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
Verstappen and Hamilton were involved in a number of incidents through Sunday’s race at the Jeddah Corniche Circuit. Verstappen was handed a five-second time penalty for going off-track and gaining a lasting advantage in his fight with Hamilton, but the two collided when Verstappen slowed to give Hamilton back the position. Hamilton called the move
The Stewards, having received a report from the Race Director, summoned (documents 39 & 40) and heard from the drivers and team representatives, have considered the following matter and determine the following: No / Driver 33 – Max Verstappen Competitor Red Bull Racing Honda Time 22:19 Session Race Fact Car 33 braked in a manner
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
Wrapping up our final round of the season in which Enduro and Academy shared the victories and Machitski/Lind sealed the GT3 title. GT World is the official YouTube channel for SRO Motorsports Group, the global leader in GT racing. Join us for live and uninterrupted coverage of major events, as well as behind-the-scenes access, special
The race lasted a matter of mere seconds as a stalled Pourchaire was collected by the unsighted Enzo Fittipaldi, triggering a huge crash on the start/finish straight. Oscar Piastri managed to covert his pole position into a lead before officials red flagged the race to allow medical crews to attend to Fittipaldi and Pourchaire. Both
Vettel finished a lowly 17th in qualifying for the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix, only beating team-mate Lance Stroll and the Haas cars to leave Aston Martin as the second-slowest team. Vettel sounded disappointed over team radio when his engineer confirmed he had only finished 17th, lapping over two-tenths of a second shy of a Q2
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
The pair were sublime across the the 161-lap race, with a tyre scare in the first half of the race and a dicey moment battling the Triple Eight cars in the second their only hints of trouble. In the end the car had unbeatable pace, Mostert able to hold off 2020 winner Shane van Gisbergen’s
Leclerc lost the rear and hit the wall hard in the closing stages of Friday’s second practice, leaving Ferrari with an extensive overnight repair job. Remarkably, both the chassis and power unit were salvaged after the heavy impact, and Leclerc repaid his promise to thank his mechanics in “the best way possible” by qualifying fourth
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
As revealed by Autosport last month the calendar will grow next year from 12 to 13 rounds. As it stands 12 of those rounds are locked in while one, on the last weekend of July, is listed as TBC. That’s expected to eventually be filled by The Bend Motorsport Park. The season will be book-ended
The defending F1 world champion held on to take his fifth pole of the season in Jeddah after Max Verstappen hit the wall at the final corner on his last lap in Q3, having looked set to grab top spot at the finish. The crash meant Verstappen will start the inaugural Saudi Arabian GP from
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
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Hamilton will meet with the stewards one hour before the start of qualifying at the Jeddah Corniche Circuit over two separate incidents that took place in FP3. Hamilton was initially summoned for allegedly not respecting double-waved yellow flags 22 minutes into the session. A second summons was issued by the stewards 20 minutes later for
Nine-time grand prix motorcycle racing world champion Rossi called time on his illustrious career at the end of last month’s Valencia Grand Prix finale, the conclusion to his 26th season. Rossi’s career was defined by the numerous intense rivalries he had with the likes of Max Biaggi, Sete Gibernau, Casey Stoner, Jorge Lorenzo and Marc
“I remember my race for third place with Mansell at Suzuka in ’94. Every lap he tried to pass in the same place, and I knew on the last lap he’d go for it and probably take us both off. But the race had been stopped and restarted, and I was ahead on overall time,
Red Bull enters the penultimate race of the season in Saudi Arabia trailing Mercedes by just five points at the top of the constructors’ championship, while Max Verstappen sits eight points clear of Lewis Hamilton in the drivers’ standings. It has given the team a shot at winning its first title since 2013, but Perez
Hamilton topped both free practice sessions at the Jeddah Corniche street circuit, narrowly edging out teammate Valtteri Bottas and AlphaTauri’s Pierre Gasly in the second session. His title rival Max Verstappen ended up fourth in FP2 in the Red Bull, two tenths behind Hamilton, after the Dutchman finished a close second to the world champion
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
The high-speed characteristics of the Jeddah circuit, with blind apexes and a narrow run to the final corner, means drivers on flat-out laps only get to see slower cars ahead of them at the very last moment. With huge closing speeds between those cars waiting for a clear bit of track to start their run,
The Mercedes driver completed a clean sweep of top times on Friday in Jeddah, leading FP2 by 0.061s from team-mate Valtteri Bottas despite both drivers having their soft tyre qualifying-style runs hampered. The second practice session was ended prematurely by a heavy crash for Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc. As F1 drivers got to grips with the
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
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