4:59 AM ET Oscar Piastri, the driver who was the focus of a tug of war between McLaren and Alpine over his services for 2023, says he chose to leave Alpine after a breakdown in trust with the team, adding that the way in which he was dealt with by team boss Otmar Szafnauer was

2:07 PM ET ZANDVOORT, Netherlands — Daniel Ricciardo and McLaren appear to disagree on the transparency surrounding the team signing Oscar Piastri to replace him. Piastri has finally been confirmed as the driver to replace Ricciardo next year after a protracted contract dispute between McLaren and Alpine. On Friday, the contract recognition board verdict revealed

9:52 AM ET Oscar Piastri will replace Daniel Ricciardo at McLaren in 2023 after the FIA’s contract recognition board (CRB) upheld the team’s contract with the Formula 2 champion. McLaren and Alpine both felt they had a valid contract for the Australian’s services for next season. On Friday the CRB upheld McLaren’s contract, revealing he

1:18 PM ET ZANDVOORT, Netherlands – Thursday’s media day for the Dutch Grand Prix was dominated by talk around the remaining seats on the 2023 grid, with Pierre Gasly increasingly looking like a major player in the driver market. F1 is waiting for clarification from the contract recognition board (CRB) on whether Alpine or McLaren

8:21 AM ET Fernando Alonso plans to apologise in person to Lewis Hamilton at this weekend’s Dutch Grand Prix after calling the seven-time champion an “idiot” following a collision at last weekend’s Belgian Grand Prix. Hamilton and Alonso made contact while fighting for position at Les Combes on the first lap of the race. Hamilton

12:38 PM ET Mick Schumacher refused to be drawn speculation about his Formula One future on Thursday as his friend Esteban Ocon continued to push for the German to join him at Renault-owned Alpine as replacement for Fernando Alonso. Schumacher, son of seven-times world champion Michael, is out of contract with the Ferrari-powered Haas team

4:06 AM ET Lewis Hamilton literally put a cap on a verbal spat with Formula One rival Fernando Alonso in a teasing social media post on Tuesday. Alonso, a former team mate and fellow world champion, had branded the Briton an idiot after a first-lap collision at last Sunday’s Belgian Grand Prix. Mercedes’ seven-times world

6:56 AM ET The FIA hearing to settle the contract dispute between Alpine and McLaren over Formula 2 champion Oscar Piastri started on Monday. Over the summer break, Alpine released a statement confirming Piastri would replace Fernando Alonso in 2023, only for the Australian to later tweet that he had no contract with Alpine and

Aug 28, 2022 Ferrari boss Mattia Binotto defended Charles Leclerc’s late pit-stop at the Belgian Grand Prix, saying the team will not stop taking a “brave” approach to strategy decisions. Leclerc appeared to be set for fifth position before pitting for fresh tyres on the penultimate lap. The decision was supposed to allow Leclerc to

Aug 28, 2022 Fernando Alonso labelled seven-time world champion Lewis Hamilton “an idiot” who only knows how to race at the front after they collided on the first lap of the Belgian Grand Prix on Sunday. The two old rivals were battling for third position down the Kemmel Straight with Hamilton looking to overtake Alonso