Month: September 2023

Williams boss James Vowles says the team is “nowhere near” parting company with Logan Sargeant, who the team wants to keep in the car for 2024. Sargeant has struggled in his rookie season and a string of costly crashes over the past few races has ramped up pressure on the Floridian. The American’s place at

Sep 28, 2023, 08:56 AM ET New Zealand-based Rodin Cars said on Thursday its bid to enter Formula One as an 11th team and with a female driver had been rejected and it expected Andretti Global to be the only successful applicant. Rodin’s Australian founder David Dicker said in a statement the company had proposed

Austin Lindberg, Senior EditorSep 28, 2023, 09:21 AM ET Marc Marquez and Honda are accustomed to winning championships. They’ve fallen well short of expectations in 2023. Diogo Cardoso/DeFodi Images via Getty Images For decades, Honda has been synonymous with success in MotoGP. The Japanese manufacturer won its first world championship in 1983, when Freddie Spencer pipped

Red Bull design legend Adrian Newey says he does have some regrets at never working at Ferrari or with F1 greats like Fernando Alonso and Lewis Hamilton. Newey has been at Red Bull since 2006 and has played a key role in each of the team’s six constructors’ championships, the most recent of which it

Ryan McGee, ESPN Senior WriterSep 26, 2023, 11:46 AM ET Close Senior writer for ESPN The Magazine and ESPN.com 2-time Sports Emmy winner 2010, 2014 NMPA Writer of the Year To celebrate NASCAR’s 75th anniversary, we’re detailing our 75 favorite things about the pinnacle of stock car racing. Illustration by ESPN We are closing in on

Aston Martin’s Jess Hawkins became the first woman in nearly five years to drive a contemporary Formula One car at an event in Budapest last week. Stunt driver Hawkins, who is signed to the team in a ambassadorial capacity, drove 26 laps in the team’s 2023 car at the Hungaroring circuit which hosts the Hungarian

Associated Press Sep 25, 2023, 09:20 AM ET IndyCar will return to the Milwaukee Mile next season, and Texas Motor Speedway is off the calendar for the first time since 1997 in the 2024 schedule released Monday. The 17-race schedule features two Saturday night races, a $1 million all-star race in Southern California, 12 races

Associated Press Sep 24, 2023, 08:12 PM ET FORT WORTH, Texas — William Byron took the lead for the first time after the final restart with six laps left to win at Texas Motor Speedway on Sunday, advancing to the round of eight in the NASCAR playoffs while giving Hendrick Motorsports its 300th victory. With

Laurence Edmondson, F1 EditorSep 24, 2023, 06:12 AM ET Close • Joined ESPN in 2009• An FIA accredited F1 journalist since 2011 SUZUKA, Japan — Christian Horner has said he doubts Red Bull will ever be able to repeat the success it has had this season after his team won the constructors’ championship at the Japanese Grand

Laurence Edmondson, F1 EditorSep 24, 2023, 02:43 AM ET Close • Joined ESPN in 2009• An FIA accredited F1 journalist since 2011 SUZUKA, Japan — Red Bull has won its sixth constructors’ championship in its 19-year history and broken the record for securing the title with the most races remaining. Max Verstappen sealed the team’s crown in

Sep 23, 2023, 07:39 AM ET McLaren Formula One boss Zak Brown has offered to fly Oscar Piastri’s mother to Japan after the Australian rookie driver put his car on the front row of the starting grid for Sunday’s race at Suzuka. The 22-year-old had also qualified on the front row for the Belgian GP

Sep 22, 2023, 10:02 AM ET Formula One stewards have accepted they erred in not imposing a grid penalty on Red Bull’s Max Verstappen for impeding in Singapore qualifying last weekend, and the decision will not serve as a precedent. Championship leader Verstappen collected two reprimands for three incidents reviewed but escaped any penalty for

Sep 22, 2023, 10:10 AM ET Daniel Ricciardo’s return to the Formula One starting grid may still be some way off as the Australian driver recovers from a broken hand, the Australian’s AlphaTauri team said on Friday. The 34-year-old has missed four races, including Sunday’s Japanese Grand Prix at Suzuka, but there has been talk

Alyssa Roenigk, ESPN Senior WriterSep 22, 2023, 07:56 AM ET Close Alyssa Roenigk is a senior writer for ESPN whose assignments have taken her to six continents and caused her to commit countless acts of recklessness. (Follow @alyroe on Twitter). JETT LAWRENCE IS lining up a 10-foot putt in his bedroom as he explains why,

Laurence Edmondson, F1 EditorSep 21, 2023, 05:00 AM ET Close • Joined ESPN in 2009• An FIA accredited F1 journalist since 2011 SUZUKA, Japan — McLaren team principal Andrea Stella believes Oscar Piastri has similar traits to two-time champion Fernando Alonso and seven-time champion Michael Schumacher. This week, Piastri, who is in his rookie season in F1,

Ryan McGee, ESPN Senior WriterSep 21, 2023, 12:03 PM ET Close Senior writer for ESPN The Magazine and ESPN.com 2-time Sports Emmy winner 2010, 2014 NMPA Writer of the Year To celebrate NASCAR’s 75th anniversary, we’re detailing our 75 favorite things about the pinnacle of stock car racing. Illustration by ESPN We are closing in on

Sep 21, 2023, 05:13 AM ET Formula One should be tougher on drivers who impede others because “no one seems to care enough,” McLaren’s Lando Norris said on Thursday. Red Bull’s runaway championship leader Max Verstappen received three summons to the stewards in Singapore last weekend for impeding in qualifying and was handed two reprimands

Laurence Edmondson, F1 EditorSep 21, 2023, 02:02 AM ET Close • Joined ESPN in 2009• An FIA accredited F1 journalist since 2011 SUZUKA, Japan — Former F1 driver Sebastian Vettel has helped build 11 “insect hotels” on the inside of Turn 2 at Suzuka as part of a new campaign to raise awareness about the importance of

Not too long ago, it might have seemed inconceivable that multiple NBA superstars would become aware of the goings-on in Saudi Arabian professional soccer. Yet over the summer, LeBron James and Giannis Antetokounmpo both weighed in on Al Hilal’s pursuit of French star Kylian Mbappé, as reports emerged that the club was willing to commit

Sep 19, 2023, 09:26 AM ET Formula One risks disarray in the unlikely event of Felipe Massa winning a threatened legal claim for the 2008 world championship, according to Mercedes team boss Toto Wolff. Former Ferrari driver Massa, now 42, has alleged he was denied the title by a “conspiracy” because the sport’s leaders knew

Laurence Edmondson, F1 EditorSep 18, 2023, 05:44 AM ET Close • Joined ESPN in 2009• An FIA accredited F1 journalist since 2011 SINGAPORE — Red Bull’s record-breaking run of victories was always going to come to an end eventually, and with it there was always going to be a heady mix of drama and emotions. Carlos Sainz’s

Associated Press Sep 18, 2023, 11:04 AM ET Chip Ganassi Racing is expanding to five cars for next year’s IndyCar season to accommodate 18-year-old development driver Kyffin Simpson. The expansion for Simpson will give Ganassi three rookies in next year’s Indianapolis 500. Marcus Armstrong already won IndyCar rookie of the year this season, but is

Laurence Edmondson, F1 EditorSep 16, 2023, 12:53 PM ET Close • Joined ESPN in 2009• An FIA accredited F1 journalist since 2011 SINGAPORE — Lance Stroll has been declared fit to race by the medical team at the Singapore Grand Prix after walking away from a huge accident in qualifying. Stroll lost control of his Aston Martin

Laurence Edmondson, F1 EditorSep 17, 2023, 12:31 PM ET Close • Joined ESPN in 2009• An FIA accredited F1 journalist since 2011 SINGAPORE – Mercedes boss Toto Wolff has no regrets over his team’s strategy gamble at the Singapore Grand Prix, which ultimately saw George Russell throw away a podium when he crashed into the barriers on

Sep 17, 2023, 05:23 PM ET AlphaTauri stand-in Liam Lawson scored his first Formula One points at the Singapore Grand Prix on Sunday and, in only his third race, also chalked up the team’s highest finish of the season. Despite that, the 21-year-old New Zealander managed to find fault in his weekend. Editor’s Picks 2

Laurence Edmondson, F1 EditorSep 16, 2023, 12:35 PM ET Close • Joined ESPN in 2009• An FIA accredited F1 journalist since 2011 SINGAPORE — Max Verstappen says his record run of Formula One victories will come to an end at Sunday’s Singapore Grand Prix after he qualified 11th on the grid. The two-time world champion is on

Associated Press Sep 16, 2023, 06:58 PM ET Truck Series champion Zane Smith has been signed to a multi-year contract with Trackhouse Racing in which he will be loaned to Spire Motorsports for a Cup Series ride in 2024. Smith, 24, will fold into the Trackhouse lineup when the team is able to expand to

Laurence Edmondson, F1 EditorSep 16, 2023, 01:19 PM ET Close • Joined ESPN in 2009• An FIA accredited F1 journalist since 2011 SINGAPORE — Max Verstappen has escaped a grid penalty at the Singapore Grand Prix despite being reprimanded for two separate incidents during qualifying. The Red Bull driver was the subject of three stewards’ investigations after

The 2023 Formula One racing season is chugging along, with expanded viewing options for American F1 fans across a variety of platforms. After Max Verstappen emerged victorious at the Italian Grand Prix, the action heads to the Marina Bay Street Circuit in Singapore. When is the Singapore Grand Prix? How can I watch? The Singapore

Ryan McGee, ESPN Senior WriterSep 15, 2023, 09:43 AM ET Close Senior writer for ESPN The Magazine and ESPN.com 2-time Sports Emmy winner 2010, 2014 NMPA Writer of the Year To celebrate NASCAR’s 75th anniversary, we’re detailing our 75 favorite things about the pinnacle of stock car racing. Illustration by ESPN We are closing in on