3:38 AM ET ABU DHABI — Carlos Sainz will sample McLaren machinery for the first time at the Yas Marina circuit next weekend. Sainz is moving from Renault to McLaren for 2019 and will contest his final race for the former at the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. The season-ending race is followed by two days

3:17 AM ET Fernando Alonso is leaving Formula One after Sunday’s season-ending Abu Dhabi Grand Prix but McLaren say they will not hesitate to seek his services again if needed. Fernando Alonso is leaving F1 with just two world titles to his name and he only has himself to blame. Ahead of his final grand

2:35 AM ET ABU DHABI — McLaren will mark Fernando Alonso’s final race in Formula One by running a special colour scheme in his honour. The Abu Dhabi Grand Prix will be Alonso’s 314th and final race weekend in this current stint before he leaves to pursue opportunities in other series. Although he has not

5:31 AM 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 Fernando Alonso is leaving Formula One as a two-time world champion — but those

5:18 AM ET At least seven female racing drivers will take part in a Formula E test in Saudi Arabia after the country hosts the season-opening race next month, the all-electric series said on Tuesday. The test, involving all the teams, will be a day after the December 15 race on the streets of Ad

8:08 AM ET The chairman of the Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi alliance, Carlos Ghosn, has been arrested in Japan over allegations of financial impropriety and is expected to be sacked from his position. Ghosn was arrested on his arrival in Japan on Monday after an internal investigation at Nissan revealed “significant acts of misconduct”. The Japanese car manufacturer

7:31 AM ET Formula One is hoping to bring back the Dutch Grand Prix and build on the wave of popularity surrounding Red Bull’s Max Verstappen. “We are very interested in racing in Holland,” Sean Bratches, the sport’s commercial managing director, told Reuters when asked about a possible return to the Zandvoort circuit that hosted

6:57 AM ET This time next week, Fernando Alonso will no longer be a Formula One driver. For many in the sport there is a great deal of frustration in that fact, fuelled by an overwhelming sense of ‘what if?’ What if Alonso found his way back into a competitive car? Would he then be

12:06 PM ET Teenage Formula 3 racer Sophia Floersch has come through surgery without complications following the horrifying high-speed crash which left her with a fractured spine at the weekend. Early on in Sunday’s race Floersch, 17, hit a rival car on the flat-out run down to Lisboa corner. That caused her to lose control

9:21 AM ET Toto Wolff believes Red Bull’s Max Verstappen is an “unbelievable talent” but says the Dutchman still has some flaws he needs to address before he can be Formula One champion. Understandable but not justifiable — that was the view of Formula One’s motorsport managing director, Ross Brawn, after watching the altercation between