Mar 17, 2023 JEDDAH, Saudi Arabia — Lewis Hamilton has announced he has split with his long-term performance coach Angela Cullen ahead of the second race of the 2023 season. Cullen had worked alongside Hamilton for seven years, travelling with him to and from races and became an integral part of his inner circle. The

5:39 PM ET JEDDAH, Saudi Arabia — Charles Leclerc took little comfort from qualifying 0.155s off Sergio Perez’s pole position time at the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix, saying Ferrari’s gap to Red Bull is much bigger than Saturday’s session suggested. Leclerc was second fastest but will drop to 12th on the grid with a ten-place

Mar 17, 2023 Ferrari has taken what it says is a precautionary step of changing the power unit in both Charles Leclerc and Carlos Sainz‘s cars for the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix. Leclerc already has a 10-place grid penalty this weekend as Ferrari has moved on to his third control electronics unit, one more than

4:14 PM ET JEDDAH, Saudi Arabia — Toto Wolff would not blame Lewis Hamilton for leaving Mercedes if the team’s struggles continue for another year or two. Hamilton looks set for another disappointing season this year after Mercedes slipped further behind Red Bull over the winter and behind its engine customer Aston Martin. Hamilton has

11:52 AM ET JEDDAH, Saudi Arabia — Saudi Arabia is open to the possibility of hosting two Formula One races per season in the future, according to chairman of the Saudi Automobile & Motorcycle Federation Prince Khalid bin Sultan Al-Abdullah Al Faisal. The third running of the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix will take place this

Mar 17, 2023 McLaren were the worst performing team in Formula One’s season-opening Bahrain Grand Prix but Lando Norris said on Thursday there was no crisis brewing. The former champions failed to score a point in the March 5 opener with Australian rookie Oscar Piastri retiring after 13 laps due to an electrical problem. Editor’s

3:18 PM ET Lewis Hamilton distanced himself on Thursday from Formula One rivals who said they felt comfortable to be racing in Saudi Arabia this weekend. The Briton, a seven-times world champion and Formula One’s most successful driver, chose his words carefully but left little doubt about his stance. Attending an official FIA news conference

1:02 PM ET JEDDAH, Saudi Arabia — Lewis Hamilton is convinced he will win races again in Formula One but says he knew his Mercedes team was in trouble as soon as he set eyes on its new car this year. Hamilton finished fifth at the opening race of the season in Bahrain after Mercedes

1:36 PM ET Charles Leclerc and Carlos Sainz have defended Ferrari from recent Italian media reports suggesting turmoil behind the scenes, with the latter saying the press is trying to “destabalise” the team. Ferrari’s F1 team has been under fire over the past few weeks after a disappointing opening race, which saw Aston Martin’s Fernando

7:01 AM ET JEDDAH, Saudi Arabia — Max Verstappen will arrive at the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix a day late on Friday after suffering from a stomach illness earlier this week. The world champion will miss Thursday’s media sessions as a result but says he is now “feeling fine again.” Verstappen tweeted that he had