The crumbling kerb that did not “look very Formula 1 standard” in Abu Dhabi last weekend was caused by the concrete being pulled off by the thick paint on top. In Friday practice the long 50cm-high sausage kerb added to the outside of the penultimate corner to help police track limits started to “fall apart”,
Fernando Alonso was “very impressed” with NASCAR legend Jimmie Johnson’s performance in a Formula 1 car in their drive swap test in Bahrain. Two-time F1 world champion Alonso sampled Johnson’s NASCAR Chevrolet, as the seven-time Cup champion drove a 2013 McLaren MP4-28 with a Mercedes V8 engine. GALLERY: Alonso and Johnson swap cars Alonso initially
Toro Rosso-Honda has announced that Alexander Albon will be Daniil Kvyat’s 2019 team-mate, filling what was effectively the final vacancy on next year’s Formula 1 grid. The news means 19 of the 20 seats have been revealed, with the official announcement of Lance Stroll’s move to Racing Point Force India the only anomaly. Albon had
5:07 AM ET ABU DHABI — In many ways, Sunday’s Abu Dhabi Grand Prix felt like the end of an era. Up and down the grid there were a number of significant departures and farewells, all of which will give the sport a different feel when it reconvenes after the winter for pre-season testing next
7:11 AM ET Connor McDonagh Mercedes boss Toto Wolff has stressed the importance of getting Valtteri Bottas “back to a good place” after he endured another difficult weekend at the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. As the curtain falls on the 2018 Formula One season, Laurence Edmondson asks if final race of the season marks the
6:47 AM ET Connor McDonagh 2018 title rivals Lewis Hamilton and Sebastian Vettel have taken the opportunity to swap their Formula One helmets as a mark of ”respect” following the conclusion of the season in Abu Dhabi. Hamilton and Vettel have fought each other for the drivers’ title in the last two seasons, with the
Mercedes could have given itself an edge over its rivals for this week’s Formula 1 tyre test in Abu Dhabi with the clever use of sensors. This week’s two-day run at the Yas Marina Circuit is aimed at giving teams the chance to test F1’s 2019 tyre construction and compounds. In a bid to stop
Fernando Alonso made a surprise return to the cockpit of a Formula 1 car in Bahrain on Monday – just 17 hours on from his emotional farewell in Abu Dhabi. The double world champion had waved goodbye to his career as an official F1 driver – at least for now – at Yas Marina on
Lewis Hamilton ended his title-winning Formula 1 season by dominating the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, which featured a dramatic first-lap crash for Nico Hulkenberg. Hamilton ran the longest second stint of any driver after pitting under an early virtual safety car period, but he remained comfortably clear of Ferrari’s Sebastian Vettel to the end. Max
Daniel Ricciardo says his alternative strategy that allowed him to lead part of the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix left him “out of reach” in the lead battle at the end. The Red Bull driver led 17 laps during the middle phase of the race, as he stayed out longer than the other frontrunning cars. While
Nico Hulkenberg says he couldn’t see Romain Grosjean as they clashed on the opening lap of the Abu Dhabi race, which sent the Renault Formula 1 driver into his spectacular accident. The duo were fighting over seventh place as they approached the Turn 8/9 chicane at the end of the Yas Marina circuit’s main straight.
Formula 1 world champion Lewis Hamilton says recording videos with film star Will Smith “completely changed” his pre-race pattern and added to an “unconventional” Abu Dhabi Grand Prix weekend. Smith was a guest of Hamilton’s Mercedes team this weekend and the duo recorded a light-hearted video in the build-up to the race where Hamilton was
Max Verstappen says oil from Pierre Gasly’s failing Honda Formula 1 engine left him with a “horrible” lack of vision in the closing laps of the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. The Red Bull driver, whose team switches from Renault to Honda power for next year, was behind his 2019 team-mate Gasly’s Toro Rosso as it
Mercedes driver Valtteri Bottas says his Abu Dhabi Grand Prix performance mirrored his 2018 Formula 1 season as a whole, as it started off promisingly before “everything turned to shit”. The Finn shared the front row with team-mate Lewis Hamilton, and kept second place behind the world champion at the start of the race. But
FIA race director Charlie Whiting says Nico Hulkenberg’s halo did not compromise the Renault Formula 1 driver’s extraction following his first lap crash in the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. Hulkenberg’s came to rest upside down, leaning against the barrier at the outside of the Turn 8/9 chicane, after he was sent into a series of
The FIA stewards at the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix were “surprised” by Fernando Alonso’s repeated corner cutting in the closing stages, according to Formula 1 race director Charlie Whiting. Alonso received three consecutive five-second time penalties for leaving the track and gaining an advantage in the closing laps of his last F1 start. Alonso was
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2:26 PM ET ESPN staff ESPN rounds up all the reaction from up and down the Yas Marina paddock following the 2018 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix Mercedes Clive Mason/Getty Images Lewis Hamilton (1st): “This has been a great year and I’m so thankful for so many things – for my health, for my team, for
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5:27 AM ET ABU DHABI — Fernando Alonso says he wants to be “invisible” until his farewell Formula One weekend is done and dusted. In an exclusive interview, Fernando Alonso gives his reasons for leaving F1 and explains why he has no plans to come back. Fernando Alonso is leaving F1 with just two world
Two true McLaren legends, Tyler Alexander and Gordon Coppuck, reunite to discuss their experience working with the young Bruce McLaren. Tyler helped found the team alongside Bruce and ony retired from McLaren in 2009. Gordon began his career in 1963, and was chief designer from 1971 to 1980, during which he penned the classic M23
1:52 PM ET ABU DHABI — Lewis Hamilton credited an unconventional spot of preparation with “big brother” Will Smith for his victory at the final race of the Formula One season, the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. Hamilton, crowned champion for the fifth time in October, invited his friend Smith to the race as the Hollywood
5:06 AM ET ABU DHABI — Formula One will retain the services of tyre manufacturer Pirelli as its sole supplier until the end of 2023. Pirelli has supplied F1’s tyres since 2011 and was on a deal which ran until 2019. Earlier this year F1 opened up a tender for the next contract cycle which
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1:24 PM ET After finishing 11th in the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix on Sunday night, Fernando Alonso said it had not yet sunk in that he may have raced in Formula One for the last time. Alonso announced his plan to leave F1 earlier this year in order to pursue a win at the Indy