F1's Fernando Alonso wins his World Endurance Championship debut race

Double Formula One world champion Fernando Alonso returned to the top of the podium when he won his debut World Endurance Championship (WEC) race with Toyota at Belgium’s Spa circuit on Saturday. The McLaren F1 driver, sharing his TS050 hybrid No. 8 car with Japan’s Kazuki Nakajima and Switzerland’s Sebastien Buemi, led a Toyota one-two […]

F1's Fernando Alonso staying at McLaren in 2018

AUSTIN, Texas — Double world champion Fernando Alonso will stay with McLaren in 2018, the team said on Thursday in a long-expected announcement that finally ended one of the sagas of the Formula One season. McLaren did not say whether the new contract extended beyond next year. The Spaniard has endured a miserable three years […]

'Disgraced himself': Road rage between F1's Hamilton, Vettel

The gloves are off and the fight is on between Formula One title rivals Sebastian Vettel and Lewis Hamilton. Sunday’s explosive Azerbaijan Grand Prix more than made up for last year’s dull race in Baku, bursting the budding ‘bromance’ and replacing it with something much more heavyweight. Mercedes team boss Toto Wolff said as much […]

F1's Daniel Ricciardo a Monaco spoiler? 'I run those streets'

MONACO – Daniel Ricciardo jokes that he has a new strategy for Monaco this year – no pitstops, just keep going all the way to the checkered flag. The rules do not allow him to do that, of course, but the comment underlines the lingering pain of last year when the Australian seized pole position […]