Month: December 2023

ESPN News Services Dec 29, 2023, 08:51 PM ET Gil de Ferran, the 2003 Indianapolis 500 winner and holder of the closed-course land speed record, died Friday at age 56. De Ferran died after racing with his son at The Concourse Club in Florida, multiple former colleagues confirmed to The Associated Press. Fellow Brazilian driver

Ryan McGee, ESPN Senior WriterDec 27, 2023, 09:11 AM 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 The NASCAR Cup Series Advent Health 400 at Kansas Speedway was one of the most entertaining races of the 2023 season. (Photo by

Open Extended Reactions Steve Nielsen’s appointment was seen as a good move within F1. Bryn Lennon – Formula 1/Formula 1 via Getty Images FIA sporting director Steve Nielsen has quit his role with racing’s governing body after less than a year in the position. Nielsen was appointed in January to oversee and improve the FIA’s race

Associated Press Dec 22, 2023, 06:25 PM ET NEW YORK — Paula Murphy, a Hall of Fame racer and the first woman licensed to drive a Funny Car, died Thursday. She was 95. The National Hot Rod Association (NHRA) announced Murphy’s death on Friday. It did not provide any details. Murphy was a pioneer for

Marshall Pruett, Racing columnistDec 21, 2023, 09:44 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Indy Car Chip Ganassi Racing driver Álex Palou (10) of Spain during the 2023 Gallagher Grand Prix at Indianapolis Motor Speedway. (Photo by Jeremy Hogan/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images) The latest IndyCar season was unlike anything I’ve witnessed. To start, a ridiculous number of

Open Extended Reactions On paper, Sergio Perez was a shoo-in for a slot in our top ten F1 drivers of 2023. He was one of two not named Max Verstappen to win a race and he finished second to the Dutchman in the world championship. And yet, he’s not made the cut on ESPN’s list,

Open Extended Reactions McLaren CEO Zak Brown has raised concerns about the relationship between Red Bull and its junior team, AlphaTauri, as “something that needs to be addressed in the future”. Red Bull has owned two F1 teams since the mid-2000s — it bought the Jaguar team for the 2005 season, before purchasing Italian-based Minardi

Laurence Edmondson, F1 EditorDec 18, 2023, 10:55 AM ET Close • Joined ESPN in 2009• An FIA accredited F1 journalist since 2011 Open Extended Reactions Construction of a new Red Bull wind tunnel will get underway next year, team principal Christian Horner has confirmed, with the team hoping to have it up and running by 2026. The

Laurence Edmondson, F1 EditorDec 17, 2023, 08:27 AM ET Close • Joined ESPN in 2009• An FIA accredited F1 journalist since 2011 Open Extended Reactions Ferrari team principal Fred Vasseur used the word “embarrassing” to sum up the saga surrounding the FIA’s recent compliance investigation into F1 power couple Susie and Toto Wolff. Last week, F1’s governing

Open Extended Reactions The Alfa Romeo Formula One team will race with the official name of Kick Sauber for the 2024 and 2025 seasons, the entry list for the next F1 season has revealed. Alfa Romeo has been the title partner of Sauber’s long-established F1 team since 2019 in a deal which expired with the

Associated Press Dec 15, 2023, 12:45 PM ET Open Extended Reactions INDIANAPOLIS — A.J. Foyt Racing has named Sting Ray Robb as the driver of the No. 41 Chevrolet next season in the IndyCar Series. The 22-year-old Robb is entering his second year in the series and will drive a Chevy for the first time

Dec 15, 2023, 05:30 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Red Bull‘s world championship winning Formula One team has demonstrated its pit stop prowess by completing a stop in pitch black conditions in just 2.84 seconds. Until this year’s Qatar Grand Prix, Red Bull held the world record for the fastest ever F1 pit stop at

Open Extended Reactions Former Ferrari boss and FIA president Jean Todt said the result of the controversial 2008 Singapore Grand Prix should have been scratched out as soon as wrongdoing first emerged. That 2008 race became known as ‘Crashgate’ when, a year later, it emerged Renault had instructed Nelson Piquet Jr to crash, which helped

Open Extended Reactions Former FIA president Jean Todt has said he’s not surprised to have been criticised by his successor, Mohammed Ben Sulayem, and has disputed some of the claims made by the current FIA president. Earlier this year, Ben Sulyaem claimed there were budget issues for the FIA, saying: “There was a financial issue

Dec 13, 2023, 06:26 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Davide Brivio joined Alpine in 2021. Photo by Rudy Carezzevoli – Formula 1/Formula Motorsport Limited via Getty Images The Renault-owned Alpine Formula One team announced the departure of former racing director Davide Brivio on Tuesday, amid speculation the Italian was heading back to MotoGP. Brivio joined Alpine

Associated Press Dec 12, 2023, 09:16 AM ET Open Extended Reactions INDIANAPOLIS — Chip Ganassi Racing on Tuesday said DHL Express will be the primary sponsor for two-time IndyCar champion Alex Palou in a multiyear partnership that ends DHL’s long partnership with Andretti Global. DHL, a global shipping and logistics giant, had been a main

Laurence Edmondson, F1 EditorDec 8, 2023, 05:08 AM ET Close • Joined ESPN in 2009• An FIA accredited F1 journalist since 2011 Open Extended Reactions Entirely subjective, often controversial and always tough to pick, ESPN’s end-of-season top ten ranking is back to mark the end of another year in F1. This list should not be read as

Dec 8, 2023, 05:39 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Formula One’s governing body shelved a probe of F1 power couple Toto and Susie Wolff on Thursday, saying it was satisfied with existing compliance measures and was not investigating any individual. The FIA caused a stir on Tuesday when it announced it was looking into media