4:39 AM ET ESPN staff The Spanish Grand Prix has designed a Brazilian-Austrian flag it will display on the podium of its race next weekend as a nod to a poignant tribute which fate prevented from happening. May 1 is 25 years since Ayrton Senna, widely regarded as the greatest driver in F1’s history, died
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8:12 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 Prior to the 1994 San Marino Grand Prix and the loss of Roland Ratzenberger and Ayrton Senna in one terrible weekend, motor
10:39 AM ET ESPN staff Valtteri Bottas reclaimed the lead of the championship in Azerbaijan as his Mercedes team defied the odds — and broke a record — by extending its run of one-two victories at the start of the 2019 season to four. 1 Related Does this mean we have a intra-team battle on
8:20 AM ET ESPN staff The Automobile Club d’Italia claims to have reached a commercial agreement with Formula One to keep the Italian Grand Prix at Monza until 2024. Monza’s current contract due to expire after this year’s running of the Italian Grand Prix, making the circuit one of five races up for renewal at
10:18 AM ET BAKU, Azerbaijan — Another race weekend, another missed opportunity for Ferrari. This one may not have been the open goal missed in Bahrain, but on pure pace Ferrari had the potential to win in Baku and once again it came up short. A series of interwoven errors, mainly on Saturday, were to
7:30 AM ET BAKU, Azerbaijan — Lewis Hamilton said he respected a gentleman’s agreement with Mercedes teammate Valtteri Bottas in their fight for victory at the Azerbaijan Grand Prix out of respect for his team. Hamilton had a good getaway off the line and appeared to have the advantage going into Turn 1, going in
1:57 PM ET BAKU, Azerbaijan — Ferrari is satisfied it made the right call on Charles Leclerc’s strategy at the Azerbaijan Grand Prix after seeing him finish a distant fifth. Leclerc gave himself a tough job to do on Saturday, crashing out of qualifying when pole position appeared to be there for the taking, and
1:13 PM ET BAKU, Azerbaijan — Mercedes boss Toto Wolff has confirmed Lewis Hamilton was free to attack teammate Valtteri Bottas for victory at the Azerbaijan Grand Prix. Hamilton was Bottas’ only real threat over the 51 laps of the Baku City Circuit and got alongside his teammate for the lead in the opening two
12:24 PM ET BAKU, Azerbaijan — A while ago it seemed like Mercedes and dominant F1 races were a thing of the past, but its one-two in Baku was its fourth in a row this year. Ferrari came into the weekend confident of more but things unraveled slightly in qualifying. Still, the fact it seemed
Apr 28, 2019 BAKU, Azerbaijan — Daniel Ricciardo will face a three-place grid penalty at the next race for his clumsy collision with Toro Rosso’s Daniil Kvyat at the Azerbaijan Grand Prix. The Renault driver attempted a late lunge on his former teammate late in the race, but misjudged the move and went straight on