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Open Extended Reactions McLaren CEO Zak Brown has raised concerns about the relationship between Red Bull and its junior team, AlphaTauri, as “something that needs to be addressed in the future”. Red Bull has owned two F1 teams since the mid-2000s — it bought the Jaguar team for the 2005 season, before purchasing Italian-based Minardi

Laurence Edmondson, F1 EditorDec 18, 2023, 10:55 AM ET Close • Joined ESPN in 2009• An FIA accredited F1 journalist since 2011 Open Extended Reactions Construction of a new Red Bull wind tunnel will get underway next year, team principal Christian Horner has confirmed, with the team hoping to have it up and running by 2026. The

Laurence Edmondson, F1 EditorDec 17, 2023, 08:27 AM ET Close • Joined ESPN in 2009• An FIA accredited F1 journalist since 2011 Open Extended Reactions Ferrari team principal Fred Vasseur used the word “embarrassing” to sum up the saga surrounding the FIA’s recent compliance investigation into F1 power couple Susie and Toto Wolff. Last week, F1’s governing

Open Extended Reactions The Alfa Romeo Formula One team will race with the official name of Kick Sauber for the 2024 and 2025 seasons, the entry list for the next F1 season has revealed. Alfa Romeo has been the title partner of Sauber’s long-established F1 team since 2019 in a deal which expired with the

Associated Press Dec 15, 2023, 12:45 PM ET Open Extended Reactions INDIANAPOLIS — A.J. Foyt Racing has named Sting Ray Robb as the driver of the No. 41 Chevrolet next season in the IndyCar Series. The 22-year-old Robb is entering his second year in the series and will drive a Chevy for the first time

Dec 15, 2023, 05:30 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Red Bull‘s world championship winning Formula One team has demonstrated its pit stop prowess by completing a stop in pitch black conditions in just 2.84 seconds. Until this year’s Qatar Grand Prix, Red Bull held the world record for the fastest ever F1 pit stop at

Open Extended Reactions Former Ferrari boss and FIA president Jean Todt said the result of the controversial 2008 Singapore Grand Prix should have been scratched out as soon as wrongdoing first emerged. That 2008 race became known as ‘Crashgate’ when, a year later, it emerged Renault had instructed Nelson Piquet Jr to crash, which helped

Open Extended Reactions Former FIA president Jean Todt has said he’s not surprised to have been criticised by his successor, Mohammed Ben Sulayem, and has disputed some of the claims made by the current FIA president. Earlier this year, Ben Sulyaem claimed there were budget issues for the FIA, saying: “There was a financial issue

Dec 13, 2023, 06:26 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Davide Brivio joined Alpine in 2021. Photo by Rudy Carezzevoli – Formula 1/Formula Motorsport Limited via Getty Images The Renault-owned Alpine Formula One team announced the departure of former racing director Davide Brivio on Tuesday, amid speculation the Italian was heading back to MotoGP. Brivio joined Alpine

Associated Press Dec 12, 2023, 09:16 AM ET Open Extended Reactions INDIANAPOLIS — Chip Ganassi Racing on Tuesday said DHL Express will be the primary sponsor for two-time IndyCar champion Alex Palou in a multiyear partnership that ends DHL’s long partnership with Andretti Global. DHL, a global shipping and logistics giant, had been a main

Laurence Edmondson, F1 EditorDec 8, 2023, 05:08 AM ET Close • Joined ESPN in 2009• An FIA accredited F1 journalist since 2011 Open Extended Reactions Entirely subjective, often controversial and always tough to pick, ESPN’s end-of-season top ten ranking is back to mark the end of another year in F1. This list should not be read as

Dec 8, 2023, 05:39 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Formula One’s governing body shelved a probe of F1 power couple Toto and Susie Wolff on Thursday, saying it was satisfied with existing compliance measures and was not investigating any individual. The FIA caused a stir on Tuesday when it announced it was looking into media

Open Extended Reactions F1 Academy boss Susie Wolff has demanded to know who “misled the media” and prompted a brief investigation into the integrity of her and husband Mercedes principal Toto Wolff. On Tuesday, the governing FIA announced it had opened an ethics investigation into a potential conflict of interest between Wolff and her husband.

Associated Press Dec 7, 2023, 08:57 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Leah Pruett will step away from the NHRA drag racing series in 2024 to focus on starting a family with Tony Stewart. Her NASCAR Hall of Fame husband will replace her next season in the Top Fuel dragster that Pruett drove to a career-best

Dec 7, 2023, 09:11 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Formula One, governing body FIA and a rebranded Extreme H series announced on Thursday they are setting up a joint hydrogen working group to evaluate the technology’s future use in motorsport. Extreme H will be the new name of the existing Extreme E electric off-road series

Open Extended Reactions Red Bull boss Christian Horner and other Formula One teams have denied raising a complaint about Mercedes boss Toto Wolff and his wife Susie, head of the F1 Academy. On Tuesday the governing FIA confirmed it was launching an investigation into “the allegation of information of a confidential nature being passed to

Open Extended Reactions Mercedes boss Toto Wolff and wife Susie, head of the F1 Academy, are the subjects of an FIA investigation over an alleged conflict of interest. The FIA has acted on reported concerns raised by rival team bosses about whether the pair have been sharing information confidential to Formula One Management (FOM). Susie

Laurence Edmondson, F1 EditorDec 5, 2023, 07:15 AM ET Close • Joined ESPN in 2009• An FIA accredited F1 journalist since 2011 Open Extended Reactions Formula One has confirmed the locations of its six sprint races next year, with China and Miami both adding the shortened race format to their weekends. As was the case this year,

Dec 4, 2023, 11:44 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Swiss-based Sauber could surprise with their new Formula One name for next season after the departure of Alfa Romeo as title sponsor, according to team representative Alessandro Alunni Bravi. The team’s deal to race as Stellantis-brand Alfa Romeo, after previously competing as Sauber, ended this year

Laurence Edmondson, F1 EditorDec 1, 2023, 12:16 PM ET Close • Joined ESPN in 2009• An FIA accredited F1 journalist since 2011 Open Extended Reactions Williams has announced that American driver Logan Sargeant will remain at the team next year as Alex Albon’s teammate. Sargeant was the only Formula One driver to finish the 2023 season without

Nov 30, 2023, 08:09 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Formula One driver Valtteri Bottas has raised $150,000 for men’s health charity Movember after a ‘Bottass 2024’ calendar featuring photographs of him baring his backside sped off the shelves. An initial run of 10,000, with €5 ($5.46) from each going to prostate cancer research, swiftly sold

Associated Press Nov 30, 2023, 01:54 PM ET Open Extended Reactions NASHVILLE, Tenn. — One NASCAR championship down and Ryan Blaney already has his eyes on another prize: the Indianapolis 500. Roger Penske said Thursday that NASCAR’s reigning Cup champion had inquired about someday running “The Greatest Spectacle in Racing,” but “The Captain” pumped the

Nov 30, 2023, 05:11 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Lewis Hamilton has admitted to moments of self doubt after the 38-year-old Mercedes driver’s second successive Formula One season without a win. Speaking to the BBC and others in an interview published on Wednesday, the seven-times world champion and most successful driver in the sport’s history

Laurence Edmondson, F1 EditorNov 29, 2023, 07:01 AM ET Close • Joined ESPN in 2009• An FIA accredited F1 journalist since 2011 Open Extended Reactions Formula One’s media has gradually been running out of adjectives to describe Max Verstappen‘s dominance this year, but the statistics of his phenomenal 2023 season speak for themselves. Below is a list

Nov 29, 2023, 01:13 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Marc Márquez made his Ducati debut at Tuesday’s MotoGP 2024 preseason test in Valencia. Diogo Cardoso/Getty Images The 2023 MotoGP season boasted one of the tightest title fights in recent memory. Throughout the campaign, momentum swung back and forth, like a pendulum, between Pecco Bagnaia and Jorge

Nov 26, 2023, 12:55 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Formula One teams were told to ensure mechanics had eye protection in the pitlane after stewards found numerous breaches during the season-ending Abu Dhabi Grand Prix on Sunday. All team managers were summoned after the race to answer allegations of team members lacking the mandatory eyewear

Nov 26, 2023, 01:13 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Seven-times world champion Lewis Hamilton expressed concern about Red Bull’s continued dominance and questioned whether Mercedes could close the gap next year after Formula One’s Abu Dhabi season-ender on Sunday. Red Bull’s Max Verstappen took a record 19th victory in 22 Grands Prix, and his 21st

Laurence Edmondson, F1 EditorNov 27, 2023, 02:42 AM ET Close • Joined ESPN in 2009• An FIA accredited F1 journalist since 2011 Open Extended Reactions Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff has likened the challenge of catching Red Bull to that of climbing Mount Everest after his team scored less than the points of the world champions this

Nov 27, 2023, 06:04 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Luca Marini, the half-brother of Valentino Rossi, will replace Marc Marquez on the Honda MotoGP team next season, the Japanese manufacturer announced Monday. “Honda Racing Corporation are pleased to announce the signing of Luca Marini for the 2024 and 2025 MotoGP World Championship seasons,” Honda said

Associated Press Nov 27, 2023, 12:35 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Two-time IndyCar champion Álex Palou concedes in court documents that he breached his contract with McLaren Racing when the Spaniard did an about-face and stayed at Chip Ganassi Racing. The admission came in Palou’s response to a lawsuit filed against him by McLaren in