5:07 PM ET 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 An investigation into the legality of Lewis Hamilton’s car at the Sao Paulo Grand

5:29 PM ET Honda, who made headlines only a few years ago for Formula One power unit failures and grid penalties, expressed amazement on Friday at how many engines usually rock-solid Mercedes were going through this season. Seven times world champion Lewis Hamilton collected his second grid drop of the championship at Brazil’s Sao Paulo

10:53 AM ET Lewis Hamilton will have a five-place grid penalty at Sunday’s Sao Paulo Grand Prix after his Mercedes team decided to fit a new engine to his car. Mercedes has struggled with engine complications all year and Hamilton has now used five for the season, which is two over the quota of three

5:34 AM ET Lewis Hamilton said the task of overhauling Red Bull’s Max Verstappen to win a record eighth Formula One title felt “as steep as it can be” with four races remaining and 19 points between them. The 36-year-old Mercedes driver has five wins to his Dutch rival’s nine this season, with Verstappen chasing

2:50 PM ET SAO PAULO, Brazil — McLaren’s Lando Norris revealed boyhood hero Valentino Rossi texted him ahead of what will be the Moto GP legend’s final race this weekend. Norris is well known as a Rossi fan and got to meet the Italian rider at an event in 2019. The two have remained in

10:27 AM ET Argentines lined the streets of Juan Manuel Fangio’s birthplace on Wednesday to applaud as the remains of the 1950s Formula One great went on one last lap to a new resting place in the museum housing his cars. Triple world champion Jackie Stewart joined the locals in Balcarce, some 415km south of

7:44 AM ET Lewis Hamilton has blamed Mercedes teammate Valtteri Bottas for leaving the “door open” to title rival Max Verstappen at the first corner of the Mexican Grand Prix on Sunday. After Mercedes locked out the front of the grid for the first time this season, Verstappen passed both Hamilton and pole-sitter Bottas as

3:42 AM ET Lewis Hamilton has clarified comments he made about Mercedes teammate Valtteri Bottas and Red Bull’s Sergio Perez in the aftermath of the Mexican Grand Prix. Hamilton finished second behind title rival and championship leader Max Verstappen in Mexico City. After the race, Hamilton joined Mercedes boss Toto Wolff in criticising Bottas’ lack

8:48 AM ET Formula One’s governing body has said it is confident Saudi Arabia will be ready for its grand prix debut next month after media reports highlighted the amount of track work still to be completed. The floodlit night race along the Red Sea shore in Jeddah is scheduled for Dec. 5 as the

10:47 AM ET A young Black driver on Brazil’s motor racing circuits has won the moniker “Hamilton of the favelas” and the popular prospect says he is inspired by seven-time world champion Lewis Hamilton to travel the same path on and off the track. Wallace Martins, who currently drives in the Formula Delta category, got