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Lewis Hamilton revealed he would rather sit out of a race than comply with the FIA's jewelry crackdown.

“These ones on my right ear are literally welded in so I’d have to get them chopped off or something like that. “I’m here to be an ally of the sport … there’s bigger fish to fry.” “I’ve got several piercings that I really can’t take out, that not a lot of people know of,” Hamilton said, laughing.

Formula 1 CEO Stefano Domenicali has hinted there is interest in reviving the German GP in the future amid the planned arrived of Audi and Porsche in 2026.

"And we have to respect the process as we discuss. "Of course, that's the only thing that we have announced for next year. "We have other areas of the world, [such as] Africa, in which we may develop business there. "The US has an incredible boom in the last, I would say, two years. "The German landscape is for sure a very interesting landscape," he said in a call with Wall Street analysts. "Other regions and other countries in Europe are struggling.

Two men — Ferrari's Charles Leclerc and Red Bull Racing's Max Verstappen — combined to win each of the races and the odds for Sunday's event reflect their ...

"My dark horses would be Alonso, due to his vast experience and exceptional driving skills, and Norris, with the McLaren showing improvements in the past two races. "Hamilton, in my opinion, is the GOAT in F1, so despite the big struggles him and Mercedes have been having this season, he can never be counted out," Zammit said. "In general, this will be a very exciting race, due to this being the first time this race takes place," Zammit said. McLaren’s US CEO Zak Brown would be extremely happy with a second consecutive podium for Norris and it’s within his reach." Tipico has no influence over nor are any such revenues in any way dependent on or linked to the newsrooms or news coverage. "Max and Charles are heavily favored so far this season, as they have been in a league of their own," Tipico Vice President Andre Zammit said.

It's been 38 years since Formula 1 held two races in the United States. Back then it was back-to-back events, with Nelson Piquet winning at Detroit in ...

In person they will be high and dry, but they will sit on a surface painted to make it look as if the boats appear on TV to be in a marina. And likely the teams have done all sorts of simulations to figure out tire wear, etc., using a variety of different scenarios. But Daniel Ricciardo's disaster of a race that resulted in an 18th-place finish gives one pause. As for familiarity, drivers have been able to drive the computer simulation of the track to be more familiar with it when they finally get the chance really go at it, so that's a help. The track layout was chosen from 75 proposed (36 of which were then computer simulated) and it looks like it should provide for a fast, entertaining race with an average speed just under 140 mph. Sand has been brought in to replicate a beach, and boats are "moored" on trailers around a section of the track.

It's almost time for lights out in the Sunshine State. Catch up on the fake marina, what you've missed this season and how the drivers feel about the second ...

Yes, those 10 yachts are real and were transported to be placed inside of Turns 6, 7 and 8 for the dry-dock marina. “When the car and tires are in the right window the car, except for the bouncing, feels really good to drive. So, I’m just grateful for everyone continuing to keep their heads down and for the amazing hard work that everyone is putting in.” But it’s just what we have to do get the fastest lap times out of the car.” Typically the cause is related to the cars’ aerodynamics. Jay Z, Beyonce, Coldplay and U2 have all hosted concerts in this historic venue, and now, some of motorsports’ finest will zip around a 5.41 km (approximately 3.36-mile) track called the Miami International Autodrome.

Mercedes' move to introduce its biggest upgrade package so far of the 2022 Formula 1 season will not provide a 'silver bullet' to fix its early struggles, ...

For the first time since 2011, it is yet to score a race win or pole position from the opening four rounds. "I think we're finally getting to a point where we feel confident that in races to come, we might be able to might be able to solve it. "But it's definitely going to give us a much better indication of the direction we need to take in future events.

Mercedes has played down expectations for its Miami Grand Prix upgrades, but the Formula 1 team's ambitions are clearly based on a pretty innovative front ...

Not only is the leading edge of the mainplane now upturned, there’s a novel approach being taken to the design of the intersection between the flapped section and the endplate in order to try to recoup some of the outwash that was lost with the new regulations. It’s clear to see that the geometry of the front wing’s upper flap has been revised, with the section that had previously been trimmed back returning to its regular curvature (new wing specification on the left, old on the right). While at the back of the car, Mercedes has played things pretty conventional with its low drag rear wing, at the front it has taken things to the extreme with its endplate, which offers a hint at how it intends to push forward with the W13.

The Mercedes driver said he feels like the ban is “almost like a step backwards.”

I’ve been in the sport for 16 years and I’ve been wearing jewelry for 16 years. I don’t feel comfortable not having that in the car. In the car, I only ever have my earrings on and my nose ring, of which I can’t even remove. It’s never been a safety issue in the past. According to ESPN, Wittich’s clarification said: “The wearing of jewellery during the competition can hinder both medical interventions as well as subsequent diagnosis and treatment should it be required following an accident. The Mercedes driver showed up to the press conference sporting three watches, eight rings, four necklaces and two earrings.

Lewis Hamilton has received a two-race exemption from the FIA over the jewellery he cannot easily remove after holding talks with its medical staff on ...

"It's almost like a step backwards," Hamilton said. We've got a spare driver." The initial scrutineering document said Mercedes had not confirmed that Hamilton was "complying with the requirement to not wear any jewellery, in the form of body piercing or metal neck chains or watches" while in the car.

Lewis Hamilton reckons the ongoing FIA clampdown concerning Formula 1 drivers wearing jewellery in the car is “unnecessary” and marks “a step backwards” for ...

I sent [bin Sulayem] a message just reassuring him that I want to be an ally. I don't want to fight with you guys over this. Gasly added that he wears a “religious item” and does “not feel comfortable not having it with me driving the car”.

Hamilton will now remove his ear piercings for this weekend hours after indicating he was willing to sit out the Miami Grand Prix in defiance of F1's rules. FIA ...

Hamilton's being at-odds with FIA officials over the jewelry ban presents an off-track distraction from what has been a terrible start to the 2022 season for the seven-time world champion. But after several years of lax enforcement, the rule is now being much more strictly enforced by F1 race director Niels Wittich and FIA president Mohamed ben Sulayem. I've been in the sport for 16 years, I've been wearing jewelry for 16 years.

Miami GP officials have worked overnight to repair some minor areas of damage to the track surface that emerged on Thursday.

Turn 17 track repair detail Turn 17 track repair detail There was also an issue with Turn 7, the tightening left hander located adjacent to the now infamous fake marina.

Mercedes' George Russell topped a heavily disrupted second practice for Formula 1's inaugural Miami Grand Prix, leading Ferrari driver Charles Leclerc while ...

That stood as the best time to the end, even after Leclerc attempted two more fliers on the softs – the first of which was with the same set of the red-walled rubber as his opening effort, which he abandoned after losing time to Russell in the middle sector. The Canadian was concerned his left-rear tyre was not attached properly before reporting a lack of driver, after which he pulled over and stopped near a gap in the walls, which led to a second red flag stoppage of four minutes. As Verstappen came back to the pits with what was later described as a hydraulic issue, his right-rear brakes caught fire and he did not return to the action. That meant Verstappen had missed the first half of FP2, but when he did leave the pits after the red flag stoppage, he quickly reported a severe steering issue, which left him touring slowly around – also getting in Lance Stroll's way dramatically as the Aston Martin came across the Red Bull, unable to turn fast even with full steering lock on, at the Turn 11 90-degree left at the end of the long acceleration run through Turns nine and 10. As the first 10 minutes of the one-hour session ended, Leclerc's first flying lap of FP2 ended with him going to the top of the times with a 1m31.131s, before Sainz – his opening run on the same set of tyres continuing – then getting back to first thanks to his 1m30.964s. But a few minutes after this, Sainz's session was ended when he suddenly lost the rear of his car going through the Turn 13 fast left just before the tight chicane late in the second sector and hit the wall on the outside of that complex.

Mercedes' move to introduce its biggest upgrade package so far of the 2022 Formula 1 season will not provide a “silver bullet” to fix its early struggles, ...

For the first time since 2011, it is yet to score a race win or pole position from the opening four rounds. “I think we're finally getting to a point where we feel confident that in races to come, we might be able to might be able to solve it. “But it's definitely going to give us a much better indication of the direction we need to take in future events.

Mercedes' George Russell was fastest during Miami Grand Prix practice at the Hard Rock Stadium on Friday around the newest track on the 2022 Formula 1 World ...

Leclerc was the first to spin there, along with AlphaTauri’s Yuki Tsunoda, while Leclerc’s teammate Sainz suffered a huge spin at Turn 4. Charles Leclerc Sergio Perez Lewis Hamilton Fernando Alonso Lando Norris Pierre Gasly Zhou Guanyu Esteban Ocon Kevin Magnussen Carlos Sainz Daniel Ricciardo Yuki Tsunoda Sebastian Vettel Mick Schumacher Lance Stroll Alex Albon Nicholas Latifi Max Verstappen Valtteri Bottas George Russell Max Verstappen Sergio Perez Pierre Gasly Carlos Sainz Alex Albon Lewis Hamilton Kevin Magnussen Daniel Ricciardo Lando Norris Fernando Alonso Zhou Guanyu Sebastian Vettel Esteban Ocon Lance Stroll Valtteri Bottas Yuki Tsunoda Mick Schumacher Nicholas Latifi

Mercedes has played down expectations for its Miami Grand Prix upgrades, but the Formula 1 team's ambitions are clearly based on a pretty innovative front ...

The beam wing elements have been revised too, with a very similar approach taken, as the chord length of the upper element has been reduced near the outboard end in order to reduce the load and drag being generated. Not only is the leading edge of the mainplane now upturned, there’s a novel approach being taken to the design of the intersection between the flapped section and the endplate in order to try to recoup some of the outwash that was lost with the new regulations. While at the back of the car, Mercedes has played things pretty conventional with its low drag rear wing, at the front it has taken things to the extreme with its endplate, which offers a hint at how it intends to push forward with the W13.

The inaugural Maimi Grand Prix takes place this weekend. Michael Finley gives a breakdown of what to expect after surprising results from the first day of ...

It’s interesting looking at the top three and how none of them are perfect; Ferrari has been the fastest but they still have porpoising at the end of straights, Red Bull has been the best overall but still have reliability problems, and Mercedes has better reliability that either team but is noticeably slower. The Sainz wreck happened with 42 minutes in the session, and the session resumed with 31 minutes remaining. Valtteri Bottas spun out entering turn seven with 25 minutes to go in the session, and was unable to restart the car. The cars carry a lot of speed entering this tight uphill chicane, right at the highway underpass and easily identifiable with the walls plastered with Red Bull Racing advertisements. This is the fastest part of the track, and there should be plenty of drafting overtakes there. The next section after a mild left and right turn at the southwest corner of the stadium is probably best known as “the fake marina area”, with turns six, seven, and eight circling the now infamous marina.

Trailblazing racer tells Giles Richards how he fought discrimination and is now a diversity advocate for Formula One.

“To have Lewis and Willy T to be the chassis with F1 as the engine, it is the greatest thing for the sport you are going to see right now in America, F1 has never been bigger.” “I see Lewis as the best ambassador for diversity and inclusion and I see Willy T Ribbs as the second-best ambassador. “When I used to talk with Muhammad Ali, he said to me that all people congregate to champions no matter what colour you are and Lewis is in that Muhammad Ali league,” he says. “We banged it up during the race, it was absolutely ruthless and fun but clean,” he says. This weekend in Miami, F1 is celebrating its new-found success in the US. There are two races in the country this year for the first time since 1984, next year with Las Vegas added to Miami and Texas there will be three. Over a long career he overcame racism that ran the gamut from what he describes as “opposition, barriers and denial based on one thing: the colour of my skin” right up to death threats, but faced it down with a fearless swagger.

Lewis Hamilton says the Miami Formula 1 circuit's tight uphill chicane reminds him of driving karts around B&Q car parks as a kid.

But once you go slightly offline, if you lose the rear end, you can't catch it any more. It meant that if drivers did stray off the racing line then they were almost guaranteed to spin. “That's kind of cool,” he said. So I don't know if they will be able to grind that at night and improve it.” “It is not an easy track for sure,” he told Motorsport.com. “Definitely when the track is green, it can happen more easily. “It's a corner where maybe in future they can remove that one and it will improve the track.”

Formula 1 drivers have picked out Turn 7, the location of the controversial fake marina, as one of the critical areas of the Miami GP track.

“It’s a very long straight after that corner and it’s a weird braking into that, so you’re going to try and find the right line there, which I don’t think is straight forwards. I think if you have a good exit there, or if you had a good confidence into Turn 7, it'll be good for overtakes. So there'll be a matter of how we as drivers treat the tyres. “But still from Turn 11 to 16 it's really tight corners, you don't lose much the downforce. I think that corner is going to be a key corner for this track.” Expanding on why it is so tricky, the AlphaTauri driver added: “It's going be difficult to drive consistently every time.

George Russell remains unsure Mercedes' Formula 1 car updates are behind the team's improved pace on Friday in Miami, warning his P1 result in second ...

“But this is the first real hot race of the season. Russell added that he was “not too sure” if the updates had given Mercedes a better understanding on the development direction it was taking with the car, but acknowledged it had been a good day for the team. But Russell warned it was “absolutely” too early for people to get ahead of themselves about Mercedes’ pace, admitting he was unsure why he had been so quick out of the blocks.

Sebastian Vettel says his brief appearance wearing his underpants outside his race overalls at the Formula 1 Miami GP was a “piss-take.”

“If I feel really comfortable in the car, then I think there's a lot more to squeeze," he said. And then on the other hand, there is the asphalt that is breaking up. I don't care, but it's just funny that we keep talking about it."

Fernando Alonso believes he is the most competitive he has been in Formula 1 since 2012 with Alpine despite only scoring two points so far this season.

“It’s a matter of time that the result will come. We didn’t finish the job. The car also feels good. “I was not as competitive as I’ve felt in these first four races. “I think we were top six or top seven, and that didn’t happen for sure in my McLaren years or my last few seasons in Ferrari or last year with Alpine. That’s the facts that I’m referring to, and that’s pure competitive places that we achieve in free practice and qualifying so far. Speaking ahead of the Miami Grand Prix, Alonso said he thought he was in the most competitive position he has been for a decade, owing to both his own level of performance and Alpine’s pace.

Miami Grand Prix chief Tom Garfinkel has defended the Formula 1 race's extremely high ticket prices, saying it is driven by how much demand there is for the ...

You can see a lot of different parts of the race track. There's a lot of different things with campus passes. "I mean, we never really did a public on-sale and we had so much demand that ticket prices were partly a function of that."

First of all, Lewis Hamilton is blunt and he admits he probably will not win Formula One's inaugural Miami Grand Prix on Sunday. Mercedes-Benz, his team, ...

“I met a bunch of kids from diverse backgrounds, who now want to get into engineering and STEM subjects,” Hamilton said. His week in Miami Gardens is a window into more. In 2017, he voiced his excitement about the idea when F1 started scouting downtown Miami for a potential road race. Hamilton, who is the only Black driver in Formula One history, is the closest thing his sport has to a household name in the US. He’s something of an iconoclast — every few years, a threat of suspension seems to follow Hamilton, including the latest one regarding the earrings he wears in his car — and has the charisma Miamians tend to love. “It definitely does have a significance,” Hamilton said Friday. “The first five or 10, maybe five years or so I didn’t see many people of color in the grandstands. When I was on stage, very, very few people of color — not as diverse as I’d hoped and, as I said, yesterday I was standing on stage and I’m seeing the crowd.

Formula 1 drivers have been told that watches will be added to the sport's jewellery ban, with fines for contravention of the rules potentially as high as ...

"With something like that, like your wedding ring. It kind of feels bad to take it off. And if something was going to happen, something bad, I would want to wear my wedding ring.

Vettel protests the FIA by wearing underpants on the outside of his uniform in Miami.

When the most experienced people like Vettel and Hamilton mock the FIA, I think it's childish." "Obviously, if the car does catch fire, it will be unpleasant. the German quipped.

"Monaco is still always going to be in Monaco and that's because of the history," said Alfa Romeo driver Valterri Bottas.

But Monaco is still always going to be in Monaco and that's because of the history and it's a different place anyway.” Alfa Romeo driver Valterri Bottas joined in the chorus to keep the Monaco Grand Prix. "It's so nice to come to these events and they're amazing events. You really need to qualify and the race is very difficult to overtake or you need to take a risk. I can guarantee you that after 2022, the grand prix will continue to take place. “Others will remain but in a different form, such as rotating between different tracks.” And it's one way to race that you don't have anywhere else.

Join us as we delve into the new and interesting technical features on display up and down the pitlane as teams prepare for the Miami Grand Prix, ...

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Lewis Hamilton says the Miami Formula 1 circuit's tight uphill chicane reminds him of driving karts around B&Q car parks as a kid.

It meant that if drivers did stray off the racing line then they were almost guaranteed to spin. “It's kind of crazy when you think that people in this day and age should be able to make a flat road relatively easy,” he said. But once you go slightly offline, if you lose the rear end, you can't catch it any more. “That's kind of cool,” he said. So I don't know if they will be able to grind that at night and improve it.” “It's a corner where maybe in future they can remove that one and it will improve the track.”

American-born drivers seemingly were always looked down upon by the old-school, Eurocentric F1 paddock. Those same racers accused those same Europeans of ...

But what everyone knows for certain is that this Sunday in Miami will be an event the likes of which even the planet's swankiest sport has never seen, from motors and mojitos to movie stars and MJ. "I have been in this job six years, but I have been in this paddock for a couple of decades. It all sounds more than a little like the longtime NASCAR fans of the 2000s who worried that they and their favorite traditional venues were being abandoned in the search of advertising dollars and new audiences in cooler locations who, it turned out, ultimately never saw racing as more than a fad. "I want so much to see what Colton could do there," Mario Andretti said of Herta in February when the news broke that his son was examining an F1 entry. The most recent American to compete in Formula One was Alexander Rossi, who made five starts for lowly Manor Marussia in 2014-15 before being benched for a driver with bigger sponsorship. They have been behind the curtain, urging the current wave of young drivers to be more accessible, or at least appear that way, than their predecessors, who always seemed to be unreachable and unrelatable. "Wave, that's the perfect word, because that's what it has felt like," explained Zak Brown, CEO of McLaren and longtime F1 blue blood who has found himself as a leading character in many "Drive to Survive" episodes as his team fights from behind to catch the title contenders. It will be just the third time since 1950 that F1 has traveled to the same nation three times in one year, and one of those occurrences was due to COVID-19 pandemic-forced schedule scrambling. "It's exciting when you go out and find a new course and find out different features of the circuit," Hamilton said. But the Miami Grand Prix, having yet to turn an in-race lap, already has a 10-year deal in place and is the second American date on the 2022 F1 calendar, joining October's USGP in Austin. It's the first time since 1983 the series has raced in the U.S. twice in one season, and next season it will bring a third U.S.-based event on a Vegas Strip-anchored street course. "But it sure feels like a lot of roads and momentum have been leading up to this weekend in Miami, doesn't it?" The only question now seems to be how long that moment will last, and how big the sport could still become here in the New World.

All eyes are on Miami this weekend as the international glitterati arrives for the city's inaugural Formula One Grand Prix. The European racing event has ...

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Fernando Alonso believes he is the most competitive he has been in Formula 1 since 2012 with Alpine despite only scoring two points so far this season.

“And then again in lap one in Imola, we were out of the race. In the races, I think there were things that were out of our hands [happened] or just pure reliability problems. “We’ve been quite competitive every session that we did so far this year,” Alonso said of Alpine’s current form. “It’s never a guarantee,” Alonso said. It’s a matter of time that the result will come. “I was not as competitive as I’ve felt in these first four races.

Max Verstappen says Red Bull must 'start making the weekends less difficult' having missed most of Friday practice and was surprised to fight for pole ...

And actually to be that competitive in qualifying, I was a bit surprised because it's not an easy track to learn. "But we have to start making the weekends less difficult because like this you know it's always going to be tricky, but we have a good chance for tomorrow. "So the whole day today I was still trying to learn to track, trying to find a decent balance in the car.

George Russell remains unsure Mercedes' Formula 1 car updates are behind the team's improved pace on Friday in Miami, warning topping the times in second ...

“But this is the first real hot race of the season. Russell added that he was “not too sure” if the updates had given Mercedes a better understanding on the development direction it was taking with the car, but acknowledged it had been a good day for the team. But Russell warned it was “absolutely” too early for people to get ahead of themselves about Mercedes’ pace, admitting he was unsure why he had been so quick out of the blocks.

F1 should have an American driver on the grid as there are some amazing drivers in the country, according to Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton.

Michael Andretti is keen to join the sport in 2024 and McLaren have also reportedly been considering one of their American IndyCar drivers to partner Lando Norris when Daniel Ricciardo's contract ends with the team. I think to see the evolution, the exposure we got as a sport over the last two, three years, it’s been very impressive and now the fan base is just growing massively.” “And we can feel it, as drivers, when we see Austin last year: 450,000 people coming over the weekend was a very, very special and unique atmosphere. “And maybe now’s the time to start focusing on how we can include more people here, because it’s such a diverse country. So, it’d be a good mission for us to find the next one.” Two Grands Prix are scheduled to be held stateside this season, with one out-and-out American team in Haas also operating on the grid.

Ahead of the Miami Grand Prix, ESPN joined McLaren driver Daniel Ricciardo for a morning of sun, sea and smiles in Miami's famous Biscayne Bay.

"Music and a machine -- it's all I want in life! "I wasn't expecting him to corner that hard," said one as we watched Ricciardo from an island in the lagoon. "I was always fascinated by two wheels," he says. It's a mix of work and play as he takes direction from a film crew on a boat, who are capturing footage for an upcoming product launch for Sea-Doo -- a manufacturer of 300-brake-horsepower playthings for the water. After over a decade in Formula One, Ricciardo is no stranger to adrenaline, but he's clearly still buzzing when it comes to interview time midway through the morning. "They say you can go from 0 to 60 mph in 3.6 seconds on this thing.

Vettel protests the FIA by wearing underpants on the outside of his uniform in Miami.

When the most experienced people like Vettel and Hamilton mock the FIA, I think it's childish." "Obviously, if the car does catch fire, it will be unpleasant. the German quipped.