9:32 AM ET Pierre Gasly says he refused Toro Rosso’s request to let teammate Brendon Hartley pass him during the Brazilian Grand Prix because they were not racing for points. Late in the race, Hartley closed in on 11th-placed Gasly having benefited from a different strategy and a later pit stop for fresh tyres. Hartley

6:27 AM ET ESPN staff The championship might be wrapped up but the Brazilian Grand Prix was full of contoversy — Esteban Ocon and Max Verstappen controversially clashed on and off the track, while the severity of FIA punishments came under scrutiny. Our F1 editors Laurence Edmondson and Nate Saunders join columnists Maurice Hamilton and

5:14 AM ET Understandable but not justifiable — that was the view of Formula One’s motorsport managing director, Ross Brawn, after watching the altercation between Max Verstappen and Esteban Ocon after Sunday’s Brazilian Grand Prix. Verstappen’s anger was triggered by Ocon taking him out of the lead of the race and, once the chequered flag

10:17 AM ET SAO PAULO, Brazil – Love him or loathe him, Max Verstappen will be making headlines in Formula One for years to come. His clash with Esteban Ocon on lap 44 of the Brazilian Grand Prix was remarkable for a number of reasons — not least the irony of it happening on the

6:23 AM ET Suggestions that Esteban Ocon collided with Max Verstappen on purpose at the Brazilian Grand Prix have been labelled as “conspiracy theories” by Force India team principal Otmar Szafnauer. Max Verstappen will perform two days of “public service” as punishment for his post-race altercation with rival driver Esteban Ocon following Sunday’s Brazilian Grand

5:23 PM ET Max Verstappen will perform two days of “public service” as punishment for his post-race altercation with rival driver Esteban Ocon following Sunday’s Brazilian Grand Prix. The Red Bull driver was found guilty of performing an “act prejudicial to the interests of the motorsport” after he retaliated to an on-track incident by tracking

8:33 AM ET Esteban Ocon’s collision with Max Verstappen while trying to unlap himself was “wholly unacceptable”, according to FIA race director Charlie Whiting. Suggestions that Esteban Ocon collided with Max Verstappen on purpose at the Brazilian Grand Prix have been labelled as “conspiracy theories” by Force India team principal Otmar Szafnauer. Max Verstappen will

Max Verstappen called Esteban Ocon a ‘lunatic’. Historically, if not diplomatically, this was an appropriate choice of word, Ayrton Senna having referred to Eddie Irvine in exactly the same way following a similar incident — but without contact (on the track, at least) — at Suzuka 25 years ago. Senna was a triple World Champion

5:57 PM ET SAO PAULO, Brazil — Mercedes will have the chance to match Ferrari’s record six constructors’ championships in a row next year after wrapping up the 2018 crown at the Brazilian Grand Prix. Ferrari had to out-score Mercedes by 13 points or more to keep the fight alive for the season finale in

6:25 PM ET Sebastian Vettel gave his Brazilian Grand Prix a rating of one out of ten after dropping from second at the start to sixth at the finish, but said he had no problem giving up a position to Ferrari teammate Kimi Raikkonen along the way. Vettel started the race from second on the