Mar 12, 2022 Formula One needs an urgent discussion of its budget cap as teams are squeezed by inflation, high energy costs and rising interest rates, Red Bull boss Christian Horner said on Friday. The sport’s current cap is $140 million a year per team, with some items such as driver salaries not included, down

4:40 AM ET Japanese driver Yuki Tsunoda was inspired by 66-year-old AlphaTauri Formula One team boss Franz Tost’s fitness regime to abandon his Uber Eats and video game lifestyle for a healthier routine. The 21-year-old Formula Two graduate, heading into this second F1 season, jokingly told website The Race this week that Tost was in

Mar 10, 2022 Kevin Magnussen said a Formula One return felt impossible until Haas boss Guenther Steiner asked him to come back as Nikita Mazepin’s replacement. Magnussen, who left Haas and F1 at the end of 2020, was confirmed back at Haas on Wednesday, ahead of this week’s preseason test in Bahrain. It was a

Mar 10, 2022 SAKHIR, Bahrain – Mercedes has brought a significant upgrade to its 2022 Formula One car in time for the second pre-season test in Bahrain. Driven by seven-time world champion Lewis Hamilton on Thursday morning, the car featured tiny sidepod inlets and a completely redesigned engine cover. Sidepods have become a big differentiator

Mar 10, 2022 Russian Formula One driver Nikita Mazepin joined his oligarch father Dmitry on an EU sanctions blacklist on Wednesday, after being fired by the U.S.-owned Haas team last week following his country’s invasion of Ukraine. The move means Mazepin, 23, would have been unable to compete in many of the races even if

4:05 PM ET SAKHIR, Bahrain — In the space of Formula One’s two preseason tests, Mercedes has presented two very different versions of its new car. When the W13 left Barcelona after the first test it looked relatively conventional. When it emerged again in Bahrain for the second test it looked genuinely revolutionary. The changes,

11:49 AM ET SAKHIR, Bahrain — Pierre Gasly set the fastest time on the first day of this week’s preseason test in Bahrain, but it was Mercedes who turned heads with a significant upgrade to its car. Gasly used the softest compound tyre to set the fastest time of the day in his AlphaTauri, putting

8:02 AM ET Haas has opted for a red and white look for its Formula One car this season as it moves on from its tenure with Nikita Mazepin and old title sponsor Uralkali. On Wednesday, Haas confirmed Kevin Magnussen was returning to the team to replace the ousted Mazepin. The following day, after a

12:56 PM ET Kevin Magnussen has completed a stunning return to Formula One with former team Haas as Nikita Mazepin‘s replacement, it was announced on Wednesday. Magnussen, a 29-year-old from Denmark, raced at Haas for four seasons between 2017 and 2020 before he and Romain Grosjean were dropped in favour of Mazepin and Mick Schumacher

6:46 AM ET Formula One testing gets back underway this week in Bahrain for the final three days of track running ahead of the first race. The test will take place on the same circuit that will host the season-opening Bahrain Grand Prix, meaning teams will have no excuse for turning up unprepared when the