Bottas returns to Mercedes as F1 reserve driver for 2025 season Valtteri Bottas will return to Mercedes as its reserve driver for next year, the Formula 1 team said Thursday.
Horner: Lawson over Tsunoda a 'tight' call in replacing Perez Christian Horner said the decision to promote Liam Lawson to Red Bull over Yuki Tsunoda was a marginal call. - Nate Saunders
Pérez leaves Red Bull; Lawson set to take over Sergio Pérez and Red Bull have agreed to part ways, bringing an end to the Mexican driver's stint with the Formula 1 team. Red Bull driver Liam Lawson is expected to be announced as Pérez's replacement in the coming days. 0:28
Horner: Red Bull tried 'everything' to help Perez Christian Horner has insisted Red Bull tried "everything" to salvage Sergio Pérez's Formula 1 career with the team and added he believes the Mexican driver will benefit from some time out of the sport. - Nate Saunders
Pérez leaves Red Bull; Lawson set to take over Sergio Pérez and Red Bull have agreed to part ways, bringing an end to the Mexican driver's stint with the Formula 1 team. RB driver Liam Lawson is expected to be announced as Pérez's replacement in the coming days. - Nate Saunders
Report: Perez set for Red Bull exit before end of 2024 Sergio Perez's departure from Red Bull's Formula 1 team is likely to be confirmed before Christmas, sources have told ESPN. Since the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix Perez has been negotiating whether to remain on as an ambassador in 2025 or to walk away from the Red Bull company entirely. - Nate Saunders
Formula 1 in 2025: Close racing, Hamilton at Ferrari and plenty of new faces Even before he'd parked his car after winning the last Formula 1 race of 2024, Lando Norris made a vow to be champion in 2025.
Verstappen to help out with a grassroots program in Rwanda as his penalty for swearing World champion Max Verstappen will help out with a grassroots program in Rwanda as his penalty for swearing during a news conference in Singapore.
Verstappen: F1 champion to serve penalty for swearing in Rwanda Formula 1 world champion Max Verstappen will serve a penalty for swearing when he visits Rwanda next week to collect his winner's trophy, the governing FIA said on Sunday. - Reuters
'Journey into the history books': Hamilton leaves Mercedes after six titles and 246 F1 races Lewis Hamilton left Mercedes with one last overtake and a heartfelt message to the team where he won the Formula 1 title six times. “We dreamed alone but together, we believed,” Hamilton told race engineer Peter Bonnington and team principal Toto Wolff over the radio.
Norris wins season finale as McLaren takes first constructors' title since 1998 McLaren has won its first constructors' title in 26 years. Lando Norris won Sunday's season-ending Abu Dhabi Grand Prix at Yas Marina, clinching the title that looked like a sure thing after McLaren took the front two starting positions in Saturday's qualifying.
McLaren holds off Ferrari to claim F1 constructors' title McLaren has secured this year's constructors' championship, marking the team's first Formula 1 title since Lewis Hamilton won the driver's championship in 2008. - Laurence Edmondson
Norris admits he declined past offers to leave McLaren Lando Norris admitted he turned down offers to leave McLaren in the past, and on Sunday his loyalty could pay off as the team are on the brink of winning its first Formula 1 constructors' championship since 1998. - Nate Saunders
Brown: McLaren were close to shutting down in 2020 McLaren are back on the brink, but this time Formula 1's second most successful team are one step away from returning to the top rather than being at risk of financial failure. - Reuters
McLaren on cusp of constructors' title after 1-2 qualifying in Abu Dhabi Lando Norris took pole position for the last Formula 1 race of the season Saturday alongside teammate Oscar Piastri to put McLaren on the verge of a first constructors' title in 26 years.
Grid penalty for Leclerc damages Ferrari's Constructors' title hopes A grid penalty for Charles Leclerc threatens to end Ferrari's hopes of beating McLaren to the Formula 1 constructors' title.
Wolff shows rare support for FIA president in F1 swearing row Mercedes team boss Toto Wolff showed some rare support on Thursday for FIA president Mohammed Ben Sulayem and his campaign to cut swearing in the sport. - Reuters
Verstappen slams 'loser' Russell as row continues Max Verstappen has labelled George Russell a loser and a liar as their war of words following last weekend's Qatar Grand Prix continues to escalate. - Laurence Edmondson
Perez denies Red Bull exit reports ahead of possible final race Sergio Pérez repeated his view he will be racing for Red Bull in 2025 despite reports this week to the contrary. Sources have told ESPN Pérez is set to leave Red Bull after the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, with the team ready to make a change in the off-season. - Nate Saunders
Wolff labels rival Horner 'yapping little terrier' Toto Wolff labelled his Red Bull counterpart Christian Horner a "yapping little terrier" as he came to George Russell's defence in his growing feud with Max Verstappen. - Nate Saunders
Hamilton admits Mercedes F1 exit has been 'awkward' Lewis Hamilton admits he underestimated how difficult, emotional and awkward it would be to spend a whole season saying goodbye to his Mercedes team this year. - Laurence Edmondson
Russell reveals Verstappen threat in Qatar: 'People have been bullied by Max for years now' George Russell has escalated his war of words with Formula 1 champion Max Verstappen, claiming the Dutchman said "he was going to purposefully go out of his way to crash into me and 'put me on my f---ing head in the wall'". - Nate Saunders
Andretti's Formula 1 dream comes to bittersweet fruition without his involvement Only the coldest of hearts won't empathize with Michael Andretti, who has been sidelined from his namesake motorsports organization and won't have any role with the the Formula 1 program he spent the last four years desperately trying to launch.
Report: Perez set to leave Red Bull at end of season Sergio Pérez is set to leave Red Bull at the end of the 2024 season, sources have told ESPN. - Nate Saunders
