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Mercedes boss Toto Wolff said his team are “changing things” in a bid to improve their position ahead of the Australian Grand Prix on April 2. Speaking to reporters at the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix, team principal Wolff said he would have no shame if the revamped car ended up …

Ferrari drivers Charles Leclerc and Carlos Sainz struggled to find anything positive to say about their cars after a tough race in Saudi Arabia followed a disappointing start to the Formula One season in Bahrain. Sainz finished sixth and Leclerc seventh in Jeddah, behind Red Bull’s Sergio Perez and Max …

11:38 AM ET Nate Saunders Close Nate Saunders General Editor, F1 Laurence Edmondson Close Laurence Edmondson F1 Editor • Joined ESPN in 2009• An FIA accredited F1 journalist since 2011 Fernando Alonso’s podium at the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix was the 100th of his career, but will be remembered more for the …

Lenovo Ducati and defending world champion Pecco Bagnaia lead the way in MotoGP’s aerodynamics revolution. Octavio Passos/Getty Images Formula One can hardly put a foot wrong these days. From the advent of the Netflix documentary series “Drive to Survive” to the introduction of sprint races, motorsport’s premier series has seen its …

JEDDAH, Saudi Arabia — Lewis Hamilton knows a thing or two about dominating in Formula One. From 2014 to 2020 he won over 50 percent of the races and secured six of the seven drivers’ championships on offer. At times his Mercedes car appeared unbeatable, but in all those years …

Max Verstappen stayed top of the Formula One world championship in Saudi Arabia on Sunday but said he was still unhappy at having to settle for second in the race behind Red Bull teammate Sergio Perez. The Dutch driver paid the price for a drive-shaft failure in Saturday’s qualifying that …

Fernando Alonso has been reinstated to third position at the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix to cap a farcical couple of hours which followed the podium ceremony. Alonso lifted the third place trophy after finishing behind the two Red Bulls, but shortly after celebrating on the podium he was given a …

After seeing one breeze past him at the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix, Lewis Hamilton said Red Bull’s current car is faster than anything he ever had during Mercedes’ dominant spell of a few years ago. Red Bull recorded a second straight one-two finish at Sunday’s Saudi Arabian Grand Prix, finishing …

Fernando Alonso has been stripped of what would have been his 100th Formula One podium after a postrace penalty at the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix. The decision elevated George Russell into third, giving Mercedes its first podium finish of the year. Alonso had served a five-second penalty ahead of his …

JEDDAH, Saudi Arabia — Charles Leclerc took little comfort from qualifying 0.155s off Sergio Perez’s pole position time at the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix, saying Ferrari’s gap to Red Bull is much bigger than Saturday’s session suggested. Leclerc was second fastest but will drop to 12th on the grid with …