1:50 PM ET Alpine expect Australian Oscar Piastri to be racing in Formula One next year, principal Otmar Szafnauer said on Saturday without indicating which team it would be with. Piastri won the Formula Two championship last year, after also taking the Formula Three title at the first attempt, and is reserve at Renault-owned Alpine

10:29 AM ET MONTREAL — Lewis Hamilton branded an experimental start to Mercedes’ Canadian Grand Prix a “disaster”. Hamilton’s form has been up and down this season and he looked out of sorts on Friday, finishing the second session down in 13th. The first two hours of practice are usually an opportunity to try and

Jun 18, 2022 MONTREAL — A heavy downpour and a drying track has been a box office combination at the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve before and it proved to be so again Saturday. Max Verstappen claimed a dominant pole position, Fernando Alonso made a popular return to the front row of the grid and Lewis Hamilton

7:19 PM ET Formula One’s governing body should make sure Mercedes have a safer car rather than changing the rules for everyone, Red Bull boss Christian Horner suggested on Friday. Horner told Reuters at the Canadian Grand Prix that soaring inflation and energy costs were a more pressing problem than ‘porpoising’, the bouncing phenomenon suffered

11:28 AM ET Ferrari has confirmed that the engine that failed for Charles Leclerc at the Azerbaijan Grand Prix is “beyond repair”, raising the prospect of a grid penalty in the near future. Leclerc retired from Baku’s June 12 race while in a promising position to challenge the Red Bull drivers for victory. He also

7:48 PM ET MONTREAL – Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc will face a 10-place grid penalty from wherever he qualifies for the Canadian Grand Prix. Ferrari has fitted new components to his car after he suffered an engine failure while leading the Azerbaijan Grand Prix last week. The penalty hands a huge opportunity for Red Bull and

1:03 PM ET MONTREAL, Canada — Reigning world champion Max Verstappen does not agree with Formula One’s rules being changed mid-way through the season to stop cars violently bouncing at high speeds. The FIA said this week has vowed to reduce or eliminate the bouncing F1 cars have been doing this year due to concerns

1:04 PM ET MONTREAL — Motor racing’s governing body, the FIA, has introduced measures aimed at eliminating the dangerous levels of bouncing some Formula One cars have been doing at high speeds this year. There were concerns about Lewis Hamilton‘s health after the Azerbaijan Grand Prix when he climbed out of his car with extreme

5:10 AM ET Mercedes pushed Lewis Hamilton’s car setup too far in Azerbaijan last weekend and cannot cause him such pain again, the Formula One team’s head of strategy said on Wednesday. The seven-time world champion suffered severe back pain due to wrestling with his bouncing car in Baku and said “he was praying for

Jun 15, 2022 Ferrari will have a ‘short-term fix’ in Canada this weekend for the hydraulics problem that forced Carlos Sainz out of last Sunday’s race in Azerbaijan, the Formula One team said on Tuesday. Both Spaniard Sainz and Monegasque team mate Charles Leclerc retired in Baku, with the latter suffering a second power unit