11:27 AM ET Lewis Hamilton has indicated that he still has doubts over whether to continue in Formula One next year amid ongoing uncertainty about the role of Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff beyond the end of this season. Hamilton is on the verge of securing a record-equalling seventh world title, but he has yet
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Oct 31, 2020 Renault and Ferrari have expressed their opposition to a freeze of Formula One’s engine regulations from 2022 that would enable Red Bull to take on Honda’s power unit once the Japanese manufacturer bows out. Honda are leaving as an engine manufacturer at the end of next year, leaving Red Bull and sister
12:59 PM ET Fernando Alonso is returning to Formula One next season and he is curious to watch the career of Williams driver George Russell, who he thinks is the future of the series. 2 Related Russell, a Mercedes junior driver expected to be a frontrunner for a seat with the world champions in 2022,
11:22 AM ET Reigning world champion Lewis Hamilton led the praise of Imola, hosting its first Formula One race since 2006 at this weekend’s Emilia Romagna Grand Prix. The famous Italian circuit stepped in to help fill the F1 calendar after the COVID-19 pandemic forced a complete rewrite of the 2020 calendar. Before 2006 it
2:33 PM ET The Mongolian government has written to motor racing’s governing body, the FIA, to complain about F1 driver Max Verstappen’s “racist and derogatory remarks” during the Portuguese Grand Prix. Verstappen collided with rival driver Lance Stroll during Friday practice at the Portimao circuit. After the incident, a radio message from Verstappen to his
7:00 AM ET A proposed cap on Formula One driver salaries is under discussion but still some way away, although teams are supportive of the idea, bosses said on Friday. The idea has been bubbling away for some time and was put forward last Monday in a virtual meeting of the Formula One commission. It
1:55 PM ET The Racing Point Formula One team have had seven positive cases of COVID-19 this season, including both their drivers and team owner, principal Otmar Szafnauer said on Friday. Mexican Sergio Perez, who missed two races in August, and Canadian Lance Stroll, who was ruled out of the Eifel GP at the Nuerburgring
1:01 PM ET Williams confirmed on Friday that Britain’s George Russell and Canadian Nicholas Latifi will continue to race for them next year, ending speculation linking the Formula One team to Mexican Sergio Perez. Perez is leaving Racing Point at the end of the season and Williams were seen as a possible destination for the
9:10 AM ET Lewis Hamilton is on the verge of a record-equaling seventh Formula One world championship. Hamilton leads Mercedes teammate Valtteri Bottas by 77 points with five races to go, starting with this weekend’s Emilia Romagna Grand Prix at Imola. Regardless of what happens, Hamilton cannot secure the championship at Imola. Should Bottas fail
12:31 PM ET For the past two years, the Red Bull drive alongside Max Verstappen has been a poisoned chalice. Had the team got its own way during contract negotiations in 2018, Daniel Ricciardo would still be occupying it, but instead Red Bull has burned through two promising junior drivers in as many years. Pierre