12:11 PM ET JEDDAH, Saudi Arabia — A group of British politicians has written to Formula One CEO Stefano Domenicali encouraging the sport to take action over Saudi Arabia’s human rights record. The first Saudi Arabian Grand Prix will take place in Jeddah on Sunday against a backdrop of accusations of “sportswashing” by human rights

5:21 PM ET JEDDAH, Saudi Arabia — Race after race, corner after corner, Max Verstappen has been pushing his Red Bull to the limit this year. His impeccable judgement of speed versus grip has saved him from disaster and delivered him to glory on numerous occasions, but on the final corner of the final lap

3:34 PM ET Formula One world champion Lewis Hamilton cast doubt on Saturday on whether branding for a company linked to the 2017 Grenfell Tower fire would stay on his Mercedes race car amid a backlash in Britain and calls for his team to terminate the deal. The partnership with Irish-based cladding and insulation company

12:23 PM ET JEDDAH, Saudi Arabia — Lewis Hamilton has escaped a penalty at the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix after the race stewards investigated two separate final practice incidents involving the Mercedes driver and decided neither warranted a drop of positions on the grid. Hamilton was summoned to the stewards for ignoring double-waved yellow flags

8:58 AM ET SAM SCHMIDT had to wait seventeen years to drive his wife to a date. He wasn’t even meant to be alive at that point, not after what happened to him back in January 2000. Back then, Schmidt was a racing driver, doing what he loved the most, preparing for a new Indy

Dec 2, 2021 JEDDAH, Saudi Arabia — Lewis Hamilton says he does not feel comfortable racing at the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix this weekend, saying Formula One is “duty bound” to raise awareness about human rights concerns in the country. Saudi Arabia will host its first F1 race this weekend at a new circuit in

12:20 PM ET Seven-time world champion Lewis Hamilton said he wants to do everything in his power to be a force for positive change in Saudi Arabia ahead of the country’s first race. Hamilton will wear Pride colours on his race helmet for the second race in a row this weekend, having done so at

1:54 PM ET The survivors’ group of the Grenfell Tower fire has written to Mercedes boss Toto Wolff to ask the reigning Formula One champions to end their sponsorship deal with building materials company Kingspan. Kingspan made some of the insulation cladding used on the refurbishment of Grenfell Tower, which caught fire on June 14,

1:31 PM ET Sebastian Vettel organised a karting event for women in Saudi Arabia this week ahead of the country’s first Formula One race. The Saudi Arabian Grand Prix will take place in Jeddah on Sunday against a backdrop of accusations of “sportswashing” by human rights groups. One of the controversies is over rights for

5:04 AM ET Williams Formula One principal and chief executive Jost Capito has tested positive for COVID-19 and will not be in Saudi Arabia for the penultimate race of the season, the team said on Thursday. 1 Related The race in Jeddah is the first since the death of team founder Frank Williams at the