2:46 PM ET Formula One has confirmed the Brazilian Grand Prix will remain at Interlagos until 2025, rebranded as the Sao Paulo Grand Prix. The future of the race had been in doubt this year, the final one of its previous contract. This year’s event had been cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and speculation
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11:26 AM ET Fernando Alonso sent a warning to his rivals by setting the fastest lap time at Formula One’s post-season test in Abu Dhabi on Tuesday. 1 Related The two-time world champion will return to the grid with the rebranded Alpine team (currently Renault) next season after two years away from the sport. His
8:43 AM ET Mercedes is hoping to use Formula One’s plans to level the playing field among teams in the coming years as motivation to continue its period of domination into the next decade. In an unprecedented run of success, Mercedes has won the last seven drivers’ and constructors’ titles and is the favourite to
5:04 AM ET Japan’s Yuki’s Tsunoda will replace Daniil Kvyat at AlphaTauri in Formula One next season. Tsunoda, part of the young driver programmes of Red Bull and its engine supplier Honda, will partner Italian Grand Prix winner Pierre Gasly. Tsunoda was F2’s rookie of the year in 2020, scoring three wins on his way
6:36 AM ET McLaren is still years from closing the gap to Formula One champions Mercedes and runners-up Red Bull despite enjoying its best season since 2012, according to team principal Andreas Seidl. The former champions reclaimed third place overall at the Abu Dhabi season-ender on Sunday. “We need to stay realistic. Despite the good
12:26 PM ET Former F1 team owner Sir Frank Williams has been admitted to hospital where he is currently in a stable condition. The news was confirmed by the Williams family via the team’s social media channels on Tuesday. A short statement added: “Frank’s medical condition is a private matter and therefore the family will
6:22 AM ET Seven-times world champion Lewis Hamilton is hoping to have his future sorted by Christmas now that the Formula One season is over. 1 Related The most successful driver in the history of the sport and his Mercedes team, winner of both titles for an unprecedented seventh year in succession, still have to
12:16 PM ET In a Formula One season dominated by Mercedes, Sunday’s Abu Dhabi Grand Prix was an anomaly. In a straight fight and on a track where Mercedes has won every grand prix since 2014, Red Bull took not only pole position but also a convincing victory. It was only the team’s second race
4:40 AM ET U.S.-based investment group MSP Sports Capital are taking a significant minority stake in the McLaren Formula One team, McLaren Racing said in a statement on Sunday. The deal, for an initial 15% holding that will rise to a maximum 33% by the end of 2022, will value the British racing outfit at
10:36 AM ET Lewis Hamilton has admitted he is still not feeling 100-percent fit after recovering from COVID-19 in the past week to take part in this weekend’s Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. Hamilton qualified third on the grid on Saturday, just 0.086s off Max Verstappen on pole position, but said he was not operating on