7:18 AM ET Formula One has confirmed hackers briefly got control of its app on Saturday evening, sending out two alerts in the process. Users of the app received two unexpected notifications in the hours after qualifying for the Austrian Grand Prix. F1’s app first sent out a message saying: “Foo” That was followed up

2:47 PM ET SPIELBERG, Austria — Sebastian Vettel has dropped to 11th on the grid for Sunday’s Austrian Grand Prix after he was penalised by the stewards for blocking Fernando Alonso during qualifying. Vettel, who qualified eighth, was docked three grid positions and given a single penalty point on his superlicence after he blocked Alonso

9:08 AM ET SPIELBERG, Austria — Mercedes team boss Toto Wolff has said Lewis Hamilton discussed the possibility of retiring from Formula One before committing to a new two-year contract. Hamilton, a seven-time world champion, will stay at Mercedes until the end of the 2023 season after his new contract was signed on Friday and

4:34 PM ET Britain’s defending champion Jamie Chadwick took the lead in the all-female W Series on Saturday after winning the second race of the season in Austria from pole position. W Series, which aims to help women progress up the racing ladder to Formula One, is supporting selected grand prix weekends this year. 1

12:12 PM ET Honda will continue to assemble engines in Japan for Red Bull next year after the manufacturer’s departure from Formula One, team boss Christian Horner said at the Austrian Grand Prix. Red Bull are preparing to build their own power unit, recruiting staff from Mercedes and creating a powertrain company based in Milton

10:16 AM ET Formula One leader Max Verstappen put his Red Bull on pole position for the Austrian Grand Prix on Saturday with title rival Lewis Hamilton managing only fourth on the grid for Mercedes. McLaren’s Lando Norris joined Verstappen on the front row, a sensational career best for the young Briton, with Verstappen’s Mexican

1:25 PM ET Michael Schumacher was Sebastian Vettel’s boyhood hero, and now the younger German is providing guidance and a point of reference for the Formula One great’s son Mick. Schumacher senior, who won five of his seven titles with Ferrari, has not appeared in public since he suffered severe head injuries in a skiing

12:00 PM ET SPIELBERG, Austria — Max Verstappen says he will no longer celebrate race victories by completing a burnout on the pit straight after he was told by the FIA that such a celebration would not be tolerated again. When Verstappen won last weekend’s Styrian Grand Prix he pulled up against the pit wall

4:36 AM ET Manish Pandey, who scripted the award-winning motor racing film “Senna”, is making an eight-part documentary series about the life of former Formula One supremo Bernie Ecclestone and his transformation of the sport. 1 Related The series will be titled “Lucky!” and has been given exclusive rights by British billionaire Ecclestone, who was

9:21 AM ET Sergio Perez says fighting seven-time world champion Lewis Hamilton and Red Bull teammate Max Verstappen on-track this season has already helped him to find a new level of performance. Perez moved to Red Bull this season and claimed his second career victory at the Azerbaijan Grand Prix. The Mexican driver was previously