5:32 AM ET The all-female W Series, which is supporting Formula One at eight grands prix this year, will become a team-based championship from 2022 as a result of strong sponsor interest, organisers said on Thursday. Drivers will continue to race with identical machinery, however, with cars prepared and maintained by W Series Engineering. The

8:24 AM ET Ferrari’s French Grand Prix problems showed a long-standing weakness with front tyre wear has not gone away and they need to fix it for next season, according to team boss Mattia Binotto. Sunday’s race at Paul Ricard was the first time Ferrari had failed to score this year, with Spaniard Carlos Sainz

5:38 AM ET Jean Todt, the president of motor racing’s governing body, the FIA, says Formula One should not be concerned about racing in countries with human rights issues. The introduction of the Saudi Arabia to the 2021 race schedule has been controversial and raised questions from human rights groups. F1’s Bahrain Grand Prix has

6:45 PM ET Mercedes’ seven-times world champion Lewis Hamilton played down the pain of his latest defeat by Formula One leader Max Verstappen in France on Sunday and said the race was a real reflection of Red Bull’s pace. The Briton had won at Le Castellet in 2018 and 2019, with no race last year

11:33 AM ET The Abu Dhabi Grand Prix will tweak the layout to the Yas Marina Circuit in a bid to improve racing at the circuit set to host the 2021 season finale. Abu Dhabi has hosted a number of dull races since the circuit joined the calendar in 2009. Yas Marina offers limited overtaking

6:28 AM ET LE CASTELLET, France — FIA president Jean Todt has revealed he is not a fan of Formula One’s plans to introduce sprint qualifying races at a number of rounds later this year. The proposal received unanimous support from F1’s ten teams and will see the grid for the British and Italian Grands

6:52 PM ET Retired Formula One world champion Nico Rosberg criticised former Mercedes team mate Lewis Hamilton and Valtteri Bottas for ‘soft’ defending against Red Bull in the closing stages of Sunday’s French Grand Prix. 1 Related The German, at Le Castellet as a pundit for Sky Sports television, took aim after both were passed

3:43 PM ET As the wheels went up on Mercedes’ charter flight back to the U.K., the team’s engineers were still trying to figure out how, exactly, they had lost the French Grand Prix. Taking off from the airstrip that runs parallel to the pit straight at Circuit Paul Ricard, the view from the jet

12:47 PM ET Valtteri Bottas does not believe he was too harsh in how he criticized Mercedes’ strategy at the French Grand Prix, which he thinks cost him a chance at victory. Red Bull’s decision to pit Max Verstappen a second time ultimately forced Mercedes to leave both Lewis Hamilton and Bottas out until the

Jun 18, 2021 Formula One will seek to avoid a scenario where a new points-paying Saturday sprint race format being trialled this season could decide the title, according to managing director Ross Brawn. The sport wants to host three sprint races in 2021, with the first at Silverstone in July and the second scheduled for