Oct 12, 2018 Nico Hulkenberg says a lack of development in the second half of the year could leave his Renault F1 team behind Haas in the constructors’ championship at the end of the year. Renault is currently fourth in the standings but holds a slender eight-point lead over Haas in fifth place with four

4:52 AM ET Mercedes team boss Toto Wolff has tipped Mick Schumacher for greatness after the son of seven-time world champion Michael Schumacher secured the European Formula 3 title at the weekend. Schumacher took the title with one race left to run after a sensational second half of the season propelled him from ninth in

6:25 AM ET Williams deputy team principal Claire Williams has revealed Esteban Ocon is on the team’s shortlist to partner George Russell next year. George Russell will race in Formula One next year with Williams and, alongside McLaren’s 2019 driver Lando Norris, promises to be the next big British name in Formula One. Russell, who

6:25 AM ET Reuters and ESPN Formula One’s governing body the FIA has signed off on the 21-race calendar for the 2019 world championship following a World Motor Sport Council meeting on Friday. The calendar confirms the provisional schedule released by F1’s owners Liberty Media in August. The season will begin on March 17 at

6:15 AM ET George Russell will race in Formula One next year with Williams and, alongside McLaren’s 2019 driver Lando Norris, promises to be the next big British name in Formula One. We take a look at his story so far, including a diversion via Citroen 2CV racing and a career-defining decision between BMW and

6:04 AM ET George Russell has been confirmed as a Williams race driver for 2019 after signing a multi-year deal with the British team. Russell is a Mercedes junior driver and currently leads the Formula 2 championship by 37 points with just two races remaining. He has tested for Mercedes and Force India over the

10:11 AM ET Red Bull team principal Christian Horner says good progress is being made by his team’s future engine partner, Honda, and says a large amount of resource has already been invested into the 2019 car. Despite winning three races earlier this year and competing regularly with Mercedes and Ferrari, Red Bull looks destined

7:42 AM ET Plans to launch an all-women racing series next year have divided opinions among existing female racing drivers. A new international racing series exclusively for female drivers, W Series, will launch next year in a bid to give women an easier pathway to Formula One. W Series will be a free-to-enter, single-seater racing

5:52 AM ET Mercedes team boss Toto Wolff says he is not taking anything for granted as Lewis Hamilton closes in on a fifth world title. Sebastian Vettel is about to lose a championship he should have won, and it could taint his career forever. Our F1 team discusses the major talking points from the

4:52 AM ET Formula One champions Mercedes also dominated the sport’s virtual racetracks on Wednesday with British gamer Brendon Leigh starting the defence of his F1 Esports title with two wins in three races. The 19-year-old former kitchen porter, winner of the first Esports championship in Abu Dhabi last November before teams got involved, had