2:38 AM ET Lando Norris has labelled Formula One’s rule about allowing drivers to change tyres during a red flag stoppage as “the worst rule ever invented by someone.” The Saudi Arabian Grand Prix featured two stoppages due to crashes. The first was controversial at the time, as Max Verstappen stayed out during a Safety
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9:39 AM ET ABU DHABI — It’s almost beyond belief. After 21 races, Max Verstappen and Lewis Hamilton head to the final round of the Formula One championship level on points. It’s a remarkable situation that has only happened once before in F1’s history and it promises to provide a spectacular showdown as the two
5:04 AM ET Christian Horner believes the drama of the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix showed Formula One is still missing the experience of former FIA race director Charlie Whiting. The Jeddah race descended into chaos, with two red-flag stoppages and a collision between championship contenders Max Verstappen and Lewis Hamilton. Red Bull were furious Verstappen
6:11 AM ET Max Verstappen and Lewis Hamilton go into the final race of the season, Sunday’s Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, level on points. It is a remarkable situation that has only happened once before in the sport’s 71-year history, when Emerson Fittipaldi and Clay Reggazoni entered the 1974 finale level. In the modern era
6:49 AM ET Enzo Fittipaldi suffered a fractured heel in the crash at the start of Sunday’s Formula 2 race ahead of the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix. Fittipaldi, grandson of two-time Formula One champion Emerson, drove into the back of Theo Pourchaire’s car, which had stalled on the grid. 2 Related Both drivers were immediately
6:01 PM ET Max Verstappen has received a 10-second penalty for causing a collision with Lewis Hamilton at the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix, but he still will be classified in second place after finishing the Formula One race 15.3 seconds clear of Valtteri Bottas in third place. Hamilton hit the rear of Verstappen’s car on
6:23 PM ET Laurence Edmondson Close F1 Editor • Joined ESPN in 2009• An FIA accredited F1 journalist since 2011 Nate Saunders Close F1 Associate Editor • Previously worked in rugby union and British Superbikes • History graduate from Reading University• Joined ESPNF1 in February 2014 The Saudi Arabian Grand Prix had just about everything. Controversy. Drama. A collision between
2:22 PM ET Max Verstappen had no explanation for the mistake which saw him lose pole position at the Saudi Grand Prix. Verstappen seemed to have pole in the bag with a lap that was right on the limit at the end of qualifying, including a near miss with the wall at Turn 2. He
3:34 PM ET Formula One world champion Lewis Hamilton cast doubt on Saturday on whether branding for a company linked to the 2017 Grenfell Tower fire would stay on his Mercedes race car amid a backlash in Britain and calls for his team to terminate the deal. The partnership with Irish-based cladding and insulation company
5:21 PM ET JEDDAH, Saudi Arabia — Race after race, corner after corner, Max Verstappen has been pushing his Red Bull to the limit this year. His impeccable judgement of speed versus grip has saved him from disaster and delivered him to glory on numerous occasions, but on the final corner of the final lap
12:20 PM ET Seven-time world champion Lewis Hamilton said he wants to do everything in his power to be a force for positive change in Saudi Arabia ahead of the country’s first race. Hamilton will wear Pride colours on his race helmet for the second race in a row this weekend, having done so at
1:31 PM ET Mercedes Formula One boss Toto Wolff is to meet survivors of the Grenfell Tower fire after apologising on behalf of his team on Friday for any distress caused by a sponsorship deal with a company linked to the 2017 disaster. The deal with Kingspan, an Irish company that produces high-performance insulation and
8:58 AM ET SAM SCHMIDT had to wait seventeen years to drive his wife to a date. He wasn’t even meant to be alive at that point, not after what happened to him back in January 2000. Back then, Schmidt was a racing driver, doing what he loved the most, preparing for a new Indy
1:31 PM ET Sebastian Vettel organised a karting event for women in Saudi Arabia this week ahead of the country’s first Formula One race. The Saudi Arabian Grand Prix will take place in Jeddah on Sunday against a backdrop of accusations of “sportswashing” by human rights groups. One of the controversies is over rights for