5:16 AM ET LE CASTELLET, France — The devastation was audible in Charles Leclerc’s voice as he screamed over team radio. His car was nose into the barriers at Turn 11, his championship chances were in pieces. What made it so difficult to bear was that this moment was on him. On a weekend when

5:07 PM ET Lewis Hamilton said he had “plenty of fuel left in the tank” after his 300th race in Formula One on Sunday. Only the sixth driver to reach the milestone, the 37-year-old Briton was asked after finishing second at the French Grand Prix at Le Castellet whether he might extend his contract with

Jul 23, 2022 LE CASTELLET, France — Charles Leclerc said the slipstream he picked up from his teammate in qualifying for the French Grand Prix was helpful but not the defining factor in him taking pole position ahead of Max Verstappen on Saturday. Leclerc beat his title rival to pole by 0.304 seconds at Paul

4:14 AM ET Carlos Sainz backed Ferrari team mate Charles Leclerc to win Sunday’s French Grand Prix from pole position despite having both Red Bull drivers right behind on the starting grid. The Spaniard, who played a big part in helping Leclerc to pole by giving him a slipstream ‘tow’ down the straight, can be

Jul 22, 2022 World champion Max Verstappen has said that Formula One must retain “iconic” tracks such as Belgium’s Spa-Francorchamps, even if the trend is towards more lucrative street circuits. Spa, and the southern French Le Castellet circuit where Formula One races this weekend, face uncertain futures with new venues such as Miami, Las Vegas,

8:53 AM ET Williams look set to hand American racer Logan Sargeant a Formula One Friday free practice slot this season, with team boss Jost Capito hailing him on Saturday as a prospect for the future. The 21-year-old Florida native is part of the Williams young driver academy and has won the last two Formula

Jul 21, 2022 Fernando Alonso (L) won the 2010 Bahrain Grand Prix with Ferrari, while ex-McLaren teammate Lewis Hamilton came third. Paul Gilham/Getty Images LE CASTELLET, France — Ahead of his 300th Formula One race, Lewis Hamilton has named his former McLaren teammate Fernando Alonso as the toughest competitor of his career. In Sunday’s French Grand

3:36 PM ET Mercedes cannot do much to help Nyck de Vries secure a Formula One drive and may let him go, team boss Toto Wolff said after the Dutch reserve replaced Lewis Hamilton in first Friday practice at the French Grand Prix. De Vries, 27, is the reigning Formula E champion with Mercedes and

8:47 AM ET LE CASTELLET, France — Ferrari driver Carlos Sainz will take a grid penalty at the French Grand Prix after exceeding his quota of power unit components for the year. Sainz retired from the Austrian Grand Prix with an engine fire, damaging the power unit in his car beyond repair. 1 Related Ahead

6:04 PM ET LE CASTELLET, France — Red Bull driver Sergio Perez has joined calls to issue lifetime bans to spectators responsible for discriminatory, abusive behavior at Formula One races. At the Austrian Grand Prix two weeks ago, multiple accounts of anti-gay, racist and sexist abuse were shared on social media by fans in the