Customise ESPN
Alonso to retire from F1 at the end of the season
McLaren has announced Fernando Alonso will retire from Formula One at the end of the 2018 season.
Marco Canoniero/LightRocket via Getty Images)
Formula 1
Legendary designer Barnard on McLaren's recent struggles, Williams' uncertain future
ESPN interrupted legendary designer John Barnard's summer sojourn to France for an exclusive interview on the trials and tribulations currently affecting two of Formula One's most iconic names.
Top Headlines
Formula 1
Brawn: New teams after 2021 will be a measure of F1's success
Formula One's motorsport director Ross Brawn hopes changes to the regulations for 2021 will encourage new teams to enter the sport.
F1 could go all-electric in ten years
Formula One's motorsport director Ross Brawn says the sport could go all electric within the next ten years if it provides a better spectacle for the fans.
Formula 1
Mercedes launches F1 Esports team
Mercedes has become the latest Formula One team to launch its own Esports team ahead of this year's official F1 Esports Series.
Formula 1
Lewis: Bringing our 'A game' key to beating Ferrari
Lewis Hamilton believes Mercedes has performed better as a team compared to Ferrari in the first half of the 2018 Formula One season.
Red Bull
Red Bull rules out signing Alonso because he causes 'chaos'
Red Bull team principal Christian Horner has ruled out signing Fernando Alonso as Daniel Ricciardo's replacement on the grounds that the two-time world champion has brought "chaos" wherever he has driven.
Horner suspects Ricciardo's decision was linked to Max
Red Bull team boss Christian Horner believes Daniel Ricciardo's decision to switch to Renault next year was partly influenced by the growing strength of current teammate Max Verstappen.
Red Bull's 2018: A season of failure and 'what-ifs'
A mixture of mechanical gremlins, unreliable Renault engines and driver errors has seen Red Bull fail to maximize their opportunities in 2018. Had things panned out differently, they could comfortably be leading the world championship.
Formula 1
Fifty years on: Jackie Stewart's legendary Nürburgring triumph
Maurice Hamilton looks back at arguably Sir Jackie Stewart's greatest triumph in Formula One: the 1968 German Grand Prix.
Ricciardo on the move
Ricciardo makes Renault switch for 2019
Daniel Ricciardo will make the switch from Red Bull to Renault for the 2019 Formula One Season.
How the 2019 F1 grid is shaping up
Your guide to the latest rumours on the F1 driver market as the pieces start to fall into place on the 2019 grid.
Who could replace Ricciardo at Red Bull?
2:06
Formula 1
Wolff: We'd rather go up in flames than be beaten by Ferrari
Team boss Toto Wolff has urged Mercedes to match Ferrari's recent gains in engine performance, and says he is not willing to accept that the Italian manufacturer has taken the upper hand in terms of power output.
Formula 1
Norris: Staying at McLaren the 'perfect solution'
McLaren junior Lando Norris admits his future is still uncertain and will likely remain so until Fernando Alonso reveals his plans for 2019.
Formula 1
Analysis
Is Valtteri Bottas now Lewis Hamilton's wingman?
As F1 heads for its summer break, we reflect on some of the main talking points from the Hungarian Grand Prix and the 2018 season so far.
Will Taylor-Medhurst/Getty Images
The Pit Stop: Who'll be on the grid in 2019?
Jennie Gow and Maurice Hamilton tackle your questions on 2019, Riccardo's future and tight championship races.
2:43
Radio Ga Ga: The sad tale of Kimi and his drinks bottle
A round-up of the best radio soundbites from the crazy and chaotic German Grand Prix, where Sebastian Vettel crashed out from the lead, Lewis Hamilton won from 14th on the grid after both had benefited from separate team orders.
Are Vettel's title hopes slipping through his fingers?
Laurence Edmondson
Formula 1
Giovinazzi tops first day of test for Ferrari
Ferrari finished the opening day of this week's Hungaroring test 2.5s clear of the rest of the field thanks to a lap on the hyper-soft tyre from test driver Antonio Giovinazzi.
Formula 1
Bell steps down from role at Renault
Renault's chief technical officer Bob Bell will take on an advisor role at the team after expressing a desire to move away from front-line work in Formula One.
Formula 1
Brawn: F1 will do all it can to help Force India
Formula One has pledged to do everything it can to support the ailing Force India team after it went into administration at the end of last week.
Formula 1
Renault: We stopped listening to Horner years ago
Following criticism from Red Bull at the Hungarian Grand Prix, Renault F1 boss Cyril Abiteboul has said his company has no interest in dealing with their soon-to-be former engine partners any more.
Formula 1
Ricciardo keen to 'escape' Red Bull problems over summer break
Daniel Ricciardo admits Formula One's August break has come at a perfect time to give him a way to forget about Red Bull's spluttering 2018 campaign.
Hungarian Grand Prix
Race
Hamilton eases to Hungary win, Vettel survives Bottas clash for second
Lewis Hamilton will go into F1's summer break with a 24-point championship lead after beating title rival Sebastian Vettel to victory at the Hungarian Grand Prix.
Verstappen: It's a shame I was beeped on the radio
Max Verstappen said he was disappointed to have engine troubles throughout the first half of the season, after retiring early on in the Hungarian Grand Prix.
2:09
Bottas crashes with Vettel, Ricciardo
Valtteri Bottas was involved in two collisions towards the end of the Hungarian Grand Prix, first with Sebastian Vettel then with Daniel Ricciardo.
3:07
Hamilton stays in front at Hungarian GP
Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton remained in front with teammate Valtteri Bottas in second after the start of the Hungarian Grand Prix.
2:52
Breaking down the Hungarian GP's key moments
Recap all of the key moments from the Hungarian Grand Prix.
3:46
Advantage Lewis as Mercedes claims another upset
ESPN rounds up the main talking points from Lewis Hamilton's sixth victory at the Hungaroring.
HUNGARIAN GRAND PRIX
Qualifying
Hamilton masters rain for shock Hungary pole
Lewis Hamilton claimed a surprise pole position for the Hungarian Grand Prix in a wet qualifying session as Mercedes locked out the front row of the grid ahead of Ferrari.
WATCH: How Lewis claimed pole in Hungary
1:35
Can it rain every race weekend, please?
A round-up of the main talking points from another dramatic F1 contest in the wet.
hungarian grand prix
Vettel: Conditions made Q3 difficult
0:52
Hungarian Grand Prix
Friday practice
Vettel edges Verstappen in FP2
Sebastian Vettel topped the second practice session for the Hungarian Grand Prix as Ferrari and Red Bull emerged as the favourites for victory this weekend.
Formula 1
Hungarian Grand Prix
Build-up
Bottas: I'm not playing a support role to Lewis
Valtteri Bottas has denied suggestions that he will be forced to support Lewis Hamilton's title bid against Sebastian Vettel after he was ordered to stick behind his teammate last time out at the German Grand Prix.
McLaren signs technical director James Key from Toro Rosso
McLaren has confirmed the signing of Toro Rosso's highly rated technical director James Key to the same role, as it continues to revamp its F1 operation.
Formula 1
Ferrari is running flags at half-mast today following yesterday's news of the death of former chairman Sergio Marchionne. Ferrari has cancelled all its media commitments today and have had Kimi Raikkonen and Maurizio Arrivabene officially excused from taking part in the Thursday and Friday press conferences, respectively.
Hungarian Grand Prix
Preview
Is this Red Bull's time to shine?
ESPN previews the Hungarian Grand Prix and takes a look at whether it will provide Red Bull with its best chance for another victory in season 2018.
The Pit Stop: Will Alonso be in F1 next year?
Jennie Gow and Craig Scarborough tackle your questions on Fernando Alonso, overtaking and the weather.
2:10
F1 heads to Budapest before the summer break
There's still one more race before the summer break and Jennie Gow and Craig Scarborough discusses how the unusually warm weather might cause a shake up in the competitive order.
2:09
Why Hamilton deserved a tougher penalty
Craig Scarborough joins Jennie Gow to argue that Lewis Hamilton should have faced a harsher penalty for crossing the pit lane entrance in Germany.
1:57
German Grand Prix
Analysis
Were Merc, Ferrari wrong to implement team orders in Germany?
After a chaotic and controversial German Grand Prix, our F1 experts weigh in on team orders, Lewis Hamilton's drive to victory and who they think will be the champion now we have reached the half-way point of 2018's epic season.
ANDREJ ISAKOVIC/AFP/Getty Images
Hockenheim showed why Vettel v Hamilton is box office
The dramatic reversal in fortunes experienced by Sebastian Vettel and Lewis Hamilton during the German Grand Prix weekend highlighted why F1 fans are being treated to such a special championship fight this season.
Radio Ga Ga: Chaos, confusion and controversy in Germany
A round-up of the best radio soundbites from the crazy and chaotic German Grand Prix, where Sebastian Vettel crashed out from the lead, Lewis Hamilton won from 14th on the grid after both had benefited from separate team orders.
ANDREJ ISAKOVIC/AFP/Getty Images
Formula 1
Miami Grand Prix delayed until 2020
Formula One has postponed the Miami Grand Prix it intended to hold next year due to complications with negotiations and planning.
Formula 1
Monger performs Ricciardo-inspired 'Leggy'
Double amputee Billy Monger celebrated his first appearance on the British Formula 3 podium at the weekend with his own special take on F1 driver Daniel Ricciardo's 'shoey'.
