6:54 AM ET Kimi Raikkonen says he will be back racing at the Russian Grand Prix after missing two races because of a positive COVID-19 test. Raikkonen had to miss the Dutch and Italian Grands Prix after testing positive in the Netherlands. Alfa Romeo reserve driver Robert Kubica took his place at both races. On

7:20 AM ET Mercedes are open to compromise on Formula One’s future engine rules to make it easier for the Volkswagen Group to enter the sport, motorsport head and F1 team boss Toto Wolff told reporters at the Italian Grand Prix. 1 Related The sport is due to introduce a new engine formula from 2025

8:27 AM ET Formula One world champion Lewis Hamilton led the praises for Emma Raducanu after her stunning U.S. Open victory. Raducanu, 18, made history on Saturday, becoming the first British woman to win a Grand Slam since 1977 and the first qualifier — male or female — to win a major tournament. Raducanu is

9:57 AM ET F1 title rivals Max Verstappen and Lewis Hamilton collided for the second time this season at the Italian Grand Prix, taking themselves out of the race in the process. The pair hit at Turn 1 after Hamilton had emerged from a pit stop, with Verstappen attempting to overtake. They had already banged

5:13 PM ET MONZA, Italy — Another sprint race, another underwhelming 100km of racing. The second running of Formula One’s experimental race format offered up a couple of spills but very few thrills at Monza on Saturday. It wasn’t helped by the fact that the driver who qualified first on Friday, won the sprint race

12:06 PM ET Lewis Hamilton expects title rival Max Verstappen to score a routine victory at the Italian Grand Prix. Verstappen will start the race from first of the grid after sprint qualifying winner Valtteri Bottas serves a grid penalty for an engine change made by Mercedes on Friday. Hamilton had been hoping to seize

2:53 PM ET MONZA, Italy — Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff says Valtteri Bottas will be expected to hand victory to Lewis Hamilton at Saturday’s Italian Grand Prix sprint race if he is still leading his teammate towards the end of the 18-lap race. After setting the fastest time in Friday qualifying, Bottas will start

2:16 PM ET Valtteri Bottas will start Saturday’s sprint race from pole position but will be at the back of the grid for Sunday’s Italian Grand Prix. Mercedes changed engine, turbocharger, MGU-H and MGU-K on Bottas’ car, all outside the allowed component allowance for each part. That automatically leads to a grid penalty. Shortly after

1:40 PM ET Polish driver Robert Kubica will stand in for Kimi Raikkonen again for Alfa Romeo at Monza in Italy this weekend after the Finn continued to isolate due to testing positive for COVID-19. Raikkonen, the 2007 world champion with Ferrari, also missed last weekend’s Dutch Grand Prix at Zandvoort and the Swiss-based team