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3:42 AM ET Lewis Hamilton has clarified comments he made about Mercedes teammate Valtteri Bottas and Red Bull’s Sergio Perez in the aftermath of the Mexican Grand Prix. Hamilton finished second behind title rival and championship leader Max Verstappen in Mexico City. After the race, Hamilton joined Mercedes boss Toto Wolff in criticising Bottas’ lack

8:48 AM ET Formula One’s governing body has said it is confident Saudi Arabia will be ready for its grand prix debut next month after media reports highlighted the amount of track work still to be completed. The floodlit night race along the Red Sea shore in Jeddah is scheduled for Dec. 5 as the

10:47 AM ET A young Black driver on Brazil’s motor racing circuits has won the moniker “Hamilton of the favelas” and the popular prospect says he is inspired by seven-time world champion Lewis Hamilton to travel the same path on and off the track. Wallace Martins, who currently drives in the Formula Delta category, got

4:49 AM ET Red Bull team boss Christian Horner has blamed social media for “exploiting” his criticism of AlphaTauri’s Japanese rookie Yuki Tsunoda at the Mexico City Grand Prix. Horner told Sky television that his drivers Max Verstappen and Sergio Perez had been “Tsunoda’d” in qualifying after their final flying laps were affected by the

6:17 AM ET With four races left of the F1 season, Max Verstappen appears to be on the verge of a first world championship title. He leads title rival Lewis Hamilton by 19 points with 109 to play for. Here’s the run-in: Nov. 14: Brazilian Grand Prix Nov. 21: Qatar Grand Prix Dec. 5: Saudi

7:44 AM ET Lewis Hamilton has blamed Mercedes teammate Valtteri Bottas for leaving the “door open” to title rival Max Verstappen at the first corner of the Mexican Grand Prix on Sunday. After Mercedes locked out the front of the grid for the first time this season, Verstappen passed both Hamilton and pole-sitter Bottas as

6:33 AM ET MEXICO CITY — With four races remaining, Max Verstappen’s grip on the 2021 Formula One title is looking stronger than ever. His ninth win of the season on Sunday moved him 19 points clear of Lewis Hamilton in the championship standings, with a maximum of 107 points (including those for the Brazil

10:01 PM ET Ferrari hauled themselves back above McLaren in the battle for third place in the Formula One constructors’ championship after both drivers finished in the points at the Mexico City Grand Prix on Sunday. From starting the race 3.5 points adrift, the Italian team moved 13.5 clear of their British rivals and with

1:34 PM ET Formula One announced on Saturday that the Chinese Grand Prix in Shanghai, which will be absent from the calendar for the third year in a row in 2022 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, had extended its contract until 2025. The race was first held in 2004 and China is seen as an

MEXICO CITY — Throw away the Formula One formbook, it’s not worth anything this year. Just as it looked as though Max Verstappen was clearing a path towards his first world title, Lewis Hamilton and Mercedes hit back in qualifying for the Mexican Grand Prix. You would have struggled to find anyone in the F1

6:56 PM ET Christian Horner said Max Verstappen and Sergio Perez’s hopes of pole position were thwarted by Yuki Tsunoda’s mistake at the end of qualifying. Tsunoda, who drives for Red Bull junior team AlphaTauri, ran wide through the middle sector of the Mexico City circuit and drove slowly along a run-off area which runs

7:08 PM ET Red Bull team principal Christian Horner has poked fun at Mercedes boss Toto Wolff, saying the Austrian would make a good pantomime villain. Red Bull’s Max Verstappen and Mercedes’ Lewis Hamilton are engaged in one of F1’s all-time great title fights this year. Tensions have been high between both drivers and both

7:25 PM ET Red Bull boss Christian Horner emphasised on Friday that team orders were a part of Formula One and refused to rule out telling Mexican Sergio Perez to give up a home victory this weekend. No Mexican driver has ever won a home grand prix but Perez has a winning car and has

4:56 PM ET Jose Antonio Cortes MEXICO CITY – Sergio Perez is his first and harshest critic. The Mexican driver hasn’t liked his 2021 Formula One season, but he feels he has found his place within Red Bull Racing Honda and is confident his year-end grade will reflect improvement. In an interview with ESPN ahead

9:21 AM ET Formula One leader Max Verstappen said he was not worrying about COVID-19 affecting the championship outcome but rival Lewis Hamilton remained wary as countries ease restrictions. Hamilton tested positive for the coronavirus last December and had to miss the Sakhir Grand Prix in Bahrain, which came after the Mercedes driver had sealed

5:59 PM ET MEXICO CITY — Lewis Hamilton says he is determined to win this year’s title “the right way” and has ruled out attempting to secure the championship by colliding with his rival Max Verstappen. Hamilton is 12 points behind Verstappen with five races remaining, meaning the championship could still go down to the

6:55 AM ET This article was originally posted in 2018, to mark the ten-year anniversary of the race. play 2:34 Maurice Hamilton recalls the most dramatic of championship finishes at Interlagos in 2008. One of the most dramatic Formula One world championship finales occurred at the Brazilian Grand Prix in November 2008. It all started

7:13 AM ET Ex-Formula One driver Nico Hulkenberg has ruled out a move to IndyCar in 2022, citing “personal reasons”. Hulkenberg has been looking for a full-time drive since leaving Renault’s Formula One team at the end of 2019. The German driver made two stand-in appearances for Aston Martin last season as a COVID-19 substitute

7:41 PM ET Associated Press DETROIT — The Detroit City Council approved a contract Wednesday to return the Detroit Grand Prix downtown from the IndyCar race’s current home on an island in the middle of the Detroit River. Detroit Belle Isle Grand Prix Inc. told councilmembers in September that it wanted to hold the race

9:17 AM ET McLaren announced New Zealander Emma Gilmour as their first female racer on Wednesday with the rally driver set to compete in the new electric Extreme E off-road series next year. The announcement during the COP26 climate change summit in Glasgow took the British-based team back to its origins, with late founder and

5:58 PM ET Associated Press MARTINSVILLE, Va. — Two-time NASCAR Cup Series champion Kyle Busch should not have used a slur referring to the mentally disabled during a post-race interview and NASCAR was right to order the tempestuous driver to undergo sensitivity training, team owner Joe Gibbs said Tuesday. Busch apologized on social media for

8:02 AM ET Formula One CEO Stefano Domenicali says the Circuit of the Americas (COTA) in Austin has earned its place on the sport’s schedule as contract talks continue with the venue over the future of the U.S. Grand Prix. COTA first hosted a race in 2012 but has now reached the end of its

2:27 PM ET Mercedes must juggle performance and reliability for the rest of the season because any retirement would be “catastrophic” for their Formula One title hopes, chief strategist James Vowles said on Thursday. He added, however, that he was confident recent engine changes, with penalties, for both seven-time world champion Lewis Hamilton and teammate

3:53 PM ET Every Formula One grand prix promoter wants to hold a sprint race but only six are likely next season after the experiment of three this year, F1’s motorsport head Ross Brawn said on Monday. Next year’s F1 calendar is due to feature a record 23 rounds. Britain’s Silverstone, Italy’s Monza and Brazil’s

9:47 PM ET Associated Press LAS VEGAS — Steve Torrence raced to his 10th Top Fuel victory of the season and 50th overall Sunday at the Dodge//SRT NHRA Nationals to move closer to his fourth straight championship. Torrence beat Mike Silinas in the final with a 3.717-second run at 329.50 mph at The Strip at

9:39 PM ET Associated Press LAS VEGAS — Alexis DeJoria topped Funny Car qualifying for second straight event Saturday in the Dodge/SRT NHRA Nationals at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. DeJoria took the No. 1 with her Friday pass of 3.896 seconds at 327.03 mph in a Toyota Camry. She’ll try for her

8:56 PM ET Associated Press LAS VEGAS — Brittany Force put herself in position for her 12th No. 1 qualifier of the season Friday in the Dodge//SRT NHRA Nationals at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. Force had a 3.693-second run at 333.41 mph to close out the Top Fuel qualifying session. “That was

7:50 PM ET Associated Press KERRVILLE, Texas — A third person injured when a drag racer veered into a crowd and crashed during a racing event in Central Texas has died, police said Wednesday. Rebecca Cedillo, 46, of Converse, a San Antonio suburb, died at University Hospital in San Antonio, Kerrville police Sgt. Jonathan Lamb

10:34 AM ET Associated Press KERRVILLE, Texas — A driver lost control during a Texas drag racing event on an airport runway and slammed into a crowd of spectators, killing two children and injuring eight other people, authorities said. A 6-year-old boy and an 8-year-old boy were killed in the crash Saturday afternoon at an

10:58 PM ET Australian Grand Prix boss Andrew Westacott has dismissed a report the Formula One race could end up in Sydney, saying Melbourne wants to keep it after its contract expires in 2025. 1 Related Australian broadcaster Seven Network said the New South Wales state government was having “high level talks” about a possible