Month: June 2024

Jun 20, 2024, 07:45 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Mercedes’ recent performance breakthrough left the Formula One team wondering how they had been so “dumb” in not understanding the car’s problems sooner, according to the team’s technical director James Allison. George Russell took pole position in Canada on June 8 and finished third for the

Jun 19, 2024, 12:16 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Canada’s thrilling race livened up the 2024 season, and Formula One heads to Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya for race 10. Spain marks the start of the triple header, and a return to Europe with Austria and the British Grand Prix to follow. Formula One first came to

Associated Press Jun 18, 2024, 03:21 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Arrow McLaren made yet another driver change Tuesday when it signed 19-year-old Nolan Siegel to drive the remainder of the IndyCar season. He will be the third driver to race the No. 6 this year. Siegel will replace F2 champion Théo Pourchaire beginning this

Jun 18, 2024, 02:35 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Brad Pitt is set to star as an F1 driver making a comeback. Lisa O’Connor/Variety via Getty Images Brad Pitt’s as-yet unnamed Formula One movie will be released globally on June 25 next year, with a North American debut two days later, F1 and Apple Original Films

Laurence Edmondson, F1 EditorJun 17, 2024, 11:26 AM ET Close • Joined ESPN in 2009• An FIA accredited F1 journalist since 2011 Open Extended Reactions Writing Formula One‘s rule book is a thankless task. On the one hand, you have the objectives of 10 warring teams, six image-conscious engine manufacturers and tens of millions of fans; and

Jun 16, 2024, 12:02 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Ferrari won the 24 Hours of Le Mans for the second year in a row on Sunday after a battle with Toyota to the finish of the 92nd edition of the endurance race. Almost out of fuel and on a wet track, Denmark’s Nicklas Nielsen took

Laurence Edmondson, F1 EditorJun 14, 2024, 12:51 PM ET Close • Joined ESPN in 2009• An FIA accredited F1 journalist since 2011 Open Extended Reactions Andrea Kimi Antonelli is the leading candidate for Mercedes’ vacant seat in 2025. Getty The minimum age at which a driver can compete in Formula One has been lowered from 18 to 17,

Associated Press Jun 13, 2024, 09:26 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Fox Sports has acquired the rights to broadcast IndyCar starting in 2025, a move that gives the network two of the biggest races in the world with the Indianapolis 500 and NASCAR’s Daytona 500. Fox Sports already broadcasts the first half of the NASCAR

Marshall Pruett, Racing columnistJun 13, 2024, 09:35 AM ET Open Extended Reactions The Penske Porsche Motorsport entry, fore, is made up of a team split between North Carolina and Germany. James Moy Photography/Getty Images If the FIFA World Cup has a sporting relative in motor racing, it’s the 24 Hours of Le Mans. The annual mid-June

Laurence Edmondson, F1 EditorJun 9, 2024, 09:58 PM ET Close • Joined ESPN in 2009• An FIA accredited F1 journalist since 2011 Open Extended Reactions MONTREAL — If Max Verstappen secures his fourth Formula One world championship with multiple races remaining at the end of this year, it might be easy to forget just how hard he

Laurence Edmondson, F1 EditorJun 9, 2024, 06:15 PM ET Close • Joined ESPN in 2009• An FIA accredited F1 journalist since 2011 Open Extended Reactions Lewis Hamilton said his result was one of the worst of his career when the car has been competitive. Chris Graythen/Getty Images MONTREAL, Canada — Lewis Hamilton ranked his performance at the Canadian

Associated Press Jun 9, 2024, 06:25 PM ET Open Extended Reactions ELKHART LAKE, Wis. — Will Power pondered retirement last year as his wife battled a near deadly staph infection that had the Australian wondering if he needed to focus on his family’s future. “She almost died,” Power said. “You start thinking, ‘Yeah, I’m going

Laurence Edmondson, F1 EditorJun 9, 2024, 06:37 PM ET Close • Joined ESPN in 2009• An FIA accredited F1 journalist since 2011 Open Extended Reactions MONTREAL, Canada — Max Verstappen revealed a groundhog nearly cost him victory at the Canadian Grand Prix when it crossed the track in front of his car on lap 32 of the

Jun 10, 2024, 11:14 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Fans made their way onto the track at the Canadian Grand Prix. Qian Jun/MB Media/Getty Images The Canadian Grand Prix promoter has said it will investigate and take action after spectators invaded the track before the end of Sunday’s Formula One race at Montreal’s Circuit Gilles Villeneuve.

Laurence Edmondson, F1 EditorJun 10, 2024, 11:42 AM ET Close • Joined ESPN in 2009• An FIA accredited F1 journalist since 2011 Open Extended Reactions MONTREAL, Canada — Esteban Ocon described Alpine’s team orders at the end of the Canadian Grand Prix as “unexplainable,” insisting he is the “nice guy” in an increasingly tense and difficult situation

Ryan McGee, ESPN Senior WriterJun 10, 2024, 10:40 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 Tony Stewart’s Stewart-Haas Racing will cease operations at the end of the season. Jared C. Tilton/Getty Images Racers, start your valuations. After months

Jun 10, 2024, 03:28 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Sergio Perez retired in the pits in Sunday’s Canadian GP in Montreal. Getty Sergio Perez will have a three-place grid penalty at the next Formula One race in Spain after the Mexican drove his car in an unsafe condition at Sunday’s Canadian Grand Prix. The offence also

Jun 9, 2024, 06:52 PM ET Open Extended Reactions George Russell secured his second career pole position on Saturday. Qian Jun/MB Media/Getty Images George Russell secured Mercedes their first podium of the Formula One season in Canada on Sunday but the Briton said he should have done better than third and it was a “missed opportunity.”

Associated Press Jun 9, 2024, 03:56 PM ET Open Extended Reactions ELKHART LAKE, Wis. — Jamie Chadwick became the third woman to win an Indy NXT race and the first to accomplish the feat on a road course when she led for all 20 laps Sunday at Road America. Indy NXT is the final step

MONTREAL, Canada — Charles Leclerc was at a loss to explain Ferrari’s lack of pace during qualifying at the Canadian Grand Prix, saying his car simply did not have enough grip to compete for a place in the top ten. Two weeks ago, Leclerc won the Monaco Grand Prix from pole position but will start

Laurence Edmondson, F1 EditorJun 8, 2024, 07:10 PM ET Close • Joined ESPN in 2009• An FIA accredited F1 journalist since 2011 Open Extended Reactions MONTREAL, Canada — George Russell is confident he can hold off Max Verstappen to secure Mercedes’ first victory since 2022 at Sunday’s Canadian Grand Prix. Russell and Verstappen clocked identical lap times

Laurence Edmondson, F1 EditorJun 8, 2024, 03:30 PM ET Close • Joined ESPN in 2009• An FIA accredited F1 journalist since 2011 Open Extended Reactions MONTREAL, Canada — Yuki Tsunoda will stay at RB in 2025 after Red Bull’s junior team confirmed it had taken up an option to retain the Japanese driver for another season. Tsunoda

Laurence Edmondson, F1 EditorJun 7, 2024, 04:04 PM ET Close • Joined ESPN in 2009• An FIA accredited F1 journalist since 2011 Open Extended Reactions Max Verstappen’s drivers’ championship lead has narrowed to 31 points. Marco Canoniero/LightRocket via Getty Images MONTREAL, Canada — Mercedes’ technical director James Allison believes championship leaders Red Bull may have made a step

Associated Press Jun 7, 2024, 04:12 PM ET ELKHART LAKE, Wis. — Agustin Canapino has taken a leave of absence from IndyCar following his rejection that rival driver Théo Pourchaire had received death threats from Canapino fans over an on-track incident between the two. Canapino will not race this weekend at Road America in Wisconsin,

Laurence Edmondson, F1 EditorJun 7, 2024, 09:41 AM ET Close • Joined ESPN in 2009• An FIA accredited F1 journalist since 2011 Open Extended Reactions McLaren Racing CEO Zak Brown has had a second tattoo of a race circuit inked on his body, this time to commemorate Lando Norris‘ first Grand Prix victory in Miami last month.

Jun 7, 2024, 05:10 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Formula One is debuting its first generative AI-designed trophy at the Canadian Grand Prix but, novelty and sponsorship aside, the importance of artificial intelligence (AI) for speed and strategy is growing stronger all the time. The various software systems are helping cars go faster and helping

Jun 6, 2024, 06:22 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Esteban Ocon has one F1 career win at the 2021 Hungarian Grand Prix, with Alpine. Jure Makovec/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images One mistake is not the reason he lost his seat at struggling Formula One outfit Alpine, Esteban Ocon said on Thursday, insisting there were no hard

Associated Press Jun 6, 2024, 01:09 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Arrow McLaren has ended its IndyCar partnership with Juncos Hollinger Racing after one of McLaren’s drivers said he had received death threats. Théo Pourchaire said he received online threats after making contact with Juncos Hollinger driver Agustin Canapino during the Detroit Grand Prix last

Apr 22, 2024, 09:46 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Unlapped is ESPN’s Formula One show. Join our host Katie George and ESPN’s F1 writers Nate Saunders and Laurence Edmondson as they geek out about F1 and the personalities behind it. Each Unlapped episode will serve both the new F1 fan and the seasoned motorhead. We’ve

Jun 5, 2024, 08:15 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Alpine’s Australian reserve driver Jack Doohan will replace Esteban Ocon in Friday’s first practice session in this week’s Canadian Grand Prix, the Renault-owned Formula One team said. Alpine announced on Monday that Ocon, who collided with teammate Pierre Gasly at the last race in Monaco and