The Scribe

Feb 14, 2025, 06:27 AM ET A German court has found three people guilty of attempting to blackmail the family of Formula 1 great Michael Schumacher, with the plot leader sentenced to three years in prison. All three, including the 53-year-old ringleader and his son, were found guilty on Wednesday by the Wuppertal district court

Associated Press Feb 13, 2025, 09:32 PM ET Open Extended Reactions DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — Four-time Indianapolis 500 winner Helio Castroneves will race in the Daytona 500 as a special 41st driver under a new rule that allows for a “world-class driver” to receive a provisional spot. The Brazilian did not want to use the

Open Extended Reactions SILVERSTONE — Lando Norris is relishing the tag of Formula 1 title favourite this year, even if it means being more aggressive while fighting wheel-to-wheel with Max Verstappen. Norris and McLaren are early favourites for 2025, with the team clinching last year’s constructors’ championship. Despite McLaren’s six-win season, Red Bull’s Verstappen beat

Feb 13, 2025, 06:04 AM ET Open Extended Reactions McLaren’s Lando Norris has said Max Verstappen isn’t going to be “the guy” this season and predicts many drivers will challenge for the Formula 1 championship. Norris mounted a significant challenge against Verstappen last year, topping the podium four times before finishing second in the standings.

Laurence Edmonson Feb 13, 2025, 06:16 AM ET Open Extended Reactions The reigning Formula 1 constructors’ champions, McLaren, have become the first team to launch their 2025 car ahead of the new season. The MCL39 made its track debut at Silverstone in an interim “camo” livery, with the season-long race livery set to be unveiled

Feb 12, 2025, 10:56 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Formula 1 has said it is closely monitoring developments after concerns were raised by the Democratic Republic of Congo over a potential race in Rwanda. In a letter to F1 chief executive Stefano Domenicali on Tuesday, DR Congo foreign minister Therese Kayikwamba Wagner urged the Liberty

ESPN News Services Feb 12, 2025, 01:52 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Four-time Indianapolis 500 champion Helio Castroneves will be inducted into the Indianapolis Motor Speedway Hall of Fame on May 22. The sole member of the Class of 2025 that was announced Wednesday, Castroneves was selected by a national panel of more than 150

Feb 12, 2025, 04:54 AM ET Open Extended Reactions A consortium led by former Formula 1 team owner and Irish businessman Eddie Jordan has bought the London Irish rugby club over a year after the Premiership team was suspended from all rugby for being unable to pay its players, the club said on Wednesday. The

Feb 11, 2025, 08:16 AM ET Open Extended Reactions The Williams Formula 1 team announced a long-term title sponsorship with Australian technology company Atlassian on Tuesday to help their fight to rise back up the grid. The former champions, winners of 114 races and nine constructors’ titles but ninth of the 10 teams last year,

Associated Press Feb 11, 2025, 12:12 PM ET Open Extended Reactions INDIANAPOLIS — Team Penske continued its reshuffling of leadership positions on Tuesday, naming Indianapolis Motor Speedway president Doug Boles in the same position at IndyCar, replacing Jay Frye. Frye is out of the organization after 10 years as IndyCar president. Boles has served as

Feb 11, 2025, 07:25 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Max Verstappen has said he is hoping for more stability in 2025 as he looks to claim his fifth consecutive Formula 1 title with Red Bull. Verstappen, 27, fought off the challenge of McLaren’s Lando Norris last season to win the drivers’ championship though though perhaps

Feb 8, 2025, 08:22 PM ET Ed Hinton, an ESPN senior writer who specialized in motorsports before retiring in 2014, died Thursday at Brookwood Hospital in Birmingham, Alabama. He was 76. Hinton, who graduated from the University of Southern Mississippi with a degree in journalism, also wrote for Sports Illustrated during a celebrated 47-year career.

Feb 7, 2025, 01:30 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Reigning MotoGP champion Jorge Martin had successful surgery on his right hand after a crash in preseason testing earlier this week while the Spaniard did not need surgery on his left foot, his team Aprilia Racing said Friday. Martin fractured his hand and foot Wednesday in

Associated Press Feb 7, 2025, 10:22 PM ET Open Extended Reactions CHARLOTTE, N.C. — One of the toughest drivers in NASCAR history joined one the most enigmatic drivers of the modern era as the newest inductees into the Hall of Fame in a star-studded Friday night ceremony. Ricky Rudd, known as the “Ironman” for his

Kelly Crandall Feb 7, 2025, 08:29 AM ET Open Extended Reactions After winning the Daytona 500 in 2023, Ricky Stenhouse Jr. made it back-to-back seasons with Cup Series wins by claiming victory at Talladega last season. Sean Gardner/Getty Images Ricky Stenhouse Jr. reflects quite a bit on his NASCAR career. Now 37, Stenhouse thinks about his

Laurence EdmondsonFeb 6, 2025, 09:17 AM ET Close • Joined ESPN in 2009• An FIA accredited F1 journalist since 2011 Open Extended Reactions In 2025, 30% of the Formula 1 grid will be made up of rookies, with six drivers making their full season debut this year. Three of those rookies have one or more grand prix

Feb 5, 2025, 07:33 AM ET Reigning MotoGP champion Jorge Martin fractured his hand and foot and will require surgery after a nasty crash in preseason testing in Sepang, Malaysia, on Wednesday, casting doubts on his title defense this season. Martin, who made the switch from Pramac Racing to Aprilia after winning the 2024 MotoGP

Laurence EdmondsonFeb 5, 2025, 01:15 PM ET Close • Joined ESPN in 2009• An FIA accredited F1 journalist since 2011 Open Extended Reactions Two days of Pirelli tyre testing — featuring Lewis Hamilton, Charles Leclerc, Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri — have come to an end at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya in Spain. The test represented a

Laurence EdmondsonFeb 5, 2025, 05:42 AM ET Close • Joined ESPN in 2009• An FIA accredited F1 journalist since 2011 Open Extended Reactions Zhou Guanyu became the first Chinese F1 driver in 2022. Getty Former Sauber driver Zhou Guanyu has been confirmed as one of Ferrari’s reserve drivers for the 2025 season alongside Antonio Giovinazzi. The pair will

Feb 4, 2025, 03:00 AM ET Open Extended Reactions George Russell won the 2024 Las Vegas Formula 1 Grand Prix. Photo by Jeff Speer/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images The Las Vegas Grand Prix will start two hours earlier in the 2025 season than it has done previously in a shift likely to boost the U.S. television

Laurence EdmondsonFeb 4, 2025, 11:22 AM ET Close • Joined ESPN in 2009• An FIA accredited F1 journalist since 2011 Open Extended Reactions Sauber’s chief technical officer Mattia Binotto at F1 testing in Abu Dhabi in December. Gongora/NurPhoto via Getty Images In preparation for its relaunch as the Audi F1 team next year, Sauber will open a base

Open Extended Reactions Lewis Hamilton has returned to testing duties for Ferrari in a Pirelli tyre test at Barcelona’s Circuit de Catalunya. Hamilton’s blockbuster move to Ferrari has dominated off-season headlines. Last week the seven-time world champion crashed during a private three-day test at the same circuit, while he and new teammate Charles Leclerc were

Feb 2, 2025, 06:24 AM ET Open Extended Reactions A streamlined Mercedes raced by Formula 1 greats Stirling Moss and Juan Manuel Fangio in 1955 set a record for a grand prix car on Saturday, selling at auction for €51.2 million ($53m). The sleek, silver W196 R Stromlinienwagen, one of only four complete examples in

Jan 31, 2025, 01:14 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Formula 1’s governing body is introducing new load tests to ensure bendy front and rear wings are no longer a talking point this season. The FIA said on Friday that the scope of rear wing tests on cars would be increased from the start of the

Associated Press Jan 31, 2025, 01:57 PM ET Open Extended Reactions CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Tim Cindric, president of Team Penske and Roger Penske’s longtime right-hand man on competition, will step back as the overall leader of the organization but remain president of the IndyCar program. Cindric joined Penske in 1999 and oversaw the operations in

Jan 31, 2025, 02:50 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Ex-racing driver Johnny Herbert will no longer serve as an FIA race steward. Joe Portlock – Formula 1/Formula Motorsport Limited via Getty Images Formula 1’s governing body was right to drop Johnny Herbert as a steward because of the former racer’s media work, according to Red Bull

Kelly Crandall Jan 31, 2025, 10:41 AM ET Open Extended Reactions For the first time since 1971, Bowman Gray Stadium in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, will host a NASCAR Cup Series race when the Clash takes place there Sunday. Brian A. Westerholt/NASCAR via Getty Images Tim Brown, 53, is finally getting the opportunity to be a NASCAR

Laurence EdmondsonJan 29, 2025, 09:24 AM ET Close • Joined ESPN in 2009• An FIA accredited F1 journalist since 2011 Open Extended Reactions Today, Jan. 29, is day 52 of 98 between the final race of the 2024 Formula 1 season and the first race of the 2025 season. From this point onward, things in the F1

Open Extended Reactions Johnny Herbert will no longer serve as an FIA race steward due to his media work. Joe Portlock – Formula 1/Formula Motorsport Limited via Getty Images Former driver-turned-pundit Johnny Herbert will no longer serve as an FIA race steward for Formula 1 races due to the “incompatible” dual roles he was trying to

Open Extended Reactions Lewis Hamilton crashed during the second day of Ferrari’s private test at the Circuit de Cataunya on Wednesday, a source has told ESPN. Hamilton is understood to have run off the circuit and into the barriers during the private test in Barcelona, which is taking place in a modified version of the