7:58 AM ET Mercedes boss Toto Wolff has called Red Bull’s Christian Horner a “wind bag” for comments he made about his team’s car ahead of the Azerbaijan Grand Prix. 1 Related The threat of protests hangs over the race in Baku this weekend, with Red Bull’s “bendy” rear wing the centre of attention. Formula

10:50 AM ET The Singapore Formula One Grand Prix has been cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. On Friday organisers of the race confirmed this year’s event, slated for Oct. 3, would not take place. Last year’s event was also cancelled due to the pandemic. According to the BBC, F1 is weighing up several options

8:20 AM ET The threat of a protest hung over the Azerbaijan Grand Prix on Friday as a row over ‘bendy’ rear wings dominated the conversation in the Formula One paddock. 1 Related The sixth round of the season is the last before the governing FIA introduces new flexibility tests after some teams were suspected

9:34 AM ET Valtteri Bottas says he raised concerns about the standards of Mercedes’ pit stops before a machined wheel nut forced him into retirement at the Monaco Grand Prix. Bottas holds the dubious honour of Formula One’s longest pit stop after it took Mercedes 43 hours to remove the front right wheel from his

8:48 AM ET Seven-time Formula One world champion Lewis Hamilton has praised Naomi Osaka for withdrawing from the French Open and criticised the way the situation was handled by tennis authorities. On Monday, Osaka announced she will “take some time away from the court” one day after being fined and threatened with harsher sanctions for

9:51 AM ET The Aston Martin Formula One team announced on Tuesday a partnership with the Racing Pride movement and said it will work through June to raise awareness of LGBTQ+ diversity in the male-dominated sport. Racing Pride was founded in 2019 to create visibility for the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community in motorsport

4:49 AM ET Red Bull will not discuss a 2022 contract with Sergio Perez or any other driver until Formula One’s summer break at the earliest. Perez replaced Alex Albon on a one-year deal this season but has been slow getting up to speed. He has less than half the points of Red Bull teammate

7:15 AM ET Team owner and 2009 Formula One world champion Jenson Button expects the new Extreme E off-road racing series for electric SUVs to see an influx of manufacturers in the next year or two. Button’s JBXE team is partnered by Lotus Engineering, a subsidiary of the British sportscar maker, in a series that

9:58 AM ET Daniel Ricciardo has revealed he held contract talks with Ferrari but that the conversations were never serious enough to discuss financial numbers or contract length. 1 Related Seven-time race winner Ricciardo moved from Red Bull to Renault in 2019 and from Renault to McLaren at the start of 2021. On both occasions

5:39 AM ET Mercedes have finally stopped the clock on Valtteri Bottas’s Monaco Grand Prix tyre change after removing a stuck wheel from his car two days after it forced his retirement. 1 Related The Formula One champions posted a video on Thursday of a crouching mechanic freeing up the front right wheel with special