The Scribe

Laurence Edmondson, F1 EditorOct 23, 2023, 05:01 PM ET Close • Joined ESPN in 2009• An FIA accredited F1 journalist since 2011 Open Extended Reactions AUSTIN, Texas — Engineers from Mercedes and Ferrari say the limited practice time afforded by F1’s sprint format was a contributing factor in the costly setup mistakes they made at the U.S.

Oct 23, 2023, 12:46 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Williams rookie Logan Sargeant celebrated a surprise first point in Formula One on Sunday, thanks to the disqualifications of Lewis Hamilton and Charles Leclerc, and ended a 30-year wait for a U.S. driver to score. Sargeant was classified 10th at Austin’s Circuit of the Americas after

Oct 23, 2023, 12:57 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Lando Norris took yet another second place at the U.S. Grand Prix on Sunday but feared his resurgent McLaren team may now have missed their best chance of a win this season. The 23-year-old Briton has finished runner-up five times this year and six times in

Associated Press Oct 23, 2023, 01:45 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Rahal Letterman Lanigan on Monday hired Pietro Fittipaldi, the current reserve driver for the Haas Formula One team, to race its third car in the IndyCar Series next season. Fittipaldi, the Brazilian-American grandson of 1989 IndyCar champion and two-time Indy 500 winner Emerson Fittipaldi,

Alanis King, Racing columnistOct 23, 2023, 04:39 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Christopher Bell secured his place in the Championship 4 by winning at Homestead-Miami on Sunday. James Gilbert/Getty Images Fans of stock car racing likely spent Sunday like they normally would: watching NASCAR. It was a 400-mile race at Homestead-Miami Speedway in southern Florida. During

Open Extended Reactions AUSTIN, Texas – After scoring his 50th Formula One victory Max Verstappen joked that his career wins still look like “rookie numbers” compared to old rival Lewis Hamilton. Verstappen, who has already wrapped up his third championship, hit a half century in Austin by beating Hamilton on track, although the Mercedes driver

Oct 22, 2023, 07:38 PM ET Open Extended Reactions AUSTIN, Texas — Lewis Hamilton has lost second position at the U.S. Grand Prix after technical infringements saw him and Charles Leclerc disqualified from the race. After the chequered flag, Hamilton’s Mercedes and Leclerc’s Ferrari were scruniteered by the FIA and found to be in breach

Open Extended Reactions AUSTIN, Texas — Charles Leclerc competed at the U.S. Grand Prix with the help of painkillers after suffering intense pain from a tooth infection all week. Leclerc claimed pole position on Friday, finished 12th in Saturday’s sprint race and then sixth in Sunday’s main race. After getting to the end of Austin’s

Laurence Edmondson, F1 EditorOct 22, 2023, 12:12 PM ET Close • Joined ESPN in 2009• An FIA accredited F1 journalist since 2011 Open Extended Reactions AUSTIN, Texas — Both Aston Martin drivers and both Haas drivers are set to start the U.S. Grand Prix from the pit lane in order to make changes to their setups under

Laurence Edmondson, F1 EditorOct 21, 2023, 08:46 PM ET Close • Joined ESPN in 2009• An FIA accredited F1 journalist since 2011 Open Extended Reactions AUSTIN, Texas — Max Verstappen has reiterated his criticism of Formula One’s sprint race format, saying it detracts from the excitement of a race weekend. Verstappen has been a vocal opponent of

Laurence Edmondson, F1 EditorOct 21, 2023, 07:53 PM ET Close • Joined ESPN in 2009• An FIA accredited F1 journalist since 2011 Open Extended Reactions AUSTIN, Texas — Watching Max Verstappen‘s Red Bull disappear into the distance during Saturday’s sprint race at the Circuit of the Americas underlined to Lewis Hamilton just how much work his Mercedes

Open Extended Reactions Mercedes driver George Russell slammed the FIA’s prospective €1m fine for drivers in the future Getty AUSTIN, Texas – George Russell said he and his fellow drivers will challenge Formula One’s governing body, the FIA, about the prospect of being fined €1 million ($1.05m) in the future. Ahead of the U.S. Grand Prix, the

Oct 20, 2023, 03:49 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Formula One is an extreme sport and needs to stay so, seven-time world champion Lewis Hamilton said in response to concern about driver safety after a gruelling Qatar Grand Prix this month. The 38-year-old Mercedes driver told reporters ahead of the U.S. Grand Prix that racing

Laurence Edmondson, F1 EditorOct 20, 2023, 07:35 PM ET Close • Joined ESPN in 2009• An FIA accredited F1 journalist since 2011 Open Extended Reactions AUSTIN, Texas — Max Verstappen said qualifying sixth for the U.S. Grand Prix should make his race on Sunday “a bit more fun” as he looks to claim his 15th win of

Oct 19, 2023, 05:46 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Formula One drivers expressed shock and amazement on Thursday after the sport’s governing body quadrupled the amount stewards can fine them to a maximum of one million euros ($1.06 million). The change to the International Sporting Code (ISC) was approved at a meeting of the FIA’s

Laurence Edmondson, F1 EditorOct 19, 2023, 06:00 PM ET Close • Joined ESPN in 2009• An FIA accredited F1 journalist since 2011 Open Extended Reactions AUSTIN, Texas — Sergio Pérez has denied reports he is set to retire from Formula One at the end of this year and remains 100 percent certain he will be a Red

Marshall Pruett, Racing columnistOct 19, 2023, 09:19 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Pato O’Ward is the last remaining IndyCar starlet with direct ties to Formula One, thanks to his performances for Arrow McLaren. Gary A. Vasquez-USA TODAY Sports July of 2022 was a heady time for IndyCar drivers who harbored Formula One dreams. The long-broken bridge

Oct 18, 2023, 03:43 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Formula One’s surging popularity in the U.S. will accelerate further with next month’s Las Vegas Grand Prix and an F1 movie starring Brad Pitt on the way, McLaren boss Zak Brown told Reuters. U.S. interest in the sport has been supercharged in recent years by Netflix’s

Ryan McGee, ESPN Senior WriterOct 18, 2023, 02:18 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 To celebrate NASCAR’s 75th anniversary, we’re detailing our 75 favorite things about the pinnacle of stock car racing. Illustration by ESPN We are

Oct 18, 2023, 10:24 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Daniel Ricciardo will be back on track at this weekend’s U.S. Grand Prix in Austin after missing five races with a broken hand, the Australian Formula One driver confirmed on Wednesday. Ricciardo suffered the injury in Dutch Grand Prix practice in August and was replaced at

Oct 17, 2023, 04:09 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Formula One drivers and PGA Tour golfers will compete next month in Netflix’s NFLX.O first live sports event when they face off in a match play golf tournament at Wynn Las Vegas, the streaming company said on Tuesday. Billed as a clash of wheels and irons,

Oct 17, 2023, 09:32 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Patrick Mahomes, Travis Kelce and Rory McIlroy are part of a group which has invested €200 million ($210,970m) in the Alpine Formula One team. In June this year the Renault Group confirmed it had sold a 24% stake in the Alpine grand prix team to a

Oct 16, 2023, 07:33 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Formula One’s governing body is reviewing Lewis Hamilton’s punishment for crossing a live track without permission at last weekend’s Qatar Grand Prix amid concern the penalty was not tough enough. The seven-times world champion collided with Mercedes team mate George Russell at the first corner at

Oct 14, 2023, 08:20 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Aston Martin’s Lance Stroll has apologised to Formula One’s governing body for his behaviour at last weekend’s Qatar Grand Prix and been given a written warning, the FIA said on Friday. An FIA spokesman said the 24-year-old Canadian driver, son of team owner Lawrence, had apologised

Oct 13, 2023, 06:52 AM ET Formula One’s Belgian Grand Prix has secured a one-year extension to its current deal, keeping it on the calendar through 2025. Formula One said in a statement that this year’s race at Spa-Francorchamps had seen an attendance of 380,000 across the weekend, 20,000 more than at the same event

Associated Press Oct 13, 2023, 05:49 PM ET Open Extended Reactions ATLANTA — Robert Wickens, paralyzed from the waist down in an IndyCar crash five years ago, has won a racing championship in the IMSA Touring Car Class finale of the Michelin Pilot Challenge. All Wickens needed was an eighth-place finish to earn the title,

Marty Smith Close Marty Smith ESPN ESPN NASCAR lead reporter Former NASCAR.com senior writer 15 years covering NASCAR Ryan McGee Close Ryan McGee ESPN Senior Writer Senior writer for ESPN The Magazine and ESPN.com 2-time Sports Emmy winner 2010, 2014 NMPA Writer of the Year Oct 13, 2023, 09:06 AM ET Open Extended Reactions In

Open Extended Reactions Bernie Ecclestone, the former boss of Formula One, has pleaded guilty to a criminal tax fraud charge for failing to declare more than £400 million ($492 million) of overseas assets to the UK government. Ecclestone, 92, appeared at London’s Southwark Crown Court on Thursday in relation to a trust he held in

Oct 12, 2023, 06:49 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Marc Marquez will join Gresini Racing for the 2024 season, the Ducati satellite team said Thursday, days after Honda announced that the six-time MotoGP world champion would be leaving the Japanese manufacturer at the end of the 2023 campaign. Honda and Marquez agreed to terminate their

Austin Lindberg, Senior EditorOct 12, 2023, 09:33 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Ducati riders Pecco Bagnaia, center, Jorge Martín, right, and Marco Bezzecchi are one-two-three in the 2023 MotoGP world championship. Emmanuele Ciancaglini/Ciancaphoto Studio/Getty Images Ducati has won 11 of 14 races so far in this 2023 MotoGP season, making it the most dominant campaign by