2:49 AM ET Nate Saunders Close F1 Associate Editor • Previously worked in rugby union and British Superbikes • History graduate from Reading University• Joined ESPNF1 in February 2014 Laurence Edmondson Close F1 Editor • Joined ESPN in 2009• An FIA accredited F1 journalist since 2011 Formula One is back! We have 10 brand new cars, courtesy of this season’s

10:52 AM ET Reigning W Series champion Jamie Chadwick will drive for the Caitlyn Jenner-owned Jenner Racing team in the 2022 competition, the all-female motor racing championship said on Tuesday. Chadwick, the inaugural W Series champion, successfully defended her title last year after the series did not take place in 2020 due to the COVID-19

6:15 AM ET Haas’ 2022 car has taken to the track for the first time at a filming day at Barcelona’s Circuit de Catalunya. Like several teams do in preseason, Haas has arrived in Spain several days early ahead of the first preseason test of the year. Haas was the first team to unveil its

4:41 AM ET Double world champion Fernando Alonso is heading into the Formula One season in an optimistic mood, with the Spaniard hoping the new 2022 rules can deliver enough of a shake up to put his Alpine team in the fight at the front. The 40-year-old returned to the sport last year, signing for

1:01 PM ET Alpine will contest the first two Formula One races of 2022 in a predominantly pink livery before switching to a different scheme for the rest of the season. This year Alpine has a new title sponsor, BWT, which previously sponsored the Force India/Racing Point team between 2017 and 2020 when it ran

8:36 AM ET Michael Andretti’s plan to enter F1 in 2024 — revealed after his father, racing legend and 1978 F1 champion Mario, tweeted about it at the weekend — certainly caused a stir in the motor racing world. There is already an American F1 team, Haas, but the team has shied away from signing

3:28 AM ET ESPN and Reuters U.S. motor racing entrepreneur Michael Andretti has applied to launch a new Formula One team starting from 2024, according to his father Mario Andretti. The younger Andretti, a former IndyCar champion and F1 racer, had been in takeover talks with the owners of Sauber, who run the Alfa Romeo

6:33 AM ET The U.S. Grand Prix will continue to be held in Austin until 2026 after the Circuit of the Americas (COTA) venue secured a new contract with Formula One. COTA has become one of the standout venues on the F1 calendar since its debut race in 2012. According to figures released by Formula

5:57 AM ET Formula One is braced for disputes over teams’ interpretations of this season’s new rules, but will now have the power to crack down swiftly on any outfit trying to use loopholes to circumvent them, the sport’s motorsport head Ross Brawn said. The series is set for its most radical regulatory overhaul in

4:55 AM ET Lewis Hamilton has dismissed the suggestion he considered quitting Formula One after losing the title on the final lap of the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. Hamilton said his near-two month silence following that controversial event was simply him needing to “take a step back” and process what had happened. Hamilton, who was