Ryan McGee, ESPN Senior WriterMay 21, 2024, 01:55 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 Kyle Larson will attempt the Double on Sunday, contesting the Indianapolis 500 before flying to Charlotte to take part in NASCAR’s Cola-Cola
Month: May 2024
Open Extended Reactions McLaren’s livery for the Monaco Grand Prix weekend is a tribute to legendary driver Ayrton Senna. McLaren Racing McLaren has unveiled the green, yellow and blue livery scheme it will run at the Monaco Grand Prix as a tribute to Ayrton Senna. McLaren’s car will carry the new look, as well as the
May 19, 2024, 04:12 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Max Verstappen won the Emilia-Romagna Grand Prix by just 0.725 seconds. Luca Bruno / POOL / AFP Max Verstappen celebrated a double win on Sunday, taking the Emilia-Romagna Grand Prix for Red Bull after earlier being on the triumphant team for a virtual endurance race. The triple
Associated Press May 20, 2024, 12:32 PM ET Open Extended Reactions INDIANAPOLIS — Hall of Fame outfielder Ken Griffey Jr. will drive the pace car for the 108th running of the Indianapolis 500 on Sunday. Griffey has attended “The Greatest Spectacle in Racing” in his second career as a photographer, but now his job will
Open Extended Reactions IMOLA, Italy — Red Bull boss Christian Horner feels Max Verstappen’s unique double victory in real life and in a virtual sim race over the weekend shows the type of competitor he is. Verstappen held off a charging Lando Norris to win the Emilia-Romagna Grand Prix by just 0.7s on Sunday. –
Associated Press May 19, 2024, 06:32 PM ET Open Extended Reactions INDIANAPOLIS — Scott McLaughlin in the famed “Yellow Submarine” entry led a Team Penske sweep of the front row of Indianapolis 500 qualifying with a new track record Sunday around Indianapolis Motor Speedway. McLaughlin’s four-lap average of 234.220 mph broke the mark set by
May 19, 2024, 04:49 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Seven-time world champion Lewis Hamilton said Mercedes are in “no-man’s land” after he finished Sunday’s Emilia-Romagna Grand Prix in sixth place and 35 seconds behind Red Bull’s race winner Max Verstappen. Teammate George Russell finished seventh and Mercedes have fallen further behind in the Formula One
Open Extended Reactions IMOLA, Italy — Lando Norris never doubted Max Verstappen was the man to beat in qualifying for the Emilia-Romagna Grand Prix, despite the world champion’s scruffy start to the weekend. Verstappen had looked out of sorts throughout practice at Imola, with several off-track moments, but recovered on Saturday to claim a record-tying
Associated Press May 18, 2024, 08:33 PM ET Open Extended Reactions INDIANAPOLIS — Team Penske swept the top three spots in qualifying for the Indianapolis 500 on Saturday, with Will Power at the top of the list, giving a team under scrutiny a solid shot at winning the pole for “The Greatest Spectacle in Racing.”
ESPN News Services May 18, 2024, 01:48 PM ET Open Extended Reactions NASCAR star Kyle Larson aborted his first qualifying attempt for the Indianapolis 500 on Saturday but found the speed on his second try, averaging 232.563 mph on his four-lap run at Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Meanwhile, Rinus VeeKay‘s already challenging season took another twist
Open Extended Reactions IMOLA, Italy — Max Verstappen said Red Bull has work to do to maintain its big advantage over the rest of the field after a tough day of practice ahead of the Emilia-Romagna Grand Prix. Verstappen looked out of sorts with his Red Bull, which has upgrades ahead of this weekend’s race.
Associated Press May 17, 2024, 02:50 PM ET Open Extended Reactions INDIANAPOLIS — The Chevrolet-powered cars from Team Penske and Arrow McLaren were flying in Indianapolis 500 practice on Friday. Nolan Siegel was flying, too. The 19-year-old rookie brought Fast Friday to a halt at Indianapolis Motor Speedway when he spun coming out of Turn
Associated Press May 17, 2024, 04:28 PM ET Open Extended Reactions NORTH WILKESBORO, N.C. — The NASCAR All-Star Race is staying in North Wilkesboro. North Wilkesboro Speedway officials announced Friday that the short track will host the annual $1 million exhibition race for the third straight year on May 18, 2025. The announcement comes as
Laurence Edmondson, F1 EditorMay 17, 2024, 08:29 AM ET Close • Joined ESPN in 2009• An FIA accredited F1 journalist since 2011 Open Extended Reactions IMOLA, Italy — Lewis Hamilton has backed teenage driver Andrea Kimi Antonelli to replace him at Mercedes next year. Hamilton will move from Mercedes to Ferrari at the end of this season,
Associated Press May 16, 2024, 11:18 PM ET CONCORD, N.C. — Eddie Gossage, the longtime head of Texas Motor Speedway and an old-school promoter mentored by stock car racing pioneers, has died at the age of 65, Speedway Motorsports announced Thursday night. “Today we have lost one of the world’s biggest race fans,” Speedway Motorsports
May 16, 2024, 04:23 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Lando Norris discovered another reward of becoming a Formula One winner after he was unable to start his classic Lamborghini on the streets of Monte Carlo and fans came to the rescue. The 24-year-McLaren driver, who celebrated his first F1 victory in Miami on May 5,
May 16, 2024, 07:45 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Adrian Newey will be leaving Red Bull after nearly 20 years with the team in 2025. Mark Thompson/Getty Images Adrian Newey has admitted that he would be open to join another Formula One team following his decision to leave Red Bull in 2025. Earlier this month, the
Associated Press May 14, 2024, 04:49 PM ET Open Extended Reactions INDIANAPOLIS — Josef Newgarden is focused only on defending his Indianapolis 500 victory. If the recent Team Penske cheating scandal has stained his reputation, the two-time IndyCar champion doesn’t seem to care. It was business as usual for Newgarden on Tuesday’s opening day at
Associated Press May 15, 2024, 11:32 AM ET Open Extended Reactions INDIANAPOLIS — Jordin Sparks, the singer-songwriter who shot to stardom on “American Idol,” will perform the national anthem before the 108th running of the Indianapolis 500 on Memorial Day weekend. Sparks also performed the anthem before “The Greatest Spectacle in Racing” in 2015. “We
Ryan McGee, ESPN Senior WriterMay 15, 2024, 09:44 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 Foundation repair begins on frontstretch grandstands at North Wilkesboro Speedway in North Carolina. @NWBSpeedway Tuesday, March 26, was supposed to be a routine
Open Extended Reactions Alex Albon said Williams’ long-term ambitions encouraged him to sign a contract extension. Qian Jun/MB Media/Getty Images Alex Albon has signed a two-year extension with Williams to keep him at the team until the 2027 Formula One season. The deal takes the highly-rated Albon, who’s previous deal ran until the end of 2025,
ESPN News Services May 14, 2024, 06:18 PM ET Open Extended Reactions INDIANAPOLIS — NASCAR star Kyle Larson, the fifth driver in history to attempt to run the Indy 500 and the Coca-Cola 600 on the same day, was able to turn only two laps before opening day at Indianapolis Motor Speedway was halted and
Associated Press May 14, 2024, 10:47 AM ET Open Extended Reactions INDIANAPOLIS — Jimmie Johnson will attempt his own version of “The Double” when he becomes the first driver to be part of the Indianapolis 500 broadcast team hours before he competes in NASCAR’s Coca-Cola 600. Johnson, who ran the Indy 500 in 2022, was
Open Extended Reactions Two Mercedes employees will follow Lewis Hamilton to Ferrari, with the Italian outfit appointing former F1 driver Jerome d’Ambrosio as deputy team boss. D’Ambrosio, who raced for the Marussia and Lotus teams in 2011 and 2012 respectively, had been working at Mercedes as Driver Development Director since last year. – Unlapped: How
ESPN News Services May 13, 2024, 10:49 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Callum Ilott will take over the No. 6 Arrow McLaren car for the Indianapolis 500, the team announced Monday. The expected move became official after Ilott drove the car for April’s open test on Indianapolis Motor Speedway’s 2.5-mile oval. Ilott will look to
Associated Press May 11, 2024, 06:21 PM ET Open Extended Reactions INDIANAPOLIS — Alex Palou won a three-car battle among the leaders on his final pit stop and then Will Power into the first turn on the Indianapolis Grand Prix’s only restart Saturday before pulling away for his second straight win in the race. Palou,
Laurence Edmondson, F1 EditorMay 10, 2024, 08:41 AM ET Close • Joined ESPN in 2009• An FIA accredited F1 journalist since 2011 Open Extended Reactions The path to victories in Formula One is a long and grueling one. Just ask Lando Norris, who finally secured his first F1 win last Sunday on his 110th attempt. From the
May 9, 2024, 09:12 AM ET Open Extended Reactions McLaren can mount a Formula One championship challenge next season after taking the fight to Red Bull in 2024, Lando Norris said on Thursday as the team celebrated his first Grand Prix victory. The Briton’s win in Miami on Sunday was McLaren’s first since Australian Daniel
Associated Press May 10, 2024, 06:13 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Two-time IndyCar champion Álex Palou became the fourth different pole winner through four IndyCar races this season with his Friday run at Indianapolis Motor Speedway. It was Palou’s first pole on the Indy road course and the first this season for Chip Ganassi Racing.
Open Extended Reactions Ferrari has completed a test of two different tyre guard concepts aimed at reducing spray from Formula One cars in wet conditions. On Thursday at its Fiorano test facility the Italian team tested solutions which covered the front and rear tyres. One concept was solid, blocking the view of the tyres underneath