6:20 AM ET Six-times world champion Lewis Hamilton has said he was “silenced” earlier in his Formula One career over his plans to protest racism by taking a knee. The Mercedes driver was one of 14 who knelt before Sunday’s season-opening Austrian Grand Prix. F1 came back in spectacular style at the Austrian Grand Prix.

3:22 PM ET What a race! The Austrian Grand Prix was the perfect way for F1 to return after the long hiatus caused by the coronavirus pandemic. What at one point looked like being a fairly routine fight for victory between the Mercedes drivers exploded into life in the second stint. It was unlike any

9:05 AM ET Max Verstappen, Charles Leclerc and Kimi Raikkonen were among the six drivers who declined to take a knee ahead of the Austrian Grand Prix on Sunday. Ahead of the race, the opening event of the 2020 season, drivers displayed T-shirts carrying the message “End Racism,” which was also written on the start-finish

1:50 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 We analyse the main talking points from the first competitive session of the 2020

2:39 PM ET Formula One’s drivers say they are unified in the anti-racism message the sport is promoting, although some may opt against taking a knee ahead of Sunday’s Austrian Grand Prix. On Saturday the Grand Prix Drivers’ Association (GPDA), made up of all 20 drivers, said competitors would have “the freedom to show their

12:43 PM ET Lewis Hamilton will start from second position at the Austrian Grand Prix after the stewards cleared him of any wrongdoing in an incident at the end of qualifying. Hamilton was beaten to pole position by Mercedes teammate Valtteri Bottas, who claimed the quickest time in qualifying despite spinning out on his final

3:02 PM ET The world may be a very different place compared to four months ago, but it seems some things never change: Mercedes is still the team to beat in Formula One. Perhaps it shouldn’t be a surprise that the reigning champions finished at the top of the timesheets after the first day of

7:48 PM ET Red Bull’s protest against Mercedes’ Dual Axis Steering (DAS) system has been rejected after the stewards of the Austrian Grand Prix declared the innovation legal. 1 Related The legality of the novel solution, which is unique to the Mercedes, has been debated since it was first spotted by rival teams during preseason

Feb 21, 2020 This article was written in February, during Formula One’s opening week of preseason testing at Barcelona’s Circuit de Catalunya. Mercedes has since changed its livery to an all black scheme for the new season. BARCELONA, Spain — The biggest talking point from the first week of Formula One’s preseason tests has been

6:06 AM ET Lewis Hamilton will wear a Black Lives Matter tribute race helmet as he attempts to equal Michael Schumacher’s record of seven Formula One world championships this year. Hamilton, the only Black driver in F1’s history, unveiled the new helmet, carrying a predominantly black design with a tinge of purple, ahead of this