7:31 PM ET MONTREAL, Canada — Montreal offered up the tightest Friday practice session of the season, with just under a second splitting Charles Leclerc in first place and Lance Stroll in tenth, while the top three were separated by just 0.134s. Ferrari held a 0.134s advantage over Valtteri Bottas’ Mercedes and Lewis Hamilton finished
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3:48 PM ET Lewis Hamilton’s Canadian Grand Prix preparations suffered a setback after a rare error from the five-time world champion prematurely ended his Friday practice. 1 Related After topping the first practice session of the day, Hamilton limped back to the pits half an hour into the afternoon’s track time with a tyre puncture.
1:31 PM ET Maurice Hamilton Close • Veteran F1 journalist, covering the sport since 1977• Motor racing correspondent for the Observer for 20 years• Has written several books and covered F1 for BBC Radio 5 Live Robin Herd, who passed away on Tuesday, was a quietly influential player in global motor sport for three decades, but he would
12:21 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 The Formula One paddock is a busy place that hosts a lot of serious
6:39 AM ET Maurice Hamilton Close • Veteran F1 journalist, covering the sport since 1977• Motor racing correspondent for the Observer for 20 years• Has written several books and covered F1 for BBC Radio 5 Live Montreal’s new track facilities are as far removed in every sense as it’s possible to be from the original temporary accommodation 40
3:16 PM ET MONTREAL, Canada — Ferrari driver Sebastian Vettel has played down suggestions he will quit Formula One at the end of the 2019 season. 1 Related After a disappointing start to the year, in which Mercedes has beaten Ferrari at every round so far, the four-time champion is facing the prospect of fifth
1:19 PM ET Reigning world champion Lewis Hamilton wants to work with Formula One to improve what he perceives to be a minimal amount of diversity in motor racing. 1 Related Hamilton, F1’s first and only black driver, has been an outspoken critic on that topic previously. Ahead of last year’s opening race, the Australian
8:47 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
9:30 AM ET Mercedes has paid tribute to a young fan who died of cancer weeks after Lewis Hamilton dedicated his Spanish Grand Prix victory to him. Harry Shaw, 5, suffered from a rare form of cancer called Ewin’s sarcoma. Shaw sent a video message to Hamilton ahead of the Barcelona race on May 12
7:34 AM ET Laurece Edmondson Ahead of the seventh round of the 2019 Formula One season, Ferrari is in need of a reality check. 1 Related The famous Italian team started the year as the favourite for the championship, but after six rounds it has scored just four podiums, one pole position and no victories