5:13 AM ET Max Verstappen and the grid’s three other drivers of Honda-powered cars will serve grid penalties at the Russian Grand Prix. Honda has pursued an aggressive development plan this year in a bid to catch Ferrari and Mercedes. The Japanese manufacturer introduced its ‘Spec-4’ engine at the Belgian Grand Prix, with Red Bull
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Sep 24, 2019 After Sebastian Vettel won his first race in over a year, we assembled ESPN’s panel of F1 journalists — Laurence Edmondson, Nate Saunders, Kate Walker and Maurice Hamilton — to discuss the main talking points from the Singapore race weekend. Given the events of the last three races, if asked right now
8:04 AM ET Ralf Schumacher’s son David will race in the Formula 3 season finale in Sochi this weekend, meaning two Schumachers will compete on the support bill for the Russian Grand Prix. David Schumacher has been drafted in to replace the injured Alex Peroni, who was injured when his Campos Racing car was launched
Ahead of each race in 2019, ESPN is ranking every driver on the grid in our Formula One Power Rankings. In compiling these standings, we have taken out the car factor and focused solely on the drivers and how each has been performing. This is not a prediction for how the race will go this
6:23 PM ET Matthew Willis That’s just about as well as the playoffs could start for one Martin Truex Jr. Two races, two wins. With my background as a professional stat guy, I can tell you that’s a 100% winning percentage, and that’s really as high as it goes. Truex is the fourth driver to
6:25 AM ET SINGAPORE — Reading handwritten letters from fans gave Sebastian Vettel extra motivation during his 392-day win drought, which ended on Sunday with victory at the Singapore Grand Prix. Ferrari’s strategy helped Vettel move from third on the grid to first at the finish in Singapore on Sunday night and secure his first
5:48 AM ET SINGAPORE — Formula One’s director of motorsport, Ross Brawn, has responded to recent criticism levelled at F1’s plans to experiment with the format of grand prix weekends in 2020. The sport is evaluating ways of injecting more excitement and unpredictability into race weekends, and one of the recently proposed ideas is to
7:59 AM ET Jake Michaels Close ESPN Associate Editor Jake Michaels is a Melbourne-based multi-sport journalist who covers everything from AFL to Formula 1. He joined ESPN in June, 2013. Laurence Edmondson Close F1 Editor • Joined ESPN in 2009• An FIA accredited F1 journalist since 2011 SINGAPORE — Sebastian Vettel finally has something to smile about
8:15 AM ET SINGAPORE — Ferrari has secured pole position and victory at all three races since Formula One returned from its summer break. If the world championship had been zeroed ahead of the Belgian Grand Prix at the start of this month, Ferrari would lead Mercedes by 20 points in the constructors’ standings and
5:29 AM ET Mercedes shares Lewis Hamilton’s opinion that the reigning world champion would have easily won the Singapore Grand Prix with a different strategy. Hamilton finished fourth at Marina Bay but had looked like a contender for the victory early on. The result hinged on Ferrari’s decision to pit Sebastian Vettel earlier than expected
5:57 PM ET Associated Press MONTEREY, Calif. — Josef Newgarden won his second championship in three years with a smooth drive in the IndyCar season finale, where he played it safe and watched rookie Colton Herta dominate the road course at Laguna Seca Raceway. Newgarden needed only to finish fourth or better to give Roger
11:52 AM ET Lewis Hamilton was left scratching his head at the Mercedes strategy call which saw him go from challenging for victory at the Singapore Grand Prix to finishing off the podium. In the opening stages Hamilton was pushing Charles Leclerc for the lead as the lead drivers waited to pull the trigger on
5:50 AM ET SINGAPORE — Under normal circumstances the Singapore Grand Prix would be a one-stop race, but there should be opportunities to use tyre strategy to make up positions. The performance of the soft tyre is good for about 10 laps, but will drop off rapidly once degradation takes hold. That means drivers willing
6:41 PM ET Associated Press MONTEREY, Calif. — Colton Herta‘s masterful debut weekend at Laguna Seca Raceway continued with a pole-winning run for the IndyCar season finale. The rookie has been fast in every session around the historic road course and has overshadowed the IndyCar championship race, which will be decided in the finale Sunday
11:40 AM ET SINGAPORE — Lewis Hamilton and Sebastian Vettel have launched a scathing attack on the Formula One plan to trial a reversed grid at some races in 2020. 1 Related F1 has been desperate to inject more excitement and unpredictability into race weekends and one of the recently proposed ideas ahead of 2020
5:02 AM ET American F2 driver Juan Manuel Correa has been taken out of an induced coma following a positive step in his recovery from injuries sustained at the Belgian Grand Prix, but remains in a serious condition. Correa has been in intensive care since August 31 when he was involved in a high-speed accident
11:17 AM ET SINGAPORE — Red Bull has ruled out the possibility of Nico Hulkenberg joining the team in 2020, saying the vacant seat alongside Max Verstappen will almost certainly go to either Alex Albon, Daniil Kvyat or Pierre Gasly. Hulkenberg’s Formula One career has been on life support ever since Renault announced earlier this
1:15 PM ET SINGAPORE — After two close battles with Charles Leclerc at the last two races, Lewis Hamilton looks set to lock horns with Red Bull’s Max Verstappen in Singapore. The nature of the circuit, which includes mostly medium and low speed corners, plays to the strengths of the Mercedes and Red Bull while
10:25 AM ET Formula One will conduct a live showcase of 2019 race cars on the streets of Los Angeles on Oct. 30. F1 is hosting a Hollywood Festival which promises to “tear up tinsel town”. It will feature three of the grid’s race-winning drivers, Max Verstappen, Daniel Ricciardo and Valtteri Bottas, driving their current