10:49 AM ET SAO PAULO, Brazil — Lewis Hamilton has admitted he was wrong to criticise Sergey Sirotkin, who he labelled “disrespectful” after an incident in qualifying for the Brazilian Grand Prix. Ten years ago, Lewis Hamilton became F1’s youngest world champion after Felipe Massa. But the full, dramatic story of the Brazilian Grand Prix

4:26 PM ET SAO PAULO, Brazil — McLaren boss Zak Brown says the company’s return to the Indy 500 with Fernando Alonso next year will not detract from its bid to recover its Formula One fortunes. On Saturday, McLaren confirmed Alonso will compete in the 2019 edition of the event. The Spaniard is leaving F1

3:54 PM ET Sebastian Vettel has been reprimanded and fined €25,000 for failing to obey FIA officials during a routine weight check at the Brazilian Grand Prix. The incident occurred during the second part of qualifying when Vettel returned to the pits to switch tyre compounds. Rain was in the air and Ferrari was hoping

9:00 AM ET SAO PAULO — Daniel Ricciardo’s run of rotten bad luck is showing no sign of coming to an end any time soon. The Australian driver will serve a grid penalty this weekend after Red Bull was forced to change the turbocharger in his Renault engine. It’s the sixth turbo he’s used this

4:22 PM ET SAO PAULO, Brazil — Nico Hulkenberg says his crash in second practice was down to wanting “a bit too much” from the car. Hulkenberg lost control of his car and hit the wall while climbing the hill from the Juncao corner which leads to the start-finish line. It put the Renault driver

3:47 PM ET Connor McDonagh Max Verstappen has ruled out challenging Mercedes and Ferrari for pole position in Brazil. Red Bull showed strong pace throughout Friday practice with Verstappen topping the first session. The Dutchman’s running in the afternoon session was curtailed by an oil leak which left him in the garage for approximately one

10:31 AM ET Pietro Fittipaldi, the grandson of two-time world champion Emerson Fittipaldi, will join the Haas F1 team as a test driver next year and make his F1 debut at this year’s end-of-season test in Abu Dhabi. Fittipaldi, 22, has raced in IndyCar and Japanese Super Formula this year and was due to take

12:57 PM ET Lewis Hamilton is not planning to orchestrate a victory for teammate Valtteri Bottas at the Brazilian Grand Prix this weekend if the two drivers find themselves leading the race. Bottas was leading September’s Russian Grand Prix when he was asked by the Mercedes team to move over and gift victory to Hamilton.

2:16 PM ET SAO PAULO, Brazil — Formula One drivers are set to meet on Friday to discuss growing concerns and frustrations around the quality of racing. The Grand Prix Drivers’ Association (GPDA) will discuss several key issues, including Pirelli’s tyres, which remain a contentious topic in the paddock, and the significant performance gap between

11:10 AM ET SAO PAULO, Brazil — Haas boss Guenther Steiner says the team will not dwell on its failed appeal over Romain Grosjean’s Italian Grand Prix disqualification, which has all but ended its hopes of beating Renault to fourth position this year. Haas lost eight points when Grosjean’s car was thrown out of the