12:08 PM ET MONZA, Italy — The Formula One paddock is a busy place that hosts a lot of serious business over a race weekend, but this here we try to bring you some of the news stories you might otherwise miss ahead of the Italian Grand Prix. The new Jacques Villeneuve? Max Verstappen and

1:23 PM ET MONZA, Italy — Ferrari’s loyal fans — the tifosi — will arrive in Monza’s royal park on Sunday expecting victory. It’s been nine years since Fernando Alonso stood on the top of F1’s most famous podium to celebrate a Ferrari victory on home soil and, on paper at least, Sunday should be

5:35 AM ET Four-time world champion Sebastian Vettel has said he would rather Formula One be boring if it could bring back driver French driver Anthoine Hubert, who was killed in a Formula 2 crash in Belgium on Saturday. French driver Hubert, 22, lost control of his car on the second lap of the Formula

1:20 PM ET MONZA, Italy — Five-time world champion Lewis Hamilton believes the inherent danger and skill required to win in Formula One is sometimes underestimated. 1 Related Hamilton is closing in or Michael Schumacher’s record of 91 wins and seven world championships and has won four of the last five drivers’ titles. It is

12:08 PM ET MONZA, Italy — The Formula One paddock is a busy place that hosts a lot of serious business over a race weekend, but this here we try to bring you some of the news stories you might otherwise miss ahead of the Italian Grand Prix. A homage F1 rookie driver Lando Norris

9:48 AM ET MONZA, Italy — Daniil Kvyat has brushed off suggestions former teammate Alexander Albon made a good start to his Red Bull career at the Belgian Grand Prix. Red Bull boss Christian Horner praised Albon for his fighting display at Spa-Francorchamps, which saw the Thai driver fight from 18th to fifth in a

12:51 PM ET The Italian Grand Prix will remain at Monza for the next five years, keeping the legendary circuit in Formula One until at least 2024. The terms of the new deal were agreed in April but F1 waited until an event celebrating the 90th edition of the Italian Grand Prix and 90th anniversary

10:32 AM ET Ahead of each race in 2019, ESPN is ranking every driver on the grid in our Formula One Power Rankings. In compiling these standings, we have taken out the car factor and focused solely on the drivers and how each has been performing. This is not a prediction for how the race

8:09 AM ET Red Bull driver Max Verstappen will start from the back of the grid at Sunday’s Italian Grand Prix after Honda confirmed that his car will be fitted with an upgraded power unit this weekend. The upgraded engine has been scheduled into Honda’s development plan since the start of 2019, but will take

7:04 AM ET Ferrari’s rivals are becoming concerned about the Italian team’s power advantage after the Belgian Grand Prix proved beyond doubt that Maranello’s engine is the class of the field. In the past two years, Ferrari’s V6 turbo hybrid has replaced Mercedes’ as the class-leading power unit in Formula One. Developments throughout 2018 saw