8:47 AM ET Saudi Arabia is keen to hold a round of the women-only W Series as part of the support race package for its inaugural Formula One race next year. A new night-race on the streets of Jeddah, Saudi Arabia’s second largest city, will take place on November 28 next year as part of
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7:33 AM ET Formula One needs Lewis Hamilton to have a teammate who provides a better challenge than Valtteri Bottas, according to former world champion Jenson Button. Hamilton has dominated Mercedes partner Bottas since the Finn replaced Nico Rosberg ahead of the 2017 season. Rosberg retired after beating Hamilton to the 2016 championship. Bottas has
12:11 PM ET Lewis Hamilton said on Thursday his campaigning for equal rights and diversity made him more proud than an imminent seventh Formula One world championship. The 35-year-old Mercedes driver will match Ferrari great Michael Schumacher’s record seven at this weekend’s Turkish Grand Prix if team mate Valtteri Bottas fails to beat him by
11:20 AM ET Max Verstappen said sharing the podium with Lewis Hamilton and Valtteri Bottas without being the winner so often this year has felt like being the third wheel on a date with a couple. F1 has unveiled a bumper 23-race schedule for its 2021 season. Here’s a look at the stories behind each
4:40 AM ET The women-only W Series will link up with Formula One next season and beyond with eight support races at grand prix weekends, organisers said on Thursday. The series started up in 2019 but cancelled racing this year due to the COVID-19 pandemic. No details were given about where the women would race,
2:34 PM ET Williams’ acting principal Simon Roberts tested positive for COVID-19 on Wednesday and will miss this weekend’s Turkish Grand Prix, the Formula One team said. Williams, last in the championship with four races remaining, said Roberts had not travelled to Istanbul or been in close contact with any other members of the race
3:42 AM ET The Vietnam Grand Prix in Hanoi will not feature on the 2021 Formula One calendar, ESPN has learned. The inaugural race was cancelled this year due to the COVID-19 pandemic, but it was expected to make a return on next year’s calendar. However, following the arrest of Hanoi People’s Committee Chairman Nguyen
4:33 AM ET Formula One is still hoping for a race in Miami but the COVID-19 pandemic has slowed things down, chairman Chase Carey said on Thursday. 1 Related Commercial rights holder Liberty Media has targeted Miami as it seeks to add a second U.S. race after the existing one in Austin, Texas. There has
3:42 AM ET The Vietnam Grand Prix in Hanoi will not feature on the 2021 Formula One calendar, ESPN has learned. The inaugural race was cancelled this year due to the COVID-19 pandemic, but was expected to make a return on next year’s calendar. However, following the arrest of Hanoi People’s Committee chairman Nguyen Duc