7:51 AM ET Reliability was not the top concern for new Ferrari boss Fred Vasseur before the start of the Formula One season but Sunday’s opening race in Bahrain sent it back up the list of priorities. Charles Leclerc, who led a Ferrari one-two from pole at Sakhir last year, lost power and retired 17

9:04 AM ET In the hours after Sunday’s Bahrain Grand Prix some of Max Verstappen’s rivals seemed ready to hand him this year’s title with 22 races still to run. The Red Bull driver won the opening race of the season by 11 seconds from his teammate Sergio Perez and by a massive 38 seconds

3:24 AM ET Red Bull boss Christian Horner praised Aston Martin’s remarkable climb up the Formula One order this year, saying that it is a compliment to how close the team’s design looks to his own. Fernando Alonso’s podium finish in Bahrain confirmed the huge steps forward made by Aston Martin, who finished seventh last

Mar 5, 2023 SAKHIR, Bahrain — Mercedes boss Toto Wolff described his team’s result at the Bahrain Grand Prix as “one of the worst days in racing” after Lewis Hamilton finished 50 seconds adrift of race winner Max Verstappen. Red Bull barely pushed the limit of its two cars on the way to a dominant

11:27 AM ET SAKHIR, Bahrain — George Russell offered a bleak assessment about the 2023 Formula One season, predicting Max Verstappen‘s easy win in Bahrain will be the norm this year. Max Verstappen scored a dominant victory at the first race as Mercedes and Ferrari, the only other two teams to win a race in

Mar 4, 2023 ESPN and Reuters Aston Martin’s Lance Stroll qualified eighth for Sunday’s season-opening Bahrain Grand Prix and then revealed he had broken a big toe as well as both wrists in a cycling accident two weeks ago. The 24-year-old Canadian said the last week had been “pretty insane”. “If someone had offered me

7:08 AM ET Formula One will experiment with the format of qualifying at two races this season, the first is likely to be Imola in May, but double world champion Max Verstappen and other drivers see no need for change. The plan is to restrict tyre choice for the Saturday session so the first phase

Mar 3, 2023 Formula One champions Red Bull could be racing against themselves in Bahrain this weekend judging by preseason testing, according to Mercedes’ George Russell. Red Bull’s double world champion Max Verstappen and Mexican teammate Sergio Perez have been sounding confident after their new car was quickest at the Sakhir circuit last week. Editor’s

Mar 3, 2023 SAKHIR, Bahrain — Lewis Hamilton has been given a medical exemption to race with a new nose stud this year, due to “concerns about disfigurement with frequent attempts at removal of the device.” Last year Hamilton had a long back and forth with the FIA, racing’s governing body, after it issued a

12:27 PM ET SAKHIR, Bahrain — Fernando Alonso has played down his chances of taking his first pole position in Formula One since the 2012 German Grand Prix after he topped Friday practice for the opening race of the 2023 season in Bahrain. Alonso doubled down on the excitement surrounding Aston Martin’s new car after