SPIELBERG, Austria — The top three finishers at the Austrian Grand Prix — Charles Leclerc, Max Verstappen and Lewis Hamilton — have all been issued €10,000 suspended fines for a breach of parc ferme regulations immediately after the race finished. The investigation centered on their physios interacting with them and handing them items before they … Read more
In the aftermath of his accident at the British Grand Prix, Alfa Romeo driver Guanyu Zhou tweeted to say the Halo cockpit protection device on his car had saved his life. The Halo became mandatory on Formula One cars in 2018 after years of FIA research into ways of better protecting a driver’s head in … Read more
George Russell said Formula One has to learn the safety lessons from Zhou Guanyu’s huge crash at the British Grand Prix, which saw his car vault over a barrier and get stuck in a small gap. Russell and Pierre Gasly were involved in the collision with Zhou, which flipped the Alfa Romeo car upside down … Read more
SILVERSTONE, England — The British Grand Prix was suspended before the end of the first lap after two huge collisions involving multiple drivers on the pit straight resulted in Zhou Guanyu’s Alfa Romeo ending up on the wrong side of the tyre barriers at Turn 1. Emergency crews were immediately in attendance, with Zhou and … Read more
SILVERSTONE, England — The British Grand Prix was suspended before the end of the first lap after two huge collisions involving multiple drivers on the pit straight resulted in Zhou Guanyu’s Alfa Romeo ending up on the wrong side of the tyre barriers at Turn 1. Emergency crews were immediately in attendance, with Zhou and … Read more
Nelson Piquet has apologised for a racial slur he used to describe Lewis Hamilton and said the word he used has been taken out of the context he intended. A Formula One source told ESPN Piquet, a three-time world champion, has been banned indefinitely from visiting the F1 paddock in future as punishment for the … Read more
Lewis Hamilton has condemned three-time Formula One world champion Nelson Piquet for using a racial slur about him in an interview. The 69-year-old Brazilian used the derogatory term in a podcast in Portuguese following last year’s British Grand Prix, when title rivals Hamilton and Max Verstappen collided on the first lap at Silverstone. The podcast … Read more
Lewis Hamilton says it’s “time for action” to tackle racism in F1. Photo: Clive Mason (Getty Images) Formula 1, the FIA and the Mercedes F1 Team have all condemned racism across the sport this morning following comments made by ex-world champion Nelson Piquet. The team, sport, and its governing body have all rightly come out … Read more
Formula One has reacted to Nelson Piquet’s use of racial language towards Lewis Hamilton, condemning the former three-time World champion for the offensive slur he aimed at the Brit while describing his and Max Verstappen’s crash at the British Grand Prix last year. While speaking on a Brazilian show, per CNN Brasil who said the … Read more
Lewis Hamilton has condemned three-time Formula One world champion Nelson Piquet for using a racially abusive term about him in an interview. The 69-year-old Brazilian used the derogatory term in a podcast in Portuguese following last year’s British Grand Prix, when title rivals Hamilton and Max Verstappen collided on the first lap at Silverstone. The … Read more