Month: September 2024

Marshall Pruett, Racing columnistSep 18, 2024, 04:22 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Álex Palou claimed his third IndyCar championship in four years on Sunday in Nashville, establishing himself among the series’ all-time greats. Penske Entertainment: James Black He arrived from Spain by way of Japan and rocked American open-wheel racing. In five fast years, Álex Palou
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Oscar Piastri‘s haul of points from winning last weekend’s Azerbaijan Grand Prix saw McLaren snatch the lead from Red Bull in the constuctors’ championship, and the Formula 1 season now makes its way to the humid climes of the Singapore Grand Prix. McLaren have only won on Singapore’s streets once, when the country hosted its
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Open Extended Reactions Max Verstappen ‘s race engineer Gianpiero Lambiase will step up into a more senior role at Red Bull as part of a restructure to replace outgoing sporting director Jonathan Wheatley. Wheatley will join Sauber as team principal in early 2025, a year before it becomes Audi. Editor’s Picks 2 Related Red Bull
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Laurence Edmondson, F1 EditorSep 18, 2024, 02:25 AM ET Close • Joined ESPN in 2009• An FIA accredited F1 journalist since 2011 Open Extended Reactions Mercedes’ livery has been described as incredible by Lewis Hamilton. Mercedes Mercedes will run a one-off livery at this weekend’s Singapore Grand Prix. The car will be predominantly green in recognition of the
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Sep 15, 2024, 01:50 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Argentine rookie Franco Colapinto said he hoped he had demonstrated he deserved to be in Formula 1 after scoring his first points for Williams at the Azerbaijan Grand Prix on Sunday. Brought in to replace dropped American Logan Sargeant, the 21-year-old finished eighth in only his
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Sep 15, 2024, 02:34 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Oscar Piastri hailed his Azerbaijan Grand Prix victory as his best yet after soaking up relentless pressure from Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc to put McLaren top of the Formula 1 standings. Passing pole-sitter Leclerc on the 20th lap in Baku, the 23-year-old Australian defended lap after lap
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Laurence Edmondson, F1 EditorSep 16, 2024, 05:41 AM ET Close • Joined ESPN in 2009• An FIA accredited F1 journalist since 2011 Open Extended Reactions Preseason testing for the 2025 Formula 1 season will take place in Bahrain across three days in late February next year. For the first time since 2020, Bahrain will not host the
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Laurence Edmondson, F1 EditorSep 16, 2024, 06:06 AM ET Close • Joined ESPN in 2009• An FIA accredited F1 journalist since 2011 Open Extended Reactions Lando Norris said an “unfair” yellow flag during qualifying ruined his entire Azerbaijan Grand Prix weekend and cost him crucial points in his title battle with Max Verstappen. The McLaren driver recovered
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Laurence Edmondson, F1 EditorSep 16, 2024, 03:36 AM ET Close • Joined ESPN in 2009• An FIA accredited F1 journalist since 2011 Open Extended Reactions Red Bull team principal Christian Horner believes rivals McLaren could still face “confusion” and “headaches” over team orders before the end of the season. McLaren unseated Red Bull at the top of
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Orange 1 FFF Racing team’s Denis Linde loses control of his car and the race lead as the Ferrari flies into the wall during the Total 24 hours of Spa 2020. GT World is the official YouTube channel for SRO Motorsports Group, the global leader in GT racing. Join us for live and uninterrupted coverage
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Associated Press Sep 15, 2024, 05:36 PM ET Open Extended Reactions LEBANON, Tenn. — Álex Palou easily drove to his third IndyCar championship in four years when challenger Will Power‘s seatbelt came loose minutes into the season-deciding finale Sunday at Nashville Superspeedway. Colton Herta, who earlier this year moved to Nashville, won the Music City
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Sep 15, 2024, 12:10 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Red Bull have gone from hunted to hunters in the Formula One constructors’ championship and will “throw everything” into regaining the lead from McLaren, team boss Christian Horner said on Sunday. Red Bull have led the championship since 2022 and enjoyed the most dominant season on
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Laurence Edmondson, F1 EditorSep 15, 2024, 03:53 AM ET Close • Joined ESPN in 2009• An FIA accredited F1 journalist since 2011 Open Extended Reactions BAKU, Azerbaijan — Lewis Hamilton is set to start Sunday’s Azerbaijan Grand Prix from the pit lane after a new engine was fitted to his Mercedes overnight. Editor’s Picks 2 Related Hamilton
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Laurence Edmondson, F1 EditorSep 14, 2024, 02:11 PM ET Close • Joined ESPN in 2009• An FIA accredited F1 journalist since 2011 Open Extended Reactions George Russell escaped a grid penalty at the Azerbaijan Grand Prix after the stewards investigated a potential yellow flag infringement involving the Mercedes driver during qualifying. Russell qualified fifth for Sunday’s race
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Laurence Edmondson, F1 EditorSep 14, 2024, 11:24 AM ET Close • Joined ESPN in 2009• An FIA accredited F1 journalist since 2011 Open Extended Reactions McLaren has questioned whether the yellow flag that ruined Lando Norris‘ qualifying performance at the Azerbaijan Grand Prix needed to be shown. Norris was on his second run in the opening session
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Sep 14, 2024, 03:45 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Christian Horner told an FIA news conference at the Azerbaijan Grand Prix on Friday that he is in favour of replacing the regular post-season young driver test in Abu Dhabi with a non-championship 10-car sprint race for rookies. The Red Bull team boss said that he
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Encouraged by the success of the Blancpain Endurance Series, world-renowned Swiss watch manufacture Blancpain and the SRO Motorsports Group decide at the end of 2013 to extend their partnership to the Sprint series, previously promoted as the FIA GT Series, offering teams and drivers the opportunity to compete for an overall Blancpain GT Series title,
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Laurence Edmondson, F1 EditorSep 13, 2024, 12:03 PM ET Close • Joined ESPN in 2009• An FIA accredited F1 journalist since 2011 Open Extended Reactions BAKU, Azerbaijan — Lando Norris said that he believes McLaren is “a long way off” the pace of rival teams Red Bull, Ferrari and Mercedes after Friday practice for this weekend’s Azerbaijan
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Associated Press Sep 12, 2024, 05:14 PM ET Open Extended Reactions NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Santino Ferrucci signed a contract extension with AJ Foyt Racing on Thursday that will pair him with David Malukas next season on the resurgent team. The Foyt team has shown considerable progress this year under an alliance with Team Penske, and
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A steward races onto the track to remove a pieces of debris and gets praise from the commentator during the 2017 Blancpain Gt Series Endurance Cup in Barcelona. GT World is the official YouTube channel for SRO Motorsports Group, the global leader in GT racing. Join us for live and uninterrupted coverage of major events,
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Associated Press Sep 12, 2024, 08:06 PM ET Open Extended Reactions NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Firestone will continue as the only tire supplier for all IndyCar racing under a long-term extension between Bridgestone America and Penske Entertainment. The length of the deal announced Thursday was not detailed. But the agreement will keep Firestone as the only
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Laurence Edmondson, F1 EditorSep 12, 2024, 11:37 AM ET Close • Joined ESPN in 2009• An FIA accredited F1 journalist since 2011 Open Extended Reactions Max Verstappen has downplayed the link between Adrian Newey’s departure from Red Bull and his car’s dip in competitiveness. Newey, who has confirmed he will join Aston Martin next year, announced he
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