Laurence Edmondson, F1 EditorJun 30, 2024, 01:26 PM ET Close • Joined ESPN in 2009• An FIA accredited F1 journalist since 2011 Open Extended Reactions SPIELBERG, Austria — George Russell said he nearly crashed out of the lead of the Austrian Grand Prix when Mercedes’ team boss Toto Wolff screamed his encouragement to him over his pit-to-car
Month: June 2024
Jun 29, 2024, 04:40 PM ET Open Extended Reactions McLaren’s protest was dismissed by stewards. Photo by Clive Rose/Getty Images SPIELBERG, Austria — McLaren’s attempt to protest the results of qualifying at the Austrian Grand Prix has been dismissed by the stewards as it was deemed to be inadmissible. The team attempted to protest the results
Associated Press Jun 29, 2024, 08:19 PM ET Open Extended Reactions NASHVILLE, Tenn. — John Hunter Nemechek took the lead off a restart on lap 142 and drove away for the win at the NASCAR Xfinity Series race Saturday for his 11th career victory. The 2021 trucks series regular season champ led 76 of 188
Laurence Edmondson, F1 EditorJun 29, 2024, 01:20 PM ET Close • Joined ESPN in 2009• An FIA accredited F1 journalist since 2011 Open Extended Reactions SPIELBERG, Austria — Oscar Piastri labelled his deleted lap time during Austrian Grand Prix qualifying as “embarrassing” for Formula One as the debate over the issue of track limits resurfaced on Saturday.
Jun 27, 2024, 11:41 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Daniel Ricciardo is out of contract with RB at the end of the season. (Photo by Qian Jun/MB Media/Getty Images) Daniel Ricciardo said Red Bull had given him no ultimatum as pressure mounts on the Australian to save his RB seat in Formula One. Ricciardo is out
Jun 27, 2024, 01:12 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Williams announced a list of top technical hires from rival Formula One teams on Thursday including Matt Harman who was previously technical director at Renault-owned Alpine. Harman will join after the August shutdown as design director while Richard Frith, also ex-Alpine, arrives next year as head
Laurence Edmondson, F1 EditorJun 28, 2024, 10:52 AM ET Close • Joined ESPN in 2009• An FIA accredited F1 journalist since 2011 Open Extended Reactions SPIELBERG, Austria — Red Bull team principal Christian Horner insists his relationship with Max Verstappen remains “very strong,” despite a new war of words with the reigning champion’s father, Jos. Ahead of
ESPN News Services Jun 27, 2024, 01:30 PM ET Open Extended Reactions RICHMOND, Va. — NHRA great John Force, hospitalized since Sunday’s fiery crash at more than 300 mph, has been moved to the neurological intensive care unit so doctors can focus on his head injury, his racing team said in a statement Thursday. The
Jun 27, 2024, 03:29 PM ET Open Extended Reactions The world’s first hydrogen race series, Extreme H, unveiled its new car on Thursday with a fresh focus on green technology and a shift away from racing in remote locations to raise awareness of climate change. Extreme E, its predecessor, had aimed to promote sustainability and
Laurence Edmondson, F1 EditorJun 27, 2024, 11:15 AM ET Close • Joined ESPN in 2009• An FIA accredited F1 journalist since 2011 Open Extended Reactions SPIELBERG, Austria — After months of speculation over his future, Max Verstappen has confirmed he will remain at Red Bull in 2025, ruling out a switch to rivals Mercedes. Verstappen has a
Laurence Edmondson, F1 EditorJun 27, 2024, 04:34 AM ET Close • Joined ESPN in 2009• An FIA accredited F1 journalist since 2011 Open Extended Reactions Pierre Gasly is extending his contract at Alpine beyond 2025. Kym Illman/Getty Images Alpine has confirmed Pierre Gasly will remain at the team long-term after agreeing an extension to his contract. Gasly will
Austin Lindberg, Senior EditorJun 26, 2024, 02:25 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Pecco Bagnaia is the two-time defending MotoGP world champion, and looking to make it three straight in 2024. MARCO BERTORELLO/AFP via Getty Images Pecco Bagnaia isn’t the type of character to demand your attention, but he deserves it. He certainly deserves a bit more
Jun 26, 2024, 06:08 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Red Bull believe the battle between Max Verstappen and Lando Norris will be tight at the Austrian Grand Prix. Lars Baron/Getty Images Red Bull will be wary of McLaren’s Lando Norris at a home Austrian Grand Prix that Max Verstappen has dominated in the past but this
Laurence Edmondson, F1 EditorJun 24, 2024, 02:10 PM ET Close • Joined ESPN in 2009• An FIA accredited F1 journalist since 2011 Open Extended Reactions Formula One races are being decided by increasingly small margins this season. The performance between the top few cars has been so close that single factors — such as race starts, safety
Jun 23, 2024, 03:34 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Lewis Hamilton enjoyed a return to the Formula One podium with Mercedes on Sunday but said his best result of the season and the team’s improvement did not make him regret his move to Ferrari next year. The seven-time world champion finished third at Barcelona’s Circuit
Open Extended Reactions Mick Schumacher will do a Formula One test with Alpine next week as the French team continues to mull over its 2025 driver lineup. Schumacher, son of seven-time world champion Michael, raced for Haas in 2021 and 2022 and is now a reserve driver for the Mercedes team. The German driver is
Associated Press Jun 25, 2024, 12:06 AM ET RICHMOND, Va. — NHRA great John Force remained hospitalized in intensive care Monday, one day after a fiery, 300 mph crash in the Virginia Nationals at Virginia Motorsports Park. John Force Racing said in a statement Monday night that the 75-year-old Force was still in a Virginia
Jun 23, 2024, 04:02 PM ET Open Extended Reactions McLaren had a quick car in Sunday’s Spanish Grand Prix, the quickest according to some rivals, but Max Verstappen once again made the difference, Red Bull boss Christian Horner said. Triple Formula One world champion Verstappen took his seventh win in 10 races from second on
Open Extended Reactions Alpine have entered the race to sign Carlos Sainz for 2025, sources have confirmed to ESPN. Ahead of his home Spanish Grand Prix there were reports Sainz and Williams were about to confirm a deal, but that never materialised. Sainz had been weighing up the prospect of driving for Williams or Audi,
Associated Press Jun 23, 2024, 09:01 PM ET Open Extended Reactions MONTEREY, Calif. — Two-time IndyCar champion Álex Palou reclaimed the lead in the points standings by winning from the pole Sunday at Laguna Seca Raceway. Palou, now a two-time winner on the permanent road course, has finished on the podium in all four of
Associated Press Jun 23, 2024, 07:59 PM ET Open Extended Reactions NORTH DINWIDDIE, Va. — NHRA great John Force was alert before being taken to a medical facility after a fiery crash Sunday in the Virginia Nationals at Virginia Motorsports Park. During the first round of Funny Car eliminations, the engine exploded in the 75-year-old
BARCELONA, Spain — McLaren went from evacuating its hospitality unit to celebrating pole position on Saturday courtesy on Lando Norris, who made it happen with what he described as the best lap of his life. Norris pipped Red Bull’s Max Verstappen to pole by just 0.02 seconds, his first since the 2021 Russian Grand Prix.
Associated Press Jun 22, 2024, 07:05 PM ET Open Extended Reactions MONTEREY, Calif. — Two-time IndyCar champion Álex Palou continued his mastery of Laguna Seca Raceway by winning the pole Saturday in a qualifying session dominated by Honda drivers. It was the second pole of the season for the Chip Ganassi Racing driver who has
Associated Press Jun 22, 2024, 07:11 PM ET Open Extended Reactions LOUDON, N.H. — Christopher Bell used a three-wide, last-lap pass on Saturday to drive away and win the NASCAR Xfinity Series race for the fourth straight time at New Hampshire Motor Speedway. The 29-year-old Bell needed three extra laps on the 1.058-mile track but
Open Extended Reactions A fire broke out in a McLaren unit in Barcelona on Saturday morning. Getty BARCELONA, Spain — McLaren’s Formula One hospitality center at the Circuit de Catalunya has been evacuated after a fire broke out on Saturday morning. The fire, which started moments before the final practice session of the week got underway,
Open Extended Reactions Lewis Hamilton has called on British Grand Prix host Silverstone to make sure its rising ticket prices do not get more expensive for the average fan. Having welcomed 480,000 fans across the event in 2023, Silverstone has struggled to sell out this year’s event on July 7. In an interview with Autopsort,
BARCELONA, Spain — Mercedes have called upon police to investigate the source of an anonymous email accusing the F1 team of trying to deliberately sabotage Lewis Hamilton‘s car. The email, sent to the same list of F1 representatives that received a leak of messages purportedly linked to the Christian Horner sexual misconduct investigation earlier this
Alanis King, Racing columnistJun 21, 2024, 09:57 AM ET Open Extended Reactions In his first full season in NASCAR, Shane van Gisbergen has claimed two victories the Xfinity Series. Meg Oliphant/Getty Images Last summer, three-time Australian Supercars champion Shane van Gisbergen shocked the NASCAR world by winning his debut in the top-level Cup Series. It was
Open Extended Reactions Carlos Sainz‘s decision over his future continues to delay the rest of the movement in Formula One’s driver market. Sainz, set to be replaced at Ferrari by Lewis Hamilton next year, is weighing up offers from Williams and Audi, who are taking over the Sauber project in 2026. “Carlos is the cork
Jun 20, 2024, 12:41 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Daniel Ricciardo wants to earn his seat in Formula One with Red Bull-owned RB next season and has said his eighth place in Canada had helped. The Italy-based team have already confirmed Japan’s Yuki Tsunoda for 2025 but have yet to say who will take the