2:59 PM ET Laurence Edmondson Close F1 Editor • Joined ESPN in 2009• An FIA accredited F1 journalist since 2011 Nate Saunders Close F1 Associate Editor • Previously worked in rugby union and British Superbikes • History graduate from Reading University• Joined ESPNF1 in February 2014 The Spanish Grand Prix provided the fourth consecutive contest which saw Lewis Hamilton and

12:22 PM ET Lewis Hamilton said his Spanish Grand Prix victory on Sunday showed the trust he and Mercedes have in one another to make the right decisions. Hamilton and his team delivered a strategic masterclass to beat Red Bull’s Max Verstappen, who had won the race down to Turn 1 to lead. Mercedes turned

10:41 AM ET Lewis Hamilton became the first Formula One driver to score 100 pole positions ahead of Sunday’s Spanish Grand Prix. Hamilton out-paced title rival Max Verstappen by just 0.036s at Barcelona’s Circuit de Catalunya to reach the landmark. Hamilton is completely unmatched in this category. The next nearest number of career pole positions

12:04 PM ET Sergio Perez has revealed pain in his left shoulder contributed to his poor qualifying result at the Spanish Grand Prix on Saturday. The Red Bull driver will start Sunday’s race from eighth on the grid after qualifying over 0.9s off teammate Max Verstappen, who will start second. Perez spun at Turn 13

12:06 PM ET Formula One rookie Yuki Tsunoda questioned whether AlphaTauri is giving him the same car as teammate Pierre Gasly after a frustrating qualifying session Saturday for the Spanish Grand Prix. Tsunoda was broadcast cursing on his car radio after being eliminated from the opening segment of qualifying, saying “I cannot believe this car”.

6:19 AM ET Reuters and ESPN Formula One is working with teams to identify U.S. drivers who might make it to grand prix racing but none are likely to come through in the near term, chief executive Stefano Domenicali said on Friday. The most recent was Alexander Rossi who started five races with a highest

1:27 PM ET Kimi Raikkonen suffered teasing from his six-year-old son as well as Formula One colleagues after colliding with Alfa Romeo team mate Antonio Giovinazzi at last weekend’s Portuguese Grand Prix. The 2007 world champion said after the race that he was distracted trying to change a switch on the steering wheel, a confession

4:37 AM ET Seven-times Formula One world champion Lewis Hamilton defended Valtteri Bottas as an ‘amazing team mate’ on Thursday after the Finn faced questions about his future at Mercedes and the possibility of being replaced mid-season. Bottas is already 37 points behind championship leader Hamilton after three races, and fourth overall in the drivers’

10:31 AM ET Valtteri Bottas shot down media speculation on Thursday that he could be replaced as Lewis Hamilton’s Mercedes teammate midway through the season and said such talk was just part of being in Formula One. 1 Related The Finn is out of contract at the end of the year and already 37 points

8:15 AM ET Red Bull has signed five more people from Mercedes to key roles in its new Formula One engine division. Red Bull will manufacturer its own engines from 2022 onwards following the withdrawal of Honda at the end of this season. It has already poached one of Mercedes’ senior power unit enginers, Ben