5:26 AM ET MELBOURNE, Australia — Formula One has always been a complex sport, but the chaos of the final few laps at the Australian Grand Prix even left some drivers and team bosses confused. In the space of the last four laps, the race was red flagged twice, resulting in one standing restart, four

Apr 2, 2023 MELBOURNE, Australia — Oscar Piastri was left beaming from ear to ear after finishing eighth in his maiden Australian Grand Prix and recording the first points of his fledgling Formula One career. The hometown hero benefitted from a slew of accidents throughout the chaotic event at Albert Park, which was red-flagged a

Apr 2, 2023 Reuters and ESPN Pierre Gasly apologised to his Alpine team mate Ocon Esteban after veering into him in a crash that took both drivers out of the Australian Grand Prix straight after a messy restart late in the race. However, Gasly escaped a penalty that had the potential to tip him into

Apr 1, 2023 MELBOURNE, Australia — Sergio Perez says a technical issue affecting the brake balance on his car was to blame for his early exit in qualifying for the Australian Grand Prix. The Red Bull driver ran wide at Turn 3 after locking up under braking on his first flying lap in qualifying. The

6:55 AM ET A crash on the first corner for Charles Leclerc and a late penalty for Carlos Sainz at the Australian Grand Prix on Sunday capped off a dismal weekend for Ferrari, with the Italian team well adrift of leaders Red Bull. Max Verstappen was victorious at the Albert Park circuit after a chaotic

Apr 1, 2023 The feeling may not be mutual but former Formula One racing director Michael Masi is open to meeting with Mercedes more than a year after losing his job over the controversial 2021 title-decider in Abu Dhabi. Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton missed what would have been a record eighth title after Masi changed

Mar 30, 2023 Lewis Hamilton has praised Brazilian authorities for handing three-time Formula One champion Nelson Piquet a large fine for using racist and anti-gay language in comments about the Mercedes driver. A Brazilian court last week ordered Piquet to pay 5 million Brazilian reals ($953,050) in “moral damages” for remarks about Hamilton in interviews

4:52 AM ET MELBOURNE, Australia — He may have endured a disappointing qualifying session at his maiden Australian Grand Prix but Oscar Piastri is already impressing those at McLaren, including teammate Lando Norris. The 21-year-old Melburnian will start Sunday’s race at Albert Park from 16th position after missing out on advancing to the second phase

6:03 AM ET MELBOURNE, Australia — Seeing the top three drivers get out of their cars after qualifying session at the Australian Grand Prix, you’d be forgiven for being transported back to 2021. A Red Bull driver on pole followed closely by two Mercedes cars is nothing new in F1, but in the context of

Mar 30, 2023 MELBOURNE, Australia — Max Verstappen said he felt physically limited in the cockpit of his Red Bull Formula One car during the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix weekend as he struggled to recover from a virus. The illness meant the world champion arrived a day late at the event, missing his usual Thursday