours List after he equalled Michael Schumacher’s all-time record of seven championships last year and received the knighthood on Wednesday. He was denied a record breaking eighth title on Sunday when

7:52 AM ET Seven-time Formula One world champion Lewis Hamilton is set to receive his knighthood at Windsor Castle on Wednesday, just days after controversially losing the 2021 title to Max Verstappen. 2 Related Hamilton, 36, was named in the Queen’s Honours List after winning a seventh championship last year, bringing him level all-time with

Dec 12, 2021 Laurence Edmondson Close F1 Editor • Joined ESPN in 2009• An FIA accredited F1 journalist since 2011 Nate Saunders Close F1 Associate Editor • Previously worked in rugby union and British Superbikes • History graduate from Reading University• Joined ESPNF1 in February 2014 ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates — Max Verstappen has been confirmed as Formula One

3:01 PM ET Bethan Clargo In a season full of drama and controversy, it almost feels fitting the championship title was decided on the final lap of the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. Max Verstappen and Lewis Hamilton entered the race level on points — a feat that has only happened once before in the sport’s

6:02 AM ET Williams driver Nicholas Latifi has apologised and said it was not his intention to play such a major role in deciding the outcome of the F1 championship at the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix on Sunday. Latifi’s crash on lap 52 of 58 was the spark for the safety car which changed the

4:06 AM ET ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates — Haas driver Nikita Mazepin will miss the final race of the season in Abu Dhabi after testing positive for COVID-19. Mazepin, who was due to start from last place on the grid, is asymptomatic but the timing of the positive test result means he will not

4:48 AM ET ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates — Red Bull boss Christian Horner likened Max Verstappen and Lewis Hamilton’s tense title battle to hit Netflix series Squid Game. Verstappen and Hamilton are level on points ahead of the deciding Abu Dhabi Grand Prix this weekend. Red Bull also trails Mercedes by 28 points in

10:11 AM ET ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates — Max Verstappen claimed an astonishing first F1 world championship title by overtaking rival Lewis Hamilton on the final lap of a hugely controversial Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. Verstappen became the first Dutch champion in history and the first Red Bull driver to win a title since

1:41 PM ET It quickly became clear at the start of the year that Mercedes would not have an easy ride to the title in 2021. After seven years of facing no serious competition for either the drivers’ or the constructors’ title, the reigning world champions were suddenly on the back foot. Red Bull emerged