1:28 PM ET Separated by just four points in the championship and by 0.245s in qualifying at Paul Ricard on Saturday, there is no let-up in the championship battle between Max Verstappen and Lewis Hamilton this year. On Sunday afternoon, the two drivers will vie for position on the run down to Turn 1 at

11:46 AM ET Esteban Ocon has no exit clause in his new three-year contract with Alpine that would allow him to switch to Mercedes, the Formula One team’s boss Laurent Rossi said on Friday. The 24-year-old Frenchman is managed by Mercedes and served as that team’s reserve driver before joining Renault-owned Alpine. Mercedes could be

12:39 PM ET LE CASTELLET, France — Valtteri Bottas is confident he has rediscovered his form at this weekend’s French Grand Prix after beating teammate Lewis Hamilton in both Friday practice sessions. 1 Related Bottas was 0.008s off Max Verstappen’s fastest time in second practice at Circuit Paul Ricard on Friday and 0.245s faster than

9:47 AM ET Mason Mount and his England teammates have Lando Norris in their sights after the McLaren Formula One driver’s brother set up racing simulators at their Euro 2020 training camp. Norris told reporters at the French Grand Prix at Le Castellet that some of the players had messaged to say they were trying

Jun 17, 2021 Valtteri Bottas admitted on Thursday that speculation was mounting about his Formula One future with Mercedes but denied anything had been decided. The Finn has not scored a point from the last two races, although Monaco’s disappointing 19th place was due to the team’s poor pitstop. Bottas has dropped to sixth overall

11:32 AM ET Mercedes has modified a ‘magic button’ on Lewis Hamilton’s steering wheel to prevent a repeat of the Azerbaijan Grand Prix error that cost the seven times world champion the Formula One championship lead. 1 Related Hamilton revealed after the June 6 race in Baku that he had accidentally hit the button at

11:54 AM ET Nikita Mazepin has apologised to Mick Schumacher following their near-miss at the end of the Azerbaijan Grand Prix, but stressed he only offered the apology because his Haas teammate was upset and not for the incident itself. Schumacher was closing on Mazepin for 13th place on the final lap, but as he

8:26 AM ET Aston Martin announced the signing of Alfa Romeo’s chief designer Luca Furbatto on Thursday in what the expanding Formula One team said was the first of a number of significant new appointments. Furbatto, who will take the role of engineering director, is expected to join the Silverstone-based team ahead of the 2022

12:01 PM ET Esteban Ocon will race in Formula One with Alpine until the end of 2024, the team confirmed on Wednesday. Ocon, 24, joined the team formerly known as Renault last year. 1 Related The deal will keep Ocon with current teammate Fernando Alonso until next year, with the two-time world champion signed to

1:38 PM ET Mercedes have postponed a Formula One test with French driver Romain Grosjean due to travel restrictions and quarantine requirements, the seven-time world champions said on Wednesday. “We’re committed to giving Romain his chance in a Mercedes F1 car and we’re working to reschedule the test later this summer,” Mercedes said in a