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McLaren has become the third team to confirm it will run a special livery for this weekend’s Singapore Grand Prix. The team said its ‘Legend Reborn’ livery apes the look of its cars from 1981 to 1996. The team ran in the colours of its primary sponsor, tobacco brand Marlboro, during that time. The period covered the first 15 years…

Marshall Pruett, Racing columnistSep 18, 2024, 04:22 PM ET Álex Palou claimed his third IndyCar championship in four years on Sunday in Nashville, establishing him among the series’ all-time greats. Penske Entertainment: James Black He arrived from Spain by way of Japan and rocked American open-wheel racing. In five fast years, Álex Palou has created an IndyCar legacy to match some…

Just a week after taking on one of the most unforgiving circuits on the calendar in Baku, teams and drivers must steel themselves for another demanding street track. The Singapore Grand Prix is regularly the longest and most gruelling race of the year. The 15th edition of the first F1 race ever to be held at night, the Marina Bay…

Oscar Piastri‘s haul of points from winning last weekend’s Azerbaijan Grand Prix saw McLaren snatch the lead from Red Bull in the constuctors’ championship, and the Formula 1 season now makes its way to the humid climes of the Singapore Grand Prix. McLaren have only won on Singapore’s streets once, when the country hosted its first race in 2008 with…

Oscar Piastri’s second career victory in last weekend’s Azerbaijan Grand Prix means McLaren have achieved a unique record this year. Both the team’s drivers have scored the first two world championship grand prix wins of their career in the same season. This has never previously happened, with the exception of the unique circumstances of the first ever world championship, when…

Mercedes will run a special green livery at this weekend’s Singapore Grand Prix in recognition of its title sponsor Petronas. The silver areas of the W15’s colour scheme will be replaced with green for this weekend’s race only. Malaysia’s state-owned oil producer is marking its 50th anniversary this weekend at the Singapore Grand Prix. As Malaysia no longer hosts a…

Laurence Edmondson, F1 EditorSep 18, 2024, 02:25 AM ET Close • Joined ESPN in 2009• An FIA accredited F1 journalist since 2011 Mercedes’ livery has been described as incredible by Lewis Hamilton. Mercedes Mercedes will run a one-off livery at this weekend’s Singapore Grand Prix. The car will be predominantly green in recognition of the team’s title sponsor Petronas celebrating its 50th…  read…

In the round-up: Pirelli conducted its first test of the new tyres Formula 1 will use for the 2026 season yesterday. In brief First test for 2026 F1 tyres Felipe Drugovich completed 670 kilometres of testing for Pirelli yesterday in a modified 2023-specification Aston Martin AMR23 at the Circuit de Catalunya in Spain. This was the first test for the…

Lewis Hamilton knew he faced a frustrating Azerbaijan Grand Prix once Mercedes decided to sacrifice his seventh place on the grid so he could take a fresh power unit. But the team’s hopes he would be able to use that extra power to recover a decent points finish were dashed as Hamilton found it difficult to make any progress in…

A fourth DRS zone has been added at Singapore’s Marina Bay circuit in an effort to make passing easier at the street circuit. The new zone has been added between turns 14 and 16. This section of track was revised last year, cutting four corners from the layout, due to construction work at the harbour front. The FIA considered adding…

Max Verstappen’s plight became clear in the Azerbaijan Grand Prix when he caught championship rival Lando Norris and Williams driver Alexander Albon after his pit stop. While his Red Bull race engineer Gianpiero Lambiase urged him to pass the pair “quickly”, it soon became clear Verstappen couldn’t pass them at all. Once Norris pitted, Red Bull gave Verstappen all the…

The Azerbaijan Grand Prix weekend is often one of the most difficult and dangerous for drivers to contend with all season long. The perfect location, therefore, for two rookie drivers to make their second grand prix starts in their young careers. But while the inexperienced drivers in the field made their mistakes in practice, some of the sport’s veterans waited…

In the round-up: Williams team principal James Vowles says they can make more gains in the second half of the season after their windfall result in Azerbaijan moved them ahead of Alpine to eighth in the championship. In brief Vowles eyeing more points for Williams Vowles praised Alexander Albon and Franco Colapinto for delivering the team’s biggest points haul since…

For 49 of its 51 laps, the Azerbaijan Grand Prix was a tense, enthralling affair that slowly built up to a boil as the race went on. The two-way battle for the lead between Oscar Piastri and Charles Leclerc became a three-way fight with Sergio Perez putting the Ferrari driver under pressure. Then, Carlos Sainz Jnr began to reel in…

Formula 1 sophomore sensation Oscar Piastri looks like the real deal: the McLaren driver’s standout Azerbaijan Grand Prix victory had all the hallmarks of a future world champion. Piastri’s first F1 win at the Hungarian Grand Prix felt muddied slightly by the clumsy and prolonged back-and-forth between McLaren and teammate Lando Norris about the latter moving over to give the…

The Singapore Grand Prix is often one of the longest and most gruelling races on the calendar, but the Formula 1 teams can look forward to three weekends off after it. Join us on RaceFans Live throughout every session of the Singapore Grand Prix weekend. Look out for the live page on the site during every session and follow all…

But it’s only by going back to watch that first E-Prix that you can truly appreciate how far Formula E has come in its first decade, and it’s easy to remember why it was considered by a broad spectrum of motorsport fans to be a bit of a joke. The biggest indictment of early Formula E were the cars themselves,…

Laurence Edmondson, F1 EditorSep 16, 2024, 06:06 AM ET Close • Joined ESPN in 2009• An FIA accredited F1 journalist since 2011 Lando Norris said an “unfair” yellow flag during qualifying ruined his entire Azerbaijan Grand Prix weekend and cost him crucial points in his title battle with Max Verstappen. The McLaren driver recovered to fourth place from 15th on the grid…

Lando Norris said those who blamed him for his elimination in the first round of qualifying in the Azerbaijan Grand Prix were “talking nonsense”. The McLaren driver said he was a victim of circumstances when he had to abandon his final flying lap in Q1 when a yellow flag was briefly shown. The incident occured as a result of Esteban…