5:12 AM ET Esteban Ocon looks increasingly likely to be the biggest loser from Formula One’s wild 2018 driver market, but the Frenchman has vowed not to give up on his quest to find a race seat for next season. On Tuesday, two more pieces of the puzzle for 2019 fell into place. Charles Leclerc’s

5:28 AM ET Ferrari has confirmed junior driver Charles Leclerc will step up from Sauber next season to replace Kimi Raikkonen. Monaco native Leclerc, 20, has impressed in his rookie campaign for Sauber this season, vindicating to many the hype surrounding him after a dominant Formula Two championship season in 2017. Leclerc was first tipped

12:25 PM 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 Not much changes with Kimi, does it? He makes his F1 debut with Sauber when no one expects it. Then 17 years,

10:36 AM ET Perhaps the only thing more surprising than Kimi Raikkonen’s move to Sauber is the fact Formula One’s no-nonsense Iceman broke the news on Instagram. Most expected the end of Raikkonen’s second tenure at Ferrari would be enough to prompt him to walk away from F1 completely. For someone who seems completely disinterested

5:19 AM ET Mercedes team boss Toto Wolff says his team needs to turn its factories upside down in order to keep Ferrari at bay for the remaining seven races of the season. Nearly 75,000 Kimi Raikkonen fans have signed an online petition urging Ferrari to keep the Finnish Formula One driver for another year

8:29 AM ET Ferrari technical director Mattia Binotto believes structural changes to Maranello’s engineering departments are the key to the team’s success this year. Nearly 75,000 Kimi Raikkonen fans have signed an online petition urging Ferrari to keep the Finnish Formula One driver for another year rather than replace him with rookie Charles Leclerc. Since

4:41 AM ET Reuters and ESPN Staff Over 74,000 Kimi Raikkonen fans have signed an online petition urging Ferrari to keep the Finnish Formula One driver for another year rather than replace him with rookie Charles Leclerc. The petition, on change.org, argued that replacing the 38-year-old was “not justifiable” and that the team needed him

8:31 AM ET Haas team principal Guenther Steiner believes his team has come under extra scrutiny from its rivals now that the American outfit has become more competitive. The comments, made in the team’s Singapore Grand Prix preview, come after rivals Renault protested the legality of Romain Grosjean’s car at the Italian Grand Prix. The

6:05 AM ET Lewis Hamilton says the pressure of this year’s championship fight with Sebastian Vettel is like nothing he has ever experienced in his racing career. Hamilton and Vettel are trying to beat each other to a fifth world championship this year, with the Englishman currently leading by 30 points. Vettel’s hopes of cutting

7:34 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 For an hour and 18 minutes, Romain Grosjean raced hard to finish sixth at Monza, fending off Carlos Sainz in the early