Open Extended Reactions Daniel Ricciardo has struggled to start the 2024 season. Is his future in F1 under threat? Kym Illman/Getty Images Daniel Ricciardo‘s underwhelming start to the 2024 season has become one of Formula One‘s major talking points. The 34-year-old Australian’s return to Red Bull’s second team, known this year as Visa Cash App RB,
Month: March 2024
Alanis King, Racing columnistMar 28, 2024, 12:21 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Alanis King served as a spotter for Brad Perez’s No. 45 car at the NASCAR Xfinity Series race at Circuit of the Americas on Saturday. JR Houston It’s a clear Saturday afternoon in March, minutes before the start of the NASCAR Xfinity Series race
Mar 27, 2024, 02:51 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Former Haas boss Guenther Steiner said he was not surprised by the team’s stronger than expected start to the Formula One season and suggested they had deliberately talked down their prospects. New principal Ayao Komatsu warned before the Bahrain season-opener on March 2 that U.S.-owned Haas,
Mar 27, 2024, 03:27 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Max Verstappen would be top of Mercedes’ list of possible replacements for seven-time Formula One world champion Lewis Hamilton in 2025 if available, according to team boss Toto Wolff. The triple world champion has a contract with Red Bull until 2028 but his future at the
Open Extended Reactions MELBOURNE, Australia — Fernando Alonso‘s controversial penalty at the Australian Grand Prix, a result of the piece of driving that riled the Mercedes team he is a strong candidate to join in 2025, seemed like a classically bad bit of timing from the two-time world champion. Alonso was being chased by potential
Open Extended Reactions MELBOURNE, Australia — As he boarded his flight to Melbourne nine days ago, Carlos Sainz doubted he would be fit enough to race at the Australian Grand Prix, let alone win it. Sainz claimed a memorable victory on Sunday, just over two weeks on from surgery for appendicitis. The Ferrari driver overtook
Associated Press Mar 24, 2024, 03:48 PM ET Open Extended Reactions THERMAL, Calif. — A race meant for all-stars was fittingly won by Alex Palou. The two-time and reigning IndyCar champion won the Thermal $1 Million Challenge on Sunday in a rout. Palou dominated the three-day weekend — he was among the fastest drivers in
Associated Press Mar 24, 2024, 07:04 PM ET Open Extended Reactions AUSTIN, Texas — William Bryon started on pole and delivered a dominant drive Sunday to win NASCAR’s first road course race of the season at the Circuit of the Americas. The Daytona 500 winner snatched his second win of the season and delivered the
Laurence Edmondson, F1 EditorMar 24, 2024, 10:22 PM ET Close • Joined ESPN in 2009• An FIA accredited F1 journalist since 2011 Open Extended Reactions MELBOURNE, Australia — Christian Horner has dropped the biggest hint yet that Australian Grand Prix race winner Carlos Sainz is in the frame for a Red Bull drive next year. With Lewis
Open Extended Reactions MELBOURNE, Australia – Daniel Ricciardo’s underwhelming start to the season has become a major talking point in Formula One but the Australian said he is ignoring his critics and is sure a turnaround is coming soon. Editor’s Picks 1 Related While Tsunoda claimed valuable points for Red Bull’s junior team by finishing
Open Extended Reactions Both Mercedes did not finish the race with Lewis Hamilton retiring at the start and George Russell crashing on the penultimate lap. PAUL CROCK/AFP via Getty Images MELBOURNE, Australia – Aston Martin’s Fernando Alonso has been given a 20-second penalty for what the Australian Grand Prix stewards deemed an “unusual manoeuvre” which led
Mar 24, 2024, 06:15 AM ET Open Extended Reactions With Lewis Hamilton retiring early and George Russell crashing out late, Mercedes suffered their first double ‘Did Not Finish’ (DNF) at a Formula One race in over five years at the Australian Grand Prix on Sunday, piling on yet more early season gloom. Seven-time world champion
Associated Press Mar 23, 2024, 09:46 PM ET Open Extended Reactions THERMAL, Calif. — Felix Rosenqvist and Alex Palou will lead the field to green in Sunday morning’s pair of heat races that determine which 12 IndyCar drivers will advance into the exhibition Thermal $1 million Challenge. The made-for-TV all-star race of sorts will consist
Laurence Edmondson, F1 EditorMar 23, 2024, 04:40 AM ET Close • Joined ESPN in 2009• An FIA accredited F1 journalist since 2011 Open Extended Reactions MELBOURNE, Australia — Red Bull driver Sergio Perez has dropped from third to sixth on the Australian Grand Prix grid after being penalised for impeding Nico Hulkenberg during qualifying. Hulkenberg encountered Perez’s
Mar 23, 2024, 06:12 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Mercedes endured their worst qualifying session of the season at the Australian Grand Prix on Saturday, leaving seven-time world champion Lewis Hamilton crushed and team boss Toto Wolff seeing no hope of catching Red Bull in the short term. Hamilton was eliminated in Q2 to qualify
Laurence Edmondson, F1 EditorMar 22, 2024, 09:22 PM ET Close • Joined ESPN in 2009• An FIA accredited F1 journalist since 2011 Open Extended Reactions MELBOURNE, Australia — Williams team principal James Vowles insists he still has faith in Logan Sargeant despite his decision to sideline the American driver at this weekend’s Australian Grand Prix. Sargeant’s car
Mar 22, 2024, 12:10 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Sebastian Vettel retired from the sport at the end of the 2022 season. Getty Retired four-times Formula One world champion Sebastian Vettel is getting back behind the wheel to test a Porsche Penske Le Mans hypercar in Spain next week. The world endurance team said Vettel, a
Open Extended Reactions MELBOURNE, Australia — America’s Logan Sargeant will take no part in the Australian Grand Prix after Williams sacrificed his chassis for teammate Alex Albon, who damaged his own beyond repair on Friday. The controversial call followed Albon’s heavy crash in opening practice. Albon walked away unhurt but his car suffered extensive damage,
Laurence Edmondson, F1 EditorMar 21, 2024, 02:29 AM ET Close • Joined ESPN in 2009• An FIA accredited F1 journalist since 2011 Open Extended Reactions MELBOURNE, Australia — Just two weeks after he underwent surgery to remove his appendix, Carlos Sainz is set to return to the cockpit of his Ferrari Formula One car on Friday at
Laurence Edmondson, F1 EditorMar 21, 2024, 03:44 AM ET Close • Joined ESPN in 2009• An FIA accredited F1 journalist since 2011 Open Extended Reactions Seven-time world champion Lewis Hamilton has said it is becoming increasingly difficult for fans to trust Formula One’s governing body, the FIA, adding that its president Mohammed Ben Sulayem has never had
Laurence Edmondson, F1 EditorMar 21, 2024, 05:17 AM ET Close • Joined ESPN in 2009• An FIA accredited F1 journalist since 2011 Open Extended Reactions MELBOURNE, Australia — After weeks of speculation over Max Verstappen’s future at Red Bull, the reigning champion has said he intends to see out his contract until the end of 2028. Tensions
Open Extended Reactions F1 Academy boss Susie Wolff has filed a criminal complaint over the FIA’s short-lived investigation into her and husband Toto last year. Motor racing’s governing body last year announced an investigation over an alleged conflict of interest between Susie and Toto Wolff, boss of the Mercedes F1 team. – Unlapped: How to
Mar 20, 2024, 01:14 PM ET Open Extended Reactions FIA president Mohammed Ben Sulayem has been cleared of interfering in last year’s Formula One races in Saudi Arabia and Las Vegas, the sport’s governing body said on Wednesday after investigating whistleblower claims. The Emirati had faced whistleblower accusations he sought to prevent circuit approval ahead
Mar 19, 2024, 07:57 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Formula 1 driver Pierre Gasly is veering off the track and into the football world after investing in French third division club FC Versailles. “I’m delighted to be joining FC Versailles because I’ve always wanted to get involved in professional football,” said Gasly, who drives for
Ryan McGee, ESPN Senior WriterMar 18, 2024, 12:56 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 Drivers saw extreme tire wear during Sunday’s Food City 500 at Bristol Motor Speedway. Jeff Robinson/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Everyone has tried
Mar 16, 2024, 05:56 PM ET The Red Bull Formula One employee who accused team boss Christian Horner of inappropriate behaviour has lodged an appeal after her complaint was dismissed, the BBC and the PA news agency reported. The move is likely to keep the subject as a major talking point in Formula One and
Laurence Edmondson, F1 EditorMar 15, 2024, 09:06 AM ET Close • Joined ESPN in 2009• An FIA accredited F1 journalist since 2011 Open Extended Reactions Lewis Hamilton has finished in seventh and ninth in the first two grands prix of the 2024 season. GIUSEPPE CACACE/AFP via Getty Images For the third season in a row, Lewis Hamilton struggled
Ryan McGee, ESPN Senior WriterMar 13, 2024, 03:21 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 Christopher Bell won Sunday’s NASCAR Cup Series race in Phoenix by nearly 5½ seconds. Meg Oliphant/Getty Images It has been a few days
ESPN News Services Mar 11, 2024, 12:33 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Former Formula One driver Felipe Massa said on Monday he had filed a lawsuit in a London court against auto racing’s governing body FIA, series owner Formula One Management (FOM) and FOM’s former CEO Bernie Ecclestone amid his attempt to claim the 2008
Alex Kennedy Mar 9, 2024, 08:59 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Though there aren’t any big sports movies in contention at the Oscars this weekend, there’s an ongoing debate about the best examples of the genre in cinema history. What are the most-searched sports movies of all time in the United States? Since Google Trends