Month: October 2023

Oct 18, 2023, 03:43 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Formula One’s surging popularity in the U.S. will accelerate further with next month’s Las Vegas Grand Prix and an F1 movie starring Brad Pitt on the way, McLaren boss Zak Brown told Reuters. U.S. interest in the sport has been supercharged in recent years by Netflix’s

Ryan McGee, ESPN Senior WriterOct 18, 2023, 02:18 PM ET Close Senior writer for ESPN The Magazine and ESPN.com 2-time Sports Emmy winner 2010, 2014 NMPA Writer of the Year Open Extended Reactions 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

Oct 18, 2023, 10:24 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Daniel Ricciardo will be back on track at this weekend’s U.S. Grand Prix in Austin after missing five races with a broken hand, the Australian Formula One driver confirmed on Wednesday. Ricciardo suffered the injury in Dutch Grand Prix practice in August and was replaced at

Oct 17, 2023, 04:09 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Formula One drivers and PGA Tour golfers will compete next month in Netflix’s NFLX.O first live sports event when they face off in a match play golf tournament at Wynn Las Vegas, the streaming company said on Tuesday. Billed as a clash of wheels and irons,

Oct 17, 2023, 09:32 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Patrick Mahomes, Travis Kelce and Rory McIlroy are part of a group which has invested €200 million ($210,970m) in the Alpine Formula One team. In June this year the Renault Group confirmed it had sold a 24% stake in the Alpine grand prix team to a

Oct 16, 2023, 07:33 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Formula One’s governing body is reviewing Lewis Hamilton’s punishment for crossing a live track without permission at last weekend’s Qatar Grand Prix amid concern the penalty was not tough enough. The seven-times world champion collided with Mercedes team mate George Russell at the first corner at

Oct 14, 2023, 08:20 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Aston Martin’s Lance Stroll has apologised to Formula One’s governing body for his behaviour at last weekend’s Qatar Grand Prix and been given a written warning, the FIA said on Friday. An FIA spokesman said the 24-year-old Canadian driver, son of team owner Lawrence, had apologised

Oct 13, 2023, 06:52 AM ET Formula One’s Belgian Grand Prix has secured a one-year extension to its current deal, keeping it on the calendar through 2025. Formula One said in a statement that this year’s race at Spa-Francorchamps had seen an attendance of 380,000 across the weekend, 20,000 more than at the same event

Associated Press Oct 13, 2023, 05:49 PM ET Open Extended Reactions ATLANTA — Robert Wickens, paralyzed from the waist down in an IndyCar crash five years ago, has won a racing championship in the IMSA Touring Car Class finale of the Michelin Pilot Challenge. All Wickens needed was an eighth-place finish to earn the title,

Marty Smith Close Marty Smith ESPN ESPN NASCAR lead reporter Former NASCAR.com senior writer 15 years covering NASCAR Ryan McGee Close Ryan McGee ESPN Senior Writer Senior writer for ESPN The Magazine and ESPN.com 2-time Sports Emmy winner 2010, 2014 NMPA Writer of the Year Oct 13, 2023, 09:06 AM ET Open Extended Reactions In

Open Extended Reactions Bernie Ecclestone, the former boss of Formula One, has pleaded guilty to a criminal tax fraud charge for failing to declare more than £400 million ($492 million) of overseas assets to the UK government. Ecclestone, 92, appeared at London’s Southwark Crown Court on Thursday in relation to a trust he held in

Oct 12, 2023, 06:49 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Marc Marquez will join Gresini Racing for the 2024 season, the Ducati satellite team said Thursday, days after Honda announced that the six-time MotoGP world champion would be leaving the Japanese manufacturer at the end of the 2023 campaign. Honda and Marquez agreed to terminate their

Austin Lindberg, Senior EditorOct 12, 2023, 09:33 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Ducati riders Pecco Bagnaia, center, Jorge Martín, right, and Marco Bezzecchi are one-two-three in the 2023 MotoGP world championship. Emmanuele Ciancaglini/Ciancaphoto Studio/Getty Images Ducati has won 11 of 14 races so far in this 2023 MotoGP season, making it the most dominant campaign by

Oct 11, 2023, 07:45 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Aston Martin driver Lance Stroll is being investigated by Formula One’s governing body for possible rules breaches at last weekend’s Qatar Grand Prix. An FIA spokesman said the governing body’s compliance officer was “in discussion” with the Canadian “in relation to several incidents that may have

Open Extended Reactions FIA president Mohammed Ben Sulayem is confident Andretti’s bid to join Formula One will be accepted without legal action or a relationship breakdown between the governing body and the championship. The FIA accepted Andretti’s bid to join the F1 grid in future, most likely in 2026, but Formula One Management (FOM), the

Ryan McGee, ESPN Senior WriterOct 11, 2023, 09:05 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

Laurence Edmondson, F1 EditorOct 10, 2023, 07:09 AM ET Close • Joined ESPN in 2009• An FIA accredited F1 journalist since 2011 Pirelli has won the contract to remain in its position as Formula One’s sole tyre supplier from 2025 to 2027, with the option to extend an additional year. The Italian tyre manufacturer faced opposition from

Oct 9, 2023, 06:00 AM ET Formula One needs more teams and fewer races and should welcome Michael Andretti’s entry bid as good for business and the spirit of the sport, according to FIA President Mohammed Ben Sulayem. The Emirati told Reuters at the Qatar Grand Prix he was optimistic the American’s planned 11th team

Associated Press Oct 8, 2023, 09:31 AM ET SYDNEY — NASCAR-bound New Zealander Shane van Gisbergen has won Australia’s most prestigious auto race, the Bathurst 1000, for the second straight year and third time overall. Van Gisbergen and Kiwi co-driver Richie Stanaway drove their Red Bull Camaro to a 19.9-second win Sunday over Australians Brodie

DOHA, Qatar – Lewis Hamilton crashed out of the Qatar Grand Prix after colliding with teammate George Russell at the first corner, an incident Hamilton accepted responsibility for. Russell and Hamilton were starting second and third and found themselves alongside each other going into Turn 1. Hamilton was on the outside and Russell was bottled

DOHA, Qatar — Formula One’s 10 teams will find out if the Qatar Grand Prix will be a mandatory three-stop race several hours before it starts. The FIA and F1’s tyre supplier Pirelli will use Saturday night to analyse tyre data from the day’s sprint shootout and sprint race, following concerns raised from the first

Oct 7, 2023, 02:05 PM ET DOHA, Qatar — Max Verstappen wrapped up his third Formula One championship on Saturday with six races to spare. Verstappen secured the title as his nearest title rival and teammate Sergio Perez crashed out on lap 11 of the 23-lap sprint race after colliding with Alpine’s Esteban Ocon and

Oct 7, 2023, 07:30 AM ET Formula One’s bottom four teams have each been handed a $20 million capital expenditure boost to help put them on a more level playing field with better-equipped rivals. The governing FIA revealed the increase from $45 million to $65 million for Williams, Haas, Alfa Romeo/Sauber and AlphaTauri in an

Laurence Edmondson, F1 EditorOct 6, 2023, 04:07 PM ET Close • Joined ESPN in 2009• An FIA accredited F1 journalist since 2011 Lewis Hamilton has clarified his position on Andretti’s bid to join the Formula One grid, saying he does not support the American outfit specifically but instead any team that will increase diversity in the sport.

DOHA, Qatar — An angry Lance Stroll appeared to push his trainer out of the way after being eliminated in the first qualifying session at the Qatar Grand Prix. Stroll, who’s billionaire father Lawrence owns the Aston Martin team he drives for, continued his woeful form by failing to progress beyond Q1 for the fourth

Oct 4, 2023, 03:10 PM ET Aston Martin will fight for overall victory at the 24 Hours of Le Mans from 2025 with a racing prototype of its Valkyrie hypercar, the British-based sportscar maker announced on Wednesday. Backed by endurance partner Heart of Racing, Aston will enter at least one Valkyrie in the hypercar category

Aston Martin boss Lawrence Stroll has questioned why Formula One would let Andretti join as an 11th team, saying “if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it”. This week the governing FIA gave its approval for an Andretti-Cadillac bid to join F1 in 2025 or 2026, pending approval from the sport’s commercial rights holder, Liberty Media.

Ryan McGee, ESPN Senior WriterOct 5, 2023, 12:37 PM ET Close Senior writer for ESPN The Magazine and ESPN.com 2-time Sports Emmy winner 2010, 2014 NMPA Writer of the Year Ross Chastain is NASCAR’s preeminent lightning rod, but he’s got better things to do than trade barbs with rivals. Jonathan Bachman/Getty Images HUNTERSVILLE, N.C. — Ross

Associated Press Oct 4, 2023, 05:23 PM ET Former Formula One driver Romain Grosjean said Wednesday he is pursuing arbitration against Andretti Global because the team is not bringing him back for a third season in the IndyCar Series. Grosjean, who has spent the three seasons since his death-defying 2020 F1 crash racing IndyCar in

Oct 4, 2023, 08:37 PM ET Ford teams have claimed they are at a “continued disadvantage” for the Bathurst 1000 after proposed changes to their cars were rejected. Mooted aerodynamic adjustments to the Mustangs have been knocked back ahead of Sunday’s race, prompting a strong response just hours before practice begins at the famed Mount