7:27 AM ET SPIELBERG, Austria — F1 race director Michael Masi said it would be unfair to make any comparisons between Max Verstappen’s race-winning move on Charles Leclerc in Austria and the incident that cost Sebastian Vettel victory at the Canadian Grand Prix earlier this month. 2 Related After a lengthy stewards’ investigation, FIA stewards
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3:26 PM ET SPIELBERG, Austria — Ferrari team principal Mattia Binotto has confirmed his team will not appeal the stewards’ decision that ensured Max Verstappen kept victory at the Austrian Grand Prix ahead of Charles Leclerc. 1 Related Leclerc was leading the race with three laps to go when Verstappen overtook him at Turn 3
2:22 PM ET SPIELBERG, Austria — Max Verstappen has kept his remarkable Austrian Grand Prix victory after a stewards’ investigation into his wheel-banging move on Charles Leclerc three laps from the finish came to nothing. Verstappen muscled his way past Leclerc at Turn 3, lunging down the gap the Ferrari driver had left on the
2:29 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 SPIELBERG, Austria — It took a few hours to be confirmed as valid, but
4:57 AM ET SPIELBERG, Austria — 2+3 usually equals 5, but once penalties are applied Lewis Hamilton will start Sunday’s Austrian Grand Prix from fourth on the grid when many assumed he would be fifth. Hamilton was issued a three-place grid penalty for impeding Kimi Raikkonen in Q1 on Saturday, an incident he accepted full
SPIELBERG, Austria — Despite some late drama in its garage, Ferrari managed to secure its third pole position of the season on Saturday. Charles Leclerc was the man to do it as a car issue kept Sebastian Vettel in the garage at the end of Q3. It might not have been the front-row lockout the
12:56 PM ET SPIELBERG, Austria — Championship leader Lewis Hamilton will drop from second to fifth position on the Austrian Grand Prix grid after blocking Kimi Raikkonen during qualifying on Saturday. A slow-moving Hamilton had just emerged from a stint in the pits when he was caught by Raikkonen in the early part of the
2:03 PM ET After France served up one of the dullest Formula One races in recent memory, the Red Bull Ring provided as entertaining a second practice session as you’re ever likely to see. What’s more, amid the red flags and splintered carbon fibre there were signs that Ferrari is genuinely quick in Austria. 1
10:49 AM ET SPIELBERG, Austria — Valtteri Bottas and Max Verstappen both crashed out of an eventful second practice session at the Austrian Grand Prix as Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc set the fastest time on Friday. The separate incidents saw both cars make contact with the wall and resulted in the session being suspended twice while
8:40 AM ET SPIELBERG, Austria — A plan to revert to last year’s tyre specification in Formula One has not received the majority vote it needed to come into play later this season. 1 Related At a meeting on Friday at the Austrian Grand Prix, the proposal was put forward as a way to peg